Drawing On Ceramic Tiles With Sharpies

We ve been seeing the whole diy sharpie ceramics thing all blowing up the web over the last year or two.

Drawing on ceramic tiles with sharpies.

This both removes grease or dirt that may affect your finished product and prepares the tile for the markers. Somehow i really doubted that it would be that easy otherwise why would those specialized products like pebeo vitrea and porcelaine exist. Now you can bake it. So we finally had to try it.

The full printable instructions are at the bottom of this post but here s what you ll need. Sharpie markers and tiles. Sketch out an idea for a drawing in advance on paper so your marker handiwork turns out as intended on the tile. Create stripes chevrons squiggles cartoon characters or sayings such as home sweet home or gina s kitchen.

Supposedly if your use nail polish remover you can wipe off any mistakes. Put it into the oven cold and heat to 350. Be sure to seal the ink with a spray sealer as a final step to protect your work. I did a mr.

We ordered a few ceramic pieces on amazon grabbed our sharpies and got to work on three simple easy to replicate designs. After painting on the ceramic tiles allow the paint to dry completely or for up to 48 hours. Tape off and spray the tiles using a ceramic tile clear coat sealer. This type of finish sealer comes in matt semigloss and glossy.

Select the finish you prefer or match the standard finish of similar field tiles. Once it reaches 350 keep it in there for about 30 minutes. Tiles are a popular material for creating diy coasters. 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.

Read on to see how it went. I ve used a number of special glass paints available at the local craft store but wouldn t it be awesome if sharpies work. 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. Design as a wedding present.

See more ideas about tile crafts ceramic tile crafts crafts. Next use your sharpie or ceramic pen to draw on it. Once these are dry it s time to start coloring your coasters. You can use any colors you like but i prefer to use no more.

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.