you know how soft drink cans slightly expand when they get shaken.. what happens if one is in resin and then put onto a paint shaker? will it crack the resin with expansion, will it expand at all?
@@BensWorx or you could put something in the middle of the resin while it cures, like half of a plastic egg with weight in it or a ping-pong ball with a skewer in one side of it sort of cut and taped level with the top of the cup to keep it half submerged
If your pressure pot is made of Aluminium be careful with Gallium around it. Gallium will leech into Aluminium and weaken it. Even just touching it with some on your hands can cause this effect. You don't want a weak pressure pot.
@@ChiseledDiamond I don't believe that it is entirely illegal necessarily, but there are obviously restrictions for how much and what it can be stored in. When stored in a proper container, it shouldn't be a problem because it can't come into contact with the metal that the aircraft is made out of.
Fun fact about Gallium... in Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Gallium was used for the scene where he shattered the T-1000 after it was soaked in liquid nitrogen then started to reform. The part where the heat from the mill melted the frozen parts of the T1000 was Gallium under a heat lamp.
Another fun fact is that Robert Patrick improvised the moment when the T-1000 walked through the bars in the jail. The door was supposed to be open, but the actor surprised the cast and crew by melting his body into liquid gallium, and walking through the bars.
Dying in a dishwasher would be an awful way to go. You're locked in a tiny space, with low amount of oxygen, being sprayed by scalding hot water, being slowly cooked while being unable to easily breathe due to the heavy, humid and hot air. Even worse if it has a heating element as your skin will be in contact with it, scorching you without end. What a painful, slow and morbid way to die... I just checked, there has been at least one confirmed case of a person that died from climbing into a dishwasher. A woman climbed into a dishwasher to commit suicide, the cause of death was scalding and asphyxiation. More common cases of death by dishwasher are actually when someone falls on knives that were placed in dishwasher, now those are pretty common.
@@THESLlCK Don't ask me, ask the people who are so desperate to get Darwin's award. I merely looked up info relating to dishwasher deaths and fished out only true and confirmed cases and to my amazement, there's way too many dishwasher related deaths and injuries, and as we all know those which you can find info on on the internet are in minority, meaning the numbers are probably way higher in terms of dishwasher related injuries, at least the minor ones.
Cast the chunks in UV resin first, THEN cast those in regular resin. That way when the gallium melts, the metal stays in the UV resin shells instead of pooling at the bottom. I dunno if that'll work, but it would make an awesome experiment!!
@@BensWorx The burn sport was kind of predictable, as that might have been a spot in the resin that hadn't fully cured yet, and it was soft enough that the molecules reacted to being jostled by the microwave. It might be something to try re-creating again.
You should take that burn spot and make a sphere out of it. I think that would look really cool. Maybe you could do more tests with the microwave using different colors.
Also gallume makes really cool weird tendril type things when you add it to aluminum you could cast a small aluminum plate into the first pour then shine it up put the gallume on it and pour the second and see if they grow and get preserved by the resin
If you wanted to try this again, you could cast the bottom first, then cast some walls around the edge before putting the gallium in. That way, you have a barrier to keep the gallium from puddling all the way out to the edges, and could turn the thing afterwards if you wanted to. Oh, really cool (but a lot of work) would be to do multiple layers of resin, each one with a randomly melted shape of gallium.
Mercury is poisonous though, much more dangerous to handle than Gallium. And the fumes from heated Mercury are ALSO dangerous to breathe. It SOUNDS cool and all, but I honestly don't think it's worth the risk, especially since it will just react the same as melted Gallium does. The Mad Hatter was based on REAL hatters that went mad from exposure to Mercury used in the hat making process. NO BUENO!
Mercury is reletively safe in its non-diluted liquid form. They are definitely right about the heat, and fumes not being worth it :(. Cody's Lab explains a lot about mercury on his channel. Something cool to check out while waiting on the next Vid from Ben :)
this gives me ideas! I watched a video where they cast a mold inside another mold with resin - essentially creating a void to make snow globes. Make a smaller version for a pendant with gallium inside it :D
I’m fascinated with that burn mark. It reminds me of a tiny sun. It would be interesting to see if you can replicate that effect and incorporate it into one of your eggs. Great viddy Ben!
gallium has some pretty high surface tension so that's probably why it didn't flow out. also it's ever so slightly more dense as a solid than a liquid (as opposed to water) so there wouldn't be any room for it to flow inside the resin!
