Debunking Crazy WATERMELON Cement Hack & Cooking in a DISHWASHER | How To Cook That Ann Reardon
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- Can you cook food in a dishwasher? Do DIY stain removers work? Can you pop corn ON the cob? What happens in you coat a watermelon in cement & leave for 3 months?
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Dave: "I'm married to a good scientist and cookbook author, meals are going to be AMAZING"
Anne: "here's some burnt corn and rancid watermelon"
She has layers 😂
But that's only for videos - the rest of the time I bet he eats great food.
Just to remind him how good he has it when they aren't filming a hack debunking video. Meals are good, but "hey Dave, come here for a moment" may not be followed by the best thing
At least some of the popcorn was fine this time?
I'm just so happy to see Dave is back and he's OK! Cos he was ill and had to quarantine for a while, including through the last installment of HTCT (it was "Clever or Never"). One of their sons, Matt (:fingerscrossed: cos I'm terrible at names, though I recognise people) stepped up to the plate and stood in for his dad as cohost with Ann. It made for a fun show anyway, just a different dynamic, but I think he aced it! P.S. Congrats on Uni! ☆
she’s so dedicated to her craft that she draws her blood and ruins her microwave for us, i gotta respect that
absolutely based
@@sticklyboi based?
@@em84c ベースド
@@em84c based and crinsom pilled
I was betting on that this was Daves blood XD
I think the reason behind that 'highlighter hack' on the permanent marker comes from the fact that it DOES work on a whiteboard. If you accidentally write with permanent marker instead of whiteboard marker, you can get the permanent marker off by tracing over it with whiteboard marker, and they will both come off.
Thank you, that is good to know! I use a white board for DMing and am not exactly very careful with my markers lol
This reminds me of when i was in 8th grade English, my history teacher came running into the classroom in a panic because she accidentally wrote on the whiteboard with a sharpie 😵
That's because the whiteboard marker 8s alcohol based. Any alcohol, like rubbing alcohol, hairspray, etc will work on sharpie or ballpoint ink.
this is the most chaotic debunking vid I've ever seen , from free popping popcorn on the cob to dave wrestling a concrete melon cocoon and holding fistfuls of rancid watermelon meat to his face , true masterwork of our time
Anne puts so much effort into these, she made SHIRTS, with labels, and her logo! Anne really goes for quality over quantity and I love her for that
Me too! Ann is really amazing, and I love her videos!
Ikr! She puts so much dedication into her work and she always makes her video quality the best
Agreed, She's underrated
At first I thought she just bought the Shirts. I could see people wearing them in their day to day life
And it probably took a little bit of time to find these sources and compile it all, and edit the clips into her video as well. She's awesome!
If Dave doesn't eat it, you know it's bad! Really appreciated the stain remover comparisons. Very useful info!
I was internally screaming when he was leaning in to lick it. Like, he just got better.
what has dave done to deserve this
Also good to see that COVID didn't take his sense of smell away.
@@VelaiciaCreator I was externally screaming - NO!!
I completely forgot about the beginning of the video with the stain removing experiment when I watched Dave freeing the watermelon hahaha. This video really was... something!
A trick for permanent marker is to use rubbing alcohol. Most permanent marker is alcohol base. And the more alcohol you add to it the more diluted the color will be. You just have the stain in the alcohol for a while and you will end up removing the color.
Learned that hack as an art student
Interesting, thanks
I always use cheap hairspray and have great results. I use it for ink also
I've also done this with ballpoint pen stains.
Yep. That's basically what blending markers are, empty markers with an alcohol dilution cartridge.
I figured out for pen and perminant marker on skin use hand sanitizer and take a shower tile come right out
Actual stain removal hack- always remove stains from the back. If you remove from the front, you’re pushing that stain all the way into and through the fibers and it is more likely to stick. If you use stain remover (detergent, pretreat, whatever you’re using) from the back, the stain only has to lift back out of the fibers it’s already in contact with.
Stain remover company: "Hello, Ann Reardon, famous for baking and debunking advertising/hack claims, would you like to do an ad for our cleaner?"
Ann: "Yes, but I want to make sure that it does what you say it does, and you're not going to just hand me a new shirt for the 'after' shot."
*Stain remover company has left the chat*
Bet I know which company as well.....
@greaseMonk3y why aren’t you ‘shout’ing out the guilty brand?
@@cou0010 don’t be shy, say the company name.
That really shows how dedicated she is to her fans, that's when you know you can trust this person
We stan an ethical queen
This honestly feels way too high production to be on TH-cam. Ann only ever impresses me with her quality and dedication. Dave's resilience is of course no small feat either.
