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Man Collects Bottle Caps For 5 Years To Redo His Kitchen, And Here’s The Result
One guy designed and built a custom bottle cap bar top that would become the centerpiece of any room.
He and his friends and family saved 2,530 beer caps over 5 years specifically for this project. The caps belong to domestic, craft, and import drinks.
“The initial concept was to lay out an image comprised of bottle caps,” he said. “Then reality set in and we opted for the much easier gradient effect.” The selected sequence is called ROYGBIV (a sequence of hues, commonly described as making up a rainbow: rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet).
It took at least 4 hours and several restarts to get the desired pattern. “Initially I was being pretty anal about cap alignment, color disbursement etc. In the end, we decided to introduce entropy and New Holland’s Dragon’s Milk, which I feel was the secret ingredient.” Everything was then covered with 5 layers of epoxy resin and voila! A perfect conversation starter for any indoor party.
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One creative man decided to redo his kitchen, making its countertop the most impressive feature
He and his friends and family collected 2,530 caps over the course of 5 years to make it happen
The production started with sorting out the caps by hue: “Basically tried to bucket them into ROYGBIV,” he explained
“Two large pieces of quality 5/8″ plywood form the base. The rails are 1 1/2″ poplar and were notched with a table saw and hand routed”
“Painted matte black with several cans of Rustoleum. The finish does not have to be perfect since it will be covered in epoxy”
“[But] it needs to be as close to perfectly level as possible, otherwise, the epoxy resin will “pool” in low spots”
“The initial concept was to lay out an image comprised of bottle caps, then reality set in and we opted for the much easier gradient effect”
“This is <…> resin, which fills any available airspace. It was better to just pour the resin slowly making thin layers, not thick enough to cover the caps”
“It took ~5 layers to thoroughly cover the caps”
“Visually, we felt it would be more interesting dispersing various caps to add pops of color”
“Here you can see how we laid them out allowing the caps to “flow” into each other, rather than having hard color stops”
“I am so proud of this project. It is a real conversation piece and we did it together, true DIY”
What do you think ?
Rin Rin 7 years ago
Nicely done and looks awesome! Only those caps that are upsidedown make my ocd go uuiiuaatingtangwallawallabingbang
Monika Przymuszala 7 years ago
I was thinking that too but since those upsidedown have something written on them I forgive ;)
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Reinoud Vehmeijer 7 years ago
I need some advice, i have done the same with a 25m^2 floor. However the epoxy is very expensive. What are the alternatives? IMG_7703-5...8c-png.jpg 
clandango 7 years ago
That's amazing, well done. Unfortunately, especially being the floor, I don't think there would be a suitable alternative to the epoxy for this. There may be an acrylic sheeting you could overlay, but to do that would likely be more expensive than the epoxy.
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Karine Fonte 7 years ago
Well, it took 5 years and the aid of family & friends and, just maybe, a lot of sodas and juices as well.
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Louise Delaney 7 years ago
5 years to save all them caps?!....I recon I could collect that many after a house party
Karine Fonte 7 years ago
But they would be the same colour, or with slight variations - pretty al the same, but not that colourfull; I believe what took longer was to collect all the different colours of caps, so he could have that rainbow-ish effect.
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Justin Ayres 7 years ago
I have been on the same quest since 2010. I am only collecting unique caps with no duplicates. I cannot wait until I get to make my bar top. No duplicate caps is really beginning to get difficult tho....
Kirsten Preston 7 years ago
Love the dedication gone into collecting and eventually sorting all these caps. Fantastic result - you should be proud!
Jazmyn B (Jaz) 7 years ago
That's amazing! I would love to do that myself if I had the patience xD (I don't, by the way, I'm extremely impatient).
melissa brown 7 years ago
very nice, i want to do my bathroom floor in pennies still collecting lol
Danielle Taylor 7 years ago
wow!!! amazing!! lots of patience and planning .... looks beautiful!
Tricia Overstreet 7 years ago
We can Re~purpose items just as we recycle .... Earth with fewer landfills............
Jenae Young 7 years ago
Did this to a table at a bar I worked in! It's a great conversation piece. We glued our caps down. Wondering if he did too or can we skip that step as we are getting ready to do another!
Redge Palmer 7 years ago
I feel like he could have gotten this done a lot quicker if he wanted to. http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/151703543924?lpid=82&chn=ps&ul_noapp=true
Luis Payano 7 years ago
Man this looks good, I`m going to try and do something similar to this for my mancave. I`m thinking about making (light covers) made out of aluminum beer cans or bottels, and maybe use bottle caps like he used here, to do an axcent wall or a side feature if I can get enough of them. Great job.
