Comments on: How to Tint Mason Jars

By: Char

Char — Sat, 07 Aug 2021 22:19:11 +0000

I’m just now seeing your post.
I tried this last weekend – from another post (sorry) and my jars never became clear. Do you think it’s bc I used regular white school glue? Is the secret using the gloss mod podge? And I didn’t add water to the mixture either. They came out ‘ok’ but they’re milky – not clear. Thanks for any advice.

By: cindy

cindy — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 16:30:07 +0000

In reply to Alma.

Oh no Alma, I’m not sure what went wrong since I wasn’t there. I hope you can get it figured out.

By: Alma

Alma — Tue, 31 Mar 2020 15:07:59 +0000

Hi , I followed the directions as printed and I had a major fail The color seems to separate and not coat the insides evenly I had dark areas ...light areas . Do you have any suggestions or ideas on what I did wrong ? Yours are beautiful! Thanks , Alma

By: cindy

cindy — Tue, 17 Dec 2019 16:01:53 +0000

In reply to Tina.

The tinit doesn’t stand up well to liquids so I don’t think that would work.

By: Tina

Tina — Sun, 15 Dec 2019 17:31:32 +0000

I make candles with Mason jars and wonder if it is ok to tint my jars and then use them for candles?

By: cindy

cindy — Tue, 19 Nov 2019 20:33:10 +0000

In reply to RexAnna.

As long as they are dry.

By: RexAnna

RexAnna — Tue, 19 Nov 2019 19:36:35 +0000

Would it be ok to use these to put my cooking utensils in?

By: Judy

Judy — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 18:39:26 +0000

I’ve tinted them on the outside by pouring the mixture all over the outside of the jar. Then once they were baked and cooled I sprayed them with a sealer. I’ve wiped them with a damp rag and they seem to be protected. The nice thing about tinting them this way is if you dont like how they turned out they wash clean so you can start over…before sealing though

By: cindy

cindy — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 15:18:38 +0000

In reply to andy.

Andy, Sorry you got so messy, I didn’t have that problem at all, my fingers never went inside the jars.

By: andy

andy — Mon, 21 Jan 2019 21:43:09 +0000

i would add rubber gloves to your list of items needed… I say with red and blue finger tips.

I did this marginal results. splotching and uneven tint shades, and the red jars I did ended up with the slightest shade of tint ever. On that note, wait for the jars to cool down before trying a second coat. I ended up doing 35 drops of food coloring to get some pigment on the glass.

I will end up doing it again and hopefully I’ll get better as i go.