Wednesday, 30 March 2016

DIY: 3 Simple Way To Cut Glass Bottles (Recycled Art Ideas)

Interested in learning how to cut bottles at home for cool DIY crafts and home decor projects? I was, but then I saw several different ways people show you to cut bottles. Never accepting of just one perfect method, I was determined to learn all of them, or at least the ones that really worked.

Method 1. Using A String

Materials:
  • Bottle
  • Cotton String or Fabric string ( any kind of string as long as it can absorb liquid)
  • Acetone
  • A container with cold water

Step 1
Get a string and wrap it around the bottle. Tie it to the bottle and cut off the ends.
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Step 2
Take off the string and soak it in acetone. Put it back on the bottle, preferably on the line that looks like a point where the glass is joined or a point where the glass starts to bend.
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Step 3
Light up the string and spin the bottle until most of acetone has burned.
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Step 4
Drop the bottle in cold water.
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Method 2. Using A Glass Cutter And A Duck Tape

Materials:
  • Bottle
  • Duck Tape or any tape as long as your bottle could fit in the middle
  • Glass Cutter
  • Candle
  • Ice

Step 1
Place your bottle inside the duck tape. The duck tape would serve as a guide when your start cutting the bottle as well as a base for your hand.
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Step 2
Point your glass cutter towards the bottle and gently rotate the bottle creating a line. Do this until the both lines meet.
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Step 3
Heat it up on a candle by rotating the bottle specifically on where the lines was created by the glass cutter then get an ice cube and rub it to the lines around the bottle.
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Repeat this step until the bottle splits in half.
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Method 3. Using A Bottle Cutter

Materials:
  • Bottle
  • Bottle Cutter
  • Candle
  • Ice

Step 1
Adjust the cutting point and place the bottle in center and turn it towards you until you hear a crunching sound.
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Step 2
Heat the scoring line on the candle and cool it down with ice.
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Repeat this step until the bottle splits in half.
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Saturday, 12 March 2016