Step #3 | How to Preserve a Natural Aphrodisiac, the Pine cone Scent.

...Amaze Your Friends With Your Very Own Giant Pine cone Christmas Tree...

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Whitney explains her version How to Plan a Pine cone Christmas Tree Painting Project.

You can see by Whitney's Video just how easy it is to master plan a pinecone Christmas tree project.

Before we began painting the pine cones we made a homemade work bench and taped old newspapers all around it to trap the excessive paint droppings.

As you can see in the picture above we painted the pine cones white and there's a very good reason why.

The cones have a natural oily base to them which protects them from excessive water damage. It takes several years before a pine cone will eventually breakdown to a mulch state.

We tried painting the cones with oil and water based colours at first. Bright Red, Gold, Yellow and Silver spray paints. But the paint would somehow slip off or absorb so much that we needed two and sometimes four coats before we had a somewhat effect we were after.

All of a sudden this project would cost a Royal Mint to do. An average Christmas tree height averages six feet tall. And to make a tree this tall requires 60 pine cones or more.

One large can of quality spray paint cost as much as $17.00 and it took nearly three cans to paint 38 pine cones. To top it all off, we still didn't have the shiny reflecting look we wanted. And... the paint toxins demoralized its sacred sensual scent. :(

Disaster struck and we high-tailed to the drawing board to research for a better Band-aid.

Pine cones are not made of wood, however they sure feel and smell like it. But oddly enough we had to treat them as such. So going ahead and just paint the cones without a sealer is a no no.

Any pieces of wood that you want to keep over a long period of time need some sort of treatment. Pine cones are no exception to this case. When we painted the cones with a white based sealer, they surprisingly retained the pine wood scent. An aphrodisiac?

Well, it does have that warmth scent and does put people in a comfort zone. And an aphrodisiac can be a drug, scent, food, drink, or device that some claim may kindle or increase sexual desire.

We used a quick drying sealer that was white pigmented. It has an interior oil-base. If you want to copy what we did, then we highly suggest using some kind of Sealer Primer. Its also a good Stain Blocker.

The pine cones must be clean-free of dust or dirt before you can administer this primer sealer.

Make sure you wear protective goggles, mouth-mask and have a well ventilated area before you perform this task. I'm warning you because the fumes are extremely flammable and toxic.

Step #4 - How to Make Pine cones Look Like Pure Gold