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#362347 - 08/08/2014 13:13 Foil milk bottle tops?
Roger
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Registered: 18/01/2000
Posts: 5683
Loc: London, UK
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?
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#362348 - 08/08/2014 13:48 Re: Foil milk bottle tops? [Re: Roger]
andy
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Registered: 10/06/1999
Posts: 5916
Loc: Wivenhoe, Essex, UK
The first thing you'll need is thicker foil, the foil on milk bottles is/was much thicker than kitchen foil.
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#362350 - 08/08/2014 14:27 Re: Foil milk bottle tops? [Re: Roger]
canuckInOR
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Registered: 13/02/2002
Posts: 3212
Loc: Portland, OR
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.

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#362355 - 09/08/2014 11:42 Re: Foil milk bottle tops? [Re: Roger]
Cris
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Registered: 06/02/2002
Posts: 1904
Loc: Leeds, UK
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

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#362362 - 11/08/2014 08:41 Re: Foil milk bottle tops? [Re: Cris]
Roger
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Registered: 18/01/2000
Posts: 5683
Loc: London, UK
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...
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#362366 - 11/08/2014 10:30 Re: Foil milk bottle tops? [Re: Roger]
mlord
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Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 14493
Loc: Canada
How about using corks / rubber stoppers instead?

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#362448 - 31/08/2014 18:07 Re: Foil milk bottle tops? [Re: Roger]
g_attrill
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Registered: 14/04/2002
Posts: 1172
Loc: Hants, UK
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.


Edited by g_attrill (31/08/2014 18:07)

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