Paint Your Own Porcelain Bowls

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But, if you’ve tried everything and it’s still stained, you can repaint your toilet bowl to make it look shiny and new. Although they used the technique to paint coffee mugs in this tutorial, you can use it to paint whatever pottery you have. This paint is ideal for pottery because it sticks to the clay very well, but it must be thoroughly coated before use with clear acrylic spray paint. After 72 hours we decided it probably needs one more coat and it dried looking like little wrinkles EVERYWHERE!

Before you start draining your toilet and making it unavailable for hours, you’ll want to make sure you have all the supplies you need to finish the project. But if you don’t want to make a repeating pattern, how about painting this heart below made almost completely out of dots. If you’re using paint pens to paint on ceramic, bake it in the oven for 30 minutes at 350 degrees Fahrenheit (178 degrees Celsius) after you’ve finished painting.

If your goal is to paint the inside of the toilet and not just its exterior, however, think again, because painting the inside of a bowl is absolutely not recommended.

And you’ll need some special paint, since standard pottery paint doesn’t make these smooth gradations very well. Heating some pots might sound easy, but it’s crucial to use the right temperature, the right thermal ramp rate, and even heating.I used a neutral blue color for the shadows on the outside surface, and a neutral brown color to deepen the shading inside the bowl. But by choosing to paint a warm color first I knew it would create a more luminous effect for the final result. It was installed in my upstairs bath for a few years even though the finish was a little scratchy inside.

The best way to ensure your toilet is dry and stays dry is to shut off the water to your toilet tank. Side Note: These are oven, microwave and dishwasher safe; however, I recommend hand washing though to keep the paint from fading over time. But if you just want to start with something simple, you can give one of the dotted patterns below a try. Pottery making can be such a fun and rewarding activity, but it can also be frustrating when you put all that effort into creating a piece only to have it crack during the drying process. I have a one year old and I assume like an oil based primer this may have a really strong smell that lingers for awhile.

No ugly sink… would probably purchase odds and ends for crafting… my husband paints bathtubs in motel rooms and the paint jobs hold up really well. To reinforce the tonal value on the shaded interior of the bowl you can see me add a few extra brushstrokes of paint. This post was written as part of my partnership with Ace Hardware as a member of the Ace Blogger Panel.