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Can I make my own recycled glass beads?
Has anyone ever done this? I have a friend who drinks sodas from a
glass Mexican Coca-Cola bottle and has about a hundred empty bottled. I love the way recycled beads look. Is there a "homemade" half-way uncomplicated way to make glass beads? Or a place to send the bottles for that for a discount on the beads? Thanks. |
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Can I make my own recycled glass beads?
On Jun 24, 9:24 am, wrote:
Has anyone ever done this? I have a friend who drinks sodas from a glass Mexican Coca-Cola bottle and has about a hundred empty bottled. I love the way recycled beads look. Is there a "homemade" half-way uncomplicated way to make glass beads? Or a place to send the bottles for that for a discount on the beads? Thanks. They make glass beads out of coca cola bottles in Africa. They come out as a muted, bluish green color. However, I have no idea how they do this. You might pose this question on the glass newsgroup - rec.crafts.glass or one of the glass bead sites like www.lampworketc.com or www.isgb.org. and see if anyone will answer you. Good luck, Patti |
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Can I make my own recycled glass beads?
On Jun 24, 3:24 am, wrote:
Has anyone ever done this? I have a friend who drinks sodas from a glass Mexican Coca-Cola bottle and has about a hundred empty bottled. I love the way recycled beads look. Is there a "homemade" half-way uncomplicated way to make glass beads? If you find out, would you report back? I rather like that color myself. TIA, Maren HiloBeads: Beads - Beading Supplies - Hand-made Jewelry http://www.hilobeads.com/ Blog at: http://hilobeads.blogspot.com/ |
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Can I make my own recycled glass beads?
Maren at google wrote:
On Jun 24, 3:24 am, wrote: Has anyone ever done this? I have a friend who drinks sodas from a glass Mexican Coca-Cola bottle and has about a hundred empty bottled. I love the way recycled beads look. Is there a "homemade" half-way uncomplicated way to make glass beads? If you find out, would you report back? I rather like that color myself. TIA, Maren HiloBeads: Beads - Beading Supplies - Hand-made Jewelry http://www.hilobeads.com/ Blog at: http://hilobeads.blogspot.com/ I've certainly never done it, but here's a link to where it's done, and their method. I vaguely remember previously reading about African recycled glass bead making and thought it was interesting. http://www.eshopafrica.com/gallery/p...cledglass.html Best, Turtlelover |
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Can I make my own recycled glass beads?
On Jun 26, 12:35 pm, turtlelover wrote:
I've certainly never done it, but here's a link to where it's done, and their method. I vaguely remember previously reading about African recycled glass bead making and thought it was interesting. http://www.eshopafrica.com/gallery/p...cledglass.html I looked at that, thanks. I think I may have some of those beads. But I was thinking lampwork. I may just try heating some glass shards with the torch, then try to attach them (one at a time) to a rod and see where that gets me, along the lines of this: http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/cr_jew...972067,00.html I"ll see how far I get with a Hothead running on propane (we have some of these small propane containers and they're getting rusty (see my blog) - and that's what I made the beads on the picture in the blog with) Maren HiloBeads: Beads - Beading Supplies - Hand-made Jewelry http://www.hilobeads.com/ Blog at: http://hilobeads.blogspot.com/ |
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