I just watched “How Ridiculous”s latest vid and it gave me a thought with you. I would LOVE to see you create one of your cool scenes in a resin bowling ball!
Gallium is amazing stuff!! I was thinking so making some earrings in a mould with it then I thought “der ... it will melt in the ears”!! What a nitwit I am!!
I actually love the little puddles of gallium suspended in that mold, even more with the little burn mark above. That would make a cool egg, or sphere!
could you try freezing the gallium before putting it in resin. Gallium expands when cooled so you should get flow in a slightly larger cavity. awesome work please keep it up.
You know that part of a scary movie when you are sure the jump is coming. You are staring hard because you know something is going to happen. Sure it looks innocuous, but you know better. That's what pot cam is like. Love your videos!
9:40 its the vacum rule, like dipping a straw in liquid sealing the open end and pulling it out. the lack of equal pressure is causing it to be pushed in by the outside gas
Congrats to Dennis 66 I was expecting that with the Gallium but not for it just to sit there after you put it in the microwave an heated it up! I was expecting a puddle on the microwave dish as that is normally what happens with molten metal (I should know I melt metal for a living and had a few crucibles fail on me! 🤦♂️) Keep up the good work and I will see you on the next Project.
Here I am, minding my own business - checking my email before bed. Along comes a notification from TH-cam, it's Ben ... playing with Galium! Well, Mr. Ben, when I'm tired and late for work tomorrow I'm holding you personally responsible! Thanks for sharing :)
I just watched a Techience vid on TH-cam & the guy just put a little bit on a jam jar,popped it in the microwave for a min & pretty much nothing happened there either! 🤔Love your experiments ♥️
I think the back pressure won't let it flow out. Very cool though. You should definitely do something on the lathe with it. I'd also like to soo you do something with burnt spot, that would be cool. Like maybe a sphere with that spot in the middle like the sun.
Hey, Ben, thanks for the excellent content! Interesting video and it spawns an idea for another resin experiment and a video. We really enjoy when you try new stuff and we do some resin casting ourselves and you have taught us much! It looks like the microwave possibly heated the resin block starting from the middle! What if you cast a block with several old style mercury thermometers with the bases at different points. The potcam would be extremely interesting and you could put that into the microwave and test the idea that the block heats from the middle first. Just a crazy idea and, if I understand how your job works, a big part of it is merely thinking of stuff that would be interesting to watch. If you use this idea, how cool is that, if not it's an idea for your idea bin. Keep up the good work!
Cast a cup of clear resin and put it in the microwave for various times and see what kind of burn patterns you get. Also try it from different places on the plate rather than center!!
Be cool if you could suspend something ike a top in resin but have swirling lines around it. Childs spinning top toy. Not sure what theyre called down under or by the British.
For filming the inside of a microwave, you can do camera tricks, or another way is drill a hole smaller than 6cm in diameter and use a cell phone camera to film. Steve Mould details these in his "How to film the inside of a microwave" video
I think you need to make a hollow resin with a small hole that you can plug easily. And then carve it into a sphere so it can be heated just by holding onto it. 💖
Could you perhaps make a first layer of resin with a bowl shape, fill that with gallium and some heavy (heavier than resin) transparent liquid (mineral oil, perhaps?), then cover that with resin? Once cured: cool coaster and fidget toy! You should also try cleaning the metal! Impurities tend to float to the surface, making it look dirty, but can be relatively easily scooped off. Once clean, it should look like a T1000! :D Another idea, perhaps try this with a ferrofluid, or casting a ferrofluid formation as a mold?
Bit of a thought; what if you just made a big cuppa resin and stuck it in the microwave for a really long time? It could be interesting to see either how much you could burn or if it eventually loses integrity. Keep up the good work!
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So how about Mercury?
You could try freezing the Gallium in and small crust of water, and see if the ice will let it keep its shape as it compresses
you know how soft drink cans slightly expand when they get shaken.. what happens if one is in resin and then put onto a paint shaker? will it crack the resin with expansion, will it expand at all?
