Soda Can Trick

by The Mollusk

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Intro: Soda Can Trick


A neat trick to do with an empty or nearly empty soda can.

STEP 1: Meterials


You'll need to obtain an empty soda can(Oh, goodie! caffinated goodness!), and about 70 mL of water. The amount doesn't have to be exact, but it has to fill about 1/5 of the can.

STEP 2: The Only Step


This is be no means a complicated trick, just dirnk all but 1/5 of the soda, or take an empty can and fill it a 1/5 of the way. 1/5 works the best, Beleive me, I've performed this trick in planes and got the best results from 1/5 full.

STEP 3: The Trick

The way this trick works is it makes the weight of the can equal on both sides of the axis (I'm not sure of the official terminology).

28 Comments

bcarpenter1 7 years ago

???

I walked into the kitchen turned on the faucet filled for a second and it worked. I then added some more and it worked. Once more I added water and it worked... there's a lot of leeway in the amount of water (or pop) that you can add.

DDUDE15 8 years ago

The best i got with a 355 ml can was 150 ml of water you can even tap it and make it spin around

Androgynous14u 8 years ago

This doesn;t even tell you what the trick is until you get down to the comments. I think picking out ANYTHING and asking would be great here. So confusing. XD

curvy77 11 years ago

*Gasp* hes a wizard!! Get him, so he may teach ua more of hia magic!!

eulaliaaaa! 13 years ago

It looks really cool when it rolls! Great Job!

Frindledon3 14 years ago

could somebody elaborate on the construction and how to do this plzz.......im no the best

The Mollusk 14 years ago

Just pour a bit of water into a can and tilt it on its side.

jimmytvf 14 years ago

oh, i remember XD, i was talking about the title of materials, that put meterials instead

R4Man18 14 years ago

water... soda can. while drinking the soda you can stop at a point and do this trick too.

R4Man18 14 years ago

(i posted this because SP doesnt matter... dont pick out a single thing about someones instructable and post about it.)

tytyjul97 14 years ago

my mom cousin showed me this trick but i thought no one else knew good job

dodo91 15 years ago

this is funny. you can also make this a bet; show your friend the trick. give them a diffrent soda can. they wont be able to do this.

Sandisk1duo 15 years ago

or you could hot glue a soda can to your table

dodo91 15 years ago

if you glued it, it would be obvious. like, they would want to pick it up to examine it.

The Mollusk 15 years ago

True, but then it wouldnt roll around the table.

John Smith 15 years ago

i do this all the time, its actually weird because i just showed my dad, and a guy at work this. they were amazed. i would love to just start leaving these around, after you get done with them, to confuse people.

itsmanofpopsicle 15 years ago

i actually do this at chess tournaments so no one will take my soda. I am the only one there that knows how to do that.

The Mollusk 15 years ago

LOL Awesome, actually I was thinking that you could do it with jello mix and then leave it in the fridge so that it gets jello-ey and then they wouldn't fall as easily.

John Smith 15 years ago

or pour lead in the bottom of one and seal the top back up, and make it a desk object thing
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