How To Make a Breakaway Glass Bottle Prop

Step 1: Preparing Model

Remove the label from a glass beer bottle; this will be your original mold. To contain the mold rubber, a cut line is marked 1'' over the top of the beer bottle on a cardboard mailing tube. Use a utility knife to carefully cut along the cut line, and then cut the tube lengthwise to allow access to the interior.

Hot glue the glass beer bottle to the melamine baseboard. The bottle must be held in place until the glue cools. Superseal should be dispensed into a plastic cup and applied to the interior of the cardboard tube.

A small amount of a non-sulfur based clay will be used for the next step. Apply the clay over the pour spout of the bottle, to create a seal. Important: Silicone rubber can bond to glass. Apply a thorough coating of Ease Release 200 as a separator. Now place the tube over the bottle, being sure to take care when centering the tube around the bottle.

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