Hi there and welcome back to the blog. You know I love a good, budget friendly DIY and this one does not disappoint! Today I am showing you how to paint DIY mercury glass.

This is a Dollar Tree vase that I already had on hand and I had the paint and the metal trim on hand as well. But if you did not have these things sitting around already you would spend $1 on the vase, $8-$10 on the spray paint and $10-$15 on the metal strapping.

These additional materials can be used on many other projects so this is the up front cost but you won’t spend that much on this project alone.

If you love Dollar Tree crafts and gift ideas you can find a lot of inspiration here.

And if glass crafts are your cup of tea you will love it here as well!

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DIY Painted Mercury Glass Video

How to Paint DIY Mercury Glass

Step 1: Use painters tape to mask the vase

This step is optional if you want to add the mercury glass look to the entire vase. I wanted to it only on about 2/3 of the vase.

I added the painters tape to the top of the vase.

Step 2: Use the Looking Glass paint and water

This is when the magic happens. You will want to have the Looking Glass spray paint and a spray bottle of water ready to go.

Spray the glass vase with the looking glass spray paint, you can work in sections if you want.

Then immediately spray the paint with water.

The paint will drip and become spotty. This is what give us the look of mercury glass.

It is pretty cool.

Repeat this process all the way around until the vase is completely covered.

Wipe off the drops of water with a paper towel and let dry completely.

Remove the painters tape.

Look how pretty it is! I love this technique of painting glass.

Step 3: Add the metal strapping

This is another optional step but I thought it added a bit of an industrial or rustic look to the vase.

You will need the metal strapping and some thin-ish wire. I think mine is 20 gage wire.

Measure around the vase to find the amount of metal strapping you need.

Use tin snips to cut to length.

I tried to use the E6000 to glue the metal piece onto the vase. Don’t even try. It was a huge fail. It just did not stay put.

So I decided to use a piece of wire to hold the metal strap together and slide it onto the vase.

Clip off a small amount of the wire and thread it through the holes at the ends of the metal band.

Twist the wire to close the band together but don’t cut the extra wires yet. We will do that later.

Once the wire is secure slide the piece onto the vase.

I moved mine down to cover the edge where the diy mercury glass meets the glass vase.

When the metal band is where you like like it, tighten it up a little more then clip off the extra pieces of wire and push them down out of the way.

I love the way it looks. Now add your favorite seasonal flowers or one that can stay up all year long.

Materials Needed

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Michelle