Table made of beer caps. Do-it-yourself homemade beer cap bar counter
Now you know what to do with the beer bottle caps that you collected just in case, so that you can use them somehow later.
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It took 5 years and 2530 beer bottle caps to create this unusual home bar countertop. It’s hard to say if I would have had the patience to keep such an idea in my head for so many years and continue to collect bottle caps, but the result that those who created it turned out was definitely worth it!
Let's find out how it was done...
The creator of the countertop initially wanted to collect some kind of pattern from the caps, but over time he opted for a simpler color scheme, when the colors smoothly flow into one another, forming a pattern more like a rainbow.
However, even this task turned out to be not so simple - black caps were the most, while blue or blue caps were extremely few. Because I had to somehow get out
Child labor was used to sort the lids by color and shade.
This monotonous process took more than one hour.
From the boards and plywood made the legs and countertop.
Then everything was painted black. All this will be hidden under the covers and a layer of epoxy, so it is not necessary to paint perfectly.
Now we lay out the covers as close as possible to each other and in accordance with the desired color scheme.
This is no less time-consuming process than sorting. I had to redo the drawing several times, due to the lack of covers of the desired shade.
Then slowly fill everything with epoxy, first with a thin layer to fill the space between the covers, then more to cover the covers completely.
In total, it took 5 layers to get the desired result.
That's all, the table is ready!
In order to make the drawing look more interesting, we decided to slightly mix the colors, throw the covers of one shade into the thick of another color.
Here you can see how the colors smoothly flow into each other.
I think it turned out pretty cool!
Which has become the highlight of the kitchen.
He and his friends and family collected 2,530 beer caps over five years specifically for this project. Metal caps originally belonged to domestic, craft and imported beer bottles.
“The initial concept was to put some kind of image out of the lids,” says the craftsman. “Then reality hit and we opted for a simple gradient effect.” The chosen sequence of shades is called ROYGBIV (i.e. rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, indigo and violet).
It took at least 4 hours and several passes to get the desired sample. “In the beginning, I was quite brisk about color-coding the lids, but eventually we moved on to full entropy, and New Holland’s Dragon’s Milk beer, which I think was the secret ingredient, contributed to this.” After the result was covered with five layers of epoxy and voila! The perfect place for an intimate conversation at a house party is ready.
This creative guy decided to redo his kitchen, making the breakfast bar its main highlight.
He and his friends and family collected 2,530 beer caps over five years especially for this project.
Production began with sorting caps by shade. “Mostly they tried to separate them by the colors of the rainbow,” explains the master.
The base frame was two large pieces of quality 5/8" plywood. Side planks (1.5") in poplar, cut on a circular machine plus hand milled
“The surface is painted matte black, the consumption is a few cans of Rust-Oleum. It doesn't have to be perfect as it will be covered in epoxy afterwards."
“But still strive for the most even surface, otherwise the epoxy will form puddles in low places”
“The original concept was to put an image out of the caps, then reality set in and we opted for a simple gradient effect.”
“It's a resin that fills any free air space. It must be poured slowly, in thin layers, and not in such a way as to immediately cover the lids with the head.
"It took us about 5 coats to completely fill the lids"
“Visually, we felt that it would be more interesting to scatter different caps over the surface to add bright spots”
“Here you can see how we laid them out. The lids seem to flow in shades into each other and look quite organic in terms of color.”
“I am very proud of this project. This is the perfect place for intimate conversations, and we made it all together. This is a real handmade masterpiece"
An old credit or any other plastic card, or other object for dispensing resin.
How to make a table decorated with beer caps:
To get started, collect a lot of beer caps, if you already have them, then decide on a table that suits you for your work.
Lay out the lids on the table and come up with a design of the lids that you like. You can arrange the covers in a chaotic manner, you can alternate them in circles, you can come up with curls, leaves, flowers, symbols.
