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« on: May 24, 2010, 10:25:17 pm »

Anyone know a good place to find unused bottle caps? I am trying to build up a collection of them to use as labels for the selection buttons in my pepsi machine but they are pretty hard to find. If anyone has any ideas let me know. Thanks
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« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2010, 11:08:20 pm »

The local home brew store may have a few but those will be leftover current brands. For vintage ebay is the only source I know of.
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« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2010, 11:14:13 pm »

I have a box of blank caps but I would really like to get some with the logos on them. I was thinking about building a silk screening thing and trying to silk screen logos on the caps but I am not sure how to go about doing that or if it would even work.
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« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2010, 11:16:03 pm »

Silk screen would be tricky. Vinyl decals would be easier.
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« Reply #4 on: May 25, 2010, 05:33:23 am »

Silk screening or vinyl would be difficult due to the size you are working with. . 
I've seen caps in  flea markets, antiqueshops, and of course greedbay.
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« Reply #5 on: May 25, 2010, 06:35:02 pm »

When I was looking for some I found this site http://thebottlecapman.com/ ,  even if you don't want to buy any you can least capture some of the images (most look to be  descent resolution)  and size them to fix on you blank bottle cap

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« Reply #6 on: May 25, 2010, 09:13:56 pm »

You may want to try the Crowncap Collectors Society International website - http://www.bottlecapclub.org/ they have a want ad's page. They also have shows with a big one in Pennsylvania every year in conjunction with a large beer collectibles show. I have been to it several times and you wouldn't believe how many crowns are there.
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« Reply #7 on: May 25, 2010, 09:49:42 pm »

What is this beer collectibles show in PA? I love beer stuff...
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« Reply #8 on: May 25, 2010, 11:15:29 pm »

If any of you guys come accross a bag of random soda caps for a few bucks let me know. Nice thing about collecting these is that they take up almost no space at all.
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« Reply #9 on: May 26, 2010, 10:50:25 am »

What is this beer collectibles show in PA? I love beer stuff...

It is held in March in Harrisburgh. The owner of this site www.cansmartbeercans.com puts it on. Or for a list of beer collectible shows visit www.bcca.com

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