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We offer
silk-coated flowers that will out last any other silk flower
in today's market place. Our memorial silk flowers are made
from the finest florist quality silks, and coated with a
scented, flexible, durable UV-resistant coating. We have spent
5 years testing and perfecting our unique coating
process.
Just walk around a cemetery and you will see
how faded and wilted cemetery silk flowers become after only a
few months. Call your local florist and ask about a cemetery
silk floral arrangement. They will charge between $45 and $80
for silk flowers that will only last 3 or 4 months before
fading and wilting. Most of the florists are honest about how
long they will last in your area. The useful display life
depends on what part of the country you are in, and how close
to the sun you are. Outdoor silk flowers in New York will last
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Using common sense we know that silk flowers are delicate.
The weathering effects of driving rain, snow, extreme
heat, dew, and the sun will deteriorate these delicate
flowers in short order. If you arrange your own silk flowers
purchased from Wal Mart or a craft store, you may spend
$15 to $30. Again, they will only last a few months before
they start to fade. Do this 3 or 4 times a year and you
will end up spending $60 to $100 a year. Other than using
plastic flowers, there are no alternatives to a long lasting
outdoor silk flower arrangement .Our outdoor artificial
silk flowers will add color to your outdoor displays all
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Scientific Testing Results Many silk
flower Web sites claim their cemetery flowers will last with
continuous outdoor exposure. Well, we have tested many of
these flowers and found that they don't stand up to their
claims. Because it's made of "Poly Silk", they say that they
will last outdoors, but won’t say how long. If they do make a
claim it is usually greatly exaggerated and has no scientific
proof.
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have used poly silk flowers in our tests and all of our products
are made of poly silk. Almost all silk flowers manufactured
nowadays are made of some type of poly silk and very few are
real silk. However when exposed to the Florida sun, the uncoated
poly silk flowers fade out just as fast as any other silk flower.
Some may spray a craft clear coat like Krylon over the flowers,
but this will only turn the color of the flower milky in time
and has no UV protection. It will also leave the flowers looking
glossy and unnatural.
We have spent thousands of dollars on
accelerated UV exposure tests on our coated flowers and the
photos below show the scientific results. Two identical rose
petals were placed side by side. One was coated and the other
petal was uncoated. They were exposed using a 2 inch circle
simulating the noon day sun of Miami Florida for a one year
period. Test photos were taken every 3 months. The uncoated
petals showed signs of color change within the first 3 months
of exposure. The coated flower petals showed no sign of fading
after 12 months. The tests were conducted February 2005 by
Solar Light, Inc., a leader in scientific accelerated
ultraviolet simulation.
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