CRACK
-------- Baking Soda Method-------
MATERIALS:
1.) Lighter
2.) Glass Beaker
3.) Distilled Water
4.) Baking Soda
5.) Rubbing Alcohol
PREPARATION:
1.) Mix four-parts of coke to one-part of baking soda
in glass beaker. (Yes, that IS a 4:1 ratio) I've done it
by eye & found it's good not to exceed a 3:1 ratio.
2.) Begin adding a few drops of distilled water to the
mix, adding only enough to turn the powder into a
muddy sludge-like consistency.
WARNING: Do NOT
add too much water or your coke will not harden up
in the cooling process.
3.) Drench the cotton ball with rubbing alcohol in a
thick metal or ceramic dish. Add only enough to
completely saturate the ball.
THE COOKING PROCESS,
PART 1:
1.) Use the lighter to ignite the alcohol in the cotton
ball.
2.) While the cotton ball is burning, heat the
coke-sludge by swirling the beaker above the tip of
the flame.
3.) Continue swirling until the substance comes to a
boil, then remove it from the flame to cool.
When your substance has cooled it should form a
clump of solid "rock-bubbles."
PART 2:
4.) Add more distilled water to the beaker, enough to
stand about 1/4 inch above the hardened bubbles.
5.) Re-heat the substance in the beaker. When
thoroughly heated you will see a yellow mass
floating in the center of the water as you continue to
swirl the beaker.
You don't need to boil it, just heat it up until the
hardened bubbles melt into a yellow coke-mass.
THE COOLING PROCESS:
1.) Once melted, remove the substance from the
flame.
2.) Continue swirling the beaker, (trying to keep the
yellow coke-blob in the center as you swirl) until the
water in the beaker has completely cooled.
3.) You should now have a solid yellow rock tinkling
around in your glass beaker. Remove the rock and
cut to desired proportions.
MATERIALS:
1.) Lighter
2.) Glass Beaker
3.) Distilled Water
4.) Baking Soda
5.) Rubbing Alcohol
PREPARATION:
1.) Mix four-parts of coke to one-part of baking soda
in glass beaker. (Yes, that IS a 4:1 ratio) I've done it
by eye & found it's good not to exceed a 3:1 ratio.
2.) Begin adding a few drops of distilled water to the
mix, adding only enough to turn the powder into a
muddy sludge-like consistency.
WARNING: Do NOT
add too much water or your coke will not harden up
in the cooling process.
3.) Drench the cotton ball with rubbing alcohol in a
thick metal or ceramic dish. Add only enough to
completely saturate the ball.
THE COOKING PROCESS,
PART 1:
1.) Use the lighter to ignite the alcohol in the cotton
ball.
2.) While the cotton ball is burning, heat the
coke-sludge by swirling the beaker above the tip of
the flame.
3.) Continue swirling until the substance comes to a
boil, then remove it from the flame to cool.
When your substance has cooled it should form a
clump of solid "rock-bubbles."
PART 2:
4.) Add more distilled water to the beaker, enough to
stand about 1/4 inch above the hardened bubbles.
5.) Re-heat the substance in the beaker. When
thoroughly heated you will see a yellow mass
floating in the center of the water as you continue to
swirl the beaker.
You don't need to boil it, just heat it up until the
hardened bubbles melt into a yellow coke-mass.
THE COOLING PROCESS:
1.) Once melted, remove the substance from the
flame.
2.) Continue swirling the beaker, (trying to keep the
yellow coke-blob in the center as you swirl) until the
water in the beaker has completely cooled.
3.) You should now have a solid yellow rock tinkling
around in your glass beaker. Remove the rock and
cut to desired proportions.