How To Make Glass Bottles

In this episode of how to make everything andy george turns sand into glass and gets a crash course in the art of blowing glass.

How to make glass bottles. I used to throw them all away but i realized throwing these bottles away dont help anybody. I need around 5 minutes to melt the glass. Empty the bottles you want to cut. Hang the glass bottle inside the plastic bottle it should have 12 of free space all around and 1 in the bottom and 1 in the top.

This 220z bottle is a great size for a drinking glass while 12oz bottles may work better as tasting glasses. Otherwise a plain ol bottle will work just as well. Hi guys welcome to my channel im back with my another video of bottle craft waste glass bottle craft bottle craft for home decoration bottle craft with rice i hope you guys like the video please. High end liquor bottles and vintage glass pieces tend to be made from thicker glass and make great sea glass.

The first involves molding the molten glass using an iron mold and air. I mixed the lightest color first and did two bottles in that then added more food coloring to make the additional shades. Time needed to fuse the glass will vary depending on your microwave size of the kiln and the glass you use. Purchase a bottle cutter or a bottle cutter kit.

Making glasses with a bottle cutter 1. There are two main steps when it comes to making glass bottles. When i decided to smash an already cracked aqua colored glass insulator the resulting sea glass was a gorgeous blue green color that created beautiful thick. The second involves reheating and cooling the glass.

Eco friendly fun creative thing to do with glass bottles. Set your bottle cutter on a flat table. I played around with the colors. The coolest bottles to use are those that have a logo or printing etched right onto the glass.

The lightest colored bottle has 4 drops of blue 1 green the mid range shade is 4 drops of blue 4 drops of green and the darkest bottle is 10 drops of blue 4 drops of green. Theyre a little harder to find but definitely worth it if you can. Clean them out and leave them to dry overnight. Recycling projects with glass bottles.

My best sea glass results were achieved using old telephone insulators. Get your big plastic bottle it should be at least 2 taller than the glass bottle and 1 wider cut the top of the bottle apply mold release to the interior of the plastic bottle. We dont notice it but we buy so many bottles of beer milk wineyou name itwe end up with more glass bottles than we need. To learn more about minnesota center for glass arts foci http.

Using tongs carefully pour a stream of molten glass into iron tubes to form the gobs that look somewhat like a short bottle with thick walls.