Method for marbleizing an object by dipping the object into paint floating on borax-conditioned water

A method for coating a surface of an object with a design, comprising

• conditioning a quantity of water by adding borax thereto to form a borax solution, and permitting said borax solution to age for a minimum time of about thirty minutes,
• providing said borax solution in a container so as to define an upper surface of said borax solution,
• floating a first colored thinned paint on the surface of said borax solution so that a first drop of the thinned paint spreads in a layer with an outer peripheral edge over said surface sufficiently thin so that said first drop appears to disappear,
• floating at least one differently colored thinned paint on said upper surface of said borax solution within said outer peripheral edge of said first color to form at least a second color over said upper surface,
• dipping an object into said borax solution through said paints so that the surface of the object contacts the floating paints on the borax solution surface, and
• removing the object from the borax solution and drying the object.

A method for coating a surface of an object with a design, comprising

• conditioning water with borax so that paint will spread on a surface of said water and be acceptable for transferring to an article dipped into the water,
• adding a drop of paint to the surface of the so-conditioned water,
• determining whether the paint spreads on the water surface,
• adding additional borax to the water if needed until a drop of paint spreads on the water surface in a layer sufficiently thin so that said drop of paint appears to disappear, then
• floating a plurality of different colored paints on the surface of the conditioned water so that the paint spreads over the surface,
• dipping an object into the water so that the surface of the object contacts the layer of floating paint on the water surface, and
• removing the object from the water and drying the object.