Comments on: Hole in my glass - what to do?

Question: Hole in my glass - what to do?

AMP583 — Thu, 24 May 2007 09:27:42 -0800

I have a hole in a glass bottle - can i patch it or fill it with something?

I dropped a bottle of cologne and it chipped a small hole on the corner of the bottle. There aren't any cracks in the glass just what looks like a chipped corner. The hole is pretty small approx. ~3mm sq. The cologne is evaporating through the hole slowly otherwise i can just leave the bottle be since the liquid is lower than the hole. Can i fill or patch the hole with silicone?

By: slowstarter

slowstarter — Thu, 24 May 2007 09:37:47 -0800

You can patch it with silicon. Another option is to find a shop that repairs crystal. They may have a better solution.

By: procrastination

procrastination — Thu, 24 May 2007 09:43:20 -0800

I am a big fan of epoxy. If it doesn't have to be beautiful, it sounds like it would work here.

By: AMP583

AMP583 — Thu, 24 May 2007 09:48:43 -0800

Any specific brand names or types? I've concerned about the silicone being eaten away by the alcohol. Would this happen to expoxy as well?

By: mu~ha~ha~ha~har

mu~ha~ha~ha~har — Thu, 24 May 2007 10:04:54 -0800

I have no idea but is it possible the chemicals could contaminate each other? Change the smell, leech or solidify ect? Like I said nfi so I may just be a panic merchant. But I have an idea to offer in the mean time. Get saran/plastic/cling wrap and bind it very tight and flat. That should stop it escaping. Or is it possible to prise it open and decant into something else that's suitable?

By: jamaro

jamaro — Thu, 24 May 2007 10:13:25 -0800

You could treat it as a very small bottle of wine: whittle down a fragment of cork, jam it into the hole and melt some wax over it, completely covering the part of the cork on the exterior of the bottle

By: TedW

TedW — Thu, 24 May 2007 10:38:04 -0800

Have you considered finding another bottle? Googling "perfume bottles" gives a number of cheap options.

By: odinsdream

odinsdream — Thu, 24 May 2007 11:16:34 -0800

A little easier than jamaro's suggestion: Just melt a glob of wax over the hole. The alcohol won't eat away at it, and you don't have to whittle a little cork.

By: yohko

yohko — Thu, 24 May 2007 12:21:51 -0800

You can patch it with silicon.

Silicone sealant would be an easier to use option. Melting the silicon into the glass might be a bit tricky. Alcohol should be fine with silicone.