I'm thinking of taking some silk screened bottles (emptied of corse) to a local glass artisan with a furnace (AKA glory hole) to melt them down flat and use for cheese boards, decoratives, etc. Anyone ever try this or am I slowly losing it?
Probably a dead horse, but do you do anything interesting with your empties?
"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return."
Timely post. We have had a run of rectal foreign bodies recently. It makes for an interesting imaging study. Is their something in the water? What are these people thinking? How do you explain that one to the ER doc?
Oh, by the way, I put mine in the recycling bin.
---------- "Sometimes when I reflect back on all the wine I drink I feel shame. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the vineyards and all of their hopes and dreams . If I didn't drink this wine, they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered. Then I say to myself, 'It is better that I drink this wine and let their dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver."
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Originally posted by Red guy in a blue state: Timely post. We have had a run of rectal foreign bodies recently. It makes for an interesting imaging study. Is their something in the water? What are these people thinking? How do you explain that one to the ER doc?
Oh, by the way, I put mine in the recycling bin.
Those damn HIPA laws can really interfere with potentially interesting off-line conversations, can't they?
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Originally posted by Red guy in a blue state: Timely post. We have had a run of rectal foreign bodies recently. It makes for an interesting imaging study. Is their something in the water? What are these people thinking? How do you explain that one to the ER doc?
Oh, by the way, I put mine in the recycling bin.
Those damn HIPA laws can really interfere with potentially interesting off-line conversations, can't they?
Damn government...
---------- "Sometimes when I reflect back on all the wine I drink I feel shame. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the vineyards and all of their hopes and dreams . If I didn't drink this wine, they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered. Then I say to myself, 'It is better that I drink this wine and let their dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver."
- Jack Handy
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Originally posted by Rothko: Must... resist.... smartass.... comment....
Go ahead, let it out. You know you will feel much better.
---------- "Sometimes when I reflect back on all the wine I drink I feel shame. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the vineyards and all of their hopes and dreams . If I didn't drink this wine, they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered. Then I say to myself, 'It is better that I drink this wine and let their dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver."
- Jack Handy
Posts: 1107 | Location: San Diego | Registered: Jan 17, 2006
Originally posted by Primordealsoup: I'm thinking of taking some silk screened bottles (emptied of corse) to a local glass artisan with a furnace (AKA glory hole) to melt them down flat and use for cheese boards, decoratives, etc. Anyone ever try this or am I slowly losing it?
I will try to ignore the posts from the boy's club and answer your question.
A friend of mind has a kiln and she started a samll side business melting wine bottles into cheese boards and selling them at craft fairs. The silk screened bottles usually work fairly well, but standard size bottles really are too small for a decent board. She has started to use just the larger bottles.
She has also melted differently shaped bottles, such as Patron, which make for nice candy dish type plates.
There was a large learning curve for her with many, many bottles lost until she got it figured out, so don't take any special bottles until the glas artisian has practice on a few.
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Originally posted by justme: A friend of mind has a kiln and she started a samll side business melting wine bottles into cheese boards and selling them at craft fairs. The silk screened bottles usually work fairly well, but standard size bottles really are too small for a decent board. She has started to use just the larger bottles.
She has also melted differently shaped bottles, such as Patron, which make for nice candy dish type plates.
There was a large learning curve for her with many, many bottles lost until she got it figured out, so don't take any special bottles until the glas artisian has practice on a few.
Good suggestion regarding testing some bottles first in order to get some practice. And, you are correct, silk screened bottles are preferable as they will retain some of the design after firing- I have actually purchased a few with that in mind. Unfortunately, for most of them, that purpose will be their high point.
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The best past of the glory hole is the warmth and burning. Having said this, I find the same glory hole tends to become boring over time. Variety is the spice of life!
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Originally posted by Cellar_Fiend: The best past of the glory hole is the warmth and burning. Having said this, I find the same glory hole tends to become boring over time. Variety is the spice of life!
Better late than never! Let's hope the burning is only temporary, and doesn't fester over time, .
-IB
"Wine only turns into alcohol if you let it sit."---Lindsay Bluth
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Damn government...
