My quick and dirty DIY nail stamping tutorial on the subject of cheap galvanized pipe fittings for DIY nail art was last updated August 7th, 2021. Featured image, Facebook image and video credited to Janelle Estep. If you enjoy this article, please remember to share it with others. You are reading about Memorial Day/4th of July Nails (aka DIY Nail Stamping) which will be a DIY project.

I’ll begin with my experience procuring some inexpensive stainless steel pipe fittings to create my stamps. First off, I purchased two stainless steel pipe fittings at a local hardware store. After carefully inspecting them I determined they were too narrow for my purposes so I quickly purchased a larger size to try them on. When it came time to measure to use these new plumbing tools, my hubby’s tool belt slipped right out of my back pocket. Once again, these measurements didn’t add up so I had to take another look.

Next, I decided to use some cheap acetate sheets as my DIY nail stamping plate since my new tool would already accept them. My new acetate sheet seemed to be much wider than the old one. I measured the new one in inches and made my purchase. Well, as it turns out, the new sheet was an inch wider. What was worse, my hubby had left the nail polish bottle inside my pantry cabinet!

After some cleaning and a few mishaps, I was ready to start. First, I used my old stainless steel pipe fittings and applied a thin coat of regular nail polish. Then I went to my new acetate sheet and began to stamp. Well, let me say that it was not smooth like the old days but I’m pretty happy with the results. I did have to sand the edges before starting to stamp.

After completing this first step, I followed the same steps as I did with the regular nail polish application. I started with a thin coat and worked my way up. The first thing I did was decide which stamping method I wanted to do. I finally decided to go with the regular nail polish technique but instead of going straight to the top using the acetate sheets I dipped my nail into the nail polish bottle using a swivel and stamped from the bottom to the top.

This is the first project of many for me and I’m excited to see where my creativity will take me next! In the mean time, I will continue to practice my DIY nail stamping plate and use it on scrap materials to build up a collection. I know I’ll be getting lots of use out of this!