yucabird Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 We tried making Borax snowflakes last night (per instructions: 9 TBL Borax/3 cups hot water). This morning we see no crystals, just sort of a slimy-looking film on the pipe cleaners. What went wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffeemama Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 We made one last week using that same ratio, except my directions called for boiling water and stirring between adding spoonfuls. We also let it sit overnight, undisturbed, on a fairly cool counter. We waited a full 24 hours before taking it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yucabird Posted December 2, 2013 Author Share Posted December 2, 2013 We made one last week using that same ratio, except my directions called for boiling water and stirring between adding spoonfuls. We also let it sit overnight, undisturbed, on a fairly cool counter. We waited a full 24 hours before taking it out. Thanks! We used boiling water as well, but it sounds like it might take a little longer than I expected (for some reason I was thinking a few hours, not a full 24). Guess we'll know a little more tonight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Borax crystal snowflakes look awesome when done but yeah that early stage looks icky. We made these a few years ago and still have some here. It will take a full 24 hours to see crystal growth. I left our for nearly 3 days (if I recall correctly, it could have been even more, but I know it was longer than 2) to get a big growth on the pipecleaners so the crystals were nice and thick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yucabird Posted December 2, 2013 Author Share Posted December 2, 2013 Borax crystal snowflakes look awesome when done but yeah that early stage looks icky. We made these a few years ago and still have some here. It will take a full 24 hours to see crystal growth. I left our for nearly 3 days (if I recall correctly, it could have been even more, but I know it was longer than 2) to get a big growth on the pipecleaners so the crystals were nice and thick The solution looks seriously disgusting, but we are seeing a few crystals. I think it will work -- we'll keep waiting. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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