For the New Year holidays, you want to decorate your house in a festive, beautiful and original way. Most give their preference to traditional decor - a Christmas tree, luminous garlands and inflatable balls. But sometimes you want something new and special, because the New Year happens once a year. There are many options for decorating a room, and each of them involves the use of some auxiliary elements, For example, pine branches, cones or tree bark. Cones are very well suited for decorating any interior, and if you add coniferous branches to the decor, the apartment will not only be beautiful, but will also nice smell. For decoration, cones are not always used in their original form, many bleach them to make them original. Such a process does not require much effort, the main thing is to have patience and time to whiten the bumps, since this process is long.

Cones look very nice in any corner of the house, for example, you can place them together with fruits on the table, decorate them artificial Christmas tree or hang on ribbons near the entrance. But most likely, many will agree that the bumps are usually very dirty and their appearance does not allow them to be used for table decor and food. In this case, the bleaching process will be just right, because the bumps will get White color, after which they can be used in different decorations and for decorating dishes and a festive table.

How to whiten buds white

You can bleach the bumps different ways, but the most popular is whitening. However, you need to get ready for a long process right away, as the buds do not bleach the first time, and often they are so dirty and covered with resin that it will take long time to make them white.

Preparing buds for bleaching

In order for the buds to turn out beautiful and whiten well, you need to find beautiful, small buds, choose the cleanest ones. These buds will be the best to bleach. To begin with, all the cones are well cleaned, in this process the main thing is not to wet them, but to walk on a dry surface with a brush or a brush. It is better to take a thin brush, as you will need to clean the bumps between the scales, and they can be closed.

The main thing when choosing cones is to pay attention to their condition, they should be young, not rotten and as clean as possible. After all the cones are cleaned, they must be dried well, for this you can use a hairdryer, but it is better if they are on the battery all night. After drying, the scales will open well, and they can be cleaned again to get rid of the remaining sand.

How to remove resin from buds

So, for bleaching you will need a large jar, pipe cleaner and 3-4 bottles of bleach. Before bleaching the cones, they must be cleaned of resin. A pipe cleaner is suitable for this, as the lye corrodes the resin. Clean buds should be placed in a jar and filled with pipe cleaning solution, the ratio of which is 1:1 with water. Leaving the cones overnight in the solution, in the morning you can see that they have noticeably brightened, and the resin particles have been removed. The solution must be drained, and the cones should be sent back to dry on the battery.

How to bleach buds: the stage with whiteness

Next, cones are added to the jar and filled with whiteness, it does not need to be diluted with water, so just fill it with whiteness and shake the jar several times for 15 minutes. For health safety, a jar of whiteness should be stored outside, the main thing is that the temperature should not be below 10 degrees Celsius. After a while, you can see that the cones in the whiteness have closed again, and they should again stand the whole night in the jar. At the same time, the cones themselves go to the bottom, as they absorb moisture, they do not need to be pressed with anything.

In the morning, the cones are taken out and sent to the battery until they open. Then they turn white again. In principle, the whole result depends on the amount of time and patience of the person, there are many procedures for bleaching bumps, until the desired result is obtained. Every day you need to change the whiteness and dry the buds until they turn white. This method will bleach very well. Pine cones because they have large scales. fir cones it is easier to bleach, as they are cleaner, but their scales do not open well, so you will have to try to achieve their complete whiteness.

Using corrector

If the buds have already turned white, but some parts of them still have not bleached, you can use the corrector, applying it pointwise to the dark areas. Also, the corrector can be fixed with hairspray, after which you can spray it on the bumps for complete whitening. artificial snow then they will become white and shiny. After bleaching, the cones can be hung on a Christmas tree, decorate an apartment, and a table. Cones collected together in one large jar will look very nice.

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How to whiten simple bumps on your own and why do it? Pine and fir cones are one of the most popular materials not only for school and kindergarten crafts, but also for interior decor. From them you can make a garland, seasonal interior decoration, Christmas decorations, use them in decoration New Year's gifts, production of door wreaths.

How to whiten cones with your own hands: a master class with a step-by-step description of the work

If you are determined to acquire bleached cones on the farm, then you need to prepare for this process. This will require:

• cones
• glass jar
• bleach on chlorine, for example, Belizna, or Svetlana
• gloves and mask

Work process. Cones need to be folded into a glass jar. It is better to work further with gloves and a mask, since the bleach smells very strongly, and you can get burns of the mucous membrane and damage the skin of the hands. Next, the cones are filled with whiteness, if necessary, if not all the cones are covered with liquid, you can add water. But the more concentrated the bleach solution is, the lighter the resulting buds will be.

