Vegetable components, dehydrated, sealed and waterproofed, applied for decorative purpose on garments, objects and furnishing components and its method of implementation/manufacturing procedures

A method for the realization of a vegetable component with a protective, waterproofing and washable coating, suitable to be applied on the surface of an article to be decorated, which consists of the following phases:

• phase 1—Harvesting of the vegetable component;
• phase 2—Cleaning of the plant component by air jet and/or scrubbing with a damp cloth;
• phase 3—Drying and ironing:
• the clean vegetable component is interposed between layers of absorbing material and pressed between heated plates, for example inside a hot press (2) whose top plate (3) is covered with a sheet of paper (4) and bottom plate (5) from a felt cloth (6);
• phase 4—Stabilising and conservating pressing:
• the vegetable component is interposed between layers of material with a smooth and absorbent surface, for example sheets of paper (7), exerting pressure on them (8);
• phase 5—Vacuum coating and sealing with a sealing and protective film:
• the dehydrated vegetable component is interposed between two layers of film made of impermeable and non-breathable plastic material, for example between two layers of thermo-adhesive polyurethane film, positioned with the liner (9a-10a) towards the outside and with the thermo-adhesive side (9b-10b) towards the inner side in contact with the vegetable component (1) and pressed inside a hot press (2) and then by a rubber roller (11a) manually passed on both sides, or also by a cold-rolling machine (11b).