Turning a Wine Bottle Into an Oil Bottle

This instructable will give you step by step instructions on how to turn a plain wine bottle into an oil bottle or a bottle to hold dish soap.

Remove all of the labels from the outside of you wine bottle. Rinse of the bottle.

Pour a small amount of bleach into the bottle. Add a little water and swish it around the entire inside of the bottle.

After you have done this for a few minutes, make sure you rinse the bottle out well. This is especially true if you intend to use this bottle to store your cooking or dipping oils.

Wipe the entire outside of the bottle off with rubbing alcohol. This will help to remove any remaining glue from the labels and oil from being handled.

Load your plate with Burnt Umber and Wicker White Folk Art Enamel paint.

You will be using a flat brush #10. Double load with Burnt Umber and Wicker White. This will be used to paint the vines.

The first part of your design that you will be painting are the grap vines. These are just placed in random places on your bottle. I typically, start at the bottom and go up to the top. I start the vine in a couple of places on the bottom. There is not any set pattern.

You will be moving on to the next colors. Rinse out your brush with water.

You will be using Thicket and Sunflower to paint the grapevine leaves and One Stroke leaves. Load these two colors on to you plate.

You will double load your paint brush with Thicket and Sunflower, Folk Art Enamel Paint. These two colors will be used to paint of the leaves on your bottle.

The next step is to paint all of the leaves on your bottle, including the grape leaves and the One Stroke leaves.

You may use any color of purple that you like. This will be combined with white to make the grapes. I use a painting stick that is great for making circles or dots. You will double load this and paint the grapes in different positions on the bottle.

You will paint the grapes in bundles and position them in different areas on your bottle. There is no pattern for this either. Use your imagination.

You will make the remaining brown an inky consistency by adding flow medium to it. Mix it together. You will use a liner brush to make curlycues.

Us a liner brush dipped in the brown inky paint, to add curlycues to your bottle. These too, are just place in random order on your bottle.

Allow your bottle to air dry for 1 hour prior to baking.

You have the option to either air dry your bottle and the paint will cure within 21 days, or place the bottle in your oven and bake it. If you choose to bake it, you will place the bottle in the oven before turning it on. It is important that the oven is cool when you place the bottle in it. You will turn the oven on to 350 degrees. Add the pre-heat time to the baking time. The bottle needs to bake 30 minutes at 350 degrees. All the oven to cool completely before removing the bottle.

Buy spouts to place in your bottle.

Fill your bottle with oil or dish soap. Place the spout in the top. Your bottle is ready to be used.