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This week, we attempted a craft that I (Nicole) saw in a ReadyMade magazine, or so I thought. I ripped apart the house looking for this article. I am now convinced I am crazy and somehow hallucinated it. Nicole 0, Craziness 1.
This cheesy Youtube video allows you to believe that cutting a bottle half with string is easy, involving fire, acetone, string, and cold water.
And when Nicole was on her trip to Savannah Georgia last week and saw glasses made of beer bottles inthe SCAD store (the glasses aren’t online but they have other pretty things at the online store), an attempt was going to have to be made by Too Cute Tuesday.
Materials
Acetone, and lighter fluid
String
Scissors
Bottles of Corona, empty
Lighter
Basin of cool water
Safety glasses (sun glasses)
Sandpaper (was supposed to smooth out the small shards left over)
Cocktail of the Night: Coronas (so we could use the bottles)
1. Drink Corona and get to talking. Realize it’s Too Cute Tueday and head into the backyard.
2. Tie string around a bottle where you want it to break, snipping off excess.
3. Take it off the bottle. We tried soaking in acetone like this video but it didn’t work. So we tried lighter fluid for a more heated experience.
4. Put string back on bottle. Put on safety glasses. Light on fire.
5. As it’s about to burn out, submerge in cold water.
So we attempted this unsuccessfully several times. We doubled string, tried hitting the bottle against a hard surface after firing, and I even took out a Dremel tool in desperation at one point. Finally, we were able to break the top off the bottle like they did in this video but the edge was too jagged to work with.
Craft fail! Oh well, at least we tried… But be warned, this isn’t as easy as the video above makes it look. May we suggest if you love these to buy them from someone cool like this person:http://www.etsy.com/shop/bottlehood
Aren’t we crafty, yet able to respect our own crafting limits?
