Are Marbled Mugs With Nail Polish Toxic

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.

Are marbled mugs with nail polish toxic.

Just take a cotton ball or swab and clean up those unwanted areas with nail polish remover. 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. A diy mug is a steal with a big payoff. So i ve seen a few tutorials on marbling and some of them use acrylic paints.

The best thing about these nail polish mugs is that they only costs a couple of dollars to make and even less time to finish. 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. So i bet you ve seen these watercolor inspired mugs hanging out on pinterest and the interwebs but they are all made out of nail polish. Pour your nail polish into the water.

I found my mugs for 79 each at goodwill. Partly because it s a coffee cup and partly because it uses fingernail polish to make the colors. First fill your container with hot water. 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.

The nail polish dries very fast on the water so the hotter the better. This one however is right up my alley. How to marble a mug with nail polish. I have a slew of nail polish colors so i already had everything that i needed to do.