How To Manually Cut Waste Glass Bottles

Feb 29, 2024 Leave a message

In modern society, people need to use a lot of glass products in their daily lives, and it is impossible to get rid of glass. Glass is stable, resistant to strong acid and alkali, and is hard and durable, and is one of the raw materials required for most important equipment. If you want to learn more about how to cut glass bulbs and glass tubes and learn about cutting techniques, read this article to learn about it.

First, how to manually cut waste glass bottles


There are many ways to cut glass bottles.

1. Cut a file mark with a glass knife or wind file at the cutting place of the glass bottle, and then wrap a few circles around the file mark with cotton thread, then drop alcohol, light the cotton thread for about one minute, drop a few drops of water at the file mark, and the bottle can be disconnected along the file mark.

2. Cut the waste newspaper into a 5mm to 7mm wide strip, and then wet the strip in clean water and take it out. The wet strip is wrapped 1-4 times along the cutting line of the glass bottle against the wall. Make sure the newspaper edges are neat. Light the alcohol lamp, align the bottle cutting line with the flame of the alcohol lamp, keep turning the bottle, after the bottle is hot, put it in cold water to disconnect.

3. Fill the glass bottle with cooking oil to the cutting line (and leave enough iron bar), then insert the red-wrapped iron bar into the oil, and the glass bottle will break along the oil surface.

4. You can also use homemade resistance wire cutter to cut glass bottles, glass tubes, light bulbs, etc. When cutting, pay attention to: First, the resistance wire around the junction should be left 1mm-2mm space to avoid short circuit. Second, the glass should be cut off quickly after dripping water.