What is the name of that tune at5:50? I looked for it TH-cam music samples but no luck. Answered thanks
I think you could make a cool multi layered with the gallium
Carve a shape into a solid chunk of resin then fill that shape with gallium. The pour more resin over the top.
It'd either have to be Rooster or possibly Eiffel Tower shaped being that it's equally named for Gaul and the common chicken (Gallus Gallus).
I like it 👍
And add a tiny bit of colored water. That will make the flowing more visible and have one side of the gallium free from (not sticking to) the resin. 🤓
Or put the gallium in a Little box then do what you said
@@BensWorx or you could put something in the middle of the resin while it cures, like half of a plastic egg with weight in it or a ping-pong ball with a skewer in one side of it sort of cut and taped level with the top of the cup to keep it half submerged
If your pressure pot is made of Aluminium be careful with Gallium around it. Gallium will leech into Aluminium and weaken it. Even just touching it with some on your hands can cause this effect. You don't want a weak pressure pot.
Thanks for the tip mate
@@ChiseledDiamond Yes exactly. I forgot about that. Thanks!
@@ChiseledDiamond I don't believe that it is entirely illegal necessarily, but there are obviously restrictions for how much and what it can be stored in. When stored in a proper container, it shouldn't be a problem because it can't come into contact with the metal that the aircraft is made out of.
This is only true when the oxide layer of Aluminium is gone
@@bababoule66 Yep, I tested it out on a pull tab from a soda can, I needed to scratch it under the gallium before anything would happen.
Fun fact about Gallium... in Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Gallium was used for the scene where he shattered the T-1000 after it was soaked in liquid nitrogen then started to reform. The part where the heat from the mill melted the frozen parts of the T1000 was Gallium under a heat lamp.
Thanks for the info mate 👍
Another fun fact is that Robert Patrick improvised the moment when the T-1000 walked through the bars in the jail. The door was supposed to be open, but the actor surprised the cast and crew by melting his body into liquid gallium, and walking through the bars.
WillysLhead134 that’s crazy, I knew Robert Patrick to be a very dedicated actor but to turn himself into gallium and then melt is insane!
@@robertdevito5001 ha ha ha!
I love how all the names of the patreon supporters where all normal. Then deathbydishwasher pops up :)
😂
Dying in a dishwasher would be an awful way to go. You're locked in a tiny space, with low amount of oxygen, being sprayed by scalding hot water, being slowly cooked while being unable to easily breathe due to the heavy, humid and hot air. Even worse if it has a heating element as your skin will be in contact with it, scorching you without end. What a painful, slow and morbid way to die... I just checked, there has been at least one confirmed case of a person that died from climbing into a dishwasher. A woman climbed into a dishwasher to commit suicide, the cause of death was scalding and asphyxiation. More common cases of death by dishwasher are actually when someone falls on knives that were placed in dishwasher, now those are pretty common.
@@LordDragox412 ummm.. ok
@@LordDragox412 WE FOUND HIM
Edit: who in the heck puts knives facing UP in their dishwasher??
@@THESLlCK Don't ask me, ask the people who are so desperate to get Darwin's award. I merely looked up info relating to dishwasher deaths and fished out only true and confirmed cases and to my amazement, there's way too many dishwasher related deaths and injuries, and as we all know those which you can find info on on the internet are in minority, meaning the numbers are probably way higher in terms of dishwasher related injuries, at least the minor ones.
I love the experiments that you do they are always so intriguing.
Thanks Casey 😊
Cast the chunks in UV resin first, THEN cast those in regular resin. That way when the gallium melts, the metal stays in the UV resin shells instead of pooling at the bottom. I dunno if that'll work, but it would make an awesome experiment!!
Nice idea 👍
I don't know how I stumbled upon you, but binging your videos made my night! Thank you!
That stuff is fun to play with. I have some, had a great time playing with it with my kids.
Yeah definitely 👍
Thanks Ben, that was very interesting to watch. I always enjoy your experiments.
Thanks Susan 😊
That was really cool. That burn spot is odd but very cool to see.
Thanks Mate, yeah pretty crazy
@@BensWorx The burn sport was kind of predictable, as that might have been a spot in the resin that hadn't fully cured yet, and it was soft enough that the molecules reacted to being jostled by the microwave. It might be something to try re-creating again.
You should take that burn spot and make a sphere out of it. I think that would look really cool. Maybe you could do more tests with the microwave using different colors.
