Wine Bottle Tiki Torch DIY
- By Joan
- February 3, 2021
- 3 Comments
Wine Bottle Tiki Torch DIY
One of the first projects I ever pinned were these beautiful wine bottle hanging tiki torches. Using an existing wine bottle you could light up the night with a burning flame. They are the perfect upcycling project.
I could not find the original source for this project but just Google wine bottle tiki torch and you’ll find tons of options.
So when I found this beautiful round bottom wine bottle just laying in the woods several years ago, I knew just what to do with it.
When I got home I went right back to that original website to find out exactly what I would need to create my brand new tiki torch. Here is the list…I would need a wine bottle, threaded 3/8-16 inch threaded rod, nylon thread seal tape, 1-inch split ring hanger threaded for 3/8-16 inch rod, plate flange connector threaded for 3/8-16 inch rod , 3/8-inch copper coupling, 3/8-inch hex nuts, #10 wood screws, tiki replacement wick, and tiki torch fluid.
Hmmmm, I had the bottle and the Tiki torch fluid. I put that project to the side.
By the way, the round wine bottle is called a Fiasco, or fiaschi plural. It would have originally held Sangria. I believe you can still find them but I didn’t do a field trip to the liquor store to find out for sure.
So here I am years later in my local Hobby Lobby shopping for knobs (If you’ve never shopped in Hobby Lobby, they have quite the assortment, handles are on the other side) when what do I spy, a wall bottle holder (below). I knew my round bottomed green bottle was waiting for me, so into the cart it went. Normally the bottle holder would have been $5.00 but I was there on half price hardware day so it was only $2.50. Score!
So now I had my green bottle, still dirty from where I pulled it out of the dirt, tiki torch oil and the bottle holder.
All I needed now was a Wine Bottle Torch Wicks Hardware Kit (3 Pack)
I was all ready to put this thing together but things never go quite as planned. The bottle holder didn’t quite fit around the neck of the bottle. Thinking that maybe it was because I was using an old bottle, I tried the hanger on a newer wine bottle. It fit better but still not quite.
Maybe I could bend the metal with a sledge hammer. Well that really didn’t work. But now you can see how big the gap actually was.
The back piece was still intact. I hadn’t wasted my entire $2.50 yet. All I would need is some kind of bendy metal to go around the front of the wine bottle.
An aluminum can to the rescue…easy to shape and easy to cut with scissors.
I cut two strips of the aluminum for added strength and bent it around the bottle, a perfect fit.
I predrilled holes in the aluminum and used the screws the bottle hanger came with to attach.
Two coats of this brown metallic paint mixed with a little black and you would hardly know that I smashed the first piece in half.
I’m including the instructions from my tiki torch wicks since they had better photos than I did.
If you’re really alert, you may notice the screws are not screwed all the way in . It was snowing that day and I was freezing. Not quite the weather for enjoying a beautiful tiki torch but those days are coming and I will be all ready.
Gather your supplies because warm weather is coming, I promise.
Stay safe, stay inspired.
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How did you get the bottle cleaned out?
What majic cleaner ?
I just used soap and water and a bottle brush. I did luck out since most of the dirt was on the outside of the bottle.
I’ve had luck with denture cleaner, or baking soda and vinegar, but make sure you fill over a sink or bucket because it might fizz up and overflow.