Glue the lids to the table with glue. If you are using super glue, then two = three drops are enough to stick the iron cover. Do not pour too much glue, otherwise it may then show through and be visible in the gaps between the covers.
Prepare the surface.
Tape the edges of the table with masking tape, it leaves no residue and protects the surface of the table from resin smudges. Please do not use adhesive tape, it leaves terrible marks and sticky spots.
The next step is to install an aluminum foil barrier (baking foil). This is necessary so that the resin does not flow through the top and remains inside, laying down in an even layer between and on the lids.
However, if your table has at least a small, but protruding "barrier" around the perimeter, then you can skip this step.
Next, pour the resin prepared according to the instructions on the package onto the lids and try to distribute it, using a plastic card, evenly over all the lids and so that it gets into all the gaps between the lids. Make sure you have enough resin in advance to fill all the gaps between the caps.
Leave for 7-8 hours and make sure the surface of the resin is free of animal hair, hair, debris or dust.
Once the resin has cured, carefully remove the foil and masking tape. If the resin has somehow leaked through the paint pad and foil, then carefully remove it, you can use a clerical knife for this.
Everything, the table decorated with beer caps is ready to use.
text translation and adaptation - slo
Can beer bottle caps be used for kitchen renovations? An Imgur user named Chris decided to go the extra mile by posting a photo of his work online.
With the help of friends and kids, Chris has created a beautiful bar topped with multicolored lids. Chris says that he wanted to create a "picture from caps", and he clearly succeeded. Now he has a unique countertop at home! Here's how he did it.
Lids:
It all started five years ago when Chris started collecting bottle caps. For five long years, he picked caps for friends and family when they drank beer. In the end, they accumulated on several plastic bags.
Chris estimated that there were several thousand caps; he decided that this would be enough for a new bar counter.
Rack:
To get started, Chris built a new plank bar in his garage. He placed the finished rack in the kitchen and painted it black.
Then he called the children, and together they sorted the caps by color. By that point, Chris already had a plan to decorate the counter further.
He took the lids and laid them out on the tabletop. He grouped them by color to create a beautiful color transition across the entire surface.
For example, in one part of the tabletop there were only black caps, and in the other - only yellow ones.
In this he was helped by friends and relatives. In the end, they got a vivid picture.
Glue:
Chris bought $500 worth of glue to stick all the caps on. To make it easier, he poured glue into the jars, and then carefully glued each lid and poured everything in an even layer. There were ugly glue bubbles in some places, but Chris removed them with a heat gun.
Now Chris has a bar in the kitchen that he is justifiably proud of - and every beer lover will understand him!
From a distance, the stand resembles a rainbow. What does it mean - hands from the right place!
Do you like this idea?
You must admit that a real beer lover will give half his life for the opportunity to have such a chic bar counter at home! But, alas, our apartments do not often have space for a full-fledged kitchen, such as this New York guy Chris has. Chris somehow managed to convince his entire family to collect caps from every beer they drank over the past 5 years, and then he used those caps to build a home bar. As you will see from the images below, it was clearly worth it. Here is a step by step guide to making a homemade beer cap bar counter:
First, Chris collected all his lids and, with the help of his family, sorted them by color.
There is nothing better than a little child labor to complete tedious tasks!
Finally, after a few days, all the beer caps were sorted by color.
Chris then built the bar and painted it black.
When the paint was dry, he installed a breakfast bar in his new kitchen.
Then for a long time and patiently laid out the beer caps on the countertop. Beer clearly helped brighten up the process.
Laying the beer caps in the form of a complete color picture required several attempts.
If funny inscriptions were found inside the lids, they were distributed evenly over the entire tabletop.
Once the painting was assembled, it was time to seal the table top with epoxy.
The epoxy resin was dried with a building hair dryer so that it did not freeze with small bubbles.
The idea was to make the colors of the beer caps “flow” into each other.
It took a lot of work, but we think you will agree that the results look quite impressive!