She brought us her DIY Berry White loose tea favors, and now Freshmangos shows us how to turn wine bottles into custom vases.
Can't afford vases for the wedding at $5.00 a pop? Know a few winos? Then we have the solution for you: DIY vases made from wine bottles.
What you will need:
- Wet tile saw (we had one, but you can rent them for a day from your local home hardware store)
- 200 grit sandpaper
- 100 grit sandpaper
- Safety goggles
- Safety gloves with a good grip
- Face mask
- Ear plugs
- A whole bunch of wine bottles.
- A large number of family and friends who love you dearly and will work like bees for you
Step 1:
Clean and de-label all of the wine bottles. Soak the bottles, then rub down the labels with steel wool and some glue remover stuff.
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Step 2:
Set up your tile saw. Make sure water is in the tray and follow the setup instructions to a T. I did remove the guard in order to make cutting the bottles easier. [Editors Note: we totally advise against removing the guard, big ouchies.]
Step 3:
Cut the bottles. Your blade will not cut all the way through a bottle in a single swipe. You need to slowly roll the bottle and cut around the bottle.
My sister was too chicken to get closer to photograph the process, so this video is a good descriptor of how to cut the bottle:
Step 4:
Sand the cut edges first with 100 grit sandpaper. This grit will smooth it all out (a dremel with a sanding attachment will also work). Then sand the edges with the 200 grit sandpaper. This grit will create a finished edge.
Then mix and match the bottle tops and bottoms.
Be creative, don't just stick to straight cuts if you want to do more than that. I cut a lot of angle cuts, and it was a lot of work to do. I had to cut one angle, take the bottle flip it, then cut matching angle.