Kevin Billett 7 years ago
I've been saving up for while to do the same, despite the wife not liking it. Soon as we move to new house I'll be getting to it.
Unwelcomed Guest 7 years ago
This guy is the master of procrastinators, five years to do the kitchen?
Silent Skeleton 7 years ago
Awesome work! That's some real patience and determination, with an incredible outcome :oD
Jerusha Reynolds 7 years ago
I think it's just a bar, like in a rec room. no stove!
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Bobbi Newell 7 years ago
There are some truly crappy bottlecap DIYs out there, but this is not one of them. The creators put a lot of thought into this project. It's OK if it's not to your taste, but own your opinion; don't just call it crappy.
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Meara 7 years ago
You now what my parents used to tell me? "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything." I think you could learn a thing or two from that.
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Rin Rin 7 years ago
Nicely done and looks awesome! Only those caps that are upsidedown make my ocd go uuiiuaatingtangwallawallabingbang
Monika Przymuszala 7 years ago
I was thinking that too but since those upsidedown have something written on them I forgive ;)
Load More Replies... Reinoud Vehmeijer 7 years ago
I need some advice, i have done the same with a 25m^2 floor. However the epoxy is very expensive. What are the alternatives? IMG_7703-5...8c-png.jpg
clandango 7 years ago
That's amazing, well done. Unfortunately, especially being the floor, I don't think there would be a suitable alternative to the epoxy for this. There may be an acrylic sheeting you could overlay, but to do that would likely be more expensive than the epoxy.
Load More Replies... Karine Fonte 7 years ago
Well, it took 5 years and the aid of family & friends and, just maybe, a lot of sodas and juices as well.
Load More Replies... Louise Delaney 7 years ago
5 years to save all them caps?!....I recon I could collect that many after a house party
Karine Fonte 7 years ago
But they would be the same colour, or with slight variations - pretty al the same, but not that colourfull; I believe what took longer was to collect all the different colours of caps, so he could have that rainbow-ish effect.
Load More Replies... Justin Ayres 7 years ago
I have been on the same quest since 2010. I am only collecting unique caps with no duplicates. I cannot wait until I get to make my bar top. No duplicate caps is really beginning to get difficult tho....
Kirsten Preston 7 years ago
Love the dedication gone into collecting and eventually sorting all these caps. Fantastic result - you should be proud!
Jazmyn B (Jaz) 7 years ago
That's amazing! I would love to do that myself if I had the patience xD (I don't, by the way, I'm extremely impatient).
melissa brown 7 years ago
very nice, i want to do my bathroom floor in pennies still collecting lol
Danielle Taylor 7 years ago
wow!!! amazing!! lots of patience and planning .... looks beautiful!
Tricia Overstreet 7 years ago
We can Re~purpose items just as we recycle .... Earth with fewer landfills............
Jenae Young 7 years ago
Did this to a table at a bar I worked in! It's a great conversation piece. We glued our caps down. Wondering if he did too or can we skip that step as we are getting ready to do another!
Redge Palmer 7 years ago
I feel like he could have gotten this done a lot quicker if he wanted to. http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/151703543924?lpid=82&chn=ps&ul_noapp=true
Luis Payano 7 years ago
Man this looks good, I`m going to try and do something similar to this for my mancave. I`m thinking about making (light covers) made out of aluminum beer cans or bottels, and maybe use bottle caps like he used here, to do an axcent wall or a side feature if I can get enough of them. Great job.
Kevin Billett 7 years ago
I've been saving up for while to do the same, despite the wife not liking it. Soon as we move to new house I'll be getting to it.
Unwelcomed Guest 7 years ago
This guy is the master of procrastinators, five years to do the kitchen?
Silent Skeleton 7 years ago
Awesome work! That's some real patience and determination, with an incredible outcome :oD
Jerusha Reynolds 7 years ago
I think it's just a bar, like in a rec room. no stove!
Load More Replies... Bobbi Newell 7 years ago
There are some truly crappy bottlecap DIYs out there, but this is not one of them. The creators put a lot of thought into this project. It's OK if it's not to your taste, but own your opinion; don't just call it crappy.
Load More Replies... Meara 7 years ago
You now what my parents used to tell me? "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything." I think you could learn a thing or two from that.
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