How to Make Borax Crystals
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- čas přidán 30. 04. 2015
- Learn the key to making huge gorgeous borax crystals out of a supersaturated solution on this Emmymade How-to.
Borax crystals
1- 2 C. borax
~1 L. water
bamboo skewer
thread
white pipe cleaners
food coloring
Weave three (3) pipe cleaners into a loose coil. Suspend the coil from a length of thread, and then attach it to the bamboo skewer so that the coils hangs in the middle of the container without touching the sides or the bottom. Make your solution in a pot or heat-proof beaker. Heat your water and add borax a little at a time. Stir constantly and keep adding borax until it no longer dissolves. The solution will be cloudy and some borax will settle. Add your food coloring (20-30 drops.) Suspend your pipe cleaner in the hot solution and cover with a piece of cardboard. Allow it to sit undisturbed for 8-12 hours. Pull out your crystal and dry with a paper towel.
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I realize that this video is a bit old, but to anyone trying this out in there home and especially around children: cover the finish product in clear nail polish. It will create a protective barrier so the crystals don't dissolve due to water vapor in the air, and it will prevent unwanted ingestion of borax by your kids.
Ok to help answer alot of the questions here. You ONLY heat the water until it starts to boil. Then remove it from heat and add your borax a spoon full at a time while constantly stirring until no more will dissolve ( it will start to sit at the bottom no matter how much you stir). Then you add your pipe cleaners ( or what ever you use) suspended from a string. Then cover it with something to keep dust out and let it sit on the counter, table, etc. for 5-12 hours. You should see crystals start to grow after 3 hours but they will get bigger if you let them sit longer. I hope this helps clear up some of the confusion. I have tried this same method and it works great for making crystals.
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Nice video. Here are my suggestions:
We did this using copper sulphate solution when I was in secondary school. Everyone else made small crystals about the size of an M & M but I accidentally left my beaker in a cupboard over the summer holidays (6 weeks) and when I took it out the crystal was the size of my palm!
Me: "crystals are only found in rocks"
I need a human to supervise me at all times anyway
I did this in science at school, and mine is so pretty!! It's really pink too😀
every time people say "" make sure you have adult supervision" I think "why would I need adult supervision, I can handle this perfectly fine." and then I realise. I am actually an adult :')
these crystals look amazing! x
I cannot stress how well this works! Like for me it took 3 hours and I had a large crystal that I was satisfied with. 10/10 would do this again.
when i was making slime and left my solution out for a while it made tiny crystals i didnt even know what they were
I feel like I should dip my hand in something like that, so my hand looks like it's made of crystal, or am I the only one here?
Thank you so much for this idea! I've been looking for an easy but versatile way to make nice looking crystals, and here it is! ^^ I love that they can be different colors without any additional chemicals. Great video!
Our son was very interested in geology at a certain age. We made a ton of these in all different colors and shapes and set them, along with some actual fossils and rocks he had collected into 5 gallons of clear marine resin and lit it from underneath to make the built-in desk top in his old room. He loved it and did a lot of homework and art projects gazing at borax crystals.
Don't forget to apply one to two coats of clear nail polish
I find it a bit alarming that the stuff is banned in my country because it's considered a problematic substance, but in the states it's used to make children's craft and slime with
Fun fact: crystals are formed when a substance cools very rapidly, and is not given the time to harden properly, this results in an incredibly strong material, btw raw stones (they ARE rocks) are almost completely worthless, in fact there are so many diamonds in warehouses that if they were all released at once into the market, you could buy a 200 karat diamond for about $15 USD
The instructions are very easy to follow, and are easy to do, too! Making these crystals was very, very, fun! 👍👍👍
Love your tutorial!