9 (23 cm) Max Microwave Flower Press Kit for Pressing Flowers and Making Pressed Flowers

I love this press! This is my first time using a flower press of any type (other than pressing flowers between pages in a book) and this press is fantastic. I picked flowers, placed them in the press, and about 5 minutes later (heating intervals of 10 and 20 seconds, with 10-20 second rest periods in between) I have paper-like flowers ready to be set in resin!!! My pink flowers turned a deep purple, but still beautiful.

I salvaged some of the flowers from my cousins wedding and arranged the dry leaves and petals in a frame as a keepsake. It just takes some patience and experimentation to figure out what kinds of flowers work best. I had great success with silver dollar eucalyptus, salal, viking mums, and veronicas.

In the week after my wedding, I wasn’t ready to throw out my bouquet and also had no idea what to do with it. Found this press & starting microwaving the flowers in batches. Love how this turned out. Color maintained and sturdy enough to pin in a shadow box. Pricey, but worth it.

This is my second press. Not because the first one broke... because I love it so much! It drys out the flowers and leaves so quickly and the flowers retain their colors!!! Now I can do double the amount of flowers. Just remember to spray down the linen sheets before each use. It keeps the wool pads moist and it keeps the flowers from burning. This is a great investment if you want pressed flowers in minutes instead of weeks with the traditional flower press. For the cons, (which isn’t really bad) the wool pads kind of have a funky odor when microwaving the flowers. Not the worst smell I’ve ever smelled though. Also, you have to wipe your microwave out after you press the flowers in there so you don’t get residue from the flower/herbs/ leaves on your food. Other than that, that’s really a great product.

I hated the idea of paying for dried flowers. I also didn’t have the patience to try drying them myself-until I found this little thing. I followed the directions and only dried like flowers in a single batch. It is incredibly easy to use. It does take a different number of cycles based on the thickness of the flowers. I checked them after each 30sec cycle. Once you do it the first time you sorta figure out what to look for as to whether the flowers are sufficiently dried. I purchased the big 9” one and it turned easily in my microwave. Of course now I’m looking for different flowers to dry. Oh the color of the flowers do not fade. That was really exciting.

Clean your microwave after use. It will leave a taste in food cooked in it afterwards.

Ive been pressing flowers for years and have tried so many techniques including using tiles in the microwave. So flowers turned out and most didnt. Most lost their color during the process. Ive been wanting to try this Microfleur for months but it was just to costly. I finally gave in and got the 9x9 and am so happy that I did. If you follow the instructions (and watch some YouTube videos) its very easy. These flowers were from my morning walk and my first time using the Microfleur. I cant believe how vibrant the colors are. Hoping they dont fade too quickly. I have so many projects where I use pressed flowers and Ive even purchased some before. But now that I can quickly & easily press my own, theres no stopping me!

Works well but very small

I purchased this item purely for lack of alternative. My husband and I got married last weekend in a very small civil ceremony (thanks COVID), and the one thing we wanted to do well was saving the bouquet. We found someone on Etsy who could press it into art if we overnighted the flowers while they were fresh. Well, while the florist timed our flowers perfectly for the ceremony, by the next morning when I was going to ship them they were already starting to look tired; when I found out the overnight shipping was going to cost $120, I decided to just order a flower press and do my best. This was the only one amazon had for “delivery by 8am tomorrow.” I hadn’t pressed flowers since elementary school and was skeptical of a microwave method, but decided to give it a chance. I think that, for my skill level (aka, zero skill), this was an exceptional outcome. I was working primarily with very thick flowers (mostly roses, I think some marigold? Etc) and in a traditional press, I think they would have been lost to moisture before being fully pressed. Because the microwave dries the flowers out, there’s no opportunity for moisture damage. I assume you could burn the flowers, but I didn’t have any of mine burn. And, because it works in a matter of minutes, my slightly-wilting flowers actually came out as well as I would have expected for fresh flowers. I’m eager to try this with some fresher flowers and see how that goes, but in the meantime, I’ve attached some pictures. Remember that I have zero experience before this project, so things like folded petals are my own doing. A few quick tips: 1) The instructions encourage you to prep the panels before the first use (spray some water, microwave briefly); the way it’s worded it sounds like it means the first time you use it, but I did it before each day (I pressed across two days due to time constraints). I wonder if this is why I didn’t experience any burning. It only adds 30 seconds to the process, and I suspect it’s what they meant to recommend. 2) I found I could tell whether flowers were dry based on whether there was any moisture on the plastic panels when I opened them. I started with 20 seconds, opened, wiped down panels, let steam out, re-sealed, another 20 seconds, repeat. Eventually I worked down to 10 second bursts as things got close. When the flowers were dry, the panels would no longer have visible moisture when I opened them to wipe. I was repeatedly surprised when moisture kept coming out even though I thought they were done (or close to done)! 3) if you’re dealing with roses or similar, I personally found it best to deconstruct the flower. I did some large petals on their own, to go behind the flower once I arranged it; or I pulled out the center of the rose and pressed that alone on its side, or pressed the outer layers by themselves. I found that most of the thick flowers that I tried to press whole wouldn’t fall flat well, but deconstructed flowers looked whole once finished. This sort of advice is probably already out there if you’re familiar with flower pressing, but I thought I’d mention just in case!

The product came very quickly. I’ve used Microfleur many times and love the results. Just as the directions say many flowers don’t retain they’re colors and some flowers take longer to dry than others. The process takes some experimentation. Not a problem for me. Have fun