Help - Breakable bottles
Fri, 15 Mar 2002, 05:15 pmLinda8 posts in thread
Help - Breakable bottles
Fri, 15 Mar 2002, 05:15 pmI'm SM/Props for a show and we need to smash one of the actors over the head with a bottle. I don't think the cops'd like it if we did it for real, so how do I either a) get the fake kind or b) make them???
Linda
Linda
RE: Help - Breakable bottles
Wed, 27 Mar 2002, 08:21 amHello Linda
I found this at Stagecraft Frequently Asked Questions http://www.faqs.org/faqs/theatre/stagecraft/faq/preamble.html
You need to try it out and not on an actor. The Garrick theatre have made breakable props but I think it was vases.
8. Toffee glass / Candy glass bottles?
By weight mix 7 parts sugar, 3 parts corn syrup and 2 parts water. Add
food dye to colour, or use brown sugar for brown glass. Heat until it
melts/dissolves at 225F or 108C. Let it cool - as it starts to harden
pour it into the mould, then tilt the mould to cover all the surfaces.
Monta Elkins found that this didn't work at 225F, but 300F worked well.
Also, use the clearest corn-syrup you can find, as the slight yellow
colour shows in the completed glass. Adding vanilla essence makes the
failures taste good enough to eat.
Dave Porter suggests covering a bottle with a carefully smoothed layer
of foil, then many more layers of possibly crumpled foil. Cut this in
half and use it as a slip mould for toffee glass bottles.
Be wary of hot sugar syrup. It hurts. Use gloves.
Toffee glass is hard to get right and incredibly messy when it goes
wrong. A number of people have recommended using casting resin to make
breakaway glassware instead.
I found this at Stagecraft Frequently Asked Questions http://www.faqs.org/faqs/theatre/stagecraft/faq/preamble.html
You need to try it out and not on an actor. The Garrick theatre have made breakable props but I think it was vases.
8. Toffee glass / Candy glass bottles?
By weight mix 7 parts sugar, 3 parts corn syrup and 2 parts water. Add
food dye to colour, or use brown sugar for brown glass. Heat until it
melts/dissolves at 225F or 108C. Let it cool - as it starts to harden
pour it into the mould, then tilt the mould to cover all the surfaces.
Monta Elkins found that this didn't work at 225F, but 300F worked well.
Also, use the clearest corn-syrup you can find, as the slight yellow
colour shows in the completed glass. Adding vanilla essence makes the
failures taste good enough to eat.
Dave Porter suggests covering a bottle with a carefully smoothed layer
of foil, then many more layers of possibly crumpled foil. Cut this in
half and use it as a slip mould for toffee glass bottles.
Be wary of hot sugar syrup. It hurts. Use gloves.
Toffee glass is hard to get right and incredibly messy when it goes
wrong. A number of people have recommended using casting resin to make
breakaway glassware instead.