Steampunk Goggles

Step 4 Prepare the Eyepieces

Take your Gatorade lids and, with the utility knife, cut out circles from the tops of them. Try to keep the circles even and clean for best results. You don't want them too close to the edge either; try about a quarter of an inch in from the edge. Then take your metallic spray paint (gold would probably look best, but all I had was silver) and coat the entire outside of each eyepiece. Let these dry outside with the leather.

Comments

[Madmoiselle Couer]

i cut out a hole and then i used a "rat tail" file to sand mine down.

[Captin69]

you could use a Soldering iron to make the edges round thats what i did

[Iridium7]

but would the plastic melt to the iron?

[Arianovan]

I'm thinking a combo of a lighter and a dremal tool with a fine grain sanding bit would get a pretty smooth/ professional looking edge.

[Londonized]

I used a lighter.