I know
Very tru
Petition to get Ann Reardon her own daytime tv slot!
Exactly. I feel like i should be paying to see this lol
Seriously! They absolutely aren't making back in ad revenue what they spend on these videos.
For anyone wondering how to get rid of chocolate stains, chocolate needs a special enzyme to dissolve and get rid of. You have to either specifically get a cleaner with that enzyme (I don't remember the name of that enzyme), or you can do what I do: wipe the chocolate off, and start immediately sucking on the stain. Your saliva naturally produces that enzyme. I've gotten chocolate out of numerous clothes this way, even with white shirts, without any hint of blotches for where the chocolate stain initially occurred. The only caveat is to make sure your mouth is clear of chocolate before you start sucking, or else it will make the stain worse. Also, make sure to excuse yourself from the room if you're at a party, or else you're going to get some pretty weird looks. 😅
Amylase?
The issue for me is that there's always chocolate in my mouth. I just lean forward when I eat so nothing gets on my clothes and it works 99%
Face wash works well
The main thing I learnt from the stain test is to avoid wearing white. A lot of the only-partially-removed stains would be less noticeable on a colour or pattern other than plain white.
so true. ive been trying to avoid in wearing white but at times that i do it always seems to get dirty
The cement hack “preserves” watermelon by making sure you literally can’t eat the watermelon. Who else besides Anne and Dave would be so dedicated to trying to get it out? 😂😂
Schrodinger's Watermelon
@@NKY5223 🤣🤣🤣
@@NKY5223 thank you for making me exhale out of my nose slightly. Edit: Misspelled words, sorry.
You can also make your watermelon stay fresh longer by placing it on the moon.
The watermelon hack is really just an object permanence test. If you think your watermelon will be fresh after having sat in a block of cement and bandages for 3 months then you failed
Dave struggling to get the watermelon open and going "this is a very convenient hack, Ann" absolutely cracked me up. He's such a good sport 😂
Yeah, look on Dave's face is best indicator how good/bad something is. We need to drop 5 star reviews and start using Dave's face instead!
Dave dropping the control watermelon with a "gross, no" without even a taste (seriously probably unsafe to taste at this point lol) is everything I'm living for.
No wait it was selecting the cement watermelon knife
Only pussies don't eat the perfectly decent *w a t e r m e l o n* . Unsubscribed.
the baking soda and vinegar obsession is not just with clothing stains. At least in Brazil, most hack articles are about them. "make your bathroom tiles look brand new with only two ingredients" "clean your stove with these two ingredients you have at home" "clean the bottom of your pans with this simple trick". There's often lemon involved too, if you're feeling fancy.
It's like they went to a single low effort science fair and decided to base a whole industry around it
This is actually the silliest "hack" ever if you think about it. They use an acid(vinegar) to dissolve the whatever stained the cloth and then immediately deactivate it with a base. Might as well have used sakt water - would've wasted less money and time.
The fizz makes it look impressive, but in reality it's better to use baking soda OR an acid, not both
Vinegar does work for clening.bathroom or kitchen surfaces, anything high in acid will. Lemon juice is more common over here as it smells better. It’s not really a hack, its just an old fashioned way to clean before there were millions of products on the market. Hack videos just transfer that to cleaning clothes and the like because they’re lazy and don’t understand why it works
Can we all recognise that the tiny coffee jug was the cutest thing ever .
Great video as usual 😊
I'm assuming it's from her tiny kitchen set! Love those videos!
It's super cute. I don't know if you're aware of it, but Ann periodically does tiny kitchen cooking! It's amazing. She makes all the tiny ingredients herself and uses small kitchenalia, and a tiny working doll stove that runs on candles. There's a new miniature interior design show coming out and there have been quite a few miniature kitchen shows and channels, so I always hold out hope Ann will do more miniature cooking! I think her tiny kitchen was loaned out for an exhibit of some sort if I recall correctly, so I'll continue to be patient. :)
Can we please additionally appreciate the cute little stop motion editing with the stain samples? But yea the tiny receptacles were such a nice goofy touch!
I said the same when I saw it! The cutest drinking vessels I've ever seen though are Arla Yverglas. They're little drinking glasses shaped like cow utters at the bottom and they're so incredibly adorable ☺Just did a quizz that gives me a chance to win 6 of them. Fingers crossed, lol.
Can we get an episode where you make some foods that look odd but taste amazing so that Dave gets a fun surprise? He really deserves it. I spent a good amount of this episode yelling, "Dave! NO! Do NOT taste the three-month-old watermelon!"
I think a lot of people are more happy just to have him on camera- the tasting is secondary. :)
Those April Fools Day pranks where you dress food up as something else would be a great trick to spring on him!
