What you'll need:
- Stone tiles (glazed ceramic tiles will not work) I get mine from Home Depot...they come in a pack of 9 for around $5
- Mod Podge
- Any color Rit Dye (Kelly Green featured here)
- Buckets for dyeing
- Printer paper/access to printer
- Cookie sheet
- Glue gun
- Furniture dots
- Scissors
- Gloves/tarp (optional)
- Print black and white images on printer paper large enough to cover your stone tiles.
- Make sure your tiles are clean (rinse and dry) and apply a layer of mod podge on the tiles. Allow to dry.
- Liberally apply mod podge on the printed side of your paper. Lay the paper (printed side/mod podge side down) on your tile and press down.
- Bake in oven at 170 degrees for 20 minutes.
- Allow to cool.
- Using water and a sponge (or fingers) gently rub off paper from tiles. The ink from the paper will be left behind on the mod podge stuck on the tile. Rinse and continue to rub paper off until completely removed.
- Once dry, prepare dye bath. For the coasters above I used Rit's Kelly Green (1/4 cup Kelly Green with 2 cups warm-hot water).
- Submerge tiles in dye bath (completely or partially depending on look you are going for). Leave in until desired color is reached and rinse.
- After dyeing allow tiles to completely dry.
- (Optional: Apply another layer of mod podge over tiles-not necessary but for added protection-allow to dry)
- Cut furniture protector dots and hot glue them into the corners of the tile.
- Enjoy with your favorite beverage!
How do you get it so that no paper or white modge podge residue remains? No matter how carefully I rub off the paper, it leaves residue and eventually parts of the design get taken off.
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