How To: Cut a glass bottle with a string

How to Cut a glass bottle with a string

This video describes the process of cutting a beer bottle in half. First a piece of string is tied around a glass beer bottle to gauge the proper length that the string should be. Next, excess string is cut off and the tied string loop is slid up and off of the bottle. Next, the cap of a bottle of nail polish remover is unscrewed and the cap is filled with nail polish remover. The string is then wadded up and dipped into the nail polish remover for a couple seconds. The string is slid back onto the bottle to the desired location. Next, a lighter is used to light the nail polish remover and the bottle is rotated in the hands as the nail polish remover burns. Finally, the bottle is submerged is quickly submerged in water and pressure is applied in opposite directions to snap the bottle in half.