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Bottlecap Keychain

What to do with your cap after you've had your drink...

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/bottlecap-keychain • Posted by Katie G.

Was going to make this into a how-to, but realized I forgot to take pictures along the way. Basically... here's what I did: Take a clean bottlecap. Drill a hole into it & add a jump ring. Add some glue into the bottom. Add fun things like letters, gems, ribbon, etc. Add some Gel Medium on top. Let it dry for a REALLY long time. Like, Really long. (I had set aside 2 days for it to dry before I had to mail it to the birthday boy, and the gel medium still hadn't gone clear by the time I put it in the mail - however, he received it 2 weeks later, and said that it looked great - so I guess it turned out okay) - I've never worked with Resin, but perhaps that would dry a little bit faster? Add a metal chain. Find some kind of other cool thing to attach (in this case, I used a foam guitar) ... Add a jump ring. Attach it to your key ring. Voila! All done.

You will need

Project Budget
Almost Nothing

Time

1 h 00

Difficulty

Pretty Easy
Medium greggbday 1251773385

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Was going to make this into a how-to, but realized I forgot to take pictures along the way. Basically... here's what I did: Take a clean bottlecap. Drill a hole into it & add a jump ring. Add some glue into the bottom. Add fun things like letters, gems, ribbon, etc. Add some Gel Medium on top. Let it dry for a REALLY long time. Like, Really long. (I had set aside 2 days for it to dry before I had to mail it to the birthday boy, and the gel medium still hadn't gone clear by the time I put it in the mail - however, he received it 2 weeks later, and said that it looked great - so I guess it turned out okay) - I've never worked with Resin, but perhaps that would dry a little bit faster? Add a metal chain. Find some kind of other cool thing to attach (in this case, I used a foam guitar) ... Add a jump ring. Attach it to your key ring. Voila! All done.

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