Friday 23 August 2013

A tutorial ~?

Well hi  (づ。◕‿‿◕。)づ・。。✧・゜゜・。✧。・゜゜・✧。・゜゜・。。・゜✧ 

This is a small tutorial I made for making an easy spray pen, If you're like me, who always wants to own those fancy fabric spray pens.. then here's an easy alternative  ^ ^ ~

This is all you'll need:

  • A sharp knife or something to cut the highlighter/pen.
  • A highlighter/pen of your choice. It shouldn't be too expensive or precious to you as you are going to destroy it later on
  • A box to keep everything in afterwards. You want someplace airtight to keep your spray pen nibs in otherwise they'll go dry.
  • Some newspaper just so you don't mess on anything. 

Note:  You might want a pair of tweezers as well to remove the highlighter nib; I just use my teeth ^^"






The nib is the colored pointy bit at the end. In these highlighters, it's easy to just pull the nib out with your teeth or a pair of tweezers. This leaves a nice sized shape at the tip of the highlighter for later. So, the first thing is to pull the nib out. Put it aside for later.
So these are all the pieces you should have now...
So now... you wanna chop the highlighter in half.. or 3/4.. depends on how long you want your spray pen to be.. then, you have to carefully remove the inky-spongey stick in the middle. You're gonna wanna keep that, so put it in a safe place.
Now you take your nibby bit.. and put it inside your highlighter ! Amazing right ~







There are many pens you demolish and make into a spray pen. For instance~ This pen, I simply had to remove the cap at the back and the nib in the front and then it was ready to use!

On a side note: The inky-spongy stick that you removed from your highlighter earlier? You can use that to.. refill your highlighter, as the nib will dry out easily. To "refill" your highlighter, simply squeeze some of the ink out of the inky-spongy stick and soak the nib in it. Then you should be good for a while. Make sure that you properly store your inky-spongy stick and your nib otherwise they'll dry out.


Here are a few things you can do with your newly made highlighter:



I made these stencils and then spray painted them


You can also use your spray pen on fabric. I spray painted the lace, and the bracelet's fabric used to be blue~ but I spray painted it lumo pink ^^..

Anywho~ ENJOY YOUR DAY~ 。・゚・゚ʕ゚>ᴥ<ʔ・゚・。









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