Life Science: Bottle Biology Bottle Basics: Stringing Bottles
Bottle columns do not have to be strung and hung up but there
are several advantages to doing so. By stringing bottles, you
can: - access different segments of your system more easily; -
stabilize your system and hold joints together better; -
transport your system more easily; and - increase the chances
that kids and/or pets will not knock your system over. - Use a
soldering iron (a hole punch works too, but holes are more prone
to ripping out) to make holes on each side of the bottle above
and below each joint. - String nylon craft cord (string works
too but is prone to decaying if it stays wet a long time) up one
side and down the other, alternating between from outside in and
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