How to a make Crystal Clear Ice Sphere - DIY Project

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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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@rosslovett3779 4 года назад

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".

@matthewhall435 4 года назад

I came here to say that too I love how he shows his mistakes shows he's human haha

@mcg6762 4 года назад

From Long Island?

@kevinverdegem4776 4 года назад

Cube...

@hoosierdaddy8665 3 года назад

Agreed!

@thadsgudenuff Месяц назад

It helps to avoid making the same mistakes too.

@minopausa 4 года назад

I repeat myself: this channel will be famous veeeery soon.

@urwholefamilydied 3 года назад

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.

@MrRangiku01 4 года назад

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

@blackhawkthepirate 4 года назад

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 RU-vid. Now, when I attempt this, I already know what to do to avoid the problems that tend happen. Your work is very appreciated 🙏🏼

@achappel 4 года назад

Thanks Brian :) I'm glad you liked the video :)

@RestoredChannel 4 года назад

So much effort just to make an ice ball, I love it!

@achappel 4 года назад

Haha Thanks :)

@experimental_av 4 года назад

the second one is much easier

@gabrielalexander3069 Год назад

A clear ice ball* ;)

@dannygonzalez6548 3 года назад

By far the best result I've seen from the most inexpensive process

@PontusWelin 4 года назад

You can use the failed cast to fill up other silicone castings when there is empty space.

@jeromehope5823 18 дней назад

Great job. Like all good things, takes lot of planning and time.

@coffeeguy23ny 3 года назад

The outtakes of you cracking the ice made the video totally worth it.

@claranymark 4 года назад

OMG that cup flip at 0:25 looked so smooth!! it must have taken a lot of practice lol

@markissboi3583 4 года назад

practice after months you get really good 🌟🍷

@Albanez39 4 года назад

It's not that hard...

@kevinthomson6324 3 года назад

Thanks for being honest about the errors. Helps out a lot when we try it ourselves

@MarcusRefusius 3 года назад

That’s bloody Genius. Cheers!

@maryao334 3 года назад

you are fantastic thank you, and it is iced tea by the way;)

@timderosett2191 3 года назад

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.

@sparkyheberling6115 Год назад

What is smoked water?

@rachelchilde6804 8 месяцев назад

That is such a great idea to get a crystal clear ice ball. You should market that product.

@duby149 4 года назад

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.

@FJMerlin Год назад

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

@daverobert7927 2 года назад

Nice work. Thanks for telling us about the mistakes so we do not.

@henrypotter3024 4 года назад

I loved the bloopers, added some nice humor

@hussainali9999 Год назад

Very fun to watch

@MichaelTotin 4 года назад

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.

@gabrielgarroni2084 3 года назад

I’m so happy I watched all the way to the end. The payoff of the failed attempts is priceless.

@KimbrellBrad 3 года назад

You need a big tray to make 12 of those at a time LOL. Nice video! Appreciate the effort!

@MathieuStern 4 года назад

Awesome ! I wish i saw that before making my test for my Iceberg camera lens ... :)

@achappel 4 года назад

Mathieu Stern dude! I remember seeing that video, such a cool idea! 🙌

@caleb4870 4 года назад

@@achappel wait please do a crossover! You two are awesome RU-vidrs.

@Incendium87 4 года назад

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.

@keithspencersr.6806 4 года назад

Love the video and all the heartache it gave you. You know those molds can be purchased cheap now, great video

@achappel 4 года назад

Keith Spencer Sr. Where's the fun in that? 🙃🤓

@CommentsAllowed 3 года назад

The outtakes were hilarious. :-D

@JorgeJimenez2020 2 года назад

Looks like a project that is lots of fun. So I went and bought the $23 version online... ;)

@garypaddock 3 года назад

I made this it works great! Thanks for the awesome project idea. Although I'm actually putting alcohol in my glass!

@bernardworst9658 4 года назад

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.

@kunduz6 4 года назад

thanks for honesty

@abdulrahiman405 5 месяцев назад

Super bro you are outsanding

@aaronvining2336 4 года назад

You can use the big piece of failed silicone as a filler in other molds to use less silicone in the future.

@Exidous96 4 года назад

I was about to comment the same thing! I had a huge piece and saved a ridiculous amount of money by recycling old molds!

@Helveteshit 4 года назад

Or cut it into chunks for vibration dampening.

@BegletsovMihail 4 года назад

some types of silicone can clear sandpaper on grindr

@MrBrettStar 4 года назад

I really don’t know how you don’t have more subscribers, your videos are awesome

@achappel 4 года назад

Glad you like them! :)

@marior8249 Год назад

Really cool

@pikayo123 3 года назад

That's so smart! Thank you for sharing!

@AngryAussie 4 года назад

This seems like a fun lockdown project

@Blast357 4 года назад

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!

@dwightvoeks9970 Год назад

Nice job

@byseven 3 года назад

Awesome !!!!

@janetschannel 3 года назад

That nonchalant cup spin

@racerxjax 3 года назад

Brilliant

@mezcaltalk4354 3 года назад

great vid!

@rockobattino3318 3 года назад

Smart guy

@sni9er 4 года назад

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

@clear_ice_user-ds6ck8rr6n 2 года назад

これはまた面白いアイデアですね

@noahmathew2448 4 года назад

Nice love it.

@achappel 4 года назад

Thanks :)

@timjones990 3 года назад

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):)

@almolem 2 года назад

I will save this video forever

@ginawong4532 2 года назад

That’s so cool!!! Thank you for sharing!!!

