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re: Finished my Bulleit bourbon lamp.
Posted on 4/23/16 at 7:23 pm to bhtigerfan
Posted on 4/23/16 at 7:23 pm to bhtigerfan
Nicely done....
Posted on 4/23/16 at 9:28 pm to bhtigerfan
That is awesome. Would love to have one in my basement.
How much?
How much?
Posted on 4/23/16 at 9:33 pm to bhtigerfan
Damn. Makes my carboy lamp look like shite. I don't have all that cool fake bourbon in mine.
Posted on 4/23/16 at 10:00 pm to bhtigerfan
I saw your first thread about this project. Glad you let us see the final results. Looks great! Nice work!
Posted on 4/23/16 at 10:24 pm to patriotgrunt
quote:First and most important step. Buy a 1.75L of bourbon and drink it.
I'm curious to know how you made it.
Fill the bottle with water and put the cap on. Put a piece of painters tape over where you'll drill the hole. Get some clay or plumbers putty and make a small circular levee around where you are going to drill and fill it with water. I used a straw to fill it. Drill the hole very lightly so you don't overheat the glass and break it. You can buy a 5 pack of glass drill bits at Harbor Freight and I used a drill press but I've done them before with a handheld drill. Rinse out the bottle after to get rid of the glass shards and let it dry.
Now comes the hard part. Staining the inside to give the appearance of being full of bourbon. I used a translucent oil based dye made by Pebeo called Vitrail and their lightening medium (I think it's a mixture of linseed oil or stand oil and turpentine). Bad thing is the little 1.5 ounce bottles cost 8 bucks apiece. Anyway, mix a little bit of orange and brown in about a 3 to 1 ratio and add in about the same amount of the medium. Pour in the bottle (put a piece of tape over the hole you drilled) and put the cap on and just roll the stuff around to cover the entire inside surface. Take off the cap and tape and stand it upside-down and let it drain into a mason jar for and hour or two. Get a rag and stick something into the opening and wipe away the stain from the neck by just rotating the bottle. You'll have to repeat this process several times to get the desired results. I want to find something that is thicker and dries faster to add the dye to.
After it's stained, just wire it up. I used the hardware from a couple of cheap lamps I bought at Fred's. I pulled them apart and had to re-solder the wires inside the housing.
This post was edited on 4/23/16 at 10:31 pm
Posted on 4/23/16 at 10:37 pm to TigerOnTheMountain
quote:Well, let's see.
That is awesome. Would love to have one in my basement.
How much?
I paid $45 for the bottle of bourbon. Got into several fights with the wife while drinking said bourbon, so add in pain and suffering. I spent 2 whole days trying to stain the damn thing and listen to the wife bitch about me wasting so much time on it, so more pain and suffering. $21 for the dye and medium and another $20 bucks for the 8' of clear lamp wire,plug, lampshade and socket.
So I'd say about $1000 would be fair.
This post was edited on 4/23/16 at 10:39 pm
Posted on 4/23/16 at 10:46 pm to White Roach
Next one. A 1.75L Willett bottle. Should be pretty cool.
Posted on 4/23/16 at 11:02 pm to bhtigerfan
That's incredible man. Excellent job!
Posted on 4/24/16 at 11:53 am to bhtigerfan
Pics of wife and you've got a deal. What's your PayPal?
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