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Beautiful Wine Bottle Tiki Torches

These torches look beautiful, give more hours in your yardscape, upcycle spent beverage bottles, repel mosquitoes, are economical, and easy to make! What’s not to love? We got this idea from Pinterest® and wondered if these torches looked as good and functioned as well as Pinterest® shows. Indeed, they do! To make them, you’ll need some basic tools, including a hacksaw, adjustable wrench, screwdriver (or drill-driver), metal file, drill and drill bits, and a propane torch. The supplies you’ll need are: beverage bottle (both wine and beer bottles work), Solid plumbing solder Paste flux A flux brush 10” to 12” of rigid ½” copper pipe PER torch 1 - ½” copper coupling (solder type) Large steel washer with 1” to 1-½” outer diameter, inside just slips over the coupling A tiki-torch ½” Fiberglas torch wick 4” to 6” of ⅜” (16 threads per inch) galvanized threaded rod 2 - ⅜” x 16 galvanized nuts A ¾” split ring extension hanger A ⅜” galvanized ceiling plate A container of Tiki-torch fuel Most of these items are easy to locate. The most difficult things to find are the split ring extension hangers and the ceiling plates. We also ended up getting the wicks from an online supplier to save some drive time. For the extension rings and ceiling plates, visit www.supplyhouse.com. We even got a 6’ length of galvanized ⅜” - 16 threaded rod from them (around $4). They have reasonable prices, quick delivery and $4.95 flat rate shipping. The part number for the ⅜” ceiling plate is GVPL038 (about 70¢ each at the time of filming). The part number for the ¾” split ring extension hanger is GVSR075H and cost about 73¢ each. You can get a pack of 12 wicks for about $14 (including shipping) at this link: https://amzn.to/37anQ4e. Using this hardware and assembly approach, you can mount the torches in various ways, including affixed to a fence, porch post, or weighted stanchion post for portability. In fact, you can pass on using mounting hardware entirely, and place the torches freestanding on a side table or center of a table. If you do this, make SURE to increase the stability of the bottle by partially filling it with glass marbles or globs, aquarium rock, and small river pebbles. Remember, BE SAFE! Keep children away from them, as they are glass and can be broken by hard objects. These are open flame devices, so they are not toys, and they much have sufficient distances to other flammable objects. When you do make the mounting set up, make sure the length of the threaded rod is sufficient enough to provide enough stand-off from the post so that the flame is not close to the surface. But most of all - enjoy these! These are colorful and clever, and sure to enhance the outdoor setting while evoking lots of compliments! And, if you use citronella scented fuel, you’ll have a lot fewer mosquitoes and “no-see-ums” to deal with. When you want to pump up your yardscape decor - JUST DO IT YOURSELF!