Friday, May 15, 2009

Fun with Silverware!

This project was found on DesignSpongeOnline.com
 I think this is an awesome idea!
What you’ll need:
* A piece of silverware (thin spoons or forks work best)
* Acrylic paint
* A piece of square, unfinished wood (Available at Hobby Lobby for 99 cents each)
* Clear Gorilla Glue
*1 brass triangular hanger (you will glue these to the back of the wood)

Steps:
1. Bend your utensil: The easiest way to do this is to drop the untensil into boiling water. Once its softened a bit, use tongs to remove the silverware from the water. Wearing cleaning gloves, bend the silverware around something small and round.
2. Paint your wood piece, 1-2 coats of acrylic paint.
3. glue a brass triangular hook to the back (make sure it is straight or your key rack will hang crookedly)
4. Glue the utensil on the front using the smallest amount of Gorilla Glue possible. If you use too much glue, it will puff up alongside the silverware, so be careful!
5. Hang up your new key rack!

2 comments:

  1. Softening silverware in boiling water? No way.

    (But the end result is quite nifty.)

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  2. tHIS IS A TERRIFIC IDEA !
    hOPE ALL IS WELL :)
    rEVA

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