That’s a brilliant idea I’d love to see it
That’s a great idea! If you’re interested in a video like this already done by Ann, she made spaghetti & meatballs and burger desserts 7 years ago, it would be fun to see her update the recipe and adapt some recipes from Amaury Guichon that people can make at home!! Plus it would be a nice treat for dave as you said!
Also spent all the end of this episode going, "No Dave! You have so much to live for do not eat the old watermelon!"
@@TheDriedfrogpills Every time:
No! Dave! You have a wife and three children who love you! Don't do it!
I was waiting for my doctor to come to the exam room and he walked in and probably thinks I'm crazy.
I can 100% vouch for soaking a fabric with oxyclean. I’ve used it to remove red wine from vintage lace. Also pen ink can usually be removed with high percentage of Isopropyl Alcohol soaked much like Ann’s marker trick.
I was just looking for a comment like this and can confirm. I once saved a wool sweater covered in mustard this way (it was a years old stain). Oxyclean is magic and it removes every type of stain I had problems with so far. But you gotta make a paste put it on the stain and then make a solution with more oxy clean and soak it there for 6h or so and then wash. I didn’t wash the sweater in the washing machine as it was wool just hand washed at the end btw.
Soaking in oxyclean does wonders.
I used to date a construction worker and his clothes always had dirt fully embedded in them, Oxy clean was the ONLY thing that would get it all out.
Rubbing and soaking with Oxyclean is magic, especially for blood and food stains.
Same! Oxyclean has saved my clothes from red wine, coffee stains, red sauces etc. but you absolutely have to soak it
You two are legends.
TH-cam really need to get their act together and stop those other channels from posting such harmful and dangerous hacks that anyone with any common sense knows they're either going to fail or even make matters worse.
Love you guys 👍🏼👍🏼
TH-cam promotes parents feeding their kids mukbangs
My wife and I screamed "NO!" every time Dave brought a piece of watermelon close to his face. It's not worth it, Dave!!
Thank you for not eating rancid watermelon.
I have 2 tomato plants on my porch. One made it's first ripe tomato so I cut it in half and collected the seeds. I put the two halves in the plants. Some critter took the rotten pieces out of the soil and left it on the ground last night lol. That's with plenty of catfood left on the porch.
Former EMT here: most effective way to get blood out of clothes is literally just hydrogen peroxide. It reacts with the blood and bubbles to get it out and doesn’t bother the rest of the clothes. I personally used that hack all the time and it is 10/10 amazing
Thank you!
Does only work with white clothes then as any other items would be bleached, wouldn't it?
It’s true. Use this a lot.
@@pnku I use it on all colored clothing. It doesn’t bleach the material from my experience. You don’t have to leave it in for long.
Or just cold water, soap, and scrubbing the one half of the stained part against the other half. This trick has saved MANY period stained clothes.
I love how Dave knows exactly what us viewers want to see... eating burnt corn and sniffing off watermelon. I admire and thank you for your dedication 😂
I really appreciate your dedication to honesty - you know your audience sees you as trustworthy, and you don't want to betray that, and I appreciate it.
Clearly the reason you put the popping corn on the cob in the microwave bare was because it's not a debunking video unless you have to clean your microwave.
I can't remember if Ann mentioned this when they wrapped the watermelon, but the setting of cement is an exothermic reaction. You'd actually be heating up the watermelon a little which would definitely make things worse. Easy to see why the cement would be the worst one.
I didn't know this. Thank you!
Yep my chemistry teacher told us about this in thermodynamics lesson.
Cooked watermelon.
Cement is also slighty acidic.
That's why it causes skin irritating if you leave cement to dry on your skin.
So its hot and acidic.
Not great for keeping food fresh
@@gyroscope915 Alkaline...lime in cement is an alkali, not an acid. Edit: It's not just a bit alkaline, it has a pH near 11...the higest being 14
The best part of this video is that now you can go up to your friends with full confidence and say, "Did you know that if you coat a watermelon in cement, wrap it in bandages, then add another coat of cement, it does absolutely nothing?"
. . . said no one ever.
It actually does WORSE than nothing.
@@pineapplesandjellies yeah it basically fuckin poisons it lmao. tik tok is so harmful to this planet.
@@pineapplesandjellies Personally, I'm inclined to think that was just the variability in the watermelons themselves.
I *suppose* that it's possible that the watermelon drank some of the quicklime through the stem though.
As a scientist, I must say that this content is absolutely delightful. I wish I had discovered it before.
Dave is giving me such hope by saying oh it’s pretty, pretty rancid, and so much more lol
Lmao
That watermelon hack was very amusing and it was good to see Dave back up and running. Thanks again for bringing science and honesty to this little eddy of TH-cam. It is getting harder to distinguish the real from the fake.
