Beer + Fire = Art, functionality and free glasses!

[Ahleckz]

I like beer. I like drinking bottled beer from a glass. However, what glass do you select? A pint glass? A dimple glass? A glencairn? A beaker? A chalice? Let's find out!

Umh... Ahleckz, what are you doing?!

Take that string, and tie it around your bottle. Double knot that badboy!

Remove your loop, and drown that fool in lighter fluid! You should probably do this outside, rather than in your unventilated kitchen.

Umh. Ahleckz. Really?

Some people just like to watch the World burn...

After twisting for about 15 seconds, throw some cold water over the bottle. SNAP.

Get sanding boy!

Ta'da! A glass, from a bottle! It's not perfect, but it's drinkable and won't cut you. With more sanding, it would be fine but I got bored and wanted a drink. A power sander would be ideal.

 

[Ahleckz]

Wonder if this works with champagne bottles, always seems a waste to throw some of them away.

Do it

Couple of problems with champagne bottles. Firstly, they are very thick, much more so than beer bottles, so I imagine the string and fuel would burn out before it had heated sufficiently. I suppose, you could do it with multiple strings but it would probably be a PITA.
Secondly, labels on champagne bottles are paper/foil that are stuck on. These would likely melt. The label on the bottle I used is printed onto the bottle.

 

[Ahleckz]

Seems an awful lot of trouble and risk when you can just get a glass out of the cupboard.

A bit like that moment when you're going on holiday and you think, why bother paying an airline for a seat on a plane, give me 48 hours and I'll knock together my own 777 in the garage.

There is minimal risk in it. You're not melting glass, nor will the glass shatter. The flames last for around 20 seconds, and you're holding the bottle away from the flames. It's as risky as using a gas hob, to be honest.
As long as you make sure there are no sharp edges after sanding then there's no risk there either.

As for it being pointless, and an awful lot of trouble. It took about 15 minutes. I think that's quite reasonable to get a unique, usable, glass. Hell, it would take me longer to go to a shop and buy a glass! I do plan on making a few more, as I think they look pretty good! Much more interesting than a 'normal' glass anyway.

This looks fake.

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[Ahleckz]

Going to get my hands on a big bottle of something tonight, maybe Corona, and do it with that. The glass that I have from the above is pretty small so would be good to have some big ones. Need to think of other things you could do it with, gives me a good excuse to drink my spirits shelf .

 

[Ahleckz]

What's the strength like once you've separated it?

Seems perfectly fine to me. Drank two beers out of it last night and it never felt fragile. I think it would be best to just treat it as a thin wine glass and don't go throwing it around the place. I have no idea if it's dishwasher safe, and not owning one I can't test it out.

Do more, perfect it. Then I will do my own!

I will do! Going to move into bigger bottles as well, hopefully have a good range in a couple of weeks. I really think having an electric sander would be a wise idea, but for now I'll make do with sandpaper. As I said, you are limited to bottles witht he image printed onto it directly. There aren't that many around.

 

[Ahleckz]

The candles should be fine, the heat will go up and not all the wax will burn so the glass will be shielded. The trick in making the glasses is to twist the bottle so the heat goes round the glass. Quite interested in making the candles, might look into that some more.
In terms of safety, providing you sand it down well enough and check for fractures you should be fine. I can't see how a stray bit of glass would get in.

Lucero, yea it didn't break particularly clean. I used big, straw like string rather than the smooth white stuff I should have used. I think that the knot caused issues. I tapped that shard with the back of the scissors and it came away pretty neatly. I then sanded it down.

Looking at the glass, it's pretty rough still with one quite big 'peak'. However, it's perfectly smooth. Even pushing my finger down as hard as I can on it, and moving it back and forth, I don't cut myself. I'm sure with better string, and more practise it should be a perfectly clean break.

 

[Ahleckz]

dp. Woops!