Bowls Made From Vinyl Records

Now artists hobbyists and environmentalists are making vinyl record bowls bring them home.

Bowls made from vinyl records.

Sep 30 2014 cool ideas on repurposing records is to make it bowls with them. This instructable is about how to make a bowl out of a record. Heating polyvinyl chloride releases gas which can leave a permanent residue on the interior of ovens this is done in. So instead of your records sitting around collecting dust they now become useful.

Cool ideas on repurposing records is to make it bowls. 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. This instructable calls for. Each record bowl is one of a kind and they are very durable and functional.

A cookie sheet 3. Move the oven rack to the bottom of the oven. Step 1 wash both sides of the record with a gentle soap and rinse and dry it with a lint free cloth. Vinyl records were the way to listen to music in the decades before cds mp3s and online storage made them virtually obsolete.

Step 1 preheat your oven to 200 to 250 f 100 to 120 c and open a window. We made our clocks from old used vinyl records thanks to our passion to music we give a new life for used and forgotten vinyl records we make them functional beautiful and great looking part of your interior also for all eco. This should not be done in any oven used for food preparation. Choose a bowl that is a little smaller than the record and set it right side up onto a baking sheet.

This is very important as the melting vinyl will give off fumes that are not safe to breathe in step 2 set a metal or glass heat safe bowl onto a baking sheet. And probably not at all. Our vinyl record bowls are made with 12 vinyl records that have been formed into a unique bowl shape. While the polyvinyl chloride is molten it is especially susceptible to leaching so wearing gloves to make it would be very helpful.

We have added a small plug into the hole in the middle of the record to prevent any small items like earrings or beads from falling through. Another thrifty present for christmas is to take some old vinyl albums or records large or small and make them into trinket bowls. An lp vinyl record or another size if you want a smaller bowl 2. To further protect your baking sheet.

Buy an armful of cheap outdated vinyl records at your local flea market or at a garage sale and make decorative bowls for everyone on your christmas list this year. Place the vinyl on top of a smaller glass bowl and put in the oven for about 5 minutes till the vinyl starts to droop into the bowl. How to make vinyl record bowl. We have also added.