Comments on: DIY: Bottles Full of Light

By: James brown

James brown — Mon, 13 May 2013 18:23:13 +0000

wayne your right with the electric part however glass is a material that is supposed to be worked with in water. i say this as a glass artist. i understand the electrical issue and your right in a bucket would be a bad idea however you need to keep running water on the surface of the glass to keep the temp down, this prevents the class from fracturing. i would say find a compromise. if you can do it on a cutting board near a sink or something along those lines were you can keep water running on the glass and not on the drill you should do that. o and use a DC drill, batteries are safer then an AC drill in this application

By: James brown

James brown — Mon, 13 May 2013 18:17:41 +0000

to be honest you said one of the hardest things is the light stuffing but there is an easier way to do it. if you own a pair of wire stripers, cut your wire down by the plug but leave yourself about a foot from the plug to work with, next slide a wire hanger through the whole. this will give you something to pull the other end of your wires through the whole. tape your two wires to the hanger and pull them back through next just strip the ends of all your wires and put them back together using crimps or wire nuts and then tape with green electrical tape or what ever color you so chose. i try to match the wire color because it wont stand out and there you go, a bit easier

By: Eli Wink

Eli Wink — Thu, 09 May 2013 04:31:32 +0000

Why not just put the lights in through the top of the jar? It’s already open… Is it so the plug comes out of the bottom of the jar?

By: Wayne

Wayne — Sun, 05 May 2013 05:06:29 +0000

Drilling in a bucket of water, Can’t believe someone has not said about using an electric drill ?? Do Not use one in water

By: Cameron

Cameron — Thu, 02 May 2013 13:25:30 +0000

Joelma voce ja consegiu a perfurar a garrafa? Voce esta em brasil?,Portugal talvez? Use agua e mais importante, fora disso nem sei pode usar uma vice para segurar com um velho toalha para que nao fractura a garrafa.

By: Sarah Walton

Sarah Walton — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:00:16 +0000

Make sure if you are drilling into a bucket of water that you are not using an old drill with a cord that plugs in…it mifght seem obvious to not electrocute yourself but we all have ditsy days!

By: Kirstin

Kirstin — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 02:30:53 +0000

The blog I found for those candles used little clear furniture padding (those little clear dots you stick to the bottom of chair legs to protect the floors) to promote air flow into the bottle :)

By: Martha Judge

Martha Judge — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 22:43:41 +0000

where can you get this special glass kit?

By: Martha Judge

Martha Judge — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 22:40:09 +0000

It was suggested to me by a women who has been working with stain glass for years, to put ice cubes in the bottle to keep it cool while you are drilling. (I haven’t tried it yet)

By: Danny

Danny — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 19:13:17 +0000

Check at a local bar if you want some really pretty bottles most of them tend the throw them away… The liquor companies spend a lot of time and money on these bottles. All different shapes colors and sizes.

By: Lance

Lance — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 08:15:10 +0000

Just an extra thought…
For those that want this effect but are not too sure about all the drilling and hazards/dangers that might accompany this project might want to read on.

I have also done this using larger mouth jars and there is no need to drill through the glass at all if you buy Battery Operated Lights.

The battery packs are not that big and can even fit through some smaller mouthed jars or jugs

They have the lights in clear, single colors or multi~colored strands.
Some have 25 or 50 lights per strand.

A simple hook shape on the end of something like a metal coat hanger can be used to fish out the packs at the end of the night so they may be switched off.

Both ways (drilling or the above choice) look fantastic and my goal here is to open the opportunity to those that might not want to try drilling…Not to discredit the original authors wonderful idea in any way.

By: Angela

Angela — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 19:47:45 +0000

When drilling through glass it’s best to have running water running over the spot that you’re drilling through. Also use eye protection and a mouth and nose shield if you have one. It’s not good to enhale. The project is very cute though!

By: Bev

Bev — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 06:50:21 +0000

If you use led lights there will be no issue. They generate almost no heat.

By: Ian

Ian — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 00:56:26 +0000

Interesting, I’ve never seen the actual lights threaded in through the drilled hole before!

When I did mine I threaded a string through the bottle and pulled the cable into the bottle and OUT of the drilled hole, then all the lights simply went into the much larger regular hole at the top!

I was re-wiring mine as I had just moved country and so the plug etc was coming off anyways.

I have another lovely blue sherry bottle waiting until I pick up a set of lights to have another go, thanks for reminding me!
Stay well

By: Weber

Weber — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:10:32 +0000

Wow, this looks beautiful! I love the touch of gold on the ground!

By: JOELMA PEREIRA

JOELMA PEREIRA — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 13:49:59 +0000

Vi nos comentários que você conseguiu perfurar uma garrafa de vinho com a dremel. Qual broca usou? Qual a rotação (5, 10, 15)? Como fez para que o vidro não quebrasse? Eu tenho uma dremel 4000 e quando começo a perfurar o vidro, ele se quebra. Agradeço se me informar

Att

Joelma

By: susan

susan — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 14:58:38 +0000

If the only lights you find are with plugs on both ends, do you think you could start with the middle of the strand, and put them in that way so that the two plugs are sticking out the hole? If so, this would allow a few bottles to be connected.

By: amanda

amanda — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 08:06:42 +0000

I can see how the more traditional lights (incandescent?) would be a fire hazard. My mom actually melted a spot of her carpet because one bulb was touching the floor! I assume, however, that fluorescent bulbs would be safe to use for this project as they don’t generate nearly so much heat. Thoughts?

By: Bobbie

Bobbie — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 06:03:44 +0000

If you use a battery drill you can put it under water to drill about the only bottle I could not drill was beer bottles they are too thin

By: Kelly

Kelly — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 03:14:59 +0000

Just pinned this! I’ll definitely do this for Christmas next year. :-)