How to cut a beer bottle in half without a knife

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Cut a beer bottle in half without a knife

Check out this instructional video and learn how to cut a glass beer bottle in half with your bare hands. All you need is some string and some acetone. This is a great trick, you can amuse yourself even if you don't have an audience. Watch this how-to video and learn how to cut a beer bottle in half.
Date Added 03/17/2008 Time 1:08 Video Grade Average Your Grade Views 48,637
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stubbs 7 months ago
OMG
Czech Beer
good stuff....
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colin 4 months ago
had to check the science on this many times
so unbelievable
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Bobinski 3 months ago
WHAT did the science tell you?
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sanlife 3 months ago
super cool...
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yadda 2 months ago
This really does work. I tried it so that I can cut all my bottles in half to start an indoor garden. The trick is in the thickness and how much the string can absorb. BTW acetone is also known as finger nail polish remover. I havent tried this with rubbing alcohol yet. The thicker the glass, the more wraps around the bottle you need. I tried it with regular yarn and it worked fine. I tried it with construction string (yellow) and it didnt seem to absorb enough acetone to even light.

A few words of wisdom: wear gloves, make sure the water is cold, wipe excess acetone off of the bottle. I first wrapped some string around the bottle, tied off a knot, then soaked it in acetone. The put it back on the bottle and wipe the glass off so the flames dont go crazy. Rotate the bottle constantly while the string is on fire, then dunk it in cold water. You do not need to apply very much pressure. One thing im not sure about is if you rotate the bottle until the acetone burns out, will the surrounding parts of the bottle near the string be just as hot, thus producing an unclean cut? or does a clean cut depend on a cold bottle with a small amount of heat in a confined area? (the string) i have a lot of bottles to practice with because I actually have a use for this, and I will post results on instructables.com soon. Thanks for posting this. Cheers!
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CainiteCaitiff last month
I wonder if you can do this from top to bottom to cut the bottle down the middle....
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luvashy03 3 weeks ago
This works! I used regular old yarn and it the top just cracked off.
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