DIY Tinted Glass Bottles

       

How to Create Tinted Glass Bottles...

    For Valentine's Day one of the things I did for my Husband was get Him his favorite Grape CRUSH drinks and tagged them with "I've got a CRUSH on You". So I made sure to get Him to keep his Bottles so I could Experiment... MUhahahaha :)

    I found a few different tutorials on Pintrest so this past Saturday I gave it a Try.... However my first round didn't really do to well... So the Good news is If you aren't happy with them just wash them out and start anew! 

Also after doing it the second time I wasn't to Sold on the Color ( Wanted a Darker Turquoise) So after they cooled I repeated everything. So they had 2 coats and were baked twice.

Supplies Needed:

• Glass Bottles ( I just used the six left over from CRUSH pack)
• Goo Gone (To clean labels and Sticky residue off)
• Food Coloring
• ModPodge
• Water

I found a few different tutorials but I liked this one the Best:

Coloring mason jars

Collect your glass (Bottles) and Clean 

   I had six of these CRUSH  bottles. They still had the sticky label on them so I peeled the labels off. They I used Goo Gone and wiped the sticky off; Then I washed them with Soap and Water.

Go ahead and Pre heat your Oven to 200 degrees

 Make your Mixture of Water, Modpodge and Food Coloring

   Ok so this part is kinda just experiment for the color you want. I wanted a Turquoise Color so I used Blue and Green. 

  I kinda followed the link above here. Just assuming I used 1 bottle I did 1 tablespoon of Water then mixed my food coloring into the water. For the turquoise color for every 2 drops of Blue I did 1 drop of Green. 

Go Heavy on the Food Coloring. After you mix those 2 together then add 2 tablespoon of Modpodge.

Now remember I had 6 bottles so I just added enough of everything to do six. So I used 6 tablespoon of water, 12 tablespoon of Modpodge and the first go round about 10 drops of Blue and 5 drops of 

Green.  

    Next...pour your mixture in your bottle...make sure it is completely coated with mixture. Then you are gonna wanna flip they upside down and let drain for 5 minutes. I put a piece of aluminium foil down and some paper towel on top of foil.

Time to Bake 

  I baked them at 200 degrees for 30 minutes.

  I took a cookie sheet lined it with aluminium Foil and then Parchment paper (so they wouldn't leak through). There were several times the Bottles fell over. I'm guessing the pan shifted due to the heat. But they were ok. I just picked them up and Put them back... using an oven mitt of course :)

  When the Timer was up I turned them right side up and let them cool. Because they were turned upside down (as one Tutorial said to do) there was gunk all around the neck opening.

    But No need to Worry. I just my dish sponge and a little water to scrub around the outside.


   Although I see no reason why you can't Bake them right side up. They do still drain a little while baking but it would just remain at the bottom around the rim; which still looked fine.











    And as I mentioned earlier they weren't the color I was looking for so after they cooled I mixed up a little more mixture... added some extra food coloring and Baked them again.

This time I baked them right side up. Still for 30 minutes.
















I Let them Cool down and TADA!!!

   Remember the color will wash out. So don't use them for drinking out of, liquids and don't wash them. I plan on making a little wooden case thingy for them to sit inside. But the great thing is you can start over anytime you like :) Hope this helps and inspires you! 

   Here is one of the other tutorials I looked at. I tried this one first but the first time I tried it they didn't turn out right. But I love being able to read other takes on things as well.