Some people like a single cut slide with the end of the bottle still on. Others like a double cut slide that is cylindrical and straight. To separate the cuts dip the bottle in boiling water up to the score you are trying to cut, then put the score you have heated into cold water. Repeat until the piece separates. It may take several times to get the score to separate.
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I think I know the bottle you are talking about. My wife has a bottle of balsamic vinegar I'm waiting to get my hands on. It's a different brand than what yours is, but it a long neck bottle.
There is a certain kind of Colvita Balsamic vinegar bottle - short bottle, long neck, that has the straightest neck I've found for slides. Great for 1.5" slides. In my little 2 grocery town, it's at Safeway and not at Walmart. I do the top score first and heat - break then score and break the lower one. If I score both, it might break at the lower one first and then the top one never breaks as there's not enough bottle for the heat differential to break it again. Wet dry sandpaper used wet to eliminate all the imperfections.
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I think I know the bottle you are talking about. My wife has a bottle of balsamic vinegar I'm waiting to get my hands on. It's a different brand than what yours is, but it a long neck bottle.
There is a certain kind of Colvita Balsamic vinegar bottle - short bottle, long neck, that has the straightest neck I've found for slides. Great for 1.5" slides. In my little 2 grocery town, it's at Safeway and not at Walmart. I do the top score first and heat - break then score and break the lower one. If I score both, it might break at the lower one first and then the top one never breaks as there's not enough bottle for the heat differential to break it again. Wet dry sandpaper used wet to eliminate all the imperfections.