You should experiment the right temperature to keep usually if you see smoke coming from the glue it's too hot ) I usually cut the sticks just to ease the process. Put the desired amount of hot glue on the bowl, and let it meld. I would never actually drink from them, but for this project they were fantastic! Note that you will need one of them for each color you're planning, as it can be difficult to clean them afterwards. I found mine in a cheap store as cookware. Now turn your hotplate and put on it a disposable metal bowl.
100% reusable: if you don't like a seal you can simply re-melt it!. Cheap and easily obtained: you can find hot glue in almost every hardware store, and I was able to purchase 1 kg of hot glue sticks for ~12 €. Scratch/smudge resistance: when it's heated the hot glue will nicely mix with the acrylic, making the whole seal, exterior and interior, of the same color! Resistant but not fragile: For breaking one of my seals you actually need a lot of effort!. When it has been molded, it has actually some very, very nice properties: Yep, the core of this revolutionary production method lies in the humble hot glue!
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