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2010-11-26, 6:05am
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glass pineapple bottle stopper
Hi everyone
Well i got a order for a bottle stopper with a pineapple on top. I'm have trouble figuring out what color to try
From what i have seen people try and use a yellowish color but i think it makes it look more like a ear of corn then a pineapple.
So any suggestions would be great and even if anyone have a technique on making pineapples that would be great The order also has 12 fruit glass charms to so any help with making fruit would be great
Thanks in advance and I'm also posting this over at melt to see if any of them have any idea's also
AcidFly
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2010-11-26, 7:36am
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Maybe try white over clear, brown transparent over that, then yellow transparent over that? You can add some green accents here and there for ripening spots.
I've never actually made a pineapple though, but that's where I'd start
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2010-11-26, 8:55pm
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cool thx I'll give it a try
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2010-11-26, 10:53pm
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Hi S,
Here is a picture of a pineapple that I grew. Hope it helps! ~ A
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2010-11-27, 9:09am
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You grew that pineapple that is awsume. I live in the interior of B.C. and was thrilled to be able to grow apples plums and my favourite peaches. It would be so cool to grow a pineapple. I bet it tasted sweet.
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2010-11-27, 1:48pm
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And silence is golden
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It was the BEST, Deb!
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2010-11-27, 8:51pm
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That picture is so pretty that now you've got me thinking about how to do a pineapple in a marble, implosion style - by the way, isn't it interesting the things people think about while falling asleep at night?
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2010-11-27, 10:22pm
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lmao Gerald that's the same thing with me but being older i either got to get up and do it or at least write it down or I'll forget lmao
thx shrimp for the pic it does help
AcidFly
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2010-11-30, 8:12am
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ok 1st off my pictures are bad, but i ended up using GA Rasta Gold Rod with a little Northstar Golden Rod mixed it and ended up with this
the color in pic is not right but it looks more like rasta gold
thx for the help
AcidFly
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2010-11-30, 8:15am
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Perfect, I was wondering how you were going to put the criss cross pattern on it. Well done.
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2010-11-30, 9:23am
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nice!
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2010-12-01, 7:35pm
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Sweet pineapple.
Where do you buy the stoppers, I've been looking for them for a while.
Thanks,
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2010-12-01, 9:11pm
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2010-12-03, 8:31pm
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that stopper is amazing! and i just ordered 25 stoppers...hopefully ill sell them all!! muhahaha
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2010-12-03, 9:10pm
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just ordered 50... got a show next weekend, and a winery just down the highway
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2010-12-04, 8:23am
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How are you guys going to use them? Do you make a long post with a small gather at the end? And do you have to glue them after that.
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2010-12-04, 10:27am
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yes ok use 10mm rod and you need about 1 inch of space then a balled end.
i measure about 1 1/4 - 1 1/2 inch of rod, then either melt off or sometimes i just use my nippers and nip off the rod to the right length, then just melt and ball the end so there is about 1 inch of smooth 10mm rod.
then just put the rubber in a glass of hot tap water wait about 5 mins and slip it on. after the water drys up its real real hard to get them back off.
O ya hook the 10mm rod to your art first before you measure and cut off the rod for the ball end.
I also as you can see in picture make a maria as a base to put my art on, I think it looks better and give the user somewhere to pull on and handle with out breaking your art work
hope this helped
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2010-12-05, 9:18am
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Sweet thanks I think these look better than the metal ones which get pitted after a time. Plus the metal one are getting pricy.
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2010-12-05, 9:37am
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thanks for the tip about the maria! i would have just posted up to a marble!
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2010-12-05, 12:54pm
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I feel like an idiot-- are you saying you make the ball on the end once you have put the rubber stopper on? It doesn't melt the rubber? Sorry for being dense.
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2010-12-05, 1:19pm
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the ball keeps the stopper from sliding off. soak in hot water to soften the rubber stopper. then once the glass is out of the kiln and cool, slide the soaked rubber over the glass gather on to the 10mm rod post. the rubber will stretch over the ball at the bottom of the post. it will prob take some strong hands. but once it's on, the ball keeps the rubber from coming off.
sorry if i didn't convey that clearly. maybe someone else can clear up what acid said for lisa.
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2010-12-05, 3:59pm
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ya make the post and ball 1st kiln your art and let it cool. After its cold then do the hot water thing and slide the rubber over the ball and on to the shaft "lol".
it does take some twisting and pushing and watch were you hang on to your art so not to brake off delicate parts.
I will post some pictures tonight of before and after
thx
AcidFly
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2010-12-05, 5:18pm
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i just tried making one...the topper is an anemone marble..but the 10mm post was tricky as hell...i suspect ill be nipping off my post and try again tomorrow...let me post a pic for you. give me 5-10 min. it's 6:18 central time now.
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2010-12-05, 5:26pm
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i'm not sure the post is a true 10mm and it's a little fat at the end where it attaches to the maria
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2010-12-06, 10:13pm
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Ok guys here is the finished set
Thanks
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2010-12-07, 11:55am
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awesome stuff!!!
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2010-12-13, 7:07pm
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Good lookin' fruit.
Thanks for the info on where to buy the stoppers.
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2010-12-19, 11:40am
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Originally Posted by AcidFly
ok 1st off my pictures are bad, but i ended up using GA Rasta Gold Rod with a little Northstar Golden Rod mixed it and ended up with this
the color in pic is not right but it looks more like rasta gold
thx for the help
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wow what a great way to do bottle stoppers. But i can't tell did you add a stick of glass with the glass ball at the end and then stuck it threw the bottle stopper?
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2010-12-19, 6:41pm
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yep the rubber stopper is the last thing to go on after it gets out of the kiln
here a pic of the rubber stopper with a hole tho it
https://morebeer.com/themes/morewine...com/1/7881.jpg
Thx
AcidFly
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