today we’re going to see what happens if
we do all the things that a can of
aerosol string says not to do we’re
gonna smash it cut it stab it and burn
it
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
guys you’re almost certainly familiar
with aerosol string also and more
commonly known as silly string or in
these cases fiesta string and goofy
string there’s lots of different brands
of it but the idea is the same all
around there’s a liquid in a can it’s
got an aerosol pressurizing it and then
when you press down the top it sprays
out a string cool stuff huh
my cameraman loved that here’s the basic
idea we’re gonna destroy cans of silly
string in a variety of ways and see what
happens to them what’s the most fun
what’s the most dangerous so what is
inside one of these little cans well
it’s a combination of a few different
things
the main string itself is made up of a
type of poly acrylic resin which is just
a fancy way of saying it’s a type of
plastic that’s liquid in the can and
then becomes solid as it dries out we’re
just gonna do a test this is an orange
one we’re going to see how much
silly-string can get if we just spray it
the total continents one this one is
goofy string brand this one actually
came out less of strings and is more of
a blob and that’s because I was spraying
it down so tightly that the string was
piling up on itself and bunching up
before it had time to dry off it dries
off very quickly but it does dry off
better if it has a couple of feet to
travel it really does just kind of smell
like a bunch of solvents since there are
supposed to be I just broke all alcohol
and ammonia in there not too surprising
it’s wetter than you might expect I
think – like there’s a decent amount of
liquids especially when you spray it in
a pile like this and the liquid doesn’t
have as much time to evaporate every
version of aerosol string that I’ve ever
used has pretty much the same warnings
on the back saying that it’s under
pressure and it could explode if it’s
exposed to heat or even too much
sunlight and you shouldn’t puncture the
can or any of those things so we want to
try all of those things I want to see
what happens if we just spray this
through a fire the string is supposed to
be pushed out by a propellant that then
evaporates very very quickly and so if I
were to try and light these things on
fire I don’t think much will happen
however if you’re spraying directly
through fire that’s where it’s supposed
[Music]
that’s not very exciting let’s try just
one of these strings that got a little
bit more of a chance to dry out it’s
burning a little better but as soon as I
take the heat away it just goes out so
that didn’t do a whole lot let’s see
what happens if we just shoot it right
through a fire seems like a good safe
indoor activity right I think I see why
they put the warnings on it that’s kind
of funny because it has the fire and
then the fire goes out by the time it
hits the wall over there so I’m not
lighting anything on fire I just have
this two-foot string of fire in the
middle of the air let’s do this again
so we can see there is a reason they put
flammability warnings on the cans it is
flammable
right is coming out of the can and it
does carry that a little ways you don’t
want to spray this on a person when
there’s any kind of flame or heat source
around because you could catch them on
fire and that is almost certainly not
what you should be doing so what’s gonna
happen if we actually crack one of these
cans open that’s something I wanna learn
so what’s gonna be the best way to do
this we’ve got so many options we could
use a saw we could use a drill we could
use a hammer we can use an axe maybe we
should try all of those all right anyone
have any bets on what they think is
gonna happen when I drill a hole in I’m
guessing a lot of propellants gonna
shoot out possibly the string liquid
turning into string will also shoot out
I’ve got it clamped down pretty good so
I’m not really worried about it going
okay here we’ve got a blob of the string
material I don’t think this is as much
as a whole blob when I spread it out so
that means hopefully there’s still some
in there now we’re gonna cut it open
with a hacksaw and see if we can find it
oh yeah there we go
okay here’s some of our silly string
material and this will already have
started to change form there’s no longer
propellant in there holding it
pressurized a lot of the solvents have
started to change
looks like there’s a nozzle so normally
this hose runs all the way down to the
bottom to help let all of our string
fluid pour out I think now it’s time to
start breaking open these cans a little
more aggressively so first up we’re
he goes that was awesome so I didn’t hit
the can perfectly on the top kind of
nicked it just on the edge there I think
let’s check out the slow-mo to see
whether it actually did just going very
slowly because I felt something coming
down coming down and yeah okay all right
for dispersal that was probably about
perfect I want to try it again though
and see if I can actually chop a can
right in the middle and see what that
that was great it was very quick even at
a thousand frames a second it’s just a
quick pop and then stuff flies
everywhere and it’s gone it’s just gone
but that looked really cool now we’re
gonna try using this twelve pound sledge
hammer to just smash right down through
the top of one this is heavy enough that
I’m not sure how much I really need just
