Foil milk bottle tops?

Posted by: Roger

Foil milk bottle tops? - 08/08/2014 13:13

Simple question:

I've got some glass milk bottles; I'd like to fill them and then seal them with foil tops, such as Unigate Dairy would have used back in the day.

How?
Posted by: andy

Re: Foil milk bottle tops? - 08/08/2014 13:48

The first thing you'll need is thicker foil, the foil on milk bottles is/was much thicker than kitchen foil.
Posted by: canuckInOR

Re: Foil milk bottle tops? - 08/08/2014 14:27

Originally Posted By: Roger
Simple question:

I've got some glass milk bottles; I'd like to fill them and then seal them with foil tops, such as Unigate Dairy would have used back in the day.

How?

A hand-held induction sealer, most likely.
Posted by: Cris

Re: Foil milk bottle tops? - 09/08/2014 11:42

Do you plan on drinking what is inside ???

We use a Aluminium Foil Tape when setting out fireworks, it's sold in screw fix and the like. Often used in window seal and the like. You could fake a top with this stuff without much difficulty. Of course it would be sticky on the underneath and wouldn't be the proper way of doing it.

http://www.screwfix.com/p/aluminium-foil-tape-silver-72mm-x-45m/50629

Cheers

Cris
Posted by: Roger

Re: Foil milk bottle tops? - 11/08/2014 08:41

Originally Posted By: Cris
Do you plan on drinking what is inside ???


Yeah. It's for a fancy-dress party, and I was planning on putting White Russians in the bottles...
Posted by: mlord

Re: Foil milk bottle tops? - 11/08/2014 10:30

How about using corks / rubber stoppers instead?
Posted by: g_attrill

Re: Foil milk bottle tops? - 31/08/2014 18:07

Late reply laugh AFAIK they are/were just crimped on, so thicker foil press down and then hard around the edge should work fine? Maybe run a knife around the rim to get a clean look.