If possible, it is best to put a load on the cones. After a while, the buds will "fold", this is normal, and comes from an excess of moisture. In this state, the cones should be left for a day, no less. You can leave it for two or three days, but then you need to shake the jar periodically, stirring the liquid inside.

After the cones are infused, the bleach from the can must be drained. This must be done in a dense mask, because the smell will be very strong, and in addition to chlorine, a very pungent coniferous smell will be added to it. The cones must be thoroughly rinsed several times, and again filled with water, this time not for a day, but for several hours. You need to rinse until the water runs clean and clear, without brown impurities.

The bleached buds can then be dried. It is best to do this in a natural way, spreading them out in a bright, ventilated place. The chlorine smell may linger at first, but as the buds dry it will go away. After this treatment, seeds will spill out of the cones. Therefore, before putting the material into action, you need to put all the cones in a bag, pull off the neck, and shake it properly, shaking out the seeds.

Let's take a look at the popular options for using bleached buds.

By by and large, with bleached buds, you can do the same thing as with regular buds. Simply bleached buds add a certain touch, charm and style.

If you have a lot of bumps different varieties and sizes, you can make a beautiful garland for the New Year from them. For this, in addition to cones, you will need:

• ribbon or jute twine
• glue gun or loops on screws, the so-called pins (used in the manufacture of jewelry)
• ribbons for decoration
• small pliers or pliers

In each cone, you need to make an attachment to the main thread. If you have pins at your disposal, then you need to screw such a part into each cone. A piece of twine is threaded into the ring and tied. The segments can be of different lengths, then the garland will be multi-tiered. If there are no pins, then on the top of each cone you need to glue a piece of twine onto hot glue. After each bump, tie to the main tape. On the basis of the cones, you can impose multi-colored bows. As an option - combine with a small Christmas balls or felt toys. Such a garland can decorate the room inside, or use it as a street decoration, for example, for a gazebo or veranda.

In addition, a garland with cones can be made real, with lanterns and lights. It is best to use diode bulbs, which practically do not heat up. With such a garland, you can intertwine a thread with cones, or you can leave a bouquet of cones, and already braid it with diode bulbs, and you get a kind of night light.

Christmas wreaths - traditional decoration for doors in the West, however, these colorful decor elements have managed to enter our lives. They are made quite simply. For this you need:

• glue gun
• cones in sufficient quantity
• wreath base

With reverse side wreath base, a loop is glued, for which the wreath will be hung on a carnation. Pasting the base with cones begins from the central plane, gradually filling the entire area. Diversity and brightness can be given to such wreaths by diluting the cone abundance with nuts, acorns, artificial berries, ribbons and fir branches.

From pine cones you can make ... a Christmas tree! This will require a glue gun, a lot of bumps and a foam cone as a base. It is worth noting that it is best to work with foam and cones with thermal glue, since PVA glue will not give the necessary fixation, and varieties of the popular and reliable Moment glue completely corrode the foam.

In addition to New Year's and interior decorations, cones can also be used in the design of a themed wedding in winter time. They will look appropriate in the bride's bouquet, and in the design of tables and the hall in which the celebration will be held.

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I tried this method of whitening buds in white and the result is deplorable. They only slightly changed their color to a lighter one and that's it. I also want to try painting them with white paint on wood from a spray can and dry them in a suspended state, and not on paper, as it will stick to the cones. I think these white buds are factory made, probably treated with some kind of acid or dipped completely in white dye.

White cones in the interior are quite unusual and immediately set up for the New Year's festive mood. They can be used in different ways: weave them into a wreath along with ordinary cones, make independent decorations out of them, decorate with sparkles and rhinestones, lay out a New Year's composition.

Cones are bleached mainly in two popular ways:

METHOD ONE: TOXIC

In fact, to whiten ordinary local buds, we need the following materials:

• bleach (the cheapest, vigorous);
• bucket;
• plate;
• cargo;
• gloves.

The work process is quite simple: put the cones in a bucket, fill them with bleach and put a plate with a weight on top. We leave the cones in this way for a day. After this time, drain the bleach, dry the bumps on a towel in a warm, dry place. We look at the color of the cones. If some parts of the cones are not gapped, then repeat the procedure.

