Alcohol Ink On Ceramic Tiles

Start dabbing or pouncing on the tile.

Alcohol ink on ceramic tiles.

Continue dabbing until you like the look. Fortunately alcohol ink comes off ceramic tiles pretty well even after sitting for a year or more with rubbing alcohol. Be free with the inks and go with the flow you ll need alcohol inks alcohol. Newspapers to cover your work area.

Clear acrylic spray for sealing your art when you are done. I tried mod podge spray and it made new not wanted designs in my already there design. Just use rubbing alcohol applied with a paper towel or cotton pad and wipe the ink off for a clean slate. In this video ranger guest artist teresa kovalak shares how to paint a stunning landscape on tile using tim holtz alcohol inks.

They were in various states of cleanliness. Consider wearing safety glasses. I also like to dab along the sides of the tile. Choose several colors of the alcohol ink and hold the tip for 2 seconds on your ink applicator.

This is not a craft for children. Of course always practice fire safety. I ve used alcohol ink on cermaic tiles and i love this stuff however to seal them has been an issue. Regular rubbing alcohol from the drug store.

I put the tiles in the kitchen sink sprayed a bunch of rubbing alcohol on them left them for 30 seconds and came back with a paper towel and rubbed them off. The really cool thing about alcohol ink is that if you don t like the design you can quickly wipe it all off the ceramic surface before it dries. Water based polyuerthane kinda worked but i don t think i let my tile dry enough. Materials needed to make alcohol ink tiles.

So fear not you can always start fresh if you don t like how the inks have settled. Just make several dots on it. Teresa will share easy step by step instructions tips and tricks on how to paint with these vibrant inks. People have suggested kr.

Ceramic tiles alcohol inks isopropyl rubbing alcohol 91 pipette or a dropper protective spray gloss deep disposable aluminum tray long arm lighter. Ceramic tiles from any home improvement store they should be less than 50 cents each alcohol inks in at least two colors.