Make Your Own Touchscreen Gloves

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Make Your Own Touchscreen Gloves

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Winter is here, and there's nothing more annoying than having to remove your gloves in sub-zero temperatures to work your phone! Notice how you can't interact with a screen through wool or cotton?
Luckily, we've devised a quick hack to sort this out.

In this quick tutorial we show you how you can hack a pair of gloves to make them touchscreen compatible.

All you need is some Electric Paint and some old gloves, so give it a try!

Materials

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To begin you will need:

1 x Electric Paint Pen
1 x paintbrush
1 x gloves
1 x phone or tablet

Electric Paint

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To begin, dab a generous droplet of Electric Paint on your paintbrush.

Apply

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Using your brush, apply this on the tip of your glove's index finger.

Dry

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Let your glove sit for 5 - 10 minutes to dry.

If you want to seal the paint so it won't smudge, you can now apply a top layer of clear nailpolish over the painted fingertip.

Speed It Up!

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You can also use a hairdryer to dry the paint.

Give It a Go!

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Once the paint and varnish have dried you're ready to test it out. Get your phone, put your glove on and give it a go!Success!

No more cold hands this winter.