Are you looking for a quick and practical way to cut a glass bottle at home? The solution may be less complicated than you think. Just follow 4 simple steps carefully, after having obtained the right "tools", to unleash your imagination and create various vases and decorations, bowls or glasses, lamps and chandeliers, containers and trays, creatively reusing glass. And getting new objects to decorate the house or to give as gifts at virtually no cost.
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Are you looking for a practical and quick way to cut a glass bottle at home? The solution may be less complicated than you think. Just follow 10 simple steps carefully, after having obtained the right "tools", to unleash your imagination and create vases and various decorations, bowls or glasses, lamps and chandeliers, containers and object holders, creatively reusing glass.
And getting new objects to decorate the house or to give as gifts at virtually no cost. Or again, using this method to cut the bottles, it is also possible make wall lights to decorate a room in the house, using the colored backgrounds to obtain not only an aesthetically very nice wall, but a space that lets the light filter in, illuminating the room.
What we need:
- Cotton or hemp thread
- Alcohol
- Lighter or matches
- Deep container with cold water and some ice cubes
How to do:
1) To wear protective gloves and goggles. The procedure consists of creating a dilation, followed by a sharp cooling. This will help break the bottle.
2) Mark the entire circumference using a glass cutter or grinding wheel
3) Wet the thread with the flammable product
4) Tie the thread around the bottle, at the height of the circumference where you want to make the cut
5) Cut off the excess thread and tie a knot
6) Wash your hands thoroughly and remove any alcohol residue
7) Burn, with a match or a lighter, to the string
8) Rotate the bottle so that the flame does not touch the glass and heat until the wire stops burning
9) Immerse the bottle in a container of cold water up to the height of the string. The thermal shock will cause a cut
10) Smooth the edge with sandpaper, as the cut may be jagged.
Roberta Ragni
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