I am trying out the following craft idea, the ingredients and steps are as follows:
Ingredients
- Water (or distilled water) that is dyed using three colors.
- A Test tube with cork.
- Hot-glue stick (and shredded into small 1mm to 5mm size)
- Glitters Glue (with different colors)
Steps
- Pour the red dyed color water into the test tube (around 5ml to 10ml).
- Put some shredded hot-glue stick and make sure that it covers the red dyed water.
- Pour some glittered glue and wait for 10 mins before putting another layer of shredded hot-glue stick.
- Wait for a day (to ensure that the glue fully dries).
- Pour the blue dyed color water into the test tube (around 5ml to 10ml).
- Put some shredded hot-glue stick and make sure that it covers the blue dyed water.
- Pour some glittered glue and wait for 10 minutes before putting another layer of shredded hot-glue stick.
- Wait for a day (to ensure that the glue fully dries).
- Pour the green dyed color water into the test tube (around 5ml to 10ml or to near the tip of the test tube).
- Close the test tube with the cork.
- Enjoy the multiple layers of dyed water with glittered glue and shredded hot glue stick.
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Question
Now the most important part - will the above craft idea work?
Concerns
- Will the glittered glue eventually give way, regardless of whether the test tube is shaken or not?
- Do I need to mix special glue (like water-proof silicone glue) with the glittered glue to strengthen the layering?
- What other precautions or measures do I need to take to ensure all the layers will stay where they are supposed to be?