She Painted Her Car with Nail Polish

Posted by Miss Cellania in Car & Vehicle on December 23, 2008 at 3:35 pm


Jill Bell of Urbana, Maryland repaired a scratch on her car with a dab of nail polish, and liked the look so much that she painted her entire car with it!

Over the next 13 months, from September 2007 to this past October, she completely covered her car in a quilt-like pattern – as a quilter, she found the multi-pattern paint job fitting, she said.

Bell said she collected between 100 to 250 bottles of nail polish, but did not have an exact idea as she simply used bottles from anyone she could get it from.

“Lots of ladies in my church donated nail polish, and lots of ladies at Weight Watchers, too,” she said. She said it would be nearly impossible for her to estimate the dollar value of all the bottles, as each brand cost a different amount – anywhere from under a dollar to $5.

Link -Thanks, Geekazoid!

(image credit: Bill Ryan/The Gazette)


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16 comments to "She Painted Her Car with Nail Polish"

  1. coletteg
    December 23rd, 2008 at 4:09 pm

    OK ... if she is from Maryland, why is the South Carolina state tree and moon on the side of her car???

  2. sw
    December 23rd, 2008 at 4:39 pm

    i find it entertaining to paint on my car with washable paints (so a trip thru the car wash creates a clean slate). i used to run a boys and girls club, and i let them paint on my car one time. they thought it was a riot.

  3. Frau
    December 23rd, 2008 at 5:46 pm

    I used to paint with all my old nail polishes. I had always wanted to paint something other than canvas. I am envious of her.

  4. Evilbeagle
    December 23rd, 2008 at 7:01 pm

    It's all very creative and interesting, but I don't know that I would be seen in that vehicle.

  5. MoniA
    December 23rd, 2008 at 7:17 pm

    I think it's neat. I wouldn't want my car to look like that but I bet it was fun to make. I wish I could see it closer up.

  6. JenDiggity
    December 23rd, 2008 at 8:41 pm

    I used to use my nail polish for painting things mixed tape covers. A friend and I once painted her entire car (it was the first year Honda, I think - a tiny little thing) with spray paint and little tiny brushes we'd dip into spray paint pooled onto paper plates. We did it in the winter in her garage with the door closed and the fumes were something else. That car looked like a hippie just exploded all over it. Good times.

  7. Ali S.
    December 23rd, 2008 at 11:55 pm

    Isn't nail polish flammable?

  8. Scooter
    December 24th, 2008 at 11:54 am

    i just wonder how weather resistant that is...

    oh and you could never sell that car.

  9. Lemon
    December 24th, 2008 at 4:39 pm

    @8 I would buy it for the right price. It looks pretty neat.

  10. liphttam1
    December 24th, 2008 at 10:28 pm

    I would buy it as well, as long as it wont come off.

  11. Christophe
    December 25th, 2008 at 1:10 am

    Nail polish fumes are bad. She'll regret it...

  12. renderanything
    December 25th, 2008 at 4:41 pm

    Resale value went down considerably. Unless she were to sell it on E-bay that is.

  13. Jill
    December 26th, 2008 at 1:04 pm

    There is a S.C. flag on the door, because I lived there for 6 years. There is a Maryland flag on the hood.

    I used to draw on the car with washable markers. I also let the kids that I nanny for draw on it too. I got tired of that and wanted something more permanent.
    The nail polish is holding up very well. I have to touch stuff up when it fades. (Only hot colors seem to fade. The blue, on the S.C. flag has not faded one bit, in several months, but some of the yellows and reds fade in a few weeks.)

    I don't think I will ever sell it. I plan to drive it until it dies a horrible death.

  14. Miss Cellania
    December 26th, 2008 at 1:06 pm

    Thanks, Jill, for coming over and fleshing out the story. I hope your car holds up forever!

  15. Miss K
    December 26th, 2008 at 2:57 pm

    Coletteg:

    I saw the SC flag too. We've had a car here in Columbia, SC that has been painted with nailpolish for years. In fact, "The Nailpolish Car" is painted on it in nailpolish. She's taking credit for something she didn't even come up with.

  16. Rocky Rook
    December 27th, 2008 at 5:33 pm

    Wild. That must have been a fun year painting that.


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