ThriftyFun Logo
Home   Find   Ask   Share   Answer   Join   Index   Login  
 
 User Login:  Username:    Password:      Forgot It?  | Join ThriftyFun!

 - Beauty
 - Budget and Finance
 - Cleaning
 - Consumer Advice
 - Craft Projects
 - Craft Tips
 - Food Tips
 - Garage Sales
 - Gardening
 - Gifts
 - Green Living
 - Home Improvement
 - Organizing
 - Parenting
 - Parties
 - Pest Control
 - Pets
 - Product Reviews
 - Recipes
 - Repair
 - Weddings for Less

RSS Feed
About Us
Media
Advertising
Contact Us
Privacy Statement
Disclaimer

Using Vinyl Record Bowls For Food

1x1
Date: 09/15/2009 Topics: Craft Tips > Advice | Readers Request > Crafts  
1x1
Post Feedback | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Print | Print (With Feedback) | Rate: Thumbs Up Thumbs Down | Bookmark and Share
Using Vinyl Record Bowls For Food
I'd like to find out a very good, washable sealant to put on plastics so they can be used as washable chip dishes. I make vinyl record bowls but when I use Modge Podge on them it seems to finally come off and ruin the designs I paint or glue on them. So I would like to find a stronger sealant to use on them. Any suggestions?

By mmandee219 from Spokane, WA

(1x1 graphic )
Previous: Muscadine Wine ThriftyFun Next: Crunchy Chicken Legs
(1x1 graphic )
1x1
1x1
 Feedback
1x1
1x1
1x1

By tennesue (307) Profile Contact
I would only use them for chips or other dry foods. I'd feel strange about using hot and/or wet food in a dish with a home-applied sealant. The only information I know to back this up is that a lot of Mexican ceramic ware is labeled "not for food use" and these have designs painted inside. I don't have an address, but if you wrote a craft association, they could maybe help you. Look in a home crafts magazine for "sources" in the back.

Posted on 09/17/2009 | Report Spam or Abuse

By thegoodlife (4) Contact
Use patio paint or an acrylic paint.

Posted on 09/16/2009 | Report Spam or Abuse

By thriftmeg (413) Profile Contact
I think that I would put a clear plastic or glass bowl inside then you would not have to seal it.

RE: Using Vinyl Record Bowls For Food

Posted on 09/16/2009 | Report Spam or Abuse

1x1
1x1
 View Archives:
1x1
1x1

This pages has been archived 1 time. You can view older posts and feedback below.

  • Request: Using Vinyl Record Bowls For Food (09/15/2009)
    I was looking at the page on how to make bowls out of old vinyl records. I also saw something on TV about a guy doing this for a living. Anyway, was wondering what you should do to make it water proof. I'm sure you couldn't put it in the dishwasher. But is there a way you could eat out of it?

1x1
1x1
 Post Feedback:
1x1
1x1
1x1

Login using the form on the top of the page to post feedback (if you are a registered user). If you have not yet registered, click here to do so. It's FREE!.

1x1
(1x1 graphic )

1x1
 Archives:
1x1
1x1

Request: Using Vinyl Record Bowls For Food

Archived on 09/15/2009

I was looking at the page on how to make bowls out of old vinyl records. I also saw something on TV about a guy doing this for a living. Anyway, was wondering what you should do to make it water proof. I'm sure you couldn't put it in the dishwasher. But is there a way you could eat out of it?

Feedback:

RE: Using Vinyl Record Bowls For Food

There are now directions on this website for making one:

http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf895928.tip.html (06/07/2006)

By imaqt1962

RE: Using Vinyl Record Bowls For Food

You can find them on Google, but here they are anyway:

  • Choose an LP with a colorful label.
  • Clean the LP with soap and water; dry well.
  • Preheat the oven to 350.
  • Lightly oil one side of the LP (peanut oil is preferable, but any oil will do).
  • Place the LP oiled-side-down on the cookie sheet.
  • Set timer for 1 minute and 35 seconds.
  • Put the cookie sheet into the oven and start the timer.
  • After 45 seconds, flip the LP over so it heats evenly.

    When the time is up, take the LP off of the cookie sheet and begin molding, turning up the sides to create a wavy bowl shape. The bowl should not be too hot; if it is, wearing gloves does the trick. (Caution: Do not wear plastic gloves.) You have only 20 to 30 seconds of playtime to shape the bowl, so be nimble.

    If your bowl looks wrong, put it back in the oven for another 10 to 15 seconds. That will give you more playtime. If your bowl is still lopsided, put the LP back in the oven until it wilts into its original flat form and start again. The finished product will be smaller than you might expect. In-house research has shown that three bananas, one large apple, or four heads of garlic will fit into the average bowl.

    Good Luck! (05/21/2007)

    By Zoe

    RE: Using Vinyl Record Bowls For Food

    While that's awesome artistically, vinyl is a very reactive plastic and will potentially leach plasticizer and polyvinyl chloride into the food that's in the bowl. While the polyvinyl chloride is molten, it is especially susceptible to leaching, so wearing gloves to make it would be very helpful. (11/28/2007)

    By DJ Delphi

    Report Spam or Abuse

  • © 1997-2009 ThriftyFun.com - Design by Cumuli Design
    Disclaimer: ThriftyFun.com cannot accept any responsibility for any injury or damage that you may cause to yourself, others, or property when following any advice given on this site. Read the full disclaimer. If you find any information on ThriftyFun.com or in our newsletters that is either erroneous and/or potentially harmful to others, please Contact Us, immediately.