Marbling With Fingernail Polish

The hotter the better.

Marbling with fingernail polish.

We used three colors for each marbling. To be honest i saw this title and was hoping it was a diy on marbling nail polish for your actual nails. Hold the nail polish bottle close to the water otherwise the drops will fall to the bottom instead of resting on the surface. Keeping the bottle close to the water s surface with help the polish stay on top of the water.

Use the stirring stick to collect the rest of the nail polish and to clean up the water for the next color. Partly because it s a coffee cup and partly because it uses fingernail polish to make the colors. Pour your nail polish into the water. Nail polish marbling technique supplies needed fingernail polish new is best for freshness and liquidity but price point is your choice tub water boxes tags metal containers almost anything you can imagine scrap paper for completed pieces to dry optional wooden sticks not pictured acetone polish remover for clean up.

So i ve seen a few tutorials on marbling and some of them use acrylic paints. First fill your container with hot water. Aside from how stunning the vases look it was so much fun to create. I felt like a kid again in my arts and crafts class.

Remove the tape and voilà it s that easy. How to marble a mug with nail polish. Love the look of this on a photo. I have a slew of nail polish colors so i already had everything that i needed to do.

Wait 10 mins for the nail polish to try and then pat the water droplets with a paper towel. This one however is right up my alley. With the nail polish bottle very close to the surface of the water pour a drop or two of polish into the water. Once the nail polish touches the water it is going to want to set and heat will slow the process.

Mj may 07 2014. The nail polish will be stuck on the face of the box. Maura may 07 2014. Fill your container halfway with hot water.

I ve seen so many tutorials on how to create marble dipped vases with nail polish using everything from mugs to various home decor using this marble dipped technique and i was itching to try it myself. How to make marbled nail polish mugs.