Breakaway bottles
 

I've started making bottles, but I need a good dye for beer bottle brown. Any thoughts?

Dark Kayro (called "golden syrup" in this recipe I found)

Instructions

Materials :

* Old saucepan
* Oven
* Baking thermometer
* 2 measures of water
* 1 measure of golden syrup
* 3 1/2 measures of sugar
* A mold for your glass (depending on the shape requirements)

Steps :

* Mix the water, golden syrup and sugar together in the saucepan and bring it to a boil on the oven.
* Leave it boiling until the mixture is thick, with almost all the water boiled off.
* Pour it into whatever mold you're using and let it cool.

Notes :

* Keep it out of moist areas and direct sun.
* Sugar glass doesn't last long (warps or goes sticky) so make it close to the time when you plan to use it.
* Though only sugar, the glass can have sharp edges/points when broken, so be careful when handling.
* Do not let the sugar caramelise otherwise it turns into a horrible brown
* To achieve the see through glass affect use liquid glucose instead of golden syrup. It still has the same properties just that it is clear.

Thanks, but I'm doing Pico resin, not sugar glass. It holds up better under the hot lights. I should have specified.

this site says to use Translucent Resin Dye

http://www.fxsupply.com/materials/break.html

Yep, but they don't have a brown translucent. The guy who works there said I could just spray paint them, but I'm worried about the paint interfering with the breakage.

red yellow and blue in equal parts makes brown try food coloring
are you making a movie or just playing around?

hmmmmm:confused:

Well I'd just add come stain to the resin before it sets. But if you already have the bottles made, how about you dye decoupage's glue and paint a thin layer over the bottle?

hahahahaa.

um, yeah...that was a typo:o

That sounds like a solid plan for the already made ones. Bill, that works in theory, but in practice usually it's not equal parts. It depends on the tinting strength of the dyes. I didn't know if anyone on here had worked with resin dyes before and knew the exact ratios.