I like to feature others and their work every once in a while. Steve Davis sent over his work recently via email so I asked if we could feature him. He was nice enough to share it with us on the blog.
I’ve talked about sandblasting wine bottles before here, but haven’t really discussed the method Steve did on this blog. This may give you some ideas and show you there is a wide variety of creative things that can be done with sandblasting, etching bottles and painting.
Processes Steve used:
- Used the photoresist stencil process. This allows someone to make a very detailed stencil with intricate detail. However, you usually need to blast it with finer abrasive such as 120-220 grit. I typically use 180 grit, as it is a good middle ground of being aggressive. It can etch fairly quickly without abrading the photoresist too much. The photoresist will be discussed in the membership on sandblasting less porous rocks.
- Filled with paint. He shared that after the stencil was sandblasted, he then colored it with Krylon gold paint. This can be down while the stencil is still on the wine bottle after sandblasting.
So these are the processes Steve used here. Sandblasting to give the wine bottle depth and paint to give it color and more character.
Sandblasted Wine Bottle Gift Idea for Holidays & Events
A really cool design of the words “Merry Christmas” shaped in a tree and a star on top.
Another awesome design of musical notes in the shape of a Christmas tree.
Not just for Christmas, but you could extend this idea to:
- new year’s
- valentine’s day
- birthdays
- anniversaries
- college graduations
- celebration the birth of someone’s new child
- or whatever you’d like
As you can see, these other photos show the Christmas themed wine bottles that Steve did.
I hope his projects gave you some creative ideas. Thank you Steve for sharing them with us! Please leave a comment below for Steve and feel free to ask any questions.
If anyone else would be open to sharing their work, please let me know.
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I like it
Can you add different colors over the gold paint?
@Mark, yes other colors work well too. They just have to be somewhat a contrasting color to the glass to standout.