swing it I’m mostly just trying to keep
it on course three two one I’m mostly
missed I bent the can on that hit a
little bit but it wasn’t a straight
enough hit to really smash the hand very
much so we’re just gonna put this back
and try and hit it again I’m gonna keep
smashing it
well I’m gonna say that axe was way
cooler it actually tears the can open
and I’m sure it’s possible to do
something like that with the hammer but
I am NOT a very good shot with this
giant sledge hammer all right
new experiment we are going to see what
happens if we freeze one of these we’ve
got some liquid nitrogen we’re gonna put
the can in the liquid nitrogen and let
it cool down hopefully until the bubbles
stop that should mean everything is
frozen all the way through will then
take it out and we’ll try drilling a
hole in it the same way we did before
we’ll see if the pressure has changed
from cooling it down that much it’s also
possible that it’ll get so cold that it
will just collapse in on itself for the
most part we can let that sit for a few
minutes while we’re doing that I
actually have another can that’s been
sitting in a regular freezer for about
two hours now and we can see if that’s
made any progress toward freezing solid
or at least having less pressure inside
a little bit of propellant seems to have
sprayed out let’s see if we can’t
hacksaw this right open well look at
that there we go we have frozen slush
meal let’s try and pour all this out I
suspect that some of this is actually
our frozen propellant and some of it is
just our goo just sort of let this sit
out as it warms up and see what happens
to it we’re just about there at this
point most of the bubbling is from the
tongs themselves which means this is
no propellant escaping at all the other
frozen can had a little bit but not much
this one seems to have none that is
solid we’ve seen a lot of good
destruction with these silly string cans
we’ve seen the fire that comes out of
them we puncture them cut them open chop
them in half smash them with a hammer
it’s a couple more things I do want to
try though what happens if we throw it
into fire that’s one of the things we’re
gonna do and then how can we phrase this
in a YouTube friendly way we want to use
a projectile launching machine to launch
a projectile through as many of these
cans as we can so I think we’re going to
line up several of them and then very
quickly launch a small lead copper
coated projectile through as many of the
cans as as possible let’s head up to the
dome guys we’re now here at the dome and
we’re gonna see what happens if we do
what this is really telling its not to
do and that’s expose it to heat not just
any heat we’re gonna put it in front of
a blowtorch and see what that does
I’m thinking it’s just gonna explode and
oh that was great that popped so nicely
oh that was amazing just kind of went
everywhere about as expected about as
hoped in the end it didn’t really seem
that dangerous not that I’m saying this
is a good safe idea to do because you
should not but it just popped here’s
where our can ended up literally all the
way across the dome you know what I
think that didn’t tear through the side
that actually burst the bottom off of
the can pressure built up so much that
it just tore the bottom off that
explains how we ended up getting a splat
mark underneath it completely empty
inside the nozzles gone from the top as
watching this on slo-mo and off like a
rocket
alright we all more thing we want to try
and that’s what we were talking about
before lining up a bunch of these cans
and seeing if we can launch a projectile
through several of them and what they’ll
do all right well we’ve got our
projectile launcher and a few
projectiles and we’re gonna see if we
can launch projectiles through several
yeah I love how some were the ones up
front
they didn’t go anywhere they didn’t move
shot clean through them safety is on yes
all that is beautiful look at this
through one side out the other and the
can didn’t go anywhere project I was
moving so fast because the Green was so
powerfully shot out it went through the
blue can and came out this side it’s
mixed in with the pink that is fun stuff
so until we got to here so you can kind
of see that we’re now going a little
off-center we were doing pretty well
getting to the pink one we have much
larger holes going through here there’s
oh we took out the hose going through
it’s a little off-center here it’s a lot
more off-center by the time you get to
the green now at this point our
projectile is probably deep
a little bit get to the green it’s
tearing open these giant holes in the
sides yellow it seems to have resented a
little bit the cans were not perfectly
lined up so it’s not gonna be a hundred
percent the same every time that one’s
just torn right open all the way across
but that went through all of them that
is excellent so 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 cans of aerosol string I
could not have hoped for a better result
that was so perfect so cool guys that’s
not all we’ve always got more for you to
see that box up at the top is gonna take
you drug into our last video you should
go check that out the other box is gonna
show you what YouTube thinks you should
be watching next if you hit this bomb
here in the middle you’ll be subscribed
to the channel so you never miss out on
a video don’t forget to ring that Bell
and we’ll see in the next one talk to
you then [Music]
