Can Acrylic Paint Be Use On Metal Candle Holders

Make these striped candlesticks The days may exist getting shorter, simply that just means dinners are getting more romantic! Every bit sunlight dims, I like to light candles to fix the mood for cozy evenings at dwelling. Put on some Ella Fitzgerald, and the temper is complete! I'd been eyeing these gorgeous striped candlesticks at Anthropologie, but I idea I'd try to replicate the expect for a little less coin.

Make these striped candlesticks I bought some autumn-hued candlesticks from World Market in bordeaux, white, rust, and olive. Then I selected acrylic pigment for the stripes on each color. Regular water-based non-toxic acrylic paint volition work with a little patience (just keep dabbing). Run into my notes near the safey of burning painted candles at the terminate of this post.

Make these striped candlesticks I used masking tape to make stripes in various widths on the candles, then I dabbed on the pigment with a sponge castor. Brand sure you don't use also much paint, or it volition seep below the record. Information technology takes near 2-3 light coats to completely comprehend the wax.

Make these striped candlesticks Gently skin off the tape, and now you have some striped candles!

Note: If you accept whatever uneven paint edges, yous can utilize the dull border of a knife to advisedly scrape off the paint from the candle pretty easily. Keep this in mind as you handle the candles, though. If yous plan to move them around a lot, you may want to prime them earlier painting, or the paint will scratch off. (If you do employ primer on the candles, do not burn them- unless you are using a water-based not-toxic primer.)

Make these striped candlesticks
This project is so simple and makes a fun holiday tablescape for very fiddling money. Accept it to the side by side level with an eclectic array of candle holders. I constitute a agglomeration of candlestick holders at the austerity store and painted them all black. So easy—and so chic! –Mandi

UPDATE: Some of you have expressed business concern about the safety of burning these painted candles, or if they should exist for decorative apply merely. I naively causeless they would be rubber to burn because the craft pigment I used was h2o-based and non-toxic. (Note: artists' oil-based/chemic-ridden acrylics are unlike from the water-based non-toxic arts and crafts acrylics.) Only I did some enquiry and found that many non-toxic paints may yet contain less than ane% of preservatives, such equally formaldehyde. Turns out, lots of items many people use everyday that are absorbed/ingested/inhaled have formaldehyde in them, so if this is something you have on your radar (like if you use organic shampoo, avoid decaf coffee, don't use nailpolish— that sort of thing), definitely wait for a pigment that specifically advertises existence formaldehyde gratis. Look out for heavy metals too, which probably won't be constitute in h2o-based arts and crafts acrylic paints anyway.

I know some people that won't burn candles in their home at all because of the co2 information technology releases into the air. Notwithstanding, for employ in my dwelling house, I'm okay with a petty bit of co2 from the candles, and since there is very, very little "not-toxic" paint on these candles, I'm personally okay with the occasional burning of them. You may experience differently about it and choose to simply employ these for decorative employ, or to find formaldehyde free paint, or to skip this project altogether, so I hope I did an okay job explaining what I found in my enquiry so you can make the decision that'due south correct for you. -Mandi

Credits // Author and Photography: Mandi Johnson. Photos edited with Stella and Valentine from theSignature Collection.