Dave!
Dave the mad scientist with his axe!
My grandfather had a watermelon farm and I could smell the rancid watermelons from here 😂😂 poor dave it was hilarious 😂😂😂😂
How is this 17h ago
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I’m convinced Ann will say “Dave will not be trying any of the food today due to his food poisoning from the activated charcoal and rat poison in the 2 minute caramel.”
Or. "Dave will not be trying anymore food due to one of his kidneys failing from Is anyone willing to donate a kidney? The arsenic in the last hack video finally did one of them in"
they rly put rat poison in it? Man it's getting out of hand
Dave, you know the audience all too well. You’re a champ man, real good sport through this all. More power to you. Thank you for putting up with everything.
As a research student, it makes me super happy to hear you talk about controls, variables, and confounds. Go girl!!!
My grandma left us a collection of "household science" books, with instructions on every and any chores that we come across. I think they're from the 60s or 70s. Your debunking videos remind me a lot of these books ❤️
Wishing i had this!! I had to figure out housework quite young as I lost my mom.... I'm still not the best in efficiency and all
I have a book of vinegar - it gives all the ways you can use various vinegars from beauty to laundry to household cleaning. I think it is probably also fairly old, judging by they illustrations in it.
The old CWA and/or Golden Wattle have sections like this - pretty sure they date back to the 20s or 30s.
M my grandmother always says scrub it with hand soap.
Lol if you ever wanna like scan that in a share the PDF, I'm sure everyone would be very happy to use it
“Let’s not cook food in a dishwasher” is not a sentence I thought anyone would ever have to say under any circumstances
You'd be surprised here in the US 💀😷😷
I am simply disappointed in the lack of common sense
For an episode of mythbusters they cooked lasagna in a dishwasher
Needless to say not very effective
I clearly recall Vincent Price cooking salmon in a dishwasher on Johnny Carson, but it was sort of for laughs and, well, that was 40 years ago.
I saw someone cook 'dishwasher salmon' as his signature dish one season on Worst Cooks in America... maybe a hint to not make a hack about it.
Gel hand sanitizer gets out most food stains, and it's always in restaurants now, so very convenient to spot clean when you're out. And for ink... Hairspray! Soak with it then scrub while handwashing. I've used both and they work. I think the common denominator is ethyl alcohol.
Yep! My mom got ink off a friend’s prom dress with hairspray and blotting.
You can actually grow a variety of corn that is made to pop in the microwave. I grew it one year and did it. They are very small ears and it's a really cute way to entertain children because it does adhere to the cob after it pops.
Can we take a moment to appreciate that Ann went out of her way to use _actual blood_ for the stain hack? She goes above and beyond in a way that few content creators do, she is an absolute legend
For science!
The question I have is was it her blood or just some beef blood cuz I mean you can just buy that which isn't that above and beyond
@@Scooterbeerrun Beef juice is just water with myoglobin, and would not act like blood in an experiment like this.
@@HarperNguyen you can actually get blood from butchers though... not sure if it's what she did but since she's a culinary sort I imagine she has a source.
@@HarperNguyen Beef juice? No straight blood. You buy it in a plastic cup. Why the hell would I say blood if I didn't mean blood
I just want to note that when the liquids pooled like that on the surface of the shirt, it could mean that the shirt is brand new and hasn't had a wash to remove the protective coating on the fibers that makes them slightly water resistant. It comes off after the first wash. It might have led to why some of your stains lifted without treatment, it is possible they didn't penetrate as deeply as a worn shirt. Great video nonetheless!
Good point. I've never had stains like that wash off completely in the wash. I was wondering what amazing detergent she used.
True! All fabric has sizing in it from manufacturing, and it's usually not washed out in the mass manufacturing of clothes. It's also what keeps clothes looking nice at the store despite being unfolded and refolded and tried on by several different people before they're taken home!
Also an excellent reason to always wash brand new clothes before wearing (other than trying on), especially if you have sensitive skin!
Man, I need to get whatever that protective coating is into a spray bottle for my clothes lmao
@@pennyforyourthots a lot of fabric softeners also coat the fibers of your clothes to make them less absorbent. I prefer not to use them for a variety of reasons, but when they advertise color protectiveness as well, that's usually an element of it. (I would recommend never using fabric softeners on towels, though, if you want them to be as absorbent as possible). There are also water proofing sprays for upholstery that can be very helpful for households that are stain prone (like with children and pets). They are formulated for different uses, and typically for fabrics that can't go in the wash, but that can also help the fibers to repel a staining liquid long enough for it to be soaked up by a paper towel or something.
