Neat Paint storing bottle - generation 2
Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2013 2:32 pm
A couple of weeks ago, I passed on an idea for using CoffeeMate bottles as a handy storage bottle for paints, shellac, etc. One of the comment's regarding the possible failure of the plastic bottle certainly keyed on one of my worries so I went one step farther - I built a 2nd generation using a glass bottle!
I had been thinking of the idea and then, yesterday, as i was headed out to the recycle bin, I took a good look at one of the bottles (a spaghetti bottle). 'ah, ha!!' said I 'This is just about the size I need'. So I grabbed another CoffeeMate left over and cut the bottom off - so the top would fit over the top of the glass bottle:
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Then I plopped the plastic part upside down on the counter, mixed up a batch of epoxy, put a thick layer around the outside top of the glass bottle and then put the glass bottle into the plastic top and left everything to set.
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Note: instant glue did NOT work. Don't bother - use epoxy.
The final result has the top of the CoffeeMate bottle firmly epoxied to the glass bottle.
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It turns out the glass bottle was actually a canning jar and it had capacity marks on the side which I used black marker on.
There you go. I thoroughly enjoyed the original - I use mine with shellac and it is so nice to have ready access to it without having to open up a can, mix it up etc. I just give it a shake, pop open the top and pour out what I need, use it, pour the remaining part back in the bottle. The new glass bottom one should be just as neat - unless I drop it.
This doesn't address the question of how well it is sealed. I do know that for me and when using shellac, it has worked great.
I had been thinking of the idea and then, yesterday, as i was headed out to the recycle bin, I took a good look at one of the bottles (a spaghetti bottle). 'ah, ha!!' said I 'This is just about the size I need'. So I grabbed another CoffeeMate left over and cut the bottom off - so the top would fit over the top of the glass bottle:
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Then I plopped the plastic part upside down on the counter, mixed up a batch of epoxy, put a thick layer around the outside top of the glass bottle and then put the glass bottle into the plastic top and left everything to set.
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Note: instant glue did NOT work. Don't bother - use epoxy.
The final result has the top of the CoffeeMate bottle firmly epoxied to the glass bottle.
[ATTACH]23406[/ATTACH]
It turns out the glass bottle was actually a canning jar and it had capacity marks on the side which I used black marker on.
There you go. I thoroughly enjoyed the original - I use mine with shellac and it is so nice to have ready access to it without having to open up a can, mix it up etc. I just give it a shake, pop open the top and pour out what I need, use it, pour the remaining part back in the bottle. The new glass bottom one should be just as neat - unless I drop it.
This doesn't address the question of how well it is sealed. I do know that for me and when using shellac, it has worked great.