[penguicon-general] How does the hotel feel about corn starch in the pool?

[chuck child]

On 11/15/06, Wolfger <wolfger at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 11/15/06, chuck child <chuck.child at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > While I have not watched the video, I have played extensively with corn
> > starch and water before, and I can add a couple things.
> >
> > First: If you put it inside a strong enough container, a inch thick
> > puddle of it can stop a .38 bullet.
> >
>
> Cool. Maybe we need to test this in Geeks with Guns?
>

When I did it first, I used a cheap plastic container. . .And the container
exploded.   the bullet was stopped, but the distributed force obliterated
the container, and scattered the corn starch.   Later I tried it with a
stainless steel bowl (And a porch, so I could see the surface from ten+ feet
away), and it worked perfectly.

  Second: It can be made in small batches, and is almost as much fun that
> > way.
> >
>
> Depends on your definition of almost, I suppose. In the video, they are
> walking (well, running, actually) on "water". I can't see a small batch
> being anywhere near that much fun.
>

Not walking on water fun, but "Punch, Ow!, Hey, my hand is sinking <yank>
Hey, It shattered into pieces!   And now it's melting!" fun.   Dig out a
handfull like you are breaking loose dry clay, and then watch it melt
through your fingers. . . It's fun.

 Oh, yeah, and the recipe can accept a lot of variation, from a
> > almost-solid, that will take minutes for your hand to sink through, to an
> > almost liquid, that is hard to get to crumble, in your hand, because it runs
> > so quickly.
> >
>
> In the video, it's pretty darned liquidy. When they run, waves ripple.
> When they stop, they sink to the bottom in a couple of seconds.


The nice thing is, you can make either, or turn one into the other. . .And
you can reuse the cornstarch.   Add more water, more liquid.   Add more corn
starch, more solid.   Let it all dry up, and break it up and put it away,
use it again some other day.   Note, the better you break it up, or the
thinner you spread it, before you let it dry, the easier it is to integrate
later .. . . Big chunks of rock-like cornstarch absorb liquid poorly, and it
can take a while to break up the "lumps"

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