How do I make pine cones shine?




A friend said she baked pine cones to make the resin come out and made the cones shine. However her oven had an unpleasant pine smell for a long time. Is there as way to do this without disagreeable results?
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Hi Joyce, sorry your pine cones did not turn out the way you wanted them to. Here are some hints I hope will help you have a better result. Good luck Enhance the Natural Beauty of Pine Cones | Capper's Farmer
Nov 16, 2015 - Bob also told us how to take those Gray pine cones and make something lovely with them. He told us how to make them naturally shiny (and kill ...
Spray them with high gloss polyurethane, clear spray paint, clear spray glaze.
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