Epoxy Bottle Cap Coasters

Make bottle cap coasters.

Epoxy bottle cap coasters.

Bottle cap coasters are the perfect man cave gift. A touch of tay. I am going to explain to you how to make your own personally designed coaster. You can use live edge.

This is similar to the river tables just on a much smaller scale. Begin placing caps on coasters. Bottle cap coasters are sturdy and are perfect for protecting your wooden furniture from heat and stains. How to make beer bottle cap coasters the perfect gift for the beer lover in your life.

To prep the bottle caps i turned them over and filled them all with resin. You can use cardboard sheets cork board resin molds concrete etc as your base. You can easily create different colors and effects. Originally published may 2013.

Get a few bottle caps off your guy s favorite adult beverage add some resin and you have an instant favorite gift. It is easy to use and ideal for casting small decorative items and jewelry in molds. The resin can be poured onto the coaster without dripping over the sides. They are inexpensive and a great recycling project to put your old discarded bottle caps in use.

Easycast clear casting epoxy is a two component low odor solvent free clear casting epoxy. Resin obsession super clear epoxy resin 6 ounce kit. Round beverage coaster mold 431. If a part of a cap sticks off the edge just take pliers and carefully push in the.

Let these set for about 10 20 minutes before moving on to the next step. You can purchase ready made non drip wooden coasters that have a rim around the edge. Approximately 1 oz of resin was enough to fill nine bottle caps. After you have all the bottle caps glued down make sure you allow the glue to dry for at least 24 hours.

The next step is to pour the epoxy evenly over the beer bottle caps. Use it to encase or embed items to create jewelry figurines paperweights coasters drawer pulls and more. I found it easiest to place the center cap first then the other caps around it.