hey what’s up guys welcome back to
another day experimenting with
pyrotechnics today we’re going to be
mixing a little nail polish remover with
some ping pong balls to make
nitrocellulose lacquer now for a lot of
my pyrotechnic experiments I’ve used
this visco few this is falling weeds but
the problem with it is not waterproof
which means if it got wet or got
submerged in a puddle of water the seeds
would go out so the purpose of today’s
experiment is to use nail polish remover
and ping pong balls to make a nitrous
cellulose coating which will hopefully
make it so our fuses can burn underwater
[Music]
seriously apparently it burns underwater
that’s no good that was really
interesting because last week when I was
testing this experiment all the fuses I
put in water went out completely but
today they all seem to be burning just
fine I’ve tried for different fuses and
all of them burn underwater so the
results can be very inconsistent but
that’s okay we’re going to go ahead and
make nitro lacquer anyway because it’s a
really cool experiment and just because
we can so here’s what we want to do we
want to get some kind of a small jar
with a lid and a couple of these
ping-pong balls you get at a sporting
goods store the ping pong balls from the
dollar store will not work they need to
be these professional branded type ting
pong balls to get a sporting goods store
now if you’ve got the right kind of ping
pong balls there’s a really cool trick
you might already be familiar with it
happens when you touch it with a flame
[Music]
ping pong balls are highly flammable
they go up in flames very very quickly
and leave very little residue and that’s
because these things are made mostly of
nitrocellulose so to make a nitro set of
those lacquer all we have to do is take
a few of these ping pong balls and use
some nail polish remover to dissolve
them things are going to happen a lot
quicker and easier if we start shredding
our ping pong balls into smaller pieces
so take that like a pair of scissors and
cut them up into the smallest pieces you
can get and drop them into a small jar
[Music]
so here we are guys after about two
minutes we’ve got two ping-pong balls
reduced to very small pieces now all we
have to do is transfer these pieces to
our small glass container add a little
bit of nail polish remover and screw on
the lid then shake it up and wait how
much nail polish remover do we add that
is the question I guess we’re going to
experiment and find out I’m going to
pour in enough just to come to the top
of those pieces
[Music]
all right it’s been a couple of minutes
and if we take the lid off now and take
a look inside you can see our crispy
flakes of ping-pong balls have turned
into a goo kind of turn mushy here and I
suppose the longer we let that fit in
the acetone the thinner and runner it
will become but this is the goo that
we’re looking for we’re going to thin
that out a little bit more you can see
our ping-pong balls are almost turned
into a paste looks like a paper mache
paste so that’s pretty cool guys you can
see that after just about three minutes
our ping-pong balls have dissolved in
the nail polish remover to form this
goofy paste which kind of looks like
wallpaper paste now if we add a little
bit more nail polish remover we can make
this liquid even run here and in
contrast if we let it sit out for a
while the fumes will vaporize off and
make the substance hard again so
theoretically I suppose you can cast
ping-pong plastic into just about any
shape you want alright let’s open this
thing up until we got here
ooh nice and creamy elbows like school
glue pyrotechnic Elmer’s glue I kept
adding nail polish remover until all the
big chunks dissolved and now it’s very
smooth very runny and it’s almost like
paint which means we could use it as a
pyrotechnic coating
[Applause]
Nexus Titleist LIGO I love it the nail
polish remover is extremely flammable
ping-pong balls are extremely flammable
do you think this stuff mixed together
is extremely flammable oh yeah very
flammable so we have just created a
pyrotechnic paint that makes me wonder
what we could paint with it look at a
nice shiny surface
you
[Music]
pyrotechnic paint that was clothed up a
turn turn a little nitro Legos
[Music]
[Music]
[Music]
[Music]
it’s amazing that when I put the fuse
into the lacquer here it softens up and
becomes extremely flexible which makes
me wonder if the coating isn’t already
infused with the nitrocellulose lacquer
I’m betting it probably is now the
lacquer has hardened you can see the
fuses gun sniff again doesn’t send like
it did before now it goes out it works
great before we apply the coating oh
[Music]
that’s weird
[Music]
[Music]
the nice thing about it is how quickly
that burn off water will paint
[Music]
so now here we are guys we turn nail
polish remover and some ping pong balls
into a white mushy goop that I’m going
to call pyrotechnic paint and there are
a few interesting things about its
characteristics that we learned during
these experiments today we started our
experiments today with ping pong balls
and nail polish remover and the intent
to make a waterproof coating for fuses
but in testing our fuses we found that
they already burn under water and that’s
probably because they’ve already got
nicer lacquer built into them we also
found that we could change the
consistency of our lacquer by adding
more nail polish remover and stirring it
in or just by letting it sit out for a
while so the acetone could evaporate
next we tried smearing the stuff on a
piece of wood and found that it actually
does work as a lacquer to help seal and
preserve the finish but we also realize
that this lacquer is extremely flammable
and while it can be poured into any mold
or painted on any surface it comes into
contact with any kind of a spark or a
flame things can get pretty hot pretty
fast now for one final experiment I
wondered if we could make a firecracker
that would burn off and explode
underwater as well but in testing those
we found that they just went off by
themselves anyway in a spectacular
fashion mind
[Music]
ouch my ears oh okay
so there you have it guys now you know
how to cure nail polish remover and ping
pong balls into pyrotechnic paint thanks
for joining me for this set of
experiments I’ll be looking for you the
next one talk to you then let’s move
down another way hey guys thanks for
watching and remember I’m giving away
prizes now on every new video all you
have to do to qualify is subscribe to my
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another day experimenting with
pyrotechnics today we’re going to be
mixing a little nail polish remover with
some ping pong balls to make
