Breakaway bottles

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I've started making bottles, but I need a good dye for beer bottle brown. Any thoughts?

[Roderick Usher]

Dark Kayro (called "golden syrup" in this recipe I found)

Instructions

Materials :

* Old saucepan
* Oven
* Baking thermometer
* 2 measures of water
* 1 measure of golden syrup
* 3 1/2 measures of sugar
* A mold for your glass (depending on the shape requirements)

Steps :

* Mix the water, golden syrup and sugar together in the saucepan and bring it to a boil on the oven.
* Leave it boiling until the mixture is thick, with almost all the water boiled off.
* Pour it into whatever mold you're using and let it cool.

Notes :

* Keep it out of moist areas and direct sun.
* Sugar glass doesn't last long (warps or goes sticky) so make it close to the time when you plan to use it.
* Though only sugar, the glass can have sharp edges/points when broken, so be careful when handling.
* Do not let the sugar caramelise otherwise it turns into a horrible brown
* To achieve the see through glass affect use liquid glucose instead of golden syrup. It still has the same properties just that it is clear.

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Thanks, but I'm doing Pico resin, not sugar glass. It holds up better under the hot lights. I should have specified.

[Roderick Usher]

this site says to use Translucent Resin Dye

http://www.fxsupply.com/materials/break.html

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Yep, but they don't have a brown translucent. The guy who works there said I could just spray paint them, but I'm worried about the paint interfering with the breakage.

[chaibill]

red yellow and blue in equal parts makes brown try food coloring
are you making a movie or just playing around?

[Roderick Usher]

hmmmmm:confused:

Well I'd just add come stain to the resin before it sets. But if you already have the bottles made, how about you dye decoupage's glue and paint a thin layer over the bottle?

[bwind22]

Originally Posted by Roderick Usher

Well I'd just add come stain

hahahahaa.

[Roderick Usher]

um, yeah...that was a typo:o

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Originally Posted by Roderick Usher

hmmmmm:confused:

Well I'd just add come stain to the resin before it sets. But if you already have the bottles made, how about you dye decoupage's glue and paint a thin layer over the bottle?

That sounds like a solid plan for the already made ones. Bill, that works in theory, but in practice usually it's not equal parts. It depends on the tinting strength of the dyes. I didn't know if anyone on here had worked with resin dyes before and knew the exact ratios.