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Step 2Making the liquid
We will stick to an eyeball method-ratio not exact measurements. The ratio is an approximate 1:3 (1 part water 3 part powder) You can not screw this up too badly if you stick to this approximation, and if you do we still can fix it no problem.
1. Open the bottle of chalk and using a backlight so you can see the powder level through the bottle, make a mark with the sharpie as a volume guide.
2. Now using the powder volume as a guide (estimate 1/3 of the distance from the bottom of the bottle to the powder level line) mark another line above the powder as a fill line for the water. This is your ghetto water fill line.
3. Start filling water until you reach the water fill line. Now I know that the powder will start soaking up some of the water and it will seem as if your adding too much water, and you may very well be doing just that, since eveything is be eyeballed, however it will not be by that much, and if your mixture ends up being to liquidy you can pull out some moisture by puttling a paper towel against the top and turning it upside down to soak out some of the water. Just repeat the paper towel trick if necessary until it gets to the desired consistency. Which depends on what you want to do with it. I use it at a slightly more liquid than plaster just before it is poured consistency because it has good control where you can still squeeze a nice line but it has great drip properties if you want as well. You could also mix it a bit thicker for more control for drawing or quite a bit thinner for filling up water balloons.
4. Shake it vigoursly. You will want to do this before every use as well, but in the beginning give it a heavy shaking for at least 2 min. It will sound alot more fluid than it will appear. Also note during shaking the squirt head may have become clogged, it is for this reason that we waited till now to cut it open in hopes of avoiding that as much as possible, but if it has use something like a sharp pencil to clear it out. If the head continues to clog during use, your mixture is to dry and you should try adding small amounts of water.
1. Open the bottle of chalk and using a backlight so you can see the powder level through the bottle, make a mark with the sharpie as a volume guide.
2. Now using the powder volume as a guide (estimate 1/3 of the distance from the bottom of the bottle to the powder level line) mark another line above the powder as a fill line for the water. This is your ghetto water fill line.
3. Start filling water until you reach the water fill line. Now I know that the powder will start soaking up some of the water and it will seem as if your adding too much water, and you may very well be doing just that, since eveything is be eyeballed, however it will not be by that much, and if your mixture ends up being to liquidy you can pull out some moisture by puttling a paper towel against the top and turning it upside down to soak out some of the water. Just repeat the paper towel trick if necessary until it gets to the desired consistency. Which depends on what you want to do with it. I use it at a slightly more liquid than plaster just before it is poured consistency because it has good control where you can still squeeze a nice line but it has great drip properties if you want as well. You could also mix it a bit thicker for more control for drawing or quite a bit thinner for filling up water balloons.
4. Shake it vigoursly. You will want to do this before every use as well, but in the beginning give it a heavy shaking for at least 2 min. It will sound alot more fluid than it will appear. Also note during shaking the squirt head may have become clogged, it is for this reason that we waited till now to cut it open in hopes of avoiding that as much as possible, but if it has use something like a sharp pencil to clear it out. If the head continues to clog during use, your mixture is to dry and you should try adding small amounts of water.
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