jspain3
Well-Known Member
In the latest BREW magazine, there was an article that demonstrated how to use acrylic transfers to design your own bottle caps. Since I had a batch that I was getting ready to bottle, I felt this would be a fun project. Here is the finished product:
The reverse image transferred easily to the bottle caps. The hard part was rubbing the paper off the cap under running water. The first 95% or the paper came off easily, but the last 5% was a pain. It would look like you got it all, but when it dried, the remaining paper fibers would make the image look 'fuzzy' (sorry, I would post a picture of those but I threw most away already). I scraped them multiple times and my thumbs were sore, to the point that I just picked the good ones, coated them one last time to seal and called it a day. Overall, I think the survivors look cool, but they were pretty time intensive. If I do this again, I'll use a less involved image (less ink) and maybe try a presentation matte paper instead of regular copy paper. According to this older thread, https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=103859, the nicer paper has a coating on it which might prevent the issues I had.
The reverse image transferred easily to the bottle caps. The hard part was rubbing the paper off the cap under running water. The first 95% or the paper came off easily, but the last 5% was a pain. It would look like you got it all, but when it dried, the remaining paper fibers would make the image look 'fuzzy' (sorry, I would post a picture of those but I threw most away already). I scraped them multiple times and my thumbs were sore, to the point that I just picked the good ones, coated them one last time to seal and called it a day. Overall, I think the survivors look cool, but they were pretty time intensive. If I do this again, I'll use a less involved image (less ink) and maybe try a presentation matte paper instead of regular copy paper. According to this older thread, https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=103859, the nicer paper has a coating on it which might prevent the issues I had.
