DIY Mercury glass and how to make your own Faux MERCURY glass with Krylon Looking Glass spray paint

[@lestranged]

Another way to incorporate color would be to get a colored glass jar and do the mirror effects on the inside. I see large colored glass vases and candle containers at the thrift store all the time. Blue, red, green, pink, purple.

[@mele9627]

Perhaps you could try spraying the vinegar solution on the objects first to act as a resist to the paint... thanks for sharing

[@RepurposeandUpcycle]

good idea!

[@heytherebirdie2]

Would one of those long plastic straws that come with cans of WD40 and similar fit on the paint can nozzle to get into the bottom of the narrow vases?

[@RepurposeandUpcycle]

That's not a bad idea but I've never tried it so not sure. Let me know if you do!

[@joebloggs7425]

I think the instructions say to spray the vinegar solution before you spray the mirror paint?

[@RepurposeandUpcycle]

I've always done after but I know everyone does it differently.

[@emmkaa2099]

That sea glass technique is incredible! I'm curious about how the smaller vases especially (since the mirror was on the outside only) held up after six months. Do you think - honestly now - the sea glass/mirror glass technique would look odd on a piece of glass in a frame in a semi-vintage bedroom? You know, like an old mirror. I've made several "old" mirrors but never with a color incorporated. Thanks for your help. From the Southern California desert, MK 😁🌞🌵

[@RepurposeandUpcycle]

The vases look the exact same today as they did the day I completed them! And I think this technique would look fabulous on an old mirror! I've actually got a few old windows that I thought about doing this technique on.

[@emmkaa2099]

@@RepurposeandUpcycle Wow, funny you would mention that... I just re-found (re-found?) an old six pane farmhouse window with a couple of the panes missing... 🤔🤔 hmmm. Thank you for your response. MK

[@donnaalbertson9456]

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[@barbararaisbeck8821]

What if you used a hair dryer instead of a paper towel

[@RepurposeandUpcycle]

The paper towel is to help blot the "excess." I'm not sure the blow dryer would do that but it might work! Let me know if you try it.

[@donnaraebenz3664]

Clear plastic wrap instead of paper towel maybe.

[@RepurposeandUpcycle]

That's an idea!