Are Marbled Mugs With Nail Polish Toxic

The nail polish dries very fast on the water so the hotter the better.

Are marbled mugs with nail polish toxic.

Hold the nail polish bottle close to the water otherwise the drops will fall to the bottom instead of resting on the surface. A diy mug is a steal with a big payoff. Partly because it s a coffee cup and partly because it uses fingernail polish to make the colors. Nail polish is toxic only about as toxic as sticking your fingernail in your mouth but still it s also not dishwasher safe so when you re giving it as a gift know it likely won t last long.

I have a slew of nail polish colors so i already had everything that i needed to do. I used nail polish i already had at home which means i was able to make six nail polish mugs for less than 5. 2 things happened here i got some crazy abstract marbling which it turns out i love but i also got some bubbles that popped and stuff that gave my mug more texture than i was hoping for. How to make marbled nail polish mugs.

But the second mug i pulled it straight up and then dipped it again to cover more of the mug with the polish floating on the water s surface. Just take a cotton ball or swab and clean up those unwanted areas with nail polish remover. This one however is right up my alley. First fill your container with hot water.

So i ve seen a few tutorials on marbling and some of them use acrylic paints. How to marble a mug with nail polish. If you ve accidentally gotten nail polish too close to the lip of the mug or if there are some spots on your mug that you re just not happy with don t worry. I found my mugs for 79 each at goodwill.