we do all the things that a can of
aerosol string says not to do we’re
gonna smash it cut it stab it and burn
it
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
guys you’re almost certainly familiar
with aerosol string also and more
commonly known as silly string or in
these cases fiesta string and goofy
string there’s lots of different brands
of it but the idea is the same all
around there’s a liquid in a can it’s
got an aerosol pressurizing it and then
when you press down the top it sprays
out a string cool stuff huh
my cameraman loved that here’s the basic
idea we’re gonna destroy cans of silly
string in a variety of ways and see what
happens to them what’s the most fun
what’s the most dangerous so what is
inside one of these little cans well
it’s a combination of a few different
things
the main string itself is made up of a
type of poly acrylic resin which is just
a fancy way of saying it’s a type of
plastic that’s liquid in the can and
then becomes solid as it dries out we’re
just gonna do a test this is an orange
one we’re going to see how much
silly-string can get if we just spray it
the total continents one this one is
goofy string brand this one actually
came out less of strings and is more of
a blob and that’s because I was spraying
it down so tightly that the string was
piling up on itself and bunching up
before it had time to dry off it dries
off very quickly but it does dry off
better if it has a couple of feet to
travel it really does just kind of smell
like a bunch of solvents since there are
supposed to be I just broke all alcohol
and ammonia in there not too surprising
it’s wetter than you might expect I
think – like there’s a decent amount of
liquids especially when you spray it in
a pile like this and the liquid doesn’t
have as much time to evaporate every
version of aerosol string that I’ve ever
used has pretty much the same warnings
on the back saying that it’s under
pressure and it could explode if it’s
exposed to heat or even too much
sunlight and you shouldn’t puncture the
can or any of those things so we want to
try all of those things I want to see
what happens if we just spray this
through a fire the string is supposed to
be pushed out by a propellant that then
evaporates very very quickly and so if I
were to try and light these things on
fire I don’t think much will happen
however if you’re spraying directly
through fire that’s where it’s supposed
[Music]
that’s not very exciting let’s try just
one of these strings that got a little
bit more of a chance to dry out it’s
burning a little better but as soon as I
take the heat away it just goes out so
that didn’t do a whole lot let’s see
what happens if we just shoot it right
through a fire seems like a good safe
indoor activity right I think I see why
they put the warnings on it that’s kind
of funny because it has the fire and
then the fire goes out by the time it
hits the wall over there so I’m not
lighting anything on fire I just have
this two-foot string of fire in the
middle of the air let’s do this again
so we can see there is a reason they put
flammability warnings on the cans it is
flammable
right is coming out of the can and it
does carry that a little ways you don’t
want to spray this on a person when
there’s any kind of flame or heat source
around because you could catch them on
fire and that is almost certainly not
what you should be doing so what’s gonna
happen if we actually crack one of these
cans open that’s something I wanna learn
so what’s gonna be the best way to do
this we’ve got so many options we could
use a saw we could use a drill we could
use a hammer we can use an axe maybe we
should try all of those all right anyone
have any bets on what they think is
gonna happen when I drill a hole in I’m
guessing a lot of propellants gonna
shoot out possibly the string liquid
turning into string will also shoot out
I’ve got it clamped down pretty good so
I’m not really worried about it going
okay here we’ve got a blob of the string
material I don’t think this is as much
as a whole blob when I spread it out so
that means hopefully there’s still some
in there now we’re gonna cut it open
with a hacksaw and see if we can find it
oh yeah there we go
okay here’s some of our silly string
material and this will already have
started to change form there’s no longer
propellant in there holding it
pressurized a lot of the solvents have
started to change
looks like there’s a nozzle so normally
this hose runs all the way down to the
bottom to help let all of our string
fluid pour out I think now it’s time to
start breaking open these cans a little
more aggressively so first up we’re
he goes that was awesome so I didn’t hit
the can perfectly on the top kind of
nicked it just on the edge there I think
let’s check out the slow-mo to see
whether it actually did just going very
slowly because I felt something coming
down coming down and yeah okay all right
for dispersal that was probably about
perfect I want to try it again though
and see if I can actually chop a can
right in the middle and see what that
that was great it was very quick even at
a thousand frames a second it’s just a
quick pop and then stuff flies
everywhere and it’s gone it’s just gone
but that looked really cool now we’re
gonna try using this twelve pound sledge
hammer to just smash right down through
the top of one this is heavy enough that
I’m not sure how much I really need just
swing it I’m mostly just trying to keep
