It is very common for bottles to be left behind after using cough syrup or other medications. They have an interesting shape and small size. These qualities can be used to benefit the economy. Medicine bottles can easily be turned into interesting decorations. You can also use empty dishes to decorate the interior or come up with an interesting craft.
Before you start working with this material, you should learn how to cut glass correctly. It is not always possible to make a correct and even cut the first time. To do this, you will have to try several methods and throw away more than one container. There are special machines and glass cutters for containers. You can also use a burning thread by heating it with boiling water or fire. Glass can be cut using nichrome wire, which is under tension.
The easiest way to rid a bottle of the bottom is to draw a straight line on the glassware with a glass cutter where the cut should be. After this, place the glass in a container of boiling water for about one minute. Very quickly remove the hot bottle and immerse it in cold water (approximately +15 ° C). In place of the line there will be a crack that will separate the bottle and its bottom.
When working with glass and fire, all safety precautions must be observed. Glass dust has small fractions and easily scatters throughout the room.To prevent it from getting on the mucous membrane, in the eyes or on the skin surface, you can grind it under water or wet the sandpaper.
Ashtray
In special glass-blowing workshops, glassware is heated to a temperature of +600-1000 ° C. The material becomes soft like plasticine. Using this method, you can make a small flat plate, stand, decoration or ashtray from a bottle. This method can only be used with special equipment. It is impossible to do this at home.
Small flower vase
In order to decorate the container, its surface is covered with a primer, and only then a decorative layer is applied. As decoration, you can use beads, beautiful seeds, beads, bright acrylic paints, hot glue, egg shells, ribbons, lace, and other small items that are at hand.
If you have a transparent bottle, you can paint it from the inside. To do this, simply pour the paint into the container, shake it well and pour the excess back.
Stained glass
Whole bottles or their fragments can be used to create stained glass windows or interior items. They can be fixed in cement mortar or glued with hot glue.
Candlestick
There are several ways to make a candlestick from a bottle. The easiest option is to insert a candle into the neck and light it. You can carefully cut off the bottom and cover a small candle with the bottle. The lid should be open to allow air to enter.
Storage container
There are always small items in the household that need to be stored in small jars. This includes buttons, pins, paper clips, seeds and other items needed in everyday life.In order not to get confused with names or expiration dates, it is worth sticking stickers with the name of the plant variety and the year of harvest on the medicine jar. When storing seeds, it is important not to fill the container to the very end, but to leave some air so that the grains can breathe.
Color pencil
If you have small children in the house, you can make a multi-colored wax pencil for them. To do this, just take small remains of wax crayons and put them in a jar. Place the container in a medicine jar and place in a water bath. After some time, the crayons will turn into a liquid multi-colored mass. It should be carefully removed from the water and cooled. In order to remove the pencil, you need to cut the container or break it with a hammer. The result is a pencil that will write in different colors as you use it.
Road capacity
You can store creams, lotions, shampoos, and liquid soap in jars while traveling. You can also keep such containers in your desk drawer so that the necessary product is always at hand.
Unusual pendant or keychain
For such a product, it is best to use a transparent container. You can place a variety of objects inside the bubble - beads, a piece of a broken chain, pebbles, shells, sparkles and other pleasant little things. You can also place a note with a prediction or wish that will come true. If you fill a medicine bottle with water, you should add glycerin to it.
In order to clean a jar of unpleasant odors, you should pour boiling water into it for a few minutes and then drain the liquid.To remove the label, the jar needs to be held in hot water.
If there is no possibility or desire to reuse containers from medicines, it is worth finding a company that accepts glass containers of non-standard sizes.
