Break away beer bottles!

Step 4: Finishing touches

I screwed up one side of my mold and as a result had extra work to do after the bottles came out. I discovered I could carve and scrape off extra resin to get a round bottle look. And boy did it make a difference. So if you have excess resin be sure to scrape it off carefully. Too much pressure and the bottle will just crack on you.

My original idea was to make "Bustmeister - King of Bustin' Heads" labels and six pack but decided with regards to cost and time constraints to just glue on real labels. I did buy a pack of 20+ vintage Budweiser labels. They look kinda generic and give it a cool novelty feel.

I also used a set of new labels i removed from a new Budweiser bottle.

To remove labels from a bottle usually just letting them soak in water for a bit and carefully peeling them off will do the trick.

To glue them back on I used 3M Super 77 sprayable adhesive.
http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/3M-Super-77/Super77/

Well there you have it, start a new tradition for New Years, instead of shooting corks, break a bottle over someones head!

Just be sure to let them know before hand. They break super easily but a surprise hit hurts more. The resin crumples into microscopic pieces so I don't recommend using them on carpet and don't litter parks/nature with it.

After you are done with them, you can reuse them. However I'm not entirely certain about the Super 77adhesive, if it's ok to cook that.

I have extra resin, labels, and dye for sale and I will cut up a silicone mold I didn't use if you want a sample of it. I can also make bottles if you don't want to make your own.

Well this is my submission for the 2nd laser contest. And as before If I win I plan to make free laser cuttings available to all members in the Instructables Laser contest group.

Thanks

Chris

Comments

[SlashmasterAeoniX]

Can this be made so that it's clear or green? I'd love to switch it up with vodka and wine bottles/glasses. And can you fill them with liquid, or is it too unstable? A smash&splash would look great onstage...

[bowow0807]

yes if you want a clear one just don't add color but I'm not entirely sure about this and for green just add green food coloring

[cowstick]

Sounds like a Metal Gear dilemma in here.

[gateon]

?lol?what do you mean by that?or am i just missing something?

[cowstick]

The liquid and solid talk. Also was playing a lot of MGS4 that month.

[SnakeEyes]

Or, you could just swirl a dime or a sharp rock around inside an empty bottle for a few minutes. The sharp edges will score the glass enough that it breaks easily and (generally) harmlessly. For serious, we break them over our heads all the time. Just don't get it in your eyes!

[killerjackalope]

Yeah the guy that hit me with a bottle forgot to do that lol... Pint glasses are fairly inconsequential to the head anything by arcoro doesn't seem to hurt but I've never done this on purpose. Possible other things to make from magic glass: - Lightbulbs -Windows (then have your enemies replace with them and watch them braek in wind... - Crazy glasses - Screen doors (saves lives and if if you run through it you're only saving time) - Safety baubles (the glass ones are kinda dangerous, especially in bauble fights) - Glass boxes to beat mimes with in a non lethal manner - Art - Giant plates of glass to walk about with (it's probably cheaper this way) - Trick coasters and such, even a trick glass coffee table, then make someone buy another for you and have 2

[pocketwatch]

Also, break it right after you score it- after a while it won't work right.

[SnakeEyes]

A valid point. Why is that, anyways?

[DELETED_dannydutton]

(removed by author or community request)

[laserpewpew]

Glass is not a liquid, that is an urban legend. Glass is classified as an "amorphous solid", structuraly similar to a Liquid but by definition it is not a liquid.

[yankee]

You are correct. Glass is an amorphous solid. It's behavior is that of a solid. The distortion seen in old glass is due to the manufacturing process. The waviness appears is from drawn glass and is caused by uneveness in the thickness of the glass caused by difficults in controlling the viscosity across the entire sheet of glass being drawn. The myth of glass flowing down to the bottom of the window pane is from observations seen in an older glass forming method called crown glass. In this method a glass blower spun a gob of glass on the end end of rod making in flare out into a disk. The square panes were cut from this disk. Since the edges of the disk were thinner then the center, the cut panes were thicker on one edge. The thicker edge was typically installed on the bottom of the pane leading to he myth of flowing glass.

[DELETED_dannydutton]

(removed by author or community request)

[laserpewpew]

Yeah, it is a common misconception. I've heard it on numerous occasions. I think the thing that strikes me the hardest is the oxymoron, "solid liquid". It's not correct because you are saying that glass (the matter) is simultaneously holding 2 "states". I guess what I am saying is matter can't be in two "states" it's either a solid, a liquid, or a gas. Anyway, sorry I'm a nerd.

[SnakeEyes]

Cool. Good stuff to know.