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Faux Mercury Glass Salt Shaker Ornament

December 11, 2019 By: Linda @ Mixed Kreations8 Comments

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Hi All! I’ve been a little slow getting started on my Christmas projects. Because of having my daughters over visiting and playing with my looking glass spray paint. But I did manage to get this faux mercury glass salt shaker ornament made. I think it came out adorable!

Faux Mercury Glass Salt Shaker Ornament how to

Since playing with the looking glass spray paint I have tried two different techniques to try and achieve the faux mercury glass. Only one worked for me, and I will be showing you both techniques in a later post.

How to turn a Goodwill shaker into a faux mercury glass Christmas ornament.
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Faux Mercury Glass Salt Shaker Ornament

For this faux mercury glass Christmas ornament you will need one small glass salt shaker washed and dried. I found mine at Goodwill.

Faux Mercury Glass Salt Shaker Ornament how to

You will need to work in a well-ventilated area. I started out in the garage with a piece of cardboard to set my mini shaker on.

Have a mist bottle with half vinegar and half water solution on hand, and a clean paper towel.

Shake the can of looking glass spray for about two minutes to make sure that it is mixed well.

Now for the technique that I found to work best for me ( video ).

Spray a light coat of the looking glass paint inside the salt shaker and then rotate the shaker around coating the inside of the shaker with the looking glass spray.

Therefore it will take a little rotating of the shaker to get it completely covered.

Next, spray a fine mist of the vinegar mixture inside of the salt shaker.

Wait approximately 30 seconds.

Then use your clean paper towel and a dowel or skewer to dab off some of the paint on the inside. It will come off easily where you had sprayed the light mist of vinegar. Don’t wipe but dab!

Let dry for a few minutes then repeat the same steps until you get the desired mercury glass effect you are looking for. I repeated the steps for this faux mercury glass salt shaker ornament just twice.

If you get any of the spray paint on the outside of your shaker or on the rim just wipe it off with a paper towel and the vinegar mixture.

Once dry I took my cute little salt shaker ornament back inside to add the wire for hanging, and some bling.

Adding Bling to the Faux Mercury Glass Salt Shaker Ornament

Faux Mercury Glass Salt Shaker Ornament how to

I added the wire to hang my ornament by first making a piece with a loop on each end that will go approximately halfway around the neck of my shaker, leaving a tail.

Faux Mercury Glass Salt Shaker Ornament how to

Next, wrap the loose end around the other side of the shaker neck and run it up through the other loop, and back up through the loop a second time to secure it in place. Make sure the wire is pulled firmly around the neck.

How to Make a Faux Mercury Glass Salt Shaker Ornament

Now bring the loose end up and over the faux mercury glass ornament to form a handle to hand it by. Securing it by running it through the other loop and wrapping its end around the wire. Press the loose ends down firmly.

How to Make a Faux Mercury Glass Salt Shaker Ornament
How to Make a Faux Mercury Glass Salt Shaker Ornament

Now add the bling by threading beads, charms, etc. on headpins and forming loops on the ends.

How to Make a Faux Mercury Glass Salt Shaker Ornament

These can be hung from the handle using a jump ring.

How to Make a Faux Mercury Glass Salt Shaker Ornament
How to Make a Faux Mercury Glass Salt Shaker Ornament

Put the top back on and that’s it for this cute faux mercury glass salt shaker Christmas ornament. I think it turned out super cute!

How to Make a Faux Mercury Glass Salt Shaker Ornament
How to Make a Faux Mercury Glass Salt Shaker Ornament

Check back in a couple of weeks for more faux mercury glass. I will be showing how it looks by using the spray inside or outside of a jar. Have you ever played around with looking glass spray paint? If so, do you have any tips that you would like to share? If so I would love to hear them.

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Supplies Needed

Small glass salt shaker
Krylon Looking glass spray paint
Wire
Wire cutters
Round nose pliers
Two curved nose pliers
Paper towel
Dowel or skewer
Mist bottle
Vinegar
Water
Beads, charms, etc.
Headpins
Jump ring

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  1. Mary says

    December 13, 2019 at 10:16 am

    Linda this is such a great reuse of the salt shakers. I love how they shine on the tree. One to keep in mind.

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    • Linda @ Mixed Kreations says

      December 30, 2019 at 8:25 am

      Thank you Mary! I think I am hooked on the looking glass spray. And it wasn’t hard at all.

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  2. Sara says

    December 15, 2019 at 2:19 pm

    Pretty! Looking forward to more mercury glass posts!

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    • Linda @ Mixed Kreations says

      December 30, 2019 at 8:24 am

      Thanks Sara! Got another coming soon. 😉

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  3. Michelle Leslie says

    December 16, 2019 at 3:26 am

    That turned out lovely Linda. We have played with mirror spray paint but the effect when you use it with vinegar is so intriguing. I’m hoing to have to see if we have any left to give this a try
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    • Linda @ Mixed Kreations says

      December 30, 2019 at 8:23 am

      Thank you Michelle! This was the first time I have given the looking glass spray a try. The first video I followed had you spray the outside and if was pretty but not what I wanted. Maybe I was doing something wrong but I’m So glad I tried it on the inside of the jar. That made the difference.

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  4. Sarah says

    August 31, 2021 at 9:00 am

    Fantastic post, thank you. I just sprayed one of my glass ornaments, used mirror spray paint, but it came out quite cloudy, and grey :-/ I used same spray paint on another one and that came out nice and mirror like. Any idea where did I go wrong? thank you

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    • Linda @ Mixed Kreations says

      September 4, 2021 at 6:23 am

      Hi Sarah! I wonder if maybe the can didn’t get mixed well. Seems like the mirror finish cans need to be shook/mixture longer than most spray paint. Or maybe when gently dabbing off after misting it smudged some. Its hard to dab inside the jar.
      The other I tried it on the outside and it was easier but I like it best when it’s sprayed on the inside.

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