Love science? Love stemware? Love radioactive looking beverages? This may just be the instructable for you!
I am a Mad Scientist, and love the idea of drinking out of lab equipment. However, I am also a Mad Scientist, and know that this is a really Really REALLY bad idea. I wanted to have a scientific glass to pour my favorite radioactive looking beverages into this Halloween season!
My husband is quite fond of anything fancy or formal, so when I came across these glasses I knew I found the perfect start for my Mad Science stemware!
What You'll Need
Glass Stemware (I found these cuties at the Dollar Tree for $1 each!)
Armour Etch (Glass Etching Cream - In the Stained Glass aisle at Hobby Lobby)
Paint Brush
Teaspoon
Tablespoon
Washrag
X-Acto Knife
Contact Paper
White Painter's Pen
Acrylic Gloss Coating
Masking Tape
Paper Towels
Sharpie
Water
I am a Mad Scientist, and love the idea of drinking out of lab equipment. However, I am also a Mad Scientist, and know that this is a really Really REALLY bad idea. I wanted to have a scientific glass to pour my favorite radioactive looking beverages into this Halloween season!
My husband is quite fond of anything fancy or formal, so when I came across these glasses I knew I found the perfect start for my Mad Science stemware!
What You'll Need
Glass Stemware (I found these cuties at the Dollar Tree for $1 each!)
Armour Etch (Glass Etching Cream - In the Stained Glass aisle at Hobby Lobby)
Paint Brush
Teaspoon
Tablespoon
Washrag
X-Acto Knife
Contact Paper
White Painter's Pen
Acrylic Gloss Coating
Masking Tape
Paper Towels
Sharpie
Water
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Signing UpStep 1: Taking Measurements
This step is not absolutely necessary. HOWEVER, if you want your Mad Science Stemware to be truly scientific, you'll want to do this.
What gives science laboratory glassware its classic yet awesome look are the etched-glass lines on the side used to measure the various substances and chemicals. While you can create the look of science laboratory glassware without turning your drinking glass a functional scientific measuring tool, I strongly recommend doing the measurements. If nothing else, you get to say "Look, I made a functional piece of scientific kitchenware!"
Depending on the size of your glass, decide what increment you are going to use for your measurements. Easy ones are 5mL, 10mL, and 25mL. For my glasses, I went with 10mL intervals.
Add one increment of water to your glass to bring the level up to the first measurement. I added 10mL of water to my glass, or two teaspoons. Once the water is still, mark the line on the glass with a sharpie or other permanent marker.
Keep adding water, marking each increment, until you have reached the desired volume or the top of the glass. I stopped at 200mL, which was almost to the top of my glass.
What gives science laboratory glassware its classic yet awesome look are the etched-glass lines on the side used to measure the various substances and chemicals. While you can create the look of science laboratory glassware without turning your drinking glass a functional scientific measuring tool, I strongly recommend doing the measurements. If nothing else, you get to say "Look, I made a functional piece of scientific kitchenware!"
Depending on the size of your glass, decide what increment you are going to use for your measurements. Easy ones are 5mL, 10mL, and 25mL. For my glasses, I went with 10mL intervals.
For Easy Measurements:
One Teaspoon = 5mL
One Tablespoon = 15mL
One Tablespoon = 15mL
Add one increment of water to your glass to bring the level up to the first measurement. I added 10mL of water to my glass, or two teaspoons. Once the water is still, mark the line on the glass with a sharpie or other permanent marker.
Keep adding water, marking each increment, until you have reached the desired volume or the top of the glass. I stopped at 200mL, which was almost to the top of my glass.
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then again... I'm a brewer....
but really... just keep the lab stuff and the kitchen stuff seperate. I keep a set of beakers around just for the tours I give of the brewery, makes sampling out of the bright tanks seem "official" :) then we toast off with "FOR SCIENCE!!!!
that reminds me. is glass work still part of a chemistry degree? I'd like to see a stem and base fabricated, then "welded" to a test tube for a nice shot glass.
sand blasting would be awesome, but you need to make a stencil for that. this method, making the incremental marks the using the etch insures accuracy.