Once the polish spreads out into a circle place a drop of polish in another color on top and swirl a toothpick through the circle to create the marble effect.
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A bit of nail polish thinner not acetone can be added to the polish and you might get one or two good rings out of it but don t expect miracles.
I used this nail polish marbling technique on glass jars metal bowls wooden gift tags and papier maché boxes.
It is called water marbling and it is a geeky way to paint your nails.
Here they are sprinkled into this step by step guide.
For marbling with nail polish you don t need much.
Let the face of the box touch the surface of the water and then lift.
Swirl nail polish with stirring stick.
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2 put normal water in the cup 22 24 degrees centigrade too warm or too cold water will dry your nail polish faster and won t give you time to draw the design.
Use a 200ml disposable paper cup.
I say geeky because it involves floating nail polish on water and in our case involved an impromptu science lesson for my.
It looks really tricky but it s simple once you know how to do it.
Water marble nail art.
Use the stirring stick to collect the rest of the nail polish and to clean up the water for the next color.
Cool water some people say hot i tried cool and hot water i preferred cool.
I am going to use the same exact cup as well as distilled room temperature water for every brand i test.
I did a bunch of experimenting and found that nail polish and water offer up an extremely easy way to marble just about anything you desire from glass to wood to metal to cardboard.
In this instructable i ll be showing you how to do this amazing nail art.
There are a few tricks to making sure your water marble goes well.
Marble nail art doesn t take much.
The options are endless.
How to marble with nail polish step 1 gather your supplies.
The nail polish will be stuck on the face of the box.
Fill plastic tub with water and then pour in nail polish.
Some pretty nail polish colors some stuff to marble.
All you need is nail polish and water to do it.
To create a marble nail effect using water start by filling a cup with room temperature water and dripping 1 drop of nail polish onto the surface of the water.