I saw some really cool wine cork crafts in a magazine and I am a cook at a restaurant so the bartenders have been collecting corks for me. Well, the corks smell like...wait for it....wine! lol My question is, does that smell ever dissipate?
Or, if you have made crafts with them, is the smell strong still? I have about 250 of them collected over the past week and the smell is pretty strong.
Thanks, that's good to know!
I personally don't like the smell of wine and didn't want my projects to smell like it. Right now, I'm collecting for four different projects: A bath mat ( outside shower lol), a mat for hot items, coasters and I don't know what to call the other, but it looks cool!
I need about 400 of them! I don't drink so saving them myself would never happen :) I'm just glad they are willing to save them for me! I guess we go through a lot of wine.
The smell does dissipate over time...
**speaking a serious wine drinker who save the corks over time**
I, do date, have NOT collected 250 in a week...
yet!
lol
Best!
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As read this back...I must admit...I was having a glass...lol.
Hence the typos!
And this is a problem because...?
Yes the smell fades, quickly.
Isn't wine smell a good thing? Why would you want it to dissipate?
The odor does fade with time. I saw a really cool cork heart where they used the varying colors to fade the heart from light to dark.
if you soaked them in vinegar would that dissappate the smell, like I've heard vinegar does for stinky laundry?
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if you soaked them in vinegar would that dissappate the smell, like I've heard vinegar does for stinky laundry?
I work in a hotel and save the corks when I can. My collection is much smaller then yours but I've been saving a lot longer. The smell fades :)
Check out Pinterest. Tons of great ideas on there. I'm obsessed!
Fun, Fun, Fun - there are some really cool cork crafts on Pinterest too! I have a few special ones that I have saved and the smell goes away over time.
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Fun, Fun, Fun - there are some really cool cork crafts on Pinterest too! I have a few special ones that I have saved and the smell goes away over time.
heh. years ago i heard some rumor (probably on teh intrawebz) that cork is becoming hard to find. makes me think about ferdinand the bull and his cork tree. so i started saving mine, even though i'm not much of a wine-drinker and only keep it around for libations.
the smell dissipates pretty quickly.
:) khairete
S. (and her basket of lonely corks)
They go away over time. We have boards with wine corks on them they don't smell but it's mostly from white wines red probably smells more
The smell does go away.
I'm collecting corks to use to make a big....cork board! :-) Like this: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/318207529891799408/
