Marbling With Nail Polish Slowest Drying

This should keep the nail polish together without making it set too quickly.

Marbling with nail polish slowest drying.

The nail polish will be stuck on the face of the box. Not waiting long enough for my underwear to dry i mean the base coat of nail polish here ok. Again it seemed that you had to work quickly. Remove the tape and voilà it s that easy.

Partly because it s a coffee cup and partly because it uses fingernail polish to make the colors. Images and text by amy christie for design mom. The only difference will be the polish and the pattern. We used three colors for each marbling.

Not waiting long enough for the polish on the plastic to dry. Fill your container halfway with hot water. It only needs to be slightly tacky not wet. So i ve seen a few tutorials on marbling and some of them use acrylic paints.

You might need to try a couple times with water slightly warm or cool. A bit of nail polish thinner not acetone can be added to the polish and you might get one or two good rings out of it but don t expect miracles. However the nail polish may have been a little more forgiving with time. I probably didn t need to buy nail polish but i did.

The hotter the better. Use the stirring stick to collect the rest of the nail polish and to clean up the water for the next color. Once the nail polish touches the water it is going to want to set and heat will slow the process. Marble the whole dollar store with this nail polish marbling tutorial.

Keep it about 3 4 full to prevent spilling. I have a slew of nail polish colors so i already had everything that i needed to do. If it s even slightly wet still the polish wont transfer off the plastic. This one however is right up my alley.

So i ran myself to the dollar store because you know i love a good dollar tree diy. Filtered water seems to slow the drying of the nail polish giving you more time. I placed it to dry. The polish really sticks.

I poured a few drops and stirred. Wait 10 mins for the nail polish to try and then pat the water droplets with a paper towel. Not waiting long enough before applying seche vite top coat. Upon reading my diy magazine last month i was really excited at the tutorial for using nail polish to marble slick surface furniture.

They have colors that are perfect for this craft and i also grabbed a bunch of things to marble. With the nail polish bottle very close to the surface of the water pour a drop or two of polish into the water. Well i don t have any furniture pieces needing a new look but i wondered if the same materials could be used on non furniture non slick surfaced items. How to marble a mug with nail polish.

How to use nail polish to create marbleized mugs.