How To Seal Sharpie On A Ceramic Tile

Follow the directions that come with the resin very carefully and make sure you elevate your tiles.

How to seal sharpie on a ceramic tile.

Now your sharpie dyed tile coasters diy craft kit gift is ready to give. Be sure to seal the ink with a spray sealer as a final step to protect your work. We sealed ours with a polyurethane top coat spray. Oh and don t forget to protect whatever surface your working on.

It holds up amazingly well and one can goes a long way. If you don t seal the coasters unfortunately the colour will slowly wear off and will come right off if you wash them. If you have a little one like i do tile coasters might not be the best option. With the space to the right i placed the tiles the clear gloss spray and the dropper bottle of rubbing alcohol.

You do get some effect though. As much as i hate extra steps this polyurethane top coat worked amazingly well to seal in the sharpie and give the tiles an awesome glossy finish. I used a 1 paint brush and very gently spread the polyurethane over the tiles. How to make sharpie dyed tile coasters.

I did try it on canvas and didn t get the same effect as the tiles. I think the canvas absorbs too much of the sharpie. We chose the gloss finish which. Be careful because if you press too hard the brush will wipe off the sharpie.

Maybe try sealing the canvas with some mod podge first. Give the tiles a couple of coats of mod podge and allow them to completely dry. This is the spray that i use to finish and seal the tiles. Sharpie markers are colorful tools for creating abstract or drawn decorations.

Blue ceramic tile before and after if you aren t happy you can clean it off with more rubbing alcohol how to seal sharpie coasters. And we love sharpie markers in the craft shack. This is a really neat technique that uses permanent markers like sharpies and rubbing alcohol to re flow the inks and make all sorts of mesmerizing swirly effects on the tile. Place it on each tile for a few seconds then lift it straight up this will give the ink a distressed look.

Soak a clean cotton cloth in rubbing alcohol then wring it out. This set on amazon is always cheaper than my local walmart. This is the polyurethane i used. If you really have your heart set on doing it on canvas give it a try.

The sharpie permanent markers limited edition gift pack next pushed to the left of the box. Plain white ceramic tiles serve as inexpensive crafting supplies for items such as trivets coasters or paperweights.