How to Make a Pin from a Bottle Cap
Beer and soda pop bottle caps are some of the best and least expensive bezels around. This tutorial will explain how to take an ordinary bottle cap from a beer or soda pop bottle and recycle it to become a unique fashion pin.
- Difficulty:
- Moderately Easy
Instructions
Things You'll Need
- 1 beer or soda pop bottle cap
- 1 ring finding
- epoxy resin (such as EnviroTex Lite, Colores Doming Resin or ICE Resin)
- Photograph, old paper or fabric (such as an old magazine, invitation, brochure, scarf, etc)
- Clear drying glue (such as Mod Podge® or Elmer's)
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Select a bottle cap, wash it with soap and water. Dry.
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Select a colorful paper or fabric. Photographs, vintage magazines, invitations, art brochures and fabrics (including old, no longer needed clothes) can all be re-used and re-purposed.
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Cut the paper of fabric in a circle so that it fits inside the bottle cap bezel. Take care that the cut material completely covers the bottom of the bottle cap.
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If you are using paper, coat the paper with a clear drying glue (such as Mod Podge® or Elmer's) so that the paper does not bleed when covered with epoxy resin. Allow the glue to dry.
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Mix the epoxy resin according to the manufacturers instructions.
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Place the prepared paper or fabric into the bottle cap bezel and pour the epoxy resin until the bottle cap cavity is full. The design in the paper or fabric will be magnified by the epoxy. Let the resin dry overnight or according to the manufacturers instructions.
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Once the resin is dry, turn the bottle cap over and glue the pin findling on the back of the bottle cap with epoxy resin or other metal to metal glue.
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Tips & Warnings
If you want to hide the fact that your bezel is a bottle cap, you can paint the back of the cap before adhering the pin back.
Be sure there is adequate ventilation when working with epoxy resin.
Do not test the resin with your finger to determine if it has cured or you may have unsightly fingerprints on the surface of the resin.
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