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Shrinky Bottle Medallions

Shrinky Bottle Medallions
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My first post was Plastic Bottle Beads, and hopefully everyone who saw it liked them! But some nice kind person sends you that something extra to look at....well that I did! Along with the help of the PET bottle idea for making vases, and jewelry I had ago myself.
So here are my Shrinky Plastic Bottle Medallions. I didn't use the things you were suppose to but used my good old trusty heat gun! And some colour.
Hope you like them.
13 comments
Mar 16, 2009. 6:00 AMalice cullen says:
I do not have a heat gun. would a hair drier work? nice Instructable! ;)
Aug 17, 2010. 4:00 PMashaloo says:
A hair drier wont work, but you could bo something similar by heating your oven/toaster oven to about 350 degrees an laying a piece of plain paper on a cookie sheet. Place your plastic pieces on the paper and then lay down another piece of paper on top of them and then weight them with something heavy and oven tolerant. (Maybe a glass casserole dish?) Bake them for about 5 minutes and check. If they haven't shrunken very much and are still easily bendable like before put them in for another few minutes. Hope that helps!!
Aug 18, 2010. 1:57 PMashaloo says:
I totally agree, (but I've never had it ruin my oven) and I use a heat gun for lots of these 'ibles, but I was merely trying to suggest an alternative. A heat gun is def the way to go if it's at all possible to get one!!
Jun 19, 2011. 10:05 AMkat_the_vamp says:
you can pop it apart n use gears and the like to do steampunky stuffs. though i hate ur camera got messed up
Mar 18, 2009. 10:06 PMnerdiechic says:
Using a toaster oven may work as well. We use the clamshells that berries come in to do similar things and use a toaster oven to 'roast' the little jewels. Just put 'em on parchment paper on a small cookie sheet. Cheers!
Feb 3, 2009. 4:21 PMMonk says:
lol these are so cool, we go thorugh so many plastic bottles in our studio, this could be a great way to harvest them for something cool. lol i even like the way to set up the instructions in the photos, nicely done!
Jan 22, 2009. 7:57 AMAbhorsen says:
Nicely done!
Jan 21, 2009. 7:09 AMgulguvenc says:
very nice :)

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