Usually two procedures should be enough for uniform staining. This will result in the following result:

METHOD TWO: SIMPLE

If you do not want to sniff toxic bleach, or you have curious young children, then you can get by with a little blood to whiten the bumps, namely: spray paint white.

The dyeing procedure will not take much time, the main thing will be to fix the cones on a thread so that they hang in the air, then the coloring will be more uniform. Coloring can also be done with a brush, but it will take a lot of time to paint each petal of the cone. A definite plus: you can choose any shade for the cones, not just white.





• 1. It is best to take a bowl, bucket or other deep container
  2. Fill up on bleach bumps
  3. Seal them so they don't float.
  4. Wait about 7-8 hours (it is better to put it at night)
  5. Gently get

  It should be noted that this must be done in rubber gloves, and spread newspapers around the container.

  

There are many articles on the Internet with recipes. how to bleach bumps, and also with a photo of beautiful white cones.

But there are also many articles from those people who have tried the method of bleaching cones with whiteness, filling them and leaving them in whiteness for many hours.

The buds bleached only a little, but did not become completely white.

See the results of such whitening in the video below:

So better way create white bumps than just paint them white, I can't see.

From myself, I will add another option for creating white spruce and pine cones, which I personally tested - this is covering them with white glitter.

It is necessary to lubricate the cones with PVA glue, then sprinkle them with white glitter in whole or in part.

You will get white cones, as if covered with snow.

But you need white glitter, not silver.

First you need to choose a glass jar in size, so that in the end there will be much more bleach in relation to the cones.

Pour bleach into a jar (I advise a mixture of Domestos and whiteness at a one-to-one ratio) and fill it with our bumps. We leave it alone for a few days (it is advisable to take the jar to a dark place), then take out the bumps.

If the result is not satisfactory, repeat the procedure again.

The lighter the buds are initially, the lighter they will be after bleaching.

I saw a photo of white cones on the net, I was very impressed, beautiful! Naturally, I wanted to do the same. It wasn't there...

So that you are not disappointed like me, I want to warn you - in the photographs that are replicated on the net, the cones are bleached with a secret, and not a single master will tell you. Or the photographs show not bleached cones, but carved from bleached wood. To such a state, it is almost impossible to whiten cones at home.

The idea for decor is good, especially for the New Year theme, so after the first unsuccessful attempt, I again began to whiten the cones and was satisfied with the result. I will share all my secrets with you.

To make the bumps whiter

The very first secret: find the freshest buds that are not rotten and not soiled with earth or sand. Cones should be as clean as possible.

Let them dry and open before bleaching. A night on the battery is enough. Then take the old toothbrush or a dish brush and dry clean between the scales to completely get rid of the sand.

I had a problem: since I needed to bleach the bumps urgently, there were no pre-prepared ones, and there was snow and snowdrifts on the street, I literally “picked up” what I could find. These were not quite fresh buds and not very clean. I didn’t wash them well enough, didn’t wait for them to open completely, but immediately threw them into bleach. As a result, wasted time.

Do not be lazy, dry and clean the bumps in advance.

Bud whitening

We will need:

• Pipe cleaner
• Glass jar
• 3-4 bottles of white

Before achieving whiteness, it is necessary to rid the cones of the resin. Almost all buds are covered with more or less resin droplets. The whiteness does not remove it very well, and if the resin remains, the buds will turn black over time.

Alkalis saponify the resin, they are used for deresining conifers trees. I use Krot pipe cleaner which contains lye. I put the cones in a jar, and fill it with a mole diluted 1: 1 with water.

I leave it for 7-8 hours (overnight).

The next day, I drain the solution, wash the cones and put them to dry for a day over the battery. The buds should open up again! They have already brightened noticeably, but the color is gray.

I put the cones back in a jar and fill them with whiteness, without diluting with water. Just white and that's it! Now within 10-15 minutes you need to shake the jar several times. Chlorine not only smells bad, but chlorine vapors are harmful to the body, so the jar is on the balcony (+10 degrees).

After half an hour, the cones closed again, they will again stand for 7-8 hours. There is no need to press the cones - they absorb moisture, become heavy and sink to the bottom themselves.

The whole process took me 4 days. I just got bored. The success of achieving snow-white cones depends precisely on the alternation - drying with opening and pouring a fresh solution of whiteness. Cones have strong wood and such rinsing does not harm them.

