Are you lot on the tumbler craze yet? This was my commencement ane as well as I dearest the intense glitter! Make a glitter tumbler for schoolhouse teachers, summertime camps or every bit fun gifts. Customize them amongst favorite colors or names as well as intensity of glitter. It's a dandy reminder to potable plenty of H2O each day...or perfect for a warm potable on a mutual depression temperature morning.
It shines inwards the sunlight similar a beacon! Note, this is non dishwasher safe...but I wouldn't launder a stainless steel tumbler inwards the dishwasher anyway. Just paw launder to move safe. Let's larn started!
Supplies Needed:
Stainless Steel Tumbler Chunky Glitter Envirotex Lite Pour On High Gloss Finish Glitterific Paint Dishwasher Safe ModPodge Chrome Vinyl cutting amongst Cricut Maker Painters Tape
Begin past times wiping the tumbler downwards amongst rubbing alcohol.
Then record off the transcend border as well as the bottom border of the tumbler amongst bluish painters tape.
Begin icon the glitterific pigment all over the visible tumbler. Coat the entire tumbler as well as permit it dry. Then mix approximately chunky glitter amongst the modpodge as well as pigment it all over the tumbler. Then permit it dry out completely.
Use the Cricut Maker to cutting out a phrase or advert inwards metallic element vinyl or adhesive foil.
Once the tumbler is completely dry, sand the glitter thence the surface is polish plenty to stick vinyl to. Apply the cutting vinyl to the tumbler, correct on transcend of the glitter.
I used a long dowel shoved through holes inwards a cardboard box. Then a slice of a puddle noodle shoved on the goal the of the dowel. Now mix upward the high gloss resin according to the bundle directions.
Mix thoroughly inwards the two stage process.
Now role a stirring stick to spread the resin over the tumbler...on the turning station. Turn piece of cake as well as constantly for the commencement thirty minutes. This is where the electrical station would move fantastic!
Use a straw to popular whatever bubbles that formed afterwards the thirty minutes of turning.
Then plow the loving cup a 1/4 plow every infinitesimal for the adjacent thirty minutes. Then plow every 1/4 plow each 2-3 minutes...and buy the farm along to plow periodically for the adjacent 4-5 hours. Again, getting an electrical turner would eliminate all this extra fourth dimension commitment.
Gently cheque the resin afterwards the five hours as well as meet how much it has laid up. If it nevertheless feels sloppy, as well as thence hold the turning going...otherwise larn out it to dry out overnight. Then permit it sit down overnight. Next day, tegument off the painters tape.
The record volition larn out a construct clean line, perfect for drinking out of or keeping the resin away from your lips.
That's it! It looks fabulous, although difficult to photograph amongst all the shiny resin gloss!
