Easy DIY Hydro Flask painting ideas and painting /sealing tips and tricks.
If you love painting AND love yourHydro Flask water bottle, youve come to the right place!
It might even encourage you to drink more water!
I custom painted them as Christmas presents.
It makes a special and super unique gift idea!
They have been around since 2009, but their popularity have gained traction over the past couple of years.
Plus youll be helping the environment by keeping plastic bottles out of the landfill!
I like the 1-liter size since my new years goal is to track my daily water consumption.
The assortment of Hydro Flask colors is also quite impressive.
From frost to lilac, watermelon, jade and beyond, the colors are fresh, vibrant and gorgeous!
The Hydro Flasks plain design makes it a perfect project to customize.
Can you Paint your Hydroflask?
Yes, you’re free to.
You might be wondering though, which key in of paint to use on your Hydro Flask.
you’re free to paint your Hydro Flask with water-based acrylic paints.
Read below to find out how I sealed them.
What Kind of Paint do you use on a Hydro Flask?
Regular Acrylic (water-based) paint works best for painting your Hydro Flask.
I personally used Liquitex BASICS paints ( I used paints fromthis set inparticular) and they worked beautifully.
Learn from my mistake, and use Acrylics!
To seal the paint on your Hydro flask, youll need a good water-resistant sealant.
This is the one I bought, on Amazon.
The instructions on how to seal your metal hydro flask water bottle in is the tutorial below.
If you know what you want to paint, awesome!
I would absolutely love to see your finished bottle art, on myfacebook page… From monarch butterflies to plus morpho butterflies and beyond there are so many options.
And you might play around with style and colors.
From whimsical to abstract, to hyper-realistic- pick your style and go for it!
I personally like the whimsical/abstract style.
Its more fun (IMO) and less stress getting it perfect- and very forgiving- especially for beginners.
Ive got the painting process covered in myhow to paint lavender flowers tutorial.
Plus your roses will look more cohesive because they will all have the same undertone.
Heres a process shot…
Here are the finished painted roses on my Frosted Blue Hydro Flask…
I loved this design so much, I painted the same rose-y design on a black Hydroflask!
And… it was super fun to paint.
you could add your own fave flower to the bunch.
This one was gifted to my mother-in-law who loves bright colorful flowers.
Heres a process picture along with my art journal page that inspired this art.
Did you make this project?
If you liked this post, c’mon pin it!
