I've had great success when I suspend items in the formula instead of letting them sit in the container. It allows crystals to grow all around and don't stick to anything when you remove.
Nice. Are these crystals like salt where it'd dissolve in water, or do they form like rocks? Also, do the crystals grow larger the longer they stay in, or do they have a limit
Thank you for this experiment, it answered so many questions about what could be used. I also had to turn the volume all the way up. I think your cactus form had larger crystals due to the form holding heat. Other videos trying to make large ones all seem to say to slow the cooling. Some set the mix with objects in a cooler closed overnight to slow it down and get bigger crystals. Your metal may have had lots of growth esp. on back because it's not really smooth. It has tons of micro fine lines and pitting, if you ever see some under a microscope it's amazing.
Oh cool thanks for the tip! Yeah I might try growing crystals on plaster more in the future, cause it turned out pretty cool! Also cool info about metal, some time I'll have to look at it under a microscope. It's wild how different things look at that level
Thank you for saving me 3 days by doing all the experiments that I was going to do! Well thought out. I'm bummed that the shells didn't work, but I think I'll do pine cones instead!
