Metallic egg

Learn how to turn a normal egg into a metallic egg using fire and water. This trick looks amazing.

Step 1 Ingrediants

The short video below demonstrates what to do and shows the results. It looks even more amazing in real life.

INGREDIANTS
Egg
Lighter (or candle)
Bowl of water

Comments

[Jak1fan]

The video doesn't work. Could you put text instructions please.

[KedaDibandion]

That's pretty neat.

[lemonie]

You're covering the egg in soot (not ash).
It looks shiny because there's a layer of air trapped around it. This is an effect (with soot) that I haven't seen before, thanks.

L

[Vendigroth]

more to the point, it's soot which is mixed in with vapourised candle wax. the wax, being an oil doesn't let the water onto the egg, and creates that nice optical illusion, at least that's my theory.

[lemonie]

I'd go with that. L

[iphonekiller]

the water was denied entry. EPIC FAIL

[aliceownsj00]

i lol'd

[ARVash]

Aaactually It uses surface tension, the soot is a collection of tiny tiny particles, and the particles are so fine that the water can't fit between it. (_____) |......|.....| | - soot particle ..... egg (_____) water :P

[shooby]

So the hydrophibic oils from burning the wax don't have anything to do with this?

[dragonsniper]

nope, considering he also did it with a lighter

[lemonie]

Yea, that's what I'm going with. L

[sameotoko]

ingrediEnts

[X_D_3_M_1]

waste of an egg lol

[DrCoolSanta]

you can still eat the egg

[23mcharlotte]

wow an optical illusion Never seen one of those.....

[GorillazMiko]

doesnt it just turn metallic because it reflects off the water?

[kenny94]

i've seen this done before with nails

[themasterpyro]

thats soot.

[stevoIution]

Pfft, metacafe. -

[bedbugg2]

wow you dont like everything lol

[stevoIution]

Haha

[pluralmolecule]

Seems like I saw this written up somewhere when I was a kid with an extra twist. Use a hard boiled egg. Float it on salt water, then very slowly pour fresh water down the side of the bowl. If you manage not to mix the fresh and the salt water, the silver egg will appear to suspend magically.

[megziewoodles]

That egg probably shouldn't be floating like that. Either it's rotten, there's salt in the water or it's hard/softboiled. But that is a nifty trick.

[origamiman23]

zomg

[robbtoberfest]

This just makes me angry. >:(

[xenobiologista]

If you want to try this with kids, have them blacken the bowl of a metal spoon instead (also safer cos it keeps your fingers away from the flame). Then tell them that the coating will "instantly" wash off and the spoon will become silver again under water.

[jeffcapeshop]

thus confusing them for the rest of their lives.

[ninepound]

I'm assuming it only keeps its 'metallic' properties when it's in water?

[TheCheese9921]

Thats what it looks like : (, I was so excited it would be metallic all the time, then it would be really cool with egg light