Fish Decanter

Supplies:

• #77-7721 Armour Bottle & Jar Cutter
• #15-0275 Etch Bath
• #15-0315 Glass cleaner
• #08-9999 Rubber gloves
• #08-9606 Craft brush
• Gold, Silver & Black acrylic glass paints
• Fish bottle
• Cork
• Plastic container slightly larger than bottle for dipping
• Newspaper
• Eye protection
• Canvas gloves (gardening type work well)
• Cutter wheel oil
• Paper towels

General Instructions:

1. Put on canvas gloves and eye protection.
2. Oil the cutter wheel and set up Bottle cutter as specified in the instruction booklet.
3. Cut off entire neck of the bottle . Follow the instructions that come with your Bottle cutter.. View the directions and How to Videos
4. Lay out newspaper on work surface. Gently sand off the sharp cut edges with the sandpaper provided with your kit.
5. Clean bottle well with glass cleaner to remove any dust and residue from cutting and sanding.
6. Follow Etch Bath instructions on our website to prepare container for dipping bottle. Place container on newspaper.
7. Put on rubber gloves, dip bottle in Etch Bath until frosted (10-15 min). Rinse and dry bottle.

Decorating the bottle:

1. Paint face and base of fish with black paint.
2. Paint eyes, gills and every other row of scales with silver paint.
3. Paint remaining areas with gold paint.

Suggestions:

1. Fish can also be Rub N Buffed in one or two colors.
2. Try our #86-7321 Glass & Ceramic markers on a clear glass fish for a rainbow finish.