I have a slight obsession with glass jars. I save jars from food, candles and anything else I can get my hands on. I pick them up at rummage sales and pluck them from my friend’s home who are trying to recycle them. There are so many beautiful crafts you can make with jars, why buy them when you can reuse a few you already have. This being said, I do love colored mason jars. But they are pricey and often you have to buy them in bulk packs. I thought I would try my hand at tinting a jar on my own. I found that with the right product it is easy to tint glass mason jars and the result is lovely!
I started with 3 glass jars and DecoArt Glass Stain. This is the key, and only, ingredient I used to tint glass jars. DecoArt was kind enough to share a few colors of this pretty translucent glass stain with me so I could show you just how easy it is to tint glass.
I cleaned my jars and then, one at a time, squirted a good amount of glass stain into the bottom of the jar.
I swirled the stain around the jar until the inside was completely coated. Then held the jar upside down until most of the remaining stain dripped out.
Once most of the stain had dripped out, I set the jar upside down on a paper towel to let any remaining stain drip out and the jar to dry. I then stood the jar upright until the stain was completely dry.
I tinted three different types of glass jars. Each has a beautiful color and translucent finish. Because the stain is on the inside of these jars I won’t be able fill them with water or anything liquid, but they make a pretty centerpiece especially when the light catches them.
Have you ever tried tinting glass? What color would you choose?
Thanks for visiting!
Trish
Thursday 29th of April 2021
Is there a way to tint the outside of the Kari washed one of my hummingbird feeder and the color came off.
Sarah
Monday 3rd of May 2021
You could use the same method but it would harder to do on the outside.
Jessica
Monday 18th of May 2020
If you tint the outside under the lip, could you use them for drinking glasses? Thinking about doing them in bulk for a wedding
Sarah
Thursday 21st of May 2020
Yes you could. If the coloring gets very wet it will start to come off. Be careful with that, maybe test a few before doing it in bulk.
Lora Daniels
Tuesday 20th of August 2019
does the tint color stay on if you break the glass-?I use crushed glass for my projects and some colors are hard to find so I thought about tinting some.
Sarah
Wednesday 21st of August 2019
Yes it should. I have had a set of these for years and they are well used, the color has never come off.
Lori
Thursday 30th of March 2017
Hi was wondering if you could put tint on outside then can use for water and flowers?
Sarah
Thursday 30th of March 2017
Hi Lori, yes you definitely can. You can paint this tint on or use the technique in this post.
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