How to open and recycle Glass Vials

Have you received insulin shots or skincare essence in a glass vial and you wonder how to open them or how you can reuse these bottles? In this post, I'll be showing you how you can manually remove the top off a glass vial and how to remove the wordings on glass vials.

How to remove Silk Screen Printings from Glass?

Soak the areas you want to remove the words with vingear. Soak for over 24 hours. After 24 hours, use a scrubber sponge and scrub off the words. Viola, here you have an empty glass for decorations!

I've received the glass vials for one of my skincare posts and I was fascinated by how small and cute they looked. Thus, I googled for ways to revamp them. Since it was also the first time I opened a glass vial, I googled how top open a glass vial but I didn't have much results except for bits and pieces of information here and there. Thus, I created my own short and sweet tutorial video on how to open glass vials.

How to open the glass vial?

Steps: 

1. Pull off the plastic cover at the top, revealing the metal part. The plastic cover should also pull off a bit of the metal cover at the side. 

2. For safety reasons, I would recommend you to use a plier at this stage. Use a plier and remove the metal part from the glass vial. 

3. You’ll see a rubber cover left. Pluck out the rubber cover. 

4. Take the rubber nozzle from the box and fit it over the open glass vial. It will take some wiggling but it will fit like a glove.

5. It should look like this when the rubber nozzle is tightly fitted. Remove the white cap on the nozzle when using. 

6. To get the product out, you have to squeeze the sides of the rubber nozzle. Replace the white cap on the rubber nozzle when not in use.

If you're interested in the product I used that got me these bottles check it out here.  While you're at it, quote "ireviewureadsh#03" on the shop if you're getting a bottle to help support my platforms while you take care of your skin.