Drawing On Ceramic Tiles With Sharpies

It s all over pinterest that you can draw on ceramics with a sharpie and bake at 350 f for 30 minutes and it s permanent.

Drawing on ceramic tiles with sharpies. Sharpie fine tip markers in bold colours 4 x4 white ceramic tiles i can t find them on amazon but these are the ones i used isopropyl alcohol 91 or 99 from the drug store. Sharpie dyed tile coasters using rubbing alcohol. Sharpies in any color even black gold and silver may be used to whip up a design on the ceramic tile. Tiles are a popular material for creating diy coasters.

See more ideas about tile crafts ceramic tile crafts crafts. Put it into the oven cold and heat to 350. I ve used a number of special glass paints available at the local craft store but wouldn t it be awesome if sharpies work. Supposedly if your use nail polish remover you can wipe off any mistakes.

So we finally had to try it. This both removes grease or dirt that may affect your finished product and prepares the tile for the markers. We ve been seeing the whole diy sharpie ceramics thing all blowing up the web over the last year or two. Sharpie markers and tiles.

Design as a wedding present. We ordered a few ceramic pieces on amazon grabbed our sharpies and got to work on three simple easy to replicate designs. The full printable instructions are at the bottom of this post but here s what you ll need. Once it reaches 350 keep it in there for about 30 minutes.

Sketch out an idea for a drawing in advance on paper so your marker handiwork turns out as intended on the tile. 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. You can use any colors you like but i prefer to use no more. Create stripes chevrons squiggles cartoon characters or sayings such as home sweet home or gina s kitchen.

Somehow i really doubted that it would be that easy otherwise why would those specialized products like pebeo vitrea and porcelaine exist. Be sure to seal the ink with a spray sealer as a final step to protect your work. I did a mr. The first thing you want to do is thoroughly clean your ceramic tiles with alcohol.

Select the finish you prefer or match the standard finish of similar field tiles. Read on to see how it went. Tape off and spray the tiles using a ceramic tile clear coat sealer. Now you can bake it.

Dec 8 2014 explore carolyn brambles s board ceramic tiles and sharpies on pinterest. Once these are dry it s time to start coloring your coasters.