Plastic Bottle "Stained Glass" Candleholder

Step 3 Coloration

First test your colors to make sure you really want to use the ones you have decided on. I used a piece of the cut top bottle to test how the colors would work on the finished product to see which colors of sharpie I was going to use for best contrast.

Next color in whatever pattern you find suitable, I decided on a simple design with one color for each wing that I had cut out. I colored each piece in the same fashion and with the same basic design.

Comments

[scubagal]

Is anyone aware of other perm methods for coloring plastic other than Sharpies?

[Bonnie in SC]

You can use alcohol inks make for rubber stamping to color plastic. Or make your own by using Rit dye and rubbing alcohol.

[meowzebub]

There's the paint on "stained glass" material.  It's a lot quicker and easier, but too expensive for me :(

[Meshia]

Do we only use the bottom part of one bottle? And then cut the top & bottom part off of the other ones?