Oh wow, I didn't know abt that at all! Thank you for sharing that information with everyone!
It's worth saying that IF YOU USE NAIL POLISH REMOVER for permanent marker stains, be VERY careful what kind of fabric you are using and be sure the nail polish remover is acetone-free. Acetone nail polish remover will damage synthetic fabrics and while melting a hole in your shirt will technically remove the stain, it isn't quite the result you want. Acetone may also fade the dye in colored garments.
For removing ballpoint ink is best spraying the stain with hairspray, very well, then leave it to dry and then wash normally. Works for me everytime.
As a line cook who's been using real sous vide machines for over a decade, Ann's "There's a lot to unpack there" for the salmon hack made me actually laugh out loud. Thank you for being a voice of reason on the internet, and doing it with such style.
Very good, hi from Brazil
The fact that she has special shirts with testing squares for stains is next level dedication.
The blood square is next next level dedication 😬
I remember watching a tv show in the 90's called Home Improvement and cooking fish in the dishwasher was a B story in an episode. According to the show you used the drying cycle on the top rack
14:30 can confirm! i have a lovely yellow winter jacket that one of my friends spilled hot chocolate all over. all it took was some dabbing with a cold wet cloth to make sure the stains didn't set and then rinsing out the stains under cold water, letting the jacket lay flat to dry overnight. the coat looked like the hot chocolate incident had never happened!
Instant thumbs up at the spilled coffee
Didn't expect to see you here, Shrimp!
Wow hello!
@@CompaSystem same
Hello! Love your channel :)
Shrimp! love your work x
I really appreciate how she went out and designed and printed a scientific shirt for her stain experiment. That's pretty awesome and brilliant, because it's easy to look at and then you don't have to worry about any markings/labels you actually want to stay there being washed away by accident.
And this woman put so much effort she is so honest and so wonderful… I’m sure she has saved lives and helped people stay out of the hospital… so thankful for all your hard work, such an interesting and beautifully made channel… Congratulations to you and your family!
I think the stains are easier to remove with whatever liquid or moisture the stain item is soluable in. Kind of like when dry erase markers get super dry and stuck on the boards and more marker over it rehydrates the ink.
I also always use hydrogen peroxide for blood!
16:20 Nail polish remover is usually made from acetone, which will dissolve most inks (and a LOT of other things), including the one that was used to colour the shirt. So this is only safe to use on white shirts. It also dissolves most plastics, so using it on a fabric that contains nylon or other oil-based fibers, will destroy it.
But it will take care of the stain!😂
@@ancastanescu4190 Can't have any stain if the shirt's gone. Easy as that ✨
Yes exactly! I reccomend rubbing alcohol. That's what the permanent marker is suspended in inside the marker so it's readily soluble in it. It also doesn't bleach things or destroy plastic.
@@Schaex1 Exactly 😂👏
So it would also work in the same way bleach does to tell if your 100% natural fiber fabric is actually all natural fibers? Can we use nail polish remover instead of setting it on fire like we usually do?
Anne Reardon does more to prevent the spread of misinformation then any government commission or program ever has 😂. Absolute treasure of a person!
She should become UN president
lol so sad and so true
In the states we have a mechanic’s hand cleaner paste called gojo. I have used that to get grease/oil off of fabric.
Also, when I was a kid we always used hairspray to get ink off fabric. The super cheap Aquanet brand worked best. I wonder what was in the hairspray that worked!!
In middleschool I used to get pen ink off of my clothes by putting antibacterial gel on it (probably just the alcohol does it) and just rubbing the cloth against itself, it worked pretty decently with some effort. I don't remember where I got the idea from though.
I always used mom's perfume for those
@@Nekoszowa Why waste perfume? Perfume can be expensive too. Use alcohol if you want something similar since that's what they put in perfume.
thank you i will try that next time. i have used milk to soak and while it got a lot of the ink out it left some blue residue behind
Watching the stain remover portion of this just completely confirmed my life choice to never buy white clothing. I'm not to be trusted, and apparently neither are the stain removers!
Thanks, Ann, for an insane amount of work and an affirmation all in one!
You can get them out, it just takes a little time, but you'll only have a good chance if the stain ia fresh
Yeah, I stopped buying white a long time ago
I wear white all the time 😂 everyone wonders how I'm not covered in filth 🤷🏻♀️ Here in Australia we have a white soak called Sard wonder, it's never failed me yet. Black is a lot easier though, maybe just stick with that 😅
Join the dark side
Says the guy wearing a white shirt in his profile picture.
anne couldve just took a picture of the results of the stain experiment and put them side bu side but she made it into a stop motion animation. she’s so extra and i love her for that ❤️
And the tiny mugs and carafe? I mean, we know she has them in the tiny kitchen, I just love that she thought to use them.
aw so cute
And it was illegible and a mess
@Sully I, and apparently many others, had no problem understanding it. Maybe the animation isn't the problem.
