"Friends and family saved their caps for 5+ years specifically for this project. These are beer caps from domestics, craft & import."
"Let the games begin! 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.
To be fair, this took several attempts because of numerous factors: visually, it wasn't as cool as I wanted it to be. Also, we had a lot of black caps, but few bright blue (for example), so laying them down "evenly" was challenging.
Unfortunately, once the caps are down, attempting to move them results in disaster due to the caps shifting/overlapping each other. So, the process would begin all over again if it wasn't right. At one point we attempted adhering them to the bar top with spray adhesive, but that ended up looking terrible not to mention messy."
Let the games begin! 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. To be fair, this took several attempts because of numerous factors: visually, it wasn't as cool as I wanted it to be. Also, we had a lot of black caps, but few bright blue (for example), so laying them down "evenly" was challenging. Unfortunately, once the caps are down, attempting to move them results in disaster due to the caps shifting/overlapping each other. So, the process would begin all over again if it wasn't right. At one point we attempted adhering them to the bar top with spray adhesive, but that ended up looking terrible not to mention messy. It took a few restarts before we were satisfied with the distribution and overall visual."As mentioned before, we did not have an equal number of caps sorted by color. Since we had far more black, we needed a way to utilize them without the overall look becoming unbalanced. It took at least 4 hours and several restarts to get to this point."
"This is what $500 of epoxy resin looks like; it was purchased from aeromarineproducts.com."
"Obviously this is not an exact science. 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. :)"
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