Nail Polish Marbling On Fabric

Since marbling is at its best when done in colorful hues we decided that a bright marble pattern would be the perfect addition to a black and white.

Nail polish marbling on fabric. Old polish tends to set too quickly. The marble effect uses a lot of nail polish so stay on the cheaper side. Fabric marbling is the art of floating paints on top of a thick solution called size manipulating the paints into patterns then transferring the pattern to an object by gently placing the object on top of the solution marbling lets you make your one of a kind quilting or other fabric item. The polish really sticks.

Nail polish marbling is cheap and easy even if it is a smidge messy. Tape off wooden box to create a block for your marbled section. Tutorial how to make your own marble paper with water and nail polish. While the options of how to marble and what to marble are varied this nail polish version is pretty much as easy as it gets and you can marble paper wood slick surfaces just about anything.

Choose at least two colors that stand out from each other. Use relatively new polish if you can. Upon reading my diy magazine last month i was really excited at the tutorial for using nail polish to marble slick surface furniture. How to make marbled nail polish mugs.

The nail polish will be stuck on the face of the box. First fill your container with hot water. I discovered this when i was researching my previous post about alcohol inks. Choose your nail polish.

The nail polish dries very fast on the water so the hotter the better. Images and text by amy christie for design mom. Hold the nail polish bottle close to the water otherwise the drops will fall to the bottom instead of resting on the surface. Marble here marble there marble everywhere.

Fill plastic tub with water and then pour in nail polish. Have a few backup bottles in different brands just in case since not all polish works as marbling. Pour your nail polish into the water. Marble the whole dollar store with this nail polish marbling tutorial so i ran myself to the dollar store because you know i love a good dollar tree diy.

Let the face of the box touch the surface of the water and then lift. Swirl nail polish with stirring stick.