Instant Ice - How to Waterbend in Real Life

Pour a glass of water and watch it turn to ice instantly! This step-by-step tutorial will show you everything you need to know about Instant Ice.

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Step 1: Watch the Videos!

This is how to waterbend in real life!

For exact step-by-step instructions and tips and tricks, check this video out!

Step 2: "Super Cool" Water Trick

A couple of years ago, a friend at work told me he left water bottles outside overnight in freezing temperatures.  Then he got the water to freeze instantly by shaking them.

I was fascinated by the idea, and began to research the online resources demonstrating the effect of supercooled water, and began to experiment with it on my own.  

I can confirm, along with hundreds of others, that this phenomenon is legit, and here's how to do it step-by-step!

1. Find some purified water (The easiest place to find this is an unopened bottle of water)
2. Put it in the freezer for the exact amount of time to supercool it (More on this later)
3. Initiate nucleation of the ice crystals (Easier than it sounds)

Step 3: How to Supercool Water

Every bottle is going to be a little bit different.  

Some factors that affect the time to freeze are;

• Volume of water in the bottle
• Size and shape of the bottle
• Temperature of water before it goes in the freezer
• Temperature of the freezer
• Position of the bottle in the freezer
• Impurities in the water

The easiest way to find out the ideal freeze time for your bottles, is to start with bottles at room temperature, and put multiple bottles in the freezer at the same time.  This will increase your chances for success.

To determine the formula for your specific bottles;

• Make a note of the time
• Check your bottles after 90 minutes, and thereafter every 15 minutes until one freezes
• Mark the time of the frozen bottle, and subtract 15 minutes.

Your specific bottles should work within this window of opportunity.

In my case, the first bottle froze after 2 hours and 45 minutes, and I found all the bottles worked consistently between 2-1/2 hours and 2 hours 45 minutes. 

Step 4: How to Test Your Supercooled Water

The rest of the unfrozen bottles in the freezer should be supercooled and ready for action.

When you take them from the freezer, be very gentle.  They are super sensitive and can freeze with even the slightest jolt. 

To test one, just give it a whack on the bottle, anywhere you want.  If you hit it hard enough, you should see the water instantly begin to freeze from the top to the bottom.  The result will be a clear liquid turning to an opaque white, as seen in the pictures.

You can also freeze the water using a piece of ice as a nucleation point.  

Just pour the water on top of the ice, and watch your ice pillars grow right before your eyes!

If they don't grow very fast, try leaving your bottles in the freezer for another 10 minutes.

If your bottles are freezing with only a slight touch, or before you want them to .. try taking your bottles out of the freezer 5 minutes earlier.

As the water freezes, it actually releases latent heat into the ice and the temperature warms up to just below freezing.  This leaves you with a delicious edible slush with the consistency of a wet snowball.  

Step 5: In Another Container

You can try pouring your water into an extremely clean glass.  If it's still liquid at this point, try dropping an ice-cube into the center, and watch the whole thing crystalize.

You can do the same thing by just holding an ice cube on the surface of the water, and watch it get frozen in place.  

Step 6: Colored Ice

I found you could color your crystallization by adding a couple of drops of food coloring to the water before they go in the freezer.  In this case, I used 2 drops of blue food coloring.

I tried pouring out an entire bottle on a bed of ice to form an "instant snow-cone", then used some juice from melted freeze-pops as a makeshift syrup.

A fun and entertaining treat for a hot summers day!

Well, there you have it!  That's how to freeze water instantly like a water-bending master.

If you haven't see the video yet, it's not too late.  See it here!

If you like this project perhaps you'll like some of my others. Check them out at www.thekingofrandom.com

Comments

[gravityisweak]

I accidentally did this with a beer bottle recently. I had seen this video in the past and once I realized what was happening I started screaming and yelling, haha.

[113962]

you what! HOW!!!!!!!

[gravityisweak]

I had put it in the freezer with plans to take it out once it was cool. I forgot about it and went to get it out. I noticed it was still liquid and picked it up. When I uncapped it, it suddenly started rapidly freezing just like in the video. I was freaking out.

[113962]

hi guys what i just saw was awsome

[Forgotten_Memories]

Cool!

[Paladin6004]

Sweet! Now we need one for earth, air, and fire so that we can become the avatar!

[nazareth.chisholm]

yeah

[kevanchristian]

Super awsome!

[lmrandall]

Woah this is cool!!!!!!!!!! This is useful in the South, expecially during summer!! Thanks so much for a great snow cone idea!!!

[BigMatt333]

It was AWESOME!!!!
Thank you soooo much!

[TheUnknownVariable]

Wtf •~•???

[TheUnknownVariable]

This also works with beer but u hit it on a surface with the bottom of the glass.... I saw it in mythbusters. •~• :)))

[Farco556]

Is that a statesmetal bowl? If so where did you get it from?

[tommyfun]

Sweet

[tjmort22]

Very COOL!, no pun intended....

[kkaryamapudi]

It actually gets warmer as it "freezes".

[shubhansu]

awsome man that soo cool :like:

[SkeptiCol]

I did this to one of my beers by mistake, wondered what the hell was happening. I grabbed it out of the freezer (in a hurry) removed the top, the pressure drop was enough to start the freezing process, scared the crap out of me when I saw it, AND it made my beer instantly flat and yuck!

[Dr. dB]

Whatever you do, DON'T drop the "Ice-Nine" !!!!

[hmuckleroy]

I put it in the microwave and set the timer to a negative number.