Plastic Bottle Self Extinguishing Ashtray
Intro: Plastic Bottle Self Extinguishing Ashtray
Two wrongs make a sorta right--recycle a plastic bottle as a smoke-catching, self extinguishing ashtray.
STEP 1:
Start with a 1 liter plastic bottle
STEP 2:
With your cutting tool of choice, cut the bottle slightly above the label all the way around.
STEP 3:
Your two pieces should look like this.
STEP 4:
Add about an inch of cat litter or sand to the bottom of the bottle.
STEP 5:
Turn the top part of the bottle upside down and fit it snugly into the bottom part.
STEP 6:
Using any wider household tape, add tape around the outer part of the bottle at the top leaving at least 1/2" extending over the top of the bottle. Fold this extended part of the tape over into the inside to enclose the seam.
STEP 7:
You can cut 1 or more V shapes into the top edge to hold burning cigarettes.
STEP 8:
Drop the burning cigarette butt through the bottle neck. (watch that you don't leave the burning part resting against the side of the bottle--it will melt a hole and ruin your creation).
The smoke is trapped in the bottle, and the reduced oxygen will extinguish the cigarette. I should mention that you shouldn't be either buying stuff in plastic bottles, or smoking. But just in case you do.
The smoke is trapped in the bottle, and the reduced oxygen will extinguish the cigarette. I should mention that you shouldn't be either buying stuff in plastic bottles, or smoking. But just in case you do.
23 Comments
loverslane021411 4 months ago
TayyabM3 7 years ago
excellent work there.
StephenL1 8 years ago
when I made this I didn't have any tape so I just used my lighter to melt and fuse the two edges to each other and it worked perfectly.
candyflossincpt 9 years ago
shooby 15 years ago
GfromKC 15 years ago
shooby 15 years ago
GfromKC 15 years ago
shooby 15 years ago
GfromKC 15 years ago
mdavis6 12 years ago
pyra_builder_1337 14 years ago
nadejaa 13 years ago
biofueljunke 14 years ago
parkmana 14 years ago
somuchdepth 14 years ago
but why would we want to give off CO2??
parkmana 14 years ago
CO2 is also useful in horticulture; it makes green plants grow more, faster, healthier (without CO2, green plants wither).
somuchdepth 14 years ago
pyra_builder_1337 14 years ago
randla 14 years ago