How to a make Crystal Clear Ice Sphere - DIY Project
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- Опубликовано: 1 июн 2020
- I'm making a crystal clear Ice sphere, using simple household items as well as silicone rubber to make a mold that will freeze perfectly clear ice!
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Leaving the mistakes in is so much better. I never get things 100% the first time. Cool ice cube. Will need to try it soon for my "ice tea".
I came here to say that too I love how he shows his mistakes shows he's human haha
From Long Island?
Cube...
Agreed!
I repeat myself: this channel will be famous veeeery soon.
7 months is not "very soon" I guess. LOL. I love how he kept saying... "I know it sounds complicated, but just watch and you'll see it's really easy". Then it just kept getting more complicated.
So much effort just to make an ice ball, I love it!
Haha Thanks :)
the second one is much easier
A clear ice ball* ;)
Awesome that it’s possible to diy this. I’ve seen so many methods for this and this looks super clean compared to those.
The tips at the end are the reason why I love RUclips. Now, when I attempt this, I already know what to do to avoid the problems that tend happen. Your work is very appreciated 🙏🏼
Thanks Brian :) I'm glad you liked the video :)
Silicone mold tip: if the mold is ripped, cracked or considered useless, cut it into little pieces to use as filler material for a new mold to save on silicone
OMG that cup flip at 0:25 looked so smooth!! it must have taken a lot of practice lol
practice after months you get really good 🌟🍷
It's not that hard...
I just watched maybe 2 or 3 of Your videos in a row and this one made me subscribe because you showed when you made a mistake, I love when creators show their mistake because it shows us its not all about talent but practice and and patience.
Thanks for being honest about the errors. Helps out a lot when we try it ourselves
Great video, well done sufficient explanations. I'm reviewing clear ice makers after I bought the rabbit, 4 cube icemaker, same principle square instead of round four instead of 1, but I especially liked the explanation of making silicone. Great job.
Awesome !
I wish i saw that before making my test for my Iceberg camera lens ... :)
Mathieu Stern dude! I remember seeing that video, such a cool idea! 🙌
@@achappel wait please do a crossover! You two are awesome RUclipsrs.
This is great! I've been looking for a way to get a clear sphere for ages without having to use one of those expensive machined aluminum molds that essentially melts it from a larger chunk of ice. I was thinking of making a box from insulation foam, but using the insulated coffee mug is a great solution!
You or anyone making this might try adding a depression or funnel shape to the top of the mold. You could maybe do this by putting another sphere (or just a funnel if you have it to sacrifice) on the aluminum rod about a half inch above the actual ice sphere part. This second sphere would stick up half way out of the silicone. This would make it easy to fill the mold with water instead of putting the mold into the already full cup and it would force the sphere to be below the lip in the mold so you wont have that potential leak.
By far the best result I've seen from the most inexpensive process
The outtakes of you cracking the ice made the video totally worth it.
That’s bloody Genius. Cheers!
Great video! The lengths people go to for clear ice never ceases to amaze me!
My wife already thinks Im crazy with the 5L cooler method I'm currently using. Wait till she sees this addition to my clear ice making mission! LOL
13:20 - I definitely need to make one of these. For ice cubes.
Love the video and all the heartache it gave you. You know those molds can be purchased cheap now, great video
Keith Spencer Sr. Where's the fun in that? 🙃🤓
Great video!
I’ve been making clear ice in a small cooler for some time. Place a cooler in the freezer with the top off, the water freezes from the top down pushing the air bubbles toward the bottom. It makes a beautiful clear ice block that’s easy to cut into cubes with a serrated knife. I also make ice with smoked water 🤫. Great for a cocktail 🥃.
I’m going to try this mold.
What is smoked water?
That's so smart! Thank you for sharing!
That’s so cool!!! Thank you for sharing!!!
This seems like a fun lockdown project
Thanks for sharing your screw-ups; it makes things more realistic.
As a bartender i can appreciate the work you did for this.
I loved the bloopers, added some nice humor
Absolutely awesome. I’m gonna start today so that by 2023 I’ll have a tray of clear ice. No wait...I bought the plastic spheres from a liquor store, drilled holes top and bottom. Used dish towels to wrap and ...clear ice lol
Nice! so many great ideas, love this channel👍
You can use the failed cast to fill up other silicone castings when there is empty space.
Amazing. Simply amazing.
Thanks :))
Amazing video! You have my support!
That is such a great idea to get a crystal clear ice ball. You should market that product.
Du fortjener mange flere følgere med så mye bra content. Forhåpentligvis runder du 1 mill om ikke alt for lenge😊
Thanks Alexandre, very nice “trick”!
Glad you liked it!
I’m so happy I watched all the way to the end. The payoff of the failed attempts is priceless.
Very fun to watch
I commented too early! The last 90s is the amazing. Thank you keeping it in!
Cool process. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
I made this it works great! Thanks for the awesome project idea. Although I'm actually putting alcohol in my glass!
Thats pretty good fleshlight you made there
Nice work.
Thanks for telling us about the mistakes so we do not.
Very well done!
Here's how I made perfectly clear ice balls:
1. Went to Wintersmiths web page (actually I backed their Kickstarter);
2. Ordered the Phantom
3. Received box in mail
4. Opened box- filled metal container with water, lowered mold into water, freeze 40 hrs,
VOILÁ, perfect ice balls!
