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Silk-screened labels
I was thinking that you could make the same batch once a year and re-use the same bottles every time (minus a few given away to friends). That might be nice.
When I was in high-school (many moons ago) we made a project where we used plastic peel and stick contact paper to cut out a design with an exacto knife (like a stencil) then we peeled the thing and stuck it to our glass jar (I think it was for candy) then smeared on glass etching acid (you can get it in craft stores)... after the correct time, we rinsed the acid off, peeled off the label and had etched glass.. those vinyl lables were re-useable too..... I think it would be an enormous use of time to do by hand but if you had a die cutter or similar, I think it could be done...
operating under that premise, I suppose you could etch just your general all purpose lable and border on, then write the name on the cap....
Or maybe it wouldnt be too awful for holiday gifts etc (Made especially for you by Bob Jones, Christmas 2007 or something similar)
Yeah, exactly, Jen. Some of the things I was wanting to acheive with a more 'non-temporary' labeling was being able to label my bottles to offer a bit of a conversation piece, as well as good beer inside. Second, I want to be able to give a 'six' to a friend or relative, and tell them to just get the bottles back to me...the labeling would help encourage that.
As I said in an earlier post, I have a 24" decal cutter. I can make decals as well as stencils...i like the glass etch idea.
Santoken -
Awesome! When we did the acid thing we used that peel and stick vinyl paper that comes in rolls for lining kitchen drawers etc... I remember it so well because mine was this blinding white with little pink and blue flowers all over it and I about lost my eyesight trying to cut where I was supposed to cut with all those dratted little flowers floating all over the place.
I do remember that we had to be real careful to avoid bubbles, wrinkles etc in the contact paper when we applied it but it worked really well.
What about sandblasting bottles? I am pretty certain it doesn't compromise the integrity of the glass...I have seen it done to bongs, although they are pyrex and not soft glass. My concern is that it would open up a can of worms for sanitizing with such rough surfaces. But it would look all sorts of classy.
randyfolds wrote:
What about sandblasting bottles? I am pretty certain it doesn't compromise the integrity of the glass...I have seen it done to bongs, although they are pyrex and not soft glass. My concern is that it would open up a can of worms for sanitizing with such rough surfaces. But it would look all sorts of classy.
If you're going to go through the trouble of sandblasting bottles, you might as well just get one of those glass etching kits. It's super simple, just tape your design to the bottle, rub the etching liquid on, let it sit, rinse, pull the design off, and voila...
DT
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