Even more Diamond Painting tips and tricks

After presenting 9 helpful tips in our blog post "Diamond Painting Tips and Tricks" that can help you make your Diamond Painting artwork even easier, we have more tips and tricks for you here.

Tip 10: Clean diamond painting pens

Old wax that has lost its adhesive power but is still stuck in the pen can prevent you from applying new wax. Therefore, clean your Diamond Painting pen from time to time to avoid this or clean it if you notice that your wax is no longer sticky enough to hold new diamonds, but you still don't notice any improvement after pricking your wax. Use pointed Diamond Painting tweezers or a toothpick to completely remove the old wax from the cavity of the pen tip. You can then pick up new wax and continue working without any problems.

Tip 11: Water instead of wax

If you don't have any wax to hand because you've run out or misplaced it, you don't have to give up your favorite hobby. With this simple trick, the diamond painting fun can still continue. All you need is some water in a small glass or other container. First remove any wax residue that may still be on the tip. Now simply dip your Diamond Painting pen tip into the water. Water will now collect in the cavity of the tip and the stones will stick to it. You can now pick up and place your stones as usual. Regularly dip the tip back into the water to maintain the effect. Small amounts of water that remain on the stones will evaporate quickly on their own and do not need to be wiped off.

Tip 12: Painting in a checkerboard pattern

Especially with larger areas of the same color, it is particularly noticeable if not all the stones are exactly the same size or if you have not worked very precisely. Then the set diamonds shift and everything looks crooked and lopsided. To avoid slightly twisted Diamond Painting stones and therefore uneven rows, it is advisable to paint larger areas of one color in a so-called checkerboard pattern. This means that you only place a tile on every second square of a row and then in each subsequent row, but staggered so that a pattern is created like on a chessboard. Then fill in the remaining gaps and all the Diamond Painting tiles will line up perfectly by themselves. Just give it a try! It can also be helpful to use a Diamond Painting template to place all the stones neatly and accurately. They are available for both square and round stones and you can find them, along with many other useful accessories, in our Diamond Painting Shop for accessories.

Tip 13: Permanently fix diamond stones that have popped out

From time to time, it can happen that one or more diamonds that you have already placed on your canvas simply won't stick and come loose again. These so-called "popping" stones sometimes simply need to be attached to the adhesive layer of the canvas with a little more pressure. A simple trick for this is to pick up the reluctant stone again with the pen and place it in its intended position. Then simply take your rolling pin or dough roller from the kitchen, which you normally use to work with dough, and roll it over the diamond-studded canvas surface. Apply a little downward pressure and the rolling pin will ensure that any diamonds that pop out will stick perfectly and permanently. If you don't have a rolling pin or don't want to use one, we also have special Diamond Painting Rollers in our Diamond Painting accessories.

Tip 14: Saving spilled diamonds

It can easily happen that you knock over a box or bag of diamond stones or that the stones don't end up in the desired place when you pour them back, but instead all over the work table or even on the floor. To avoid having to spend hours picking up all the little diamonds again, this trick can save you: Use a lint roller, which is normally used to remove lint or animal hair. The slightly sticky surface of this lint roller will also make your spilled diamonds stick to it and you'll have them picked up again in no time!

Tip 15: Sign your diamond picture

Use leftover diamonds to leave your initials or name in a different color in a corner of your diamond painting. This gives your DIY artwork a very special touch and makes it a truly unique diamond painting!

Tip 16: Have a pack of baby wipes in the house

The adhesive layer of our Diamond Painting canvases is of very high quality and has very good adhesive strength. However, a mishap can always happen, for example, if you forget to cover the canvas with the transparent protective film after you have finished working on it or if dust, fluff or animal hair somehow sticks to it, which of course reduces the adhesive strength. If you have the feeling that your canvas is no longer sticking so well for such a reason or you see visible dirt on it, you can try a quick trick. Use baby wipes to wipe over the surface of your adhesive layer. These wipes can gently clean the adhesive layer of your canvas, remove dirt and thereby restore the adhesive strength so that your diamonds stick again without any problems.

Tip 17: Save excess diamonds for future projects

It's always a good idea to keep unused materials, even if you don't know what to do with them yet. Invest in a storage system and store leftover diamonds, wax and other accessories there. You never know when you might need them again. If you want to store your leftover diamond stones, always label them with their respective DMC numbers to make sure you know what color they are in the future.

Tip 18: Using diamond painting leftovers

Who hasn't often wondered whether you could do something nice with all the beautiful glitter stones left over at the end of a project? Here we have a list of great ideas of what you can do with leftover Diamond Painting stones.

• Fill beautiful bottles with leftover stones and put them on the shelf as decoration. You can create colored layers or fill the bottles with a colorful mix of stones. Both look beautiful.
• Apply a strip of double-sided adhesive tape to the glass and then stick a pattern of Diamond Painting stones on it. You can then use the glass as a lantern.
• Buy simple greeting cards or design and print them out yourself on the computer and pimp them up with Diamond Painting stones to create very special cards with a 3D effect by sticking Diamond Painting stones onto lines, lettering or contours. Specially shaped stones, such as those included in our Diamond Painting notebooks, are particularly suitable for this purpose.
• make your own very individual Diamond Painting tool holder by filling a large storage jar with Diamond Painting stones and then placing Diamond Painting pens and tools in it.
• Stick double-sided adhesive tape to the outside of the aluminum or plastic bowl of a tea light and then decorate it with Diamond Painting stones to create a pretty individual table decoration.
• design your own bookmark with Diamond Painting stones.
• decorate your nails with glittering Diamond Painting stones during your next manicure

With these 18 helpful tips and tricks from this blog post and our first part "Diamond Painting Tips and Tricks", we hope we have been able to give you lots of ideas on the subject of Diamond Painting. We hope you continue to have fun with your creative DIY hobby!