Done! I have been working on these a little each night for a little over a week. I could only work on them at night because the trip (24-hour party) is a surprise!
I used every technique mentioned on the thread - nail polish, acrylics, base coat, oil-based sharpie, acrylic sealer, tattoos, top coat, glow paint, glow polish!
My big "Ugh!" moment was when I realized I had not put base coat on the Baymax band, so unfortunately, the "angry eyes" are a little cracked.
The glow nail polish was a pain and doesn't glow as well as the glow acrylic paint. I decided to mix the glow acrylic paint with other colors - particularly white - and with just two coats, it works really well! You have to let it "charge" in the light and then it is very bright in the dark.
The oil-based sharpie smeared with the base coat on top, but did well with the acrylic sealer (Baymax) EXCEPT when it was on top of nail polish (so Sorcerer's hat has a few blemishes at the bottom).
For the tattoos, I tried the plastic bag method a couple of times with no luck. So I decided that since the band was a dark purple, the tatts would probably show up fairly well, and I think they did.
The "plain" bands are for DH (white & "gold" for Georgia Tech!) and DS17. They both have glow paint on Mickey heads, and the green one also has glow paint on the grey outer band.
Last thing to share, the acrylic sealer would not stick to the base coat that I used, so it was only used on the yellow, green, and Baymax bands. I really liked the way it coated and dried quickly, so I was a little disappointed that I couldn't use it on all of them.
Hope these tips are helpful!
Ok - first time trying photos, so hopefully this will work!
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~Rebecca
