When furnishing a bathhouse, pay special attention to the choice of hours. They are an integral part of the bath process, as they show the time spent in the steam room and the time of subsequent rest. Content:
- Watch requirements
- Steam room clock
- Restroom clock
- Features of watch making
- Bath clock installation
- Bath clock design
Bath procedures are useful for almost all people. The bath relieves stress, treats many diseases, gives strength and energizes. In order not to harm your body, you should not spend a huge amount of time in the bath - just a couple of hours is enough. During this time, you can make several short visits to the steam room and several longer breaks.
Bath clock requirements
As you know, any bathhouse consists of two main areas - a steam room and a relaxation room. Timers must be placed in both.
At the same time, a clock for a bath must meet the following general requirements:
- It is good to tolerate temperature extremes;
- Be in a protective casing, excluding burns to the body in case of accidental contact with them;
- Contains no hazardous materials such as mercury or plastic that can melt;
- Have a secure fit;
- Be accurate and comfortable;
- Combine with the decoration of the bath.
By design, the clocks for the steam room and for the recreation area differ radically from each other - it depends on the temperature and humidity of the individual rooms. More stringent requirements apply to clocks that are hung in the steam room. It is in this compartment that the temperature and humidity are very high.
Clock for the steam room in the bath
In the steam room, an hourglass will be most appropriate, but not standard - in a plastic case and with a flask made of ordinary glass. For a bath, it is worth buying specialized watches.
Their features:
- Refractory glass flask sealed on both sides, which is not afraid of high temperatures.
- Sand of a contrasting color, which does not merge with the color of the wood and is clearly visible even in the clouds of steam.
- A wall swivel mount that will securely fix the watch on the surface and very easily allow it to be turned over.
- Wooden body that matches the interior wood paneling of the steam room.
- Per-minute scale, which is printed on the wooden case.
The last point is especially important, since each person can be in the steam room at a different time. Bath hourglasses generally have a standard scale of 15 minutes, broken down into minute segments. If someone can afford to be in the steam room for more time, then for the subsequent countdown, the clock just needs to be turned over.
The clock for the steam room can be purchased at a store that sells bath accessories or on the Internet. Their cost varies from 1,000 to 3,000 rubles, depending on what materials are used in their manufacture.
Restroom clock
There are no strict requirements for the clock that you are going to hang in the recreation area. One has only to pay attention to the fact that they are combined with the overall interior. Since the bathhouse inside is always sheathed with natural panels or clapboard, a wooden clock in the bathhouse will look the best.
In the bath, a clock is appropriate, the dial of which depicts traditional scenes from life associated with a visit to the bath. In addition to painted brooms, bowls and glasses of beer, the clock for the recreation area is also decorated with inscriptions. Like drawings, inscriptions are usually associated with a bath procedure or wishes for good health. The wall clock for the recreation area is on sale in the same place as the sand clock.
Choose brightly colored clocks so that they look contrasting on a solid wall and are pleasing to the eye.
Features of making a clock for a bath
If you have good taste and have the skills to work with tools, then you can make a clock for a bath with your own hands in a relaxation area. To make a homemade clock, you will need: any wooden base, the cheapest wall clock, paints and brushes, a metal loop, a hand drill, wood varnish.
As a wooden base, you can use a thin saw cut of a tree, a shield of several planks, a piece of plywood, a wide board or a flat disc woven from willow branches.
Making a watch with your own hands is quite simple:
- Cut a circle out of a wooden blank, sand the ends with sandpaper.
- Draw the center of the circle and twelve dots on the sides where the numbers will be.
- Use a hand drill to make a hole in the center.
- Draw or glue numbers, and decorate the dial with a drawing or a folk proverb.
- Cover the workpiece with varnish.
- On the back of the workpiece, you need to attach a loop for hanging the clock on the wall - it should be at the level of the number 12.
- Remove the mechanism from the old wall clock and remove the arrows from it.
- Place it on the back of a piece of wood.
- Through the central hole, the rod should be brought out, on which the arrows are attached.
- It remains only to fix the hands and insert the battery into the clockwork.
Homemade clock for a bath will always look original and exclusive, because you personally come up with their design. If difficulties arise with a drawing or an inscription, then the design of a clock for a bath can be chosen from a photo, of which there are quite a few on the Internet. There you will also find a diagram of the drawing you like, which should be printed out for use as a stencil.
Bath clock installation
The clock in the bath can be put on a shelf, or can be hung on the wall. The second location is preferable, because the wall mounting method will not allow the device to roll over, fall and break.
It is the reliable fastening that is the first advantage of the wall clock for the bath. The clock hanging on the wall is clearly visible from all corners of the bath, so you will not have any problems observing the hands or the pouring sand. In addition, the clock on the wall is a decoration of the bath, i.e. play the role of a decorative panel or picture. True, this applies more to the clock in the recreation area.
Bath clock design
The main advantage of homemade watches is that they can be made in absolutely any style. So that the clock does not get out of the picture, it is worth considering how furniture and other decorative elements look in the recreation area.
The most popular style solutions for watch design:
- Traditional style … A clock in the traditional style involves drawing on the dial of drawings on the theme of the bath process itself: a person steaming in a bath, a leafy broom and a wooden basin, a samovar with tea. Instead of drawing with paints, the watch can be decorated using decoupage technique, when the image is applied by pasting a pre-selected pattern.
- Folk style … Folklore style clocks suggest a combination of design and a popular folk saying. Popular sayings of this type are well suited: "In a healthy body - a healthy mind", "To wash in a bath - to be reborn", "A bath soars, a bath rules", "With light steam". To make the inscription beautiful, first draw the letters with a simple pencil, and then circle them with a thin brush with paint applied to it. Instead of a brush, you can use a special thin wood burning device.
- Natural style … Natural style clocks are decorated with images of birds, animals, flowers or berries. Natural materials are also perfect for reproducing the natural style: dried leaves and flowers, pine cones, pieces of bark or acorns. Glue the decor to the dial with a glue gun, and cover the top with varnish from a spray can.
How to make a clock for a bath from a birch cut - watch the video:
[media = https://www.youtube.com/watch? v = 0bMh48it8JA] Don't neglect buying a bath watch. Your health depends on how accurately and reliably the hourglass in the steam room will show the time. And your good mood depends on how beautiful and decorative the wall clock will look in the recreation area.