it on course three two one I’m mostly
missed I bent the can on that hit a
little bit but it wasn’t a straight
enough hit to really smash the hand very
much so we’re just gonna put this back
and try and hit it again I’m gonna keep
smashing it
well I’m gonna say that axe was way
cooler it actually tears the can open
and I’m sure it’s possible to do
something like that with the hammer but
I am NOT a very good shot with this
giant sledge hammer all right
new experiment we are going to see what
happens if we freeze one of these we’ve
got some liquid nitrogen we’re gonna put
the can in the liquid nitrogen and let
it cool down hopefully until the bubbles
stop that should mean everything is
frozen all the way through will then
take it out and we’ll try drilling a
hole in it the same way we did before
we’ll see if the pressure has changed
from cooling it down that much it’s also
possible that it’ll get so cold that it
will just collapse in on itself for the
most part we can let that sit for a few
minutes while we’re doing that I
actually have another can that’s been
sitting in a regular freezer for about
two hours now and we can see if that’s
made any progress toward freezing solid
or at least having less pressure inside
a little bit of propellant seems to have
sprayed out let’s see if we can’t
hacksaw this right open well look at
that there we go we have frozen slush
meal let’s try and pour all this out I
suspect that some of this is actually
our frozen propellant and some of it is
just our goo just sort of let this sit
out as it warms up and see what happens
to it we’re just about there at this
point most of the bubbling is from the
tongs themselves which means this is
no propellant escaping at all the other
frozen can had a little bit but not much
this one seems to have none that is
solid we’ve seen a lot of good
destruction with these silly string cans
we’ve seen the fire that comes out of
them we puncture them cut them open chop
them in half smash them with a hammer
it’s a couple more things I do want to
try though what happens if we throw it
into fire that’s one of the things we’re
gonna do and then how can we phrase this
in a YouTube friendly way we want to use
a projectile launching machine to launch
a projectile through as many of these
cans as we can so I think we’re going to
line up several of them and then very
quickly launch a small lead copper
coated projectile through as many of the
cans as as possible let’s head up to the
dome guys we’re now here at the dome and
we’re gonna see what happens if we do
what this is really telling its not to
do and that’s expose it to heat not just
any heat we’re gonna put it in front of
a blowtorch and see what that does
I’m thinking it’s just gonna explode and
oh that was great that popped so nicely
oh that was amazing just kind of went
everywhere about as expected about as
hoped in the end it didn’t really seem
that dangerous not that I’m saying this
is a good safe idea to do because you
should not but it just popped here’s
where our can ended up literally all the
way across the dome you know what I
think that didn’t tear through the side
that actually burst the bottom off of
the can pressure built up so much that
it just tore the bottom off that
explains how we ended up getting a splat
mark underneath it completely empty
inside the nozzles gone from the top as
watching this on slo-mo and off like a
rocket
alright we all more thing we want to try
and that’s what we were talking about
before lining up a bunch of these cans
and seeing if we can launch a projectile
through several of them and what they’ll
do all right well we’ve got our
projectile launcher and a few
projectiles and we’re gonna see if we
can launch projectiles through several
yeah I love how some were the ones up
front
they didn’t go anywhere they didn’t move
shot clean through them safety is on yes
all that is beautiful look at this
through one side out the other and the
can didn’t go anywhere project I was
moving so fast because the Green was so
powerfully shot out it went through the
blue can and came out this side it’s
mixed in with the pink that is fun stuff
so until we got to here so you can kind
of see that we’re now going a little
off-center we were doing pretty well
getting to the pink one we have much
larger holes going through here there’s
oh we took out the hose going through
it’s a little off-center here it’s a lot
more off-center by the time you get to
the green now at this point our
projectile is probably deep
a little bit get to the green it’s
tearing open these giant holes in the
sides yellow it seems to have resented a
little bit the cans were not perfectly
lined up so it’s not gonna be a hundred
percent the same every time that one’s
just torn right open all the way across
but that went through all of them that
is excellent so 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 cans of aerosol string I
could not have hoped for a better result
that was so perfect so cool guys that’s
not all we’ve always got more for you to
see that box up at the top is gonna take
you drug into our last video you should
go check that out the other box is gonna
show you what YouTube thinks you should
be watching next if you hit this bomb
here in the middle you’ll be subscribed
to the channel so you never miss out on
a video don’t forget to ring that Bell
and we’ll see in the next one talk to
you then [Music]
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