Glass Paint

UPDATED:  Feb. 16, 2014
I cannot recommend this product.  I let the mugs "cure" for the full 21 days and the paint still washed off immediately in the dishwasher.


I was in Michael's the other day, looking for more glass etching cream, when I saw "glass paint" on the shelf right next to it.

I didn't plan on painting any glass.

I was pretty pleased with the etching I did previously and I managed to find some glassware in the house that had yet to be etched with something.

But the paint was so pretty.

Metallic, translucent, opaque…

GLITTER!?

How can one resist glitter?

So I left the etching cream on the shelf and grabbed Martha's translucent gold glitter glass paint.

But what to paint?

"Eureka!" I thought as I took a sip of tea… (insert image of me as Elmer Fudd here)

My mug!

These are cheapo mugs from Ikea, but I love them because they are microwavable and they don't get scorching hot to the touch.

I may have ruined that?

I took my daily sayings and cut them down to mug-size.

 Then painted over with the glass paint.

I should tell you that the font I chose was too thin.

It was difficult to get a nice coat of the paint on the mug without it peeling off when I removed the vinyl.

 You can see where I tried to do some touch-ups.

 One other thing to note; most of the glass paints can be cured in the oven EXCEPT the glitter paint.
It takes 72 hours to dry and a full 21 days to cure.
Once it has though, it will be completely permanent. 
It's even top rack dishwasher safe!

What else can I paint….

Updated to note:  I didn't wait the 21 days for the cake stand lid to cure (I was too excited to use it!) and all of the lettering washed off immediately.

I will let the mugs cure properly and will update this post again to let you know if the glitter paint stayed on them.

  Have a great one!