All the bumps I had bleached in different ways, some better, some worse. But at this stage, I stopped, and decided to bring my bumps to their final beauty with the help of the most available funds- this is artificial snow from a spray can and a white clerical proofreader.

With a corrector, I painted over the bases of the scales, which were painted over very badly, but only in some places, I wanted to preserve naturalness as much as possible. It also sprinkled a bit of snow. It does not harden, gradually flies around with powder, it needs to be renewed every year.

Cones can be hung on a thread, but I immediately used them for a New Year's wreath. In one version, I glued them with hot glue, in the other I decided to make a collapsible wreath, so the cones had to be stuck into the base. To do this, I glued toothpicks to them.

By the way, at the same time as the bumps in the cat's tray (toilet), I bleached dry grass sprigs. She put twigs at the bottom of the tray, filled it with whiteness, covered it with a grate from this tray. Left for 8 hours. Branches are well bleached.

Natalia Rusinova

You will need chlorine bleach, a bucket (preferably with a lid), a weight, a plate, a mask and gloves.

We put the cones in a bucket and fill it completely with bleach. Cover with a plate and press down with a load so that the cones do not float. Close the bucket with a lid.

Now we forget about the bumps for a day, after which we carefully rinse the bumps and let them dry.

That's all, now you can use them in your work.

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How to bleach cones for Christmas decorations

For the New Year holidays, you want to decorate your house in a festive, beautiful and original way. Most give their preference to traditional decor - a Christmas tree, luminous garlands and balloons. But sometimes you want something new and special, because the New Year happens once a year. There are many options for decorating a room, and each of them involves the use of some auxiliary elements, for example, pine branches, cones or tree bark. Cones are very well suited for decorating any interior, and if you add coniferous branches to the decor, the apartment will not only be beautiful, but there will also be a pleasant smell. Buds in their original form are not always used for decoration, many people try to learn how to bleach the cones to make them original. Such a process does not require much effort, the main thing is to have patience and time to whiten the bumps, since this process is long.

Cones look very nice in any corner of the house, for example, you can place them along with fruits on the table, decorate an artificial Christmas tree with them, or hang them on ribbons near the entrance. But most likely, many will agree that the cones are usually very dirty and their appearance does not allow them to be used for table decor and food. In this case, the bleaching process will be just right, because the cones will turn white, after which they can be used in various decorations and for decorating dishes and a festive table.

There are many ways to whiten buds, but whitening is the most popular. However, you need to get ready for a long process right away, as the buds do not bleach the first time, and often they are so dirty and covered with resin that it takes a long time to turn them white.

In order for the buds to turn out beautiful and whiten well, you need to find beautiful, small buds, choose the cleanest ones. These buds will be the best to bleach. To begin with, all the cones are well cleaned, in this process the main thing is not to wet them, but to walk on a dry surface with a brush or a brush. It is better to take a thin brush, as you will need to clean the bumps between the scales, and they can be closed.

The main thing when choosing cones is to pay attention to their condition, they should be young, not rotten and as clean as possible. After all the cones are cleaned, they must be dried well, for this you can use a hairdryer, but it is better if they are on the battery all night. After drying, the scales will open well, and they can be cleaned again to get rid of the remaining sand.

So, for bleaching you will need a large jar, pipe cleaner and 3-4 bottles of bleach. Before bleaching the cones, they must be cleaned of resin. A pipe cleaner is suitable for this, as the lye corrodes the resin. Clean buds should be placed in a jar and filled with pipe cleaning solution, the ratio of which is 1:1 with water. Leaving the cones overnight in the solution, in the morning you can see that they have noticeably brightened, and the resin particles have been removed. The solution must be drained, and the cones should be sent back to dry on the battery.

Next, cones are added to the jar and filled with whiteness, it does not need to be diluted with water, so just fill it with whiteness and shake the jar several times for 15 minutes. For health safety, a jar of whiteness should be stored outside, the main thing is that the temperature should not be below 10 degrees Celsius. After a while, you can see that the cones in the whiteness have closed again, and they should again stand the whole night in the jar. At the same time, the cones themselves go to the bottom, as they absorb moisture, they do not need to be pressed with anything.

In the morning, the cones are taken out and sent to the battery until they open. Then they turn white again. In principle, the whole result depends on the amount of time and patience of the person, there are many procedures for bleaching bumps, until the desired result is obtained. Every day you need to change the whiteness and dry the buds until they turn white. This method will whiten pine cones very well, as they have large scales. Spruce cones are easier to bleach, as they are cleaner, but their scales do not open well, so you have to try to achieve their full whiteness.

