On the Smooth-On website I found a distributor for their products that also carried the "break away glass" resin. However I could have saved a lot more money if I had bought locally. I ordered from a place called "Special Effect Supply Corporation", has a family-run feel, based out of Utah. And definitely not edible, very nasty, like a mouth full of sand. I don't know about how green recyclable they are though. They are all reusable, in the sense that after you break them or if a mold didn't come out perfect you can remelt them. Piccolastic is more elastic while piccotex is more brittle. The resin i used had a generic name of "break away bottle blend" It's a combination of Piccolastic and Piccotex which are also generic names. I purchased the silicone and brown dye from Smooth-On: The brown dye is translucent and does a real good job of simulating brown beer bottle glass. It however doesn't last as long as platinum cured. Materials: 1 dedicated cooking pot ( I used a dollar store pan) 1 dedicated candy thermometer Break Away glass resin Resin dye (I used brown, comes in a 2oz bottle) Silicone (tin or platinum cured, don't need a lot, about 6 lbs total) mold release spray ( there are other options explained later) foamcore/legos to build the mold (I used foamcore with a glue gun) glue gun a timer gloves rubber bands bernzomatic/igniter measuring cup I decided to try tin-cure silicone, it's a little bit cheaper than platinum cure and works just the same. Candy glass is also still a cheaper route to go. He uses sugar glass but the techniques work just the same for resin. I recommend watching this video by "Indy Mogul" to get a feel for what's being done. ![]() After emailing a few people I learned that professionals use a special type of resin instead of "sugar glass". ![]() So that wasn't the route I was going to take and instead started researching how break away glass was made. Here is a "Budweiser" bottle $16.00 each! But wait how much for shipping? 1 #108 BROWN LONG NECK BEER BOTTLE $16 PACKAGING CHARGE $10 SUBTOTAL: $26 SALES TAX: $2.15 TOTAL: $28.15 Almost $30.00 for 1 bottle! However you can order up to 4 bottles for the same shipping/packaging price so maybe closer to $20.00 But they don't guarantee the bottles after the package has left their hands and that it will make it in one piece. Here is a popular supplier of all things break away glass. The Instructable you've all been waiting for! Originally I was going to just buy a few professionally made break away bottles, but I had sticker shock and figured I could just make them myself.
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