Lessons learned by a 4.. Err.. 37 year old Firebug...

Alrighty.  Soo.  Perusing Pinterest one day, I ran upon this lovely, interesting little website.

Click Here for the link to the page..

I thought, hmm.  Can that really be done?  Can you really cut glass by wrapping it with

yarn, dipping the yarn in Nail Polish Remover, putting the yarn back on the bottle, setting it

on fire and letting it burn for 30 seconds only to douse it in cold water?

Can that really be done?  I was intrigued.  I was motivated.  I felt like a Mythbuster.

My friend felt fear!  Will she still have eyebrows?!  Will it really work?

Soo.  We set out to try it last Saturday.

Lesson # 1.  Buy Nail Polish Remover with Acetone.

Lesson # 2.  Scratch your head because no matter how many

times we tried it, it just never worked.  We let it burn longer.  Nuthin.  Not even a mark.

Lesson # 3.  A week later..  Check the internet and Pinterest again.

Aha!!!  The magic trick!!!  The missing link!!!

Lesson # 4.  Gather all of your supplies again.

Lesson # 5.  Be very, very careful!  Don't pour Acetone

Nail Polish Remover down the drain and then light the bottle

on fire above it without actually having 911 on speed dial

or someone there who can dial it for you.  Lol. 

Ok.  So it

wasn't quite THAT bad and yes, surprising enough, I DO

still have my eyebrows and a very healthy respect for the

volitility of acetone nail polish remover and fire.  Ha!

And yes, the flame was quickly extinguished since there was

water that flowed out of the faucet because thankfully,

I was trying this at the kitchen sink.  Whew!

(Btw, Dutch was out working on his big truck, he would have freaked out!)

I do have some results though.  Despite my failed attempts last weekend,

I actually succeeded this time!  It does actually work!  It might take

time to perfect this technique, but I don't foresee it being a problem

because my friends and I seem to have quite the wine bottle collection going.

Here are some of the items needed.

 All you need are Nail Polish Remover with

Acetone, yarn, bottles and matches or a lighter..

 Tie your string around the bottle where

you want the cut to be..

 Slide the yarn off and soak it in acetone,

I used a cut up blue solo cup (ha!

take that Toby Keith!).

 Slide the soaked yarn back on where

you want the cut to be again..

Light it on fire, ** make sure that you

are tipping the bottle slightly so that

the heat will remain in the bottle **

(that was the missing link)

let it burn for at least 30 seconds

or another tip was to let it go until

the string stopped burning..

And then plunge it in cold water.

Crack!  It worked!  Twice!

But, unfortunately, this was my second

successful attempt.  I think I kept the

bottle tipped too much.

Here was my first successful shot at it

which was moderately more successful.

Again, I think I tipped the bottle too

much.  I only let this one burn about

30 seconds.  I let the green one burn

itself out, which was closer to a minute.

Even though it's not a success yet, and I still have to fiddle with the results,

I can confidently say, this really does work!  Awesome!  Oooh the possibilities!

I can't wait to try bottle cutting again!  I will succeed!  : )..  Woot!

** Addendum **

I will definitely be limiting the bottle cutting to a bottle cutting tool.

Lol.