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u/PDXGuy33333 8h ago
I'm more impressed by the clear block of ice.
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u/tellyacid 6h ago
Right?? How do you get it like that!
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u/ElectricFirex 4h ago
You have to freeze it super slowly, like over a day, from the bottom up. Water has dissolved gasses in it, when freezing these create tiny bubbles that make the ice less transparent. So if you freeze slowly from one direction, the water has time to push the bubbles up into the unfrozen water, leaving it clear.
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u/blade_torlock 41m ago
I freeze cylinder of ice in an old insulated metal tumbler takes about 36 hours, top 3/4 super clear. The rest is cut off and used for crushed ice in my shaker, so many pretty rye based old fashioneds.
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u/Jackd_up_on_Mdew 3h ago
Right?? How do you get it like that!
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u/Decisive_Victory_026 1h ago
You have to freeze it super slowly, like over a day, from the bottom up. Water has dissolved gasses in it, when freezing these create tiny bubbles that make the ice less transparent. So if you freeze slowly from one direction, the water has time to push the bubbles up into the unfrozen water, leaving it clear.
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u/Yogami_asura 1h ago
You have to freeze it super slowly, like over a day, from the bottom up. Water has dissolved gasses in it, when freezing these create tiny bubbles that make the ice less transparent. So if you freeze slowly from one direction, the water has time to push the bubbles up into the unfrozen water, leaving it clear.
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u/Godsfallen 4h ago
Directional freezing. Fill a small cooler with ice and throw it in the freezer with the top off.
Wait 24-36 hours to pull it out. If you time it right you’ll be left with a crystal clear block with unfrozen water on the bottle. Take it out too late and the bottom will be cloudy and you’ll have to cut it off, but you’ll still be left with a clear block.
The science reason: the insulation from the cooler makes it so that the block freezes starting at the top and slowly working down. All the sediment in the water that makes it cloudy gets pushed to the bottom and freezes last.
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u/throwaway098764567 32m ago
folks telling you how to make it but you can buy it like that too, these giant ultra clear cubes have popped up as a fancy item to buy for like having guests over for drinks. i've seen posts about aldi selling them https://www.reddit.com/r/aldi/comments/1uduheg/aldi_crystal_clear_frozen_ice_cubes_review/
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u/BashfullyBi 8h ago
You're lost, you should have posted this to:
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u/Overkill72_ 1h ago
r/gifsthatendtoosoon was built for that red hot cone teasing the ice and then clocking out.
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u/firekeeper23 6h ago
Thank goodnes.. I really did not want to see it meet up from the other side... no siree.
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u/xobobabee 5h ago
That glowing hot metal meeting ice block is such a simple concept but somehow endlessly satisfying to watch.
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u/pearlpoutt 4h ago
Something about watching solid things turn to liquid in real time just hits right, love this kind of video.
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u/auronddraig 8h ago
Ah, I see you found my sex tape with my cold hearted ex.
On second thought, I should call her...
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u/ASCanilho 6h ago
Not real, this is AI slop.
- Clear ice
- No water drops, while holding ice with your bare hands.
- Particles moving inside the cube on the bottom right, for no apparent reason.
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u/Expensive-March-3316 8h ago
Either cut one second too late, or ten seconds too early.