If the buds have already turned white, but some parts of them still have not bleached, you can use the corrector, applying it pointwise to the dark areas. Also, the corrector can be fixed with hairspray, after which, for complete bleaching, artificial snow can be sprinkled on the bumps, then they will become white and shiny. After bleaching, the cones can be hung on a Christmas tree, decorate an apartment, and a table. Cones collected together in one large jar will look very nice.

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Materials and tools New Year How and how to whiten bumps

Perhaps in anticipation new year holidays, this small master the class will come in handy for someone. Here, ordinary Moscow region cones were bleached to such a color. In order to be able to imagine the color, I put yellow and light pencils next to the bump. brown, and on the cone itself there is a wooden brush handle (the simplest of light wood).

Having shoveled the Internet, I found conflicting opinions on this matter - from not bleaching at all, to yes, possibly, with the help of chlorine bleach.

For my experiment, I took these two means, they are well known to you. I collected the cones from the school, I don’t know the degree of their freshness, but they were black. You also need a glass jar with a lid. Since my bumps are small, such a jar is quite suitable.

For the first experiment, I poured Whiteness into a jar, immersed the cones in it. and put the jar for 4 days in a dark place. The solution became dark Brown, but the bumps have bleached slightly.

I tried to warm the solution in a water bath, but this also did not bring the desired result. Then I completely changed the solution, washed the cones and filled them with a mixture of "Whiteness" and "Domestos" 1: 1. And again I put it all in a dark place for 4 days.

During this time, the solution turned dark brown.

The cones have taken on this form. Because In the process of whitening, I added bumps, here in the photo you can see different intensity of whitening. The lightest bud was treated with pure whiteness. Cones 2 and 3 were added to the solution of "Belizny" and "Domestos" with a difference of 2 days. Those. the bump in the upper left corner stayed in the solution for 4 days, and the bump in the middle was in it for only 2 days.

Here you can see the difference between the past cones complete procedure, starting with soaking in "Whiteness" and those that were simply added to the solution with "Domestos". But if you have a week of time and the opportunity to dry the buds twice during this time and fill them with a new solution from "Whiteness" and "Domestos" then there will be no difference. Cones will whiten perfectly without heating. When wet, the structure of the cone becomes loose, do not try to scrape it off, as the scales easily delaminate. When dried, the cone restores its structure. In some places, small buds are not completely bleached, I think this is due to the degree of maturity of the bud itself. I think that the result will be better if you bleach large cones, such as cones of the Crimean pine or cedar, they are much lighter than those that I used.

Please, throwing slippers does not hurt. New Year is coming soon and many people want to decorate the holiday original decor, I think such cones will fit into many holiday compositions. I will be glad if this experience is useful.

Hello. I don’t remember where I read and saw white bumps. And then it was written: “Take a lot of whiteness. And soak the bumps.” The time was not indicated. After sitting and thinking, I came to the conclusion that the pure whiteness of the effect would not give. with a solution of very strong whiteness. But there was water. And after three days I washed them well and dried them on a battery. The color is milky. the idea is not mine. I read it on the Masters page.

Thank you, I ran into exactly this problem. I also read different opinions and recipes on the Internet, but neither the percentage of the strength of the chlorine solution, nor the amount of liquid and cones. This is what happened. The experiment continues, the cones are now in several containers, the ratio of the solution and the cones is different. I hope I will also deduce the ratio of the solution to the number of cones, and my experience, I hope, will be useful.

And I took a half-litre jar with a lid and almost half a bottle of whiteness. Supplemented with water. The buds have bleached very well. Certainly not completely white state, but as I had to.

And the smell remains after whiteness?

The smell goes away pretty quickly. If you dry the cones on a battery, then by the end of drying it is no longer felt at all, if in the microwave - there is no smell already an hour after the opening of the cones.

Is there chlorine in the microwave? It wouldn’t have even crossed my mind. And what about the products then? I wouldn’t advise you. But I threw them away, they began to exfoliate and break. But I know from my own experience that whiteness can be different, cheap even has almost no smell of chlorine, so you can’t bleach anything with it. became, not even light, although I did not dry them.

I also filled it with whiteness, it came out lighter in color than yours

Thanks for the story, I just need such cones. I'll try the recipe!