When you really feel like making something gross to just smush around, and possibly to clean all of the gunk out of your keyboard, choose slime!
I actually bit the bullet and made slime for a couple of reasons- firstly, I had some expired contact lens solution which conveniently contained both boric acid and sodium borate, and I couldn’t bring myself to just throw away an unopened bottle.
Secondly, because I was getting frustrated with the audio/video for the crochet tutorial. I ended up completely reshooting the video after some great feedback and since I still need to do the audio, I wanted to make something.
Soap is coming later, but I’m getting silly with some of the things I want to do so it’s taking a little longer than I had planned. Chocolates are waiting on supplies, crochet video is on its way soon-ish, I got sidetracked working on a modified face-mask pattern because even at the best of times I want to hit people who breathe near me; so, you know, stuff.
Shall we begin? Let’s do this shit.
TOOLS:
- 5-6 oz bottle of Liquid glue (white or clear. I couldn’t care less which you choose).
- Contact solution which contains preferably both SODIUM BORATE and BORIC ACID. (1 1/2 tbsp)
- Baking soda (1/2 tsp – 1 tsp)
- Water (1-2 tbsp)
- A non-stick bowl (Generally there’s no permanent residue when you’re done, but we are still inducing a chemical reaction, so I don’t like to use plastic or anything porous if I plan on eating out of it ever again. It’s just how I roll).
OPTIONAL:
- 1/2 tsp glitter (this shit goes a LONG WAY)
- Food colouring (I picked the neon ones because fuck you, I do what I want)
- Containers to store the slime when you’re done
- The celery and romaine lettuce I’m regrowing on my cutting board- Flo and Frank.
I used the clear amazon glue. It seemed fine. Many people seem to be really stuck on brand specificity, but in general, glue is glue. If you bought some really esoteric, oddball, watered down brand gunk, maybe you might have issues, but I haven’t experimented enough to know. Maybe I will. Also, if I have to explain not to use a glue stick, maybe you should eat less paste and learn more about it, hrm?
I’m only doing a version with contact solution in this post. Eventually I’ll crack open that box of borax under the kitchen sink, or try laundry detergent (assuming mine has the appropriate ingredients) but for today, we’re dealing with contact solution.
DUMP THAT GLUE IN A BOWL
ADD SOME BAKING SODA
ADD SOME WATER
I used two tablespoons here. I think that was too much as I ended up adding an extra 1/4 tsp of baking soda in at the end to make it less sticky. Next time I would just add 1 tbsp to start.
STIR THAT SHIT
PICK A COLOUR
I chose what ended up being purple. It’s a little hard to tell from the cap and I couldn’t be arsed to read the box before I started.
Put 8 drops in your glue mixture
Stir it up and briefly panic that you’ve put WAY too fucking much of this stuff in and it’s going to end up all over everything.
ADD SOME GLITTER
Or not, if you’re not into having this shit all over you for time immemorial. Like some sort of freak who doesn’t like glitter.
ADD THE CONTACT SOLUTION
This is the part where it goes from ‘I’ve just made coloured glitter glue’ to ‘I’ve activated the mixture and actually made slime’. Toss in the 1 1/2 tbsp of contact lens solution.
STIR THIS BITCH UP
HANDLE YOUR SLIME
Playing with the slime will cause it to thicken and mix fully. This is also the point where I ended up adding an extra 1/4 tsp of baking soda to make it a little less sticky.
So this slime turned out really, really well. It’s got good density, it holds for a bit when you jam your fingers into it, but when you pick it up it has a nice stretch and will drop down on it’s own without being too sticky or runny. It’s crackly with the bubbles and the more you work it the more bubbles you get.
Enjoy your stress slime and wash your fucking hands.
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