Really cool
I really don’t know how you don’t have more subscribers, your videos are awesome
Glad you like them! :)
Great idea!
The outtakes were hilarious. :-D
thanks for honesty
You need a big tray to make 12 of those at a time LOL. Nice video! Appreciate the effort!
Amazing!
I love the bloopers
Awesome !!!!
Nice job
Brilliant
you are fantastic thank you, and it is iced tea by the way;)
Beautiful.
Thank you! Cheers!
LOL the crack in the ball was great!
Super bro you are outsanding
The silicon from your failed mold cast is perfectly usable as fill material. Just chop it up and use it as filler in your next mold build.
Nice love it.
Thanks :)
great vid!
nice one!
Perfect
I love your channel.. for life!!! :)
Nice!!!
12:48 Look at that rainbow inside the ice-ball. That actually looks pretty cool
LOL dropped ALL 3.. pretty cool
Really nice
Thanks :)
これはまた面白いアイデアですね
How cool is this??
pretty cool 🧊😅
Joel maybe you can 3D print the insulated cup leaving an air gap between internal & external walls? and skip the silicon part, all 3D printed, like with food safe petg?
at least under 0*C
Had to thumb down. Too easy. You're better than that.
Nice! 👍👏👏
You can use the big piece of failed silicone as a filler in other molds to use less silicone in the future.
I was about to comment the same thing! I had a huge piece and saved a ridiculous amount of money by recycling old molds!
Or cut it into chunks for vibration dampening.
some types of silicone can clear sandpaper on grindr
Not even at your 3rd attempt you thought about placing something soft over the table so the ice ball wouldn't brake if you drop it. That's consistency!
Great content on the channel, keep up with the good work 🤘
Steven Silva haha 😅 thanks dude, glad you likes it ✌️
Hi Alex. Great videos. Keep up the good work. I’ve spotted in a few of your builds your tabletop pillar drill. Could you give me some more information on it? It looks very handy.
! week of hard work for one ball
setup a bread mold with an aquarium pump on a battery in the freezer. you get a perfect bread like ice cube, cut it on the band saw in cubes. if you want a sphere now, buy 2 really small stainless steel bow... make a mold from them. be sure the cubes are a bit larger than the SS mold... heat the SS... "press" each cube, they will melt to be like the mold. you can make several. cool video!
Cool! 😃👍🏻👊🏻
Well done - can see Your sense of achievement glow on your face. I have been trying to make clear ice at home and Have not yet connected. This method is also needing silicon and too many materials which are not really available at home.
Smart guy
Looks like a project that is lots of fun. So I went and bought the $23 version online... ;)
Great video Alex! late to the party for sure haha! my only comment/addition is your selection of Silicone, Mold Star 15 is not "Food Safe" Smooth-on do however have several food safe versions:
- Smooth Sil 940
- SORTA-Clear™ 18
- Equinox™ 35
likely hood is it's totally fine to do what you've done but better safe than sorry with things that end up inside your body haha! the non food safe rated one can have chemical fillers or byproducts in them that are not compatible with foods as they can leach out (no matter how small the amount"
all the best from the UK
nice design. very inventive using the insulated cup
though just to check, i dont think you mentioned but this should be a food grade silicone.
also, you can use your failed silicone, cut it up into little bits and use it as filler next time you use the same silicone.
"Look at this thing....LOOK AT IT!" hahahaha Great job.
Super
Easy to make with simple house hold items? The only item from that list I have is some dried out Play Doh. sad times. That ice sphere is perfect, good job (3rd time):)
I will save this video forever
That nonchalant cup spin
Are you a teacher or you used to be? Everytime you make cuts to explain a bit more about specific products you use, you give general and extra information, and you sound very knowledgeable. It is pleasing!! Amazing and always appreciated! btw the ice *cube* is too cool 😁🥃
Why does every project turn out perfect if you make it
Science is cool!
I know right!
Great video. I love your channel. I do a podcast (The HandMade Podcast) with 2 other Makers and just recommend your channel. I just finished a project where I had to redo a lot of stuff from dropping small items so I feel your pain. Nice Job!
I really enjoyed your video!! Thanks for sharing all your attempts. ♥️♥️♥️
lol at the outtakes :D
Before watching: Finally, a way to find a perfect fit for my whiskey
After watching: Umm.. Having my whiskey with a cloudy ice cube seems fair enough..
wonderful🐣🐾🌿⚘🌹
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Cut the failed silicone slug into discs and use them as little dishes for glue, paint, epoxy, etc. When the glue/paint dries, you can then peel them off the silicone since it doesn’t stick, and re-use infinite times
First time I’ve heard you curse, felt that frustration, especially since that means you took around 6 days to get the final take 😂
cool Hawk 😅
6:35 Just measure it directly in the last cut instead of wasting two additional plastic cups. When done pouring from the small buckets, rotate them a bit to minimize drips and silicone running down the sides.
You can reuse failed silicone pieces, just cut them up and put them into the next casting. But do make sure that the pieces don't touch the part itself
How smart you are
Nice nice nice
instructions unclear, made an adult toy...
Lmaf 😂
@@mingleSTREET laughing my ass flippantly?
👍 Otaku-chan
No I reported you
@@BlitzBodyBeats Not how it works bud.
I made with almost same technic silicone mold for epoxy casting few days ago. Though still needed a polyshing of finished sphere. Or need better polishing of plastic sphere before making a mold of it =-P