nitrocellulose lacquer now for a lot of
my pyrotechnic experiments I’ve used
this visco few this is falling weeds but
the problem with it is not waterproof
which means if it got wet or got
submerged in a puddle of water the seeds
would go out so the purpose of today’s
experiment is to use nail polish remover
and ping pong balls to make a nitrous
cellulose coating which will hopefully
make it so our fuses can burn underwater
[Music]
seriously apparently it burns underwater
that’s no good that was really
interesting because last week when I was
testing this experiment all the fuses I
put in water went out completely but
today they all seem to be burning just
fine I’ve tried for different fuses and
all of them burn underwater so the
results can be very inconsistent but
that’s okay we’re going to go ahead and
make nitro lacquer anyway because it’s a
really cool experiment and just because
we can so here’s what we want to do we
want to get some kind of a small jar
with a lid and a couple of these
ping-pong balls you get at a sporting
goods store the ping pong balls from the
dollar store will not work they need to
be these professional branded type ting
pong balls to get a sporting goods store
now if you’ve got the right kind of ping
pong balls there’s a really cool trick
you might already be familiar with it
happens when you touch it with a flame
[Music]
ping pong balls are highly flammable
they go up in flames very very quickly
and leave very little residue and that’s
because these things are made mostly of
nitrocellulose so to make a nitro set of
those lacquer all we have to do is take
a few of these ping pong balls and use
some nail polish remover to dissolve
them things are going to happen a lot
quicker and easier if we start shredding
our ping pong balls into smaller pieces
so take that like a pair of scissors and
cut them up into the smallest pieces you
can get and drop them into a small jar
[Music]
so here we are guys after about two
minutes we’ve got two ping-pong balls
reduced to very small pieces now all we
have to do is transfer these pieces to
our small glass container add a little
bit of nail polish remover and screw on
the lid then shake it up and wait how
much nail polish remover do we add that
is the question I guess we’re going to
experiment and find out I’m going to
pour in enough just to come to the top
of those pieces
[Music]
all right it’s been a couple of minutes
and if we take the lid off now and take
a look inside you can see our crispy
flakes of ping-pong balls have turned
into a goo kind of turn mushy here and I
suppose the longer we let that fit in
the acetone the thinner and runner it
will become but this is the goo that
we’re looking for we’re going to thin
that out a little bit more you can see
our ping-pong balls are almost turned
into a paste looks like a paper mache
paste so that’s pretty cool guys you can
see that after just about three minutes
our ping-pong balls have dissolved in
the nail polish remover to form this
goofy paste which kind of looks like
wallpaper paste now if we add a little
bit more nail polish remover we can make
this liquid even run here and in
contrast if we let it sit out for a
while the fumes will vaporize off and
make the substance hard again so
theoretically I suppose you can cast
ping-pong plastic into just about any
shape you want alright let’s open this
thing up until we got here
ooh nice and creamy elbows like school
glue pyrotechnic Elmer’s glue I kept
adding nail polish remover until all the
big chunks dissolved and now it’s very
smooth very runny and it’s almost like
paint which means we could use it as a
pyrotechnic coating
[Applause]
Nexus Titleist LIGO I love it the nail
polish remover is extremely flammable
ping-pong balls are extremely flammable
do you think this stuff mixed together
is extremely flammable oh yeah very
flammable so we have just created a
pyrotechnic paint that makes me wonder
what we could paint with it look at a
nice shiny surface
you
[Music]
pyrotechnic paint that was clothed up a
turn turn a little nitro Legos
[Music]
[Music]
[Music]
[Music]
it’s amazing that when I put the fuse
into the lacquer here it softens up and
becomes extremely flexible which makes
me wonder if the coating isn’t already
infused with the nitrocellulose lacquer
I’m betting it probably is now the
lacquer has hardened you can see the
fuses gun sniff again doesn’t send like
it did before now it goes out it works
great before we apply the coating oh
[Music]
that’s weird
[Music]
[Music]
the nice thing about it is how quickly
that burn off water will paint
[Music]
so now here we are guys we turn nail
polish remover and some ping pong balls
into a white mushy goop that I’m going
to call pyrotechnic paint and there are
a few interesting things about its
characteristics that we learned during
these experiments today we started our
experiments today with ping pong balls
and nail polish remover and the intent
to make a waterproof coating for fuses
but in testing our fuses we found that
they already burn under water and that’s
probably because they’ve already got
nicer lacquer built into them we also
found that we could change the
consistency of our lacquer by adding
more nail polish remover and stirring it
in or just by letting it sit out for a
while so the acetone could evaporate
next we tried smearing the stuff on a
piece of wood and found that it actually
does work as a lacquer to help seal and
preserve the finish but we also realize
that this lacquer is extremely flammable
and while it can be poured into any mold
or painted on any surface it comes into
contact with any kind of a spark or a
flame things can get pretty hot pretty
fast now for one final experiment I
wondered if we could make a firecracker
that would burn off and explode
underwater as well but in testing those
we found that they just went off by
themselves anyway in a spectacular
fashion mind
[Music]
ouch my ears oh okay
so there you have it guys now you know
how to cure nail polish remover and ping
pong balls into pyrotechnic paint thanks
for joining me for this set of
experiments I’ll be looking for you the
next one talk to you then let’s move
down another way hey guys thanks for
watching and remember I’m giving away
prizes now on every new video all you
have to do to qualify is subscribe to my
channel ring the bell and select to be
notified when my next videos get release
the secret link to my giveaways will be
pinned in the comments for the first 12
hours if you like what I’m doing so your
support right now by giving this video a
big thumbs up and share with a friend I
love you back I’ll see you next time
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