There wasn’t any stop motion animation
90 % on the cleaning tips on the internet are basically just baking soda + vinegar or citric acid - foams a lot, does basically nothing
very frustrating to watch and read those tips everywhere - thx for debunking
For me, OxiClean powder is the only thing that works for underarm sweat stains mixed with deodorant on my white cotton undershirts. But I have to soak them in hot tap water with abundant OxiClean powder, wait at least one hour, then scrub the stains, and finally wash normally. So it's not magic, but it works for that. Bleach made the stains a bright yellow instead for some reason 🤔.
Yes, bleach yellows white clothes.
I love how thorough she is in controlling variables in her experiments. Really appreciated.
A true scientist! 😀
Very good, hi from Brazil
That stop motion animation starting at 11:55 must have taken FOREVER to pull together. There's no other way to do that than taking a picture of every little movement, moving the pieces slightly, taking another picture, and compiling them. Ann, this is art!
This!
That's the part where i would have given the kids extra credit if they took on a group project lol
It can be achieved digitally these days but still takes a lot of skill and time to do.
It was probably done by filming the whole sequence (move pieces, get hands out of shot, repeat) and taking frames from the video. So there'd be a decent amount of work needed in editing, but the actual filming process would be fairly simple.
My Dad was an auto mechanic. Mom used to put Crisco vegetable shortening on the grease stains and rub it with the edge of a butter knife. It seems to attract the grease and pull it up out of the weave of the fabric. Then wash as usual.
I'm really surprised how thorough the stains part was, and it wasn't even its own separate video or anything. Hats off for that
Thank you for sticking to your principles and refusing to lie to your audience for money, Ann! This not only shows great character on your part, but you are setting a good example for everyone. Credibility doesn't have a price!
The moment she said "it must be true, I won't lie", I knew they withdrew the offer.
I love how Anne is like the responsible mom figure of TH-cam, she's always looking out for her viewers and telling us when stuff if dangerous or bad for the environment. And shes always is making sure her videos are very high quality and nice to watch!
What cracked me up (because we are talking about responsible adults whom I trust) is that Anne always focuses on safety but then there’s Dave hacking at the cement with a hatchet, squinting his eyes and turning away while I shout “Put on some safety goggles!” at my iPad.
@nimue325 I was thinking that exact thing as I was writing it 🤣🤣🤣
@@nimue325 he needs to get some goggles labeled "Anne approved" or something 🤣
I can’t believe you made those shirts. Amazing. Your videos are such amazing quality. Well done!
5:52 My mom (a professional seamstress) uses hairspray to get ballpoint pen ink out of fabric lol 😂
Finally! Dave looks like he's enjoying being in one of Anne's debunking videos. That manaic grin when he was chopping at that watermelon spoke of a man who is taking out years of bad food on this piece of concrete. Truly a joyful sight.
For once he didn't have to eat something that tasted gross.
@@guardiansoulblade2673 the watermelon was gross. He only tasted it, but gross nonetheless.
@@zahraally7905 yes
I thought the same thing about him taking out his feelings about tasted hacks past while hacking apart that concrete. lol
When Dave was working on those watermelons I swear I could smell the rot through the screen. The lengths you folks go through to test things. Thank you all so very much!
OMG me too!
I used to work in a grocery store. I can attest that a bad watermelon is only eclipsed by rotton potatoes in stink. Hopefully Dave's space is well ventilated.
Same! I was disgusted right with him. 🤢
I'm certainly late for this great video but: I'm surprised nobody mentioned alcohol as a stain remover yet. It works great against most ballpoint and gel pen ink stains and even certain permanent markers. I often use it to treat those stains and it's pretty effective. Test it in a hidden spot though, it can fade certain colours! There's a reason why they use special alcohol-resistant pens to label things in labs.
For the oxi clean they actually say to scrub in with water first and also add to the wash but I’m so impressed by your resilience geez
I absolutely love the patience and dedication of storing a watermelon for three months. It's great to see David feeling better.
Not just one watermelon, but 3 of them!
I can just imagine the conversation in her house where she explains that nobody is it allowed to eat the watermelons that she's bought, because she needs to let them rot for a debunking video.
@@hannahk1306 I think they're stored separately. Probably have a fridge and freezer in the studio.
I think the highlighter hack is meant to be confused for a real “hack” where you can get permanent marker off of a whiteboard or glass surface by scribbling over it with a whiteboard marker and erasing it. The permanent marker ink is soluble in whatever the whiteboard marker ink is suspended in too, so when you erase it, both come off the board.