@SmithyScotland 4 года назад

Amazing. Simply amazing.

@achappel 4 года назад

Thanks :))

@paurano 4 года назад

Of course the purpose of all this is how to find solutions to problems using, above all, “gray matter” and fantasy, a quality that, I know with pleasure, you are not lacking at all👍👌

@PerryStevPT 4 года назад

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 🤘

@achappel 4 года назад

Steven Silva haha 😅 thanks dude, glad you likes it ✌️

@Stephane1995 4 года назад

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

@ge2719 4 года назад

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.

@mygiguser 2 года назад

! week of hard work for one ball

@PetteriSteigen 4 года назад

Du fortjener mange flere følgere med så mye bra content. Forhåpentligvis runder du 1 mill om ikke alt for lenge😊

@mriceman1905 2 года назад

Nice!!!

@dianalandry4617 2 года назад

I really enjoyed your video!! Thanks for sharing all your attempts. ♥️♥️♥️

@huyho8987 3 года назад

How smart you are Nice nice nice

@Harko- 4 года назад

Thanks Alexandre, very nice “trick”!

@achappel 4 года назад

Glad you liked it!

@Putrefactionemy 4 года назад

nice one!

@marivera77 3 года назад

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

@deweytann 2 года назад

LOL the crack in the ball was great!

@JLocke573 4 года назад

12:48 Look at that rainbow inside the ice-ball. That actually looks pretty cool

@loleight5086 3 года назад

Why does every project turn out perfect if you make it

@postcardswithkevan 4 года назад

I love the bloopers

@tuppyglossop222 4 года назад

Super

@bradc6056 4 года назад

I commented too early! The last 90s is the amazing. Thank you keeping it in!

@jamesmartinez991 3 года назад

Great idea!

@3DPrintingNerd 4 года назад

How cool is this??

@achappel 4 года назад

pretty cool 🧊😅

@RaphaelAguirre 4 года назад

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?

@FriendlyNeighborhoodBallsack 4 года назад

at least under 0*C

@ericperkins3078 3 года назад

Had to thumb down. Too easy. You're better than that.

@robint5422 4 года назад

It looks like a fleshlight ;) Have you tried the box you shipped the clear ice in? That is a huge amount of space for clear ice and it is isolating like the cup does do to the thick walls.

@maxximumb 4 года назад

Beautiful.

@achappel 4 года назад

Thank you! Cheers!

@bradc6056 4 года назад

Could you not 3D print a very thin zig-zag insert in the same type of dimension as your cut? Resulting in a cleaner and potentially more secure seam? May be worth trying for a V.2

@tdevi1 Год назад

Is it important to use food safe silicon? is all silicone food safe? Anything we should be worried about there?

@judygude 28 дней назад

Did you know that Deep Eddy's (in Texas) makes Vodka Iced Tea? It's pretty good!

@UndercoverFerret404 4 года назад

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.

@technoe02 4 года назад

"Look at this thing....LOOK AT IT!" hahahaha Great job.

@Jaru-kun 4 года назад

If you boil the water do you not increase the minerals concentration because you are evaporating the water?

@basvanharen2904 4 года назад

Nice! so many great ideas, love this channel👍

@EmmittBrownBTTF1 4 года назад

The "impurities" are mostly air, atmospheric gases dissolving water, but come out of solution during the freezing process.

@achappel 4 года назад

Oh cool! Thanks :)

@marykaymyers6910 Год назад

Once you make and keep frozen multiple spheres, how do they look when ultimately used; I.e., I don’t like to drink alone!

@Mistrals60 4 года назад

Science is cool!

@achappel 4 года назад

I know right!

@Josefsson9013 4 года назад

Nice job dude, but did you use food grade silicone?

@juniorleit478 Год назад

Me gustó

@Huudesign96 4 года назад

Perfect

@BrilliantDesignOnline 4 года назад

LOL dropped ALL 3.. pretty cool

@arsenich12 4 года назад

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

@tejumo7 8 месяцев назад

@Alexandre Chappel how to drill the ball without it shattering?

@Craftlngo 3 года назад

you can still reuse the big piece of silicone by cutting it in tiny pieces and mix it with a new batch of silicone to reduce the amount of it.

@mberg86 4 года назад

where did u buy the silicone locally? Live in norway and would like to buy it locally to.

@TheCrathes 4 года назад

Hei. Jeg begynte å lete litt etter at jeg så denne videoen. Hvis du ikke har funnet enda ser jeg de selger tokomponent silikon på westsystem.no. Hvis du fant et annet sted er jeg nysgjerrig på hvor du kjøpte det!

@coolHawk_ 4 года назад

First time I’ve heard you curse, felt that frustration, especially since that means you took around 6 days to get the final take 😂

@achappel 4 года назад

cool Hawk 😅

@icsux 3 года назад

I love your channel.. for life!!! :)

@markusseitle3740 4 года назад

Dude you should try 3d printing some custom ice shapes instead of that plastic ball. a skull for example . Endless possibilities 😬

@Incendium87 4 года назад

You could also probably just 3D print the mold. It would be a fair amount of plastic but may be better than making a bunch of silicone molds if you want a lot of different shapes. You would have to find some way to weight it down though otherwise it would float because of all the trapped air in the infill. Maybe one silicone outer shell and printed inserts that give you the different shapes?