Is it Possible to Water Marble an Entire Keyboard?

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I LOVE that SimplyNailLogical was the example for both the good and bad water marbling 😂

cristine would be proud

I´ve seen somewhere a similar technique using spray paint, which is thinner than nail polish, and the pressure from the cans of paint spread the previous colors beautifully

love the implication that evan and katelyn go to a different target for each trip to avoid the workers seeing them buying more nail polish

I bet the leftover keys would be cool as accent colors in other keyboards

Would a clear varnish protection layer possibly help? Great result though!

When Evan got so excited he popped out of existence 😂 that made me laugh

I recently saw a YouTuber do some painting styles using a technique he referred to as “Colorblind”; where he did different things to keep him from being able to tell what colors he was using. He could only see their values. I thought that might be something really cool 😎 for you guys to try.

Instead of Alcohol - I think a better idea would have been to try adding acetone to the water. I suspect that might be why the "magic bin" produced better results over time, the higher and higher acetone content in the water allowed the nail polish to thin more. Alcohol has very little effect on solvent based paints - it's why nail polish remover is made of acetone, you need a solvent :)

Most nail polishes are just hot solvent-based paints or lacquer paints. I think it would be a good idea to thin the paints using Mr Hobby levelling thinner before putting them in the water. It has an anti-drying agent along with the methyl-acetate thinner. The slower drying time allows the paint to level out on whatever you spray it on (like nails or model kits.) You'd probably end up with fewer globs in the end. Also, you could load this thinner in an airbrush and spray in on the final product if you see globs of paint to give them a chance to level out a little more, but do it sparingly so the paint doesn't quite run. Don't think the paint too too much though. I would start with a ratio of 1:1 paint to thinner. For airbrushing hot solvents, you usually add twice as much thinner as paint. The thinner can corrode or etch ABS if you use too much. A stronger thinner like turpentine would melt the plastic outright. Spraying a layer of clear solvent before the colored paints would be good too since it would serve as a final topcoat. You might also spray the keys with a primer like Mr. Surfacer before dipping as well.

When I saw those triangular bottles, I thought it would mess up your experiment. Those look like insta-dry polish. Glad it worked out 😊

Some tricks you might use, that are common when water marbling nails: Prepping the keys with a coat of nailpolish, usually one uses the brightest color used in the marbling, with iridescents a really dark one works better to make the pigments really pop. Once dipped, really carefully use a q-tip or a piece of tissue paper to soak up the water drops, do not touch the polish though, it helps the polish dry properly. If there is a waterbubble under the polish, use a thin needle to pop the bubble and soak the water up as before, the polish should lay flat or can be gently pressed down before putting on a clear coat. Use a clear coat on top, or some other clear varnish etc. The Polish layer is really thin and easily visibly scratched.

I saw the title and I was already scared😭😭😂😂 Love your guys' content, its so chaotic, and just makes my day better overall! 💕💕💕💕

Evan: We are now confident enough to try the full keyboard Me: *sees we're not even halfway through the video yet* Oh no The final result looks so cool! I'm sorry you guys had to go through all of that frustration to get there XD <3

"There are only SO MANY Target-s here!!" 😉😉🤣🤣

7:49 That pattern looks like those paper cups 😆 Y’all have the craziest ideas but I love them

Curious if spray paint would have worked better but it also would have been very messy lol. Editing is always just as funny as the content!

I don’t know why but I like the “failing” videos the best because it feels so much more satisfying to see the final results

spray paint works really well. so does enamel paint from hobby stores that come in tiny glass botttles. they're more expensive but spread out evenly and give you a high rate of success. you can marble a whole bike with one tiny bottle per color