I think rubbing alcohol gets permanent marker out of clothes
I know it will ruin my board with time, but I just use permanent markers since they never seem to dry out lol
I thought that was going to be the hack, where they got the idea for highlighter though....
At least with the dry erase marker it's somewhat plausible
@@hicat808 It does seem plausible! I think the reason it’s different is because the ink from the permanent marker just sits on top of the whiteboard, whereas when you get ink on a shirt it gets absorbed into the fibers of the fabric. The solvent evaporates easily, leaving just the pigment from the ink behind, which is chemically bonded to the cotton fibers of the shirt.
I was honestly surprised by the hack as well - permanent marker is soluble in alcohol. This is why fursuit makers often use paint pens instead of permanent marker when patterning their fabric. A common part of fursuit maintenance is to disinfect with an alcohol spray, and permanent marker reacts to it easily enough that people found the spray would make the marker on the fabric backing bleed through to the fur on front.
My idea for stains is, asap scrub with baby wipe, and then wash as normal. This works for at least 75% of stains.
Dave’s little laugh before he hits the watermelon with the tomahawk was adorable hahahah
She’s got such a point. Coming from a chemistry background, it irritates me when people use vinegar and baking soda together like it’s going to clean any better. All that you get is sodium acetate (a salt) dissolved in water, as she said. I guess the bubbling up is supposed to be impressive and look like it’s “working”, but that’s all it is - theatre. Baking soda or vinegar alone would do a better job then neutralizing it into a salt water solution.
actually for me, it does help a lot with white clothes, it makes them very bright, also soaking them overnight in water with vinegar and baking soda was the only way to remove yellow sweat stains, especially in the armpit place caused by a very shitty product I used for a while. Nothing else seemed to get these spots at all and some of them got pretty hard even as they seemed to go away they reappeared after the shirt dried 🤷♀️
@@t2jhkt3b8adb5 Like he said, acids and bases cancel eachother out, so try using one or the other, you will be able to get the same results with much less product. Actually, scrap both and use borox. It does the same job as the baking soda but better. And, if you like, you can turn your baking soda into washing soda by baking it on a pan. Same job as the soap but cheaper. Look up borox and washing soda. Either of the two will be an upgrade for you. And again, acids and bases interfere with eachother, so if you do go the borox route, don't add vinegar to it. You'd just be flushing money.
@@Queer_Nerd_For_Human_Justice will try using either vinegar or bicarbonate alone and see, and borox (or borax as google suggested) isn't available where I live
I believe the idea behind it is the bubbling liquid percolates into the fibres more effectively than simply rubbing (which can actually set a stain in deeper). The simple fact is that with stains, whether or not they can be removed is dependent on both time, and the solvent. The polyphenols in wine are water soluble, for instance, but undergo oxidation quite rapidly when dry resulting in a stain that is much harder to get out. And most common stains are much easier to remove with organic solvents... but so are a lot of commercially used dyes, so you'd ruin the shirt anyway.
I thought the aim was to generate bubbles and heat while rapidly messing with the pH and salt concentrations to denatured the dye and get it to release the fabric.
The sheer mad delight of Dave going at an entombed watermelon with a hatchet really made my week!
I am sorry they didn't use a cast saw to get into that last watermelon. That might have made things easier. They could put their Child (Baby Yoda) doll in the shell Dave managed to take off.
The little "hehe" got me
I'm glad this channel exists. My little niece always wants to repeat whatever she watches on TH-cam. This channel will keep her safe. Thank you.
Just wanted to say thank you! It's nice to see that there are still truth finders in the world! I feel like what you're doing is so important and special! 🥰🥰🥰
I think there's a missed opportunity in videos like this to caution against mixing household cleaning chemicals:
bleach + ammonia = chlorine gas (used in WW1) + chloramine gas
bleach + dish soap = phosphine gas (colorless, odorless, explosive rat poison)
vinegar + hydrogen peroxide = paracetic acid (colorless, odorless, explosive environmental hazard)
I was expecting this too, thank you.
Acetone (nail polish remover) can be dangerous when mixed with that sort of stuff as well.
Yes!! (replying to try to boost your comment in the algorithm)
Yikes, I accidentally made chlorine gas one time. One small whiff of it made me immediately dizzy, and left me coughing for about 3 hours. I think two full breaths woulda killed me.
I did not know about the bleach and dish soap thing, good to know
Also to add:
bleach + acid = chlorine gas
bleach + alcohol = chloroform
I have a background in chemistry and it was absolutely drilled into us to never mix bleach with anything other than water (to dilute the bleach) and to rinse out any container that once held bleach with water multiple times before adding a new chemical to it.
I'm really glad to see that Dave apparently survived covid unscathed!! Even though that watermelon probably was the only time he'd wish for a lack of smell; what a trooper!
I love your videos so much, Ann, thanks for the fun education, the chemistry nerd in me is so happy every time you post :D
The blood hack works best if you mix the salt water first and then let the spot soak in it while its still wet, and I'd definitely try using alcohol on the permanent marker since they're alcohol-based materials. Acetone definitely helps, but I'd be concerned about it possibly damaging the fibers since it's such a harsh chemical
As someone with a toe in the marketing business, I can guarantee to you that no advertiser ever would actually do the experiment you're seeing in the commercial. Replacing it with a clean shirt is easier and looks better. Remember kids: almost all of marketing is fake. Good on you for keeping your integrity Ann!
I love that you told the commercial people you don't lie. Keep up the integrity that's why we trust you!
Dave killed me. "This is a very convenient hack, Ann. I'm surprised that not everyone does this." 🤣
Nice!!! Hi the brazil
Love how you have actual subtitles
There are special stain removers for certain types of stains. For example, there is one for red wine (which also works for some other stains of a similar nature) and it works almost perfectly. There is also one for grass and other organic products, one for makeup and similar greasy products. These usually give the best results, as they are optimized only for very specific types of stains. Universal products simply can't work equally well everywhere, because what removes one stain won't even interest another or make it worse.
my favorite thing about this channel is Ann's dedication to the scientific method, with control groups and everything!
That stop motion arrangement for the stains just displays the next level dedication... We dont deserve you Ann 💙🔥
26:40 I am scared this will put me off my dinner
I LOVE your videos! I learn so much and they are so entertaining. You've become one of my favorite channels💕 ThankU!
We have a brand that's called "Fleckenteufel" translating to "stain devil". They are small bottles of stain remover each for different stains. One is for protein based stains, like blood, one for paint stains, like nail polish, one for grease stains and so on. I think that kind of system is pretty clever seeing that I don't want a stain remover that removes everything so-so but rather a specific type of stain very well. Each little bottle isn't too expensive, especially comparing them to vanish products for example, and I was able to save many many clothes with those. God bless Fleckenteufel 😂
That sounds amazing! Now I have to see if there's anything similar here in Canada, or see how painful shipping would be 😅
I've definitely seen Stain Devil here in the USA.
German also here, they are amazing
Yes fleckenteufel are fantastic. It even got my document safe black ink out of my trousers
Fleckenteufel sind die besten Teufel! Ich bin überrascht das cillitbang nicht aufgetaucht ist
When Dave almost licked the last watermelon, I was straight up yelling at the screen no no don't do it :)
I love these debunking videos and I love how Dave helps out. Seeing such a sweet, supportive husband always makes me happy.
The guy needs to buy safety goggles though.
The thing about keeping anything in the fridge, is that it still won’t keep indefinitely. Plus, if anything with moisture in it gets cold enough, and any of that moisture freezes, then the ice crystals will tear the cell walls and other micro support structures within the food, and leave it gross and mushy, sometimes before it’s even spoiled.
I've cried my eyes out from laughter! The dedication from Anne and Dave is insanely fabulous!
I love how your husband complements you so well. You're the scientist testing crazy ideas, and he is the daredevil that is curious and tries all your experiments.
I hope you two have a long happy marriage.
Please keep doing more videos like this! Your channel is gold.
I appreciate Annes morale integrity. I really respect her for her honesty and commitment.
Oh my god the 5 different logo'd shirts, staining + washing each one individually, the stop motion animation to show the results... sublime. So much work went into this and it looks so effortless, amazing video.
I was searching for this comment. You are so right!! It's amazing!
Around 7:30 I love your dedication to the truth
Anne, you always put so much effort in your videos, it's amazing and very informative! Thank you 💓
You should teach science to children, in schools! Your experiments are always so cool and well prepared! Lots of love, from Romania!
I'm a Science teacher and would definitely have Ann in my classroom. May or may not show this video and other How To Cook That videos when we start learning about experiments etc
Had to rewind to enjoy this moment multiple times. Dave: "This is a very convenient hack, Ann. I'm surprised that not everyone does this " So funny!
This one made me laugh too
I was thinking they missed a big step when the people made that hack video because they forgot to tell people that you need a Dave to open the concrete shell!
Great work! The stop motion earned you a sub from me. Thanks for your dedication and attention to details
The stain remover segment of this video was so interesting, I’m amazed it isn’t even mentioned in the title! Advertise the goods, Mrs. Reardon! 😂