Great idea
I like this experiment Ben
Thanks Mark 😊
I‘m here after watching you put an ice cube in epoxy resin. You‘re awesome, I subscribed!
Thanks Mate and welcome to my channel :)
Also gallume makes really cool weird tendril type things when you add it to aluminum you could cast a small aluminum plate into the first pour then shine it up put the gallume on it and pour the second and see if they grow and get preserved by the resin
Okay that was lovely... telling us to check out something interesting in the pod cam and it was thanking people ❤️ the right kind of clickbait
A nice idea could be to turn the burnt spot on the resin, i think it could become a nice sphere with an amazing efect.
The was great, thanks! Shame about the wee bug that was a pretty one 😁 👍
Thanks Alison, yeah it was so good
Do it the same way you did the ice. Wait until it was very thick. Then push the gallium in. Pouring the resin over it encased it.
The problem is gallume is very heavy compared to ice
Another daring experiment, Ben. It's always fun to see you try something new. Take care.
Bill
Thanks Bill 😊
Very cool, Ben! Would you care to try casting bismuth crystals? I’ll be trying it in the next six months but it would be good to see it before then.
Thanks Mate, I’ll see what I can do
the round shape of the resin might have made it act like a lens and that's what caused the burn mark, Idk just guessing
Yeah that could be it
If you wanted to try this again, you could cast the bottom first, then cast some walls around the edge before putting the gallium in. That way, you have a barrier to keep the gallium from puddling all the way out to the edges, and could turn the thing afterwards if you wanted to. Oh, really cool (but a lot of work) would be to do multiple layers of resin, each one with a randomly melted shape of gallium.
THANK YOOOU, So excited to see this be done. So glad to see that you listen to your viewers for ideas
Cool video with the effects on Gallium 👍
Thankyou 😊
The burn Mark is from the microwave. Gallium will melt, but it also has some pretty high surface tension so it won’t exactly flow.
This was such a cool experiment!! Keep up the great work!!
Thankyou 😊
YAY for a new video! Hi Ben! 👋🏼
Thanks Kate wave 👋😊
Try to use the microwave burn spot for an effect in a future casting 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
OMG. Gallium pretty much close Mercury. Can't wait for the mercury video if you are making one.
Mercury is poisonous though, much more dangerous to handle than Gallium. And the fumes from heated Mercury are ALSO dangerous to breathe. It SOUNDS cool and all, but I honestly don't think it's worth the risk, especially since it will just react the same as melted Gallium does.
The Mad Hatter was based on REAL hatters that went mad from exposure to Mercury used in the hat making process. NO BUENO!
@@juliebaker6969 yes I really agree with you. But isn't mercury gonna be covered inside resin? Isn't that gonna stop those harmful fumes.
@@HarnaiDigital I don't know how it would react. But if it flowed to the edge of the resin like the melted Gallium did, it COULD be problematic.
Mercury is reletively safe in its non-diluted liquid form. They are definitely right about the heat, and fumes not being worth it :(. Cody's Lab explains a lot about mercury on his channel. Something cool to check out while waiting on the next Vid from Ben :)
I loved watching this one! I love experiments!
Thanks Tracy 😊
this gives me ideas! I watched a video where they cast a mold inside another mold with resin - essentially creating a void to make snow globes. Make a smaller version for a pendant with gallium inside it :D
That's still really cool looking!
Thankyou 😊
The coolest! The burn mark concerns me, though. Be careful that you don’t release any volatile gasses in the micro wave. Cool, though!
Thanks Ellen, yeah it’s pretty crazy
Wonderful experiment. I learn something new every day.
That was a fun little experiment, Ben! And congrats to Danny on winning the contest! 👍
No idea why TH-cam recommended this but I’ve never subscribed so fast. I need this resin art in my life.
I'm so happy this video is made!
I really thought coz of the low melting point of the gallium it would create interesting shapes or fractures. Thanks for the video ❤
Great idea!
I’m fascinated with that burn mark. It reminds me of a tiny sun. It would be interesting to see if you can replicate that effect and incorporate it into one of your eggs. Great viddy Ben!
Thanks Max, yes it’s definitely worth replicating 👍
The burn is caused by the standing wave in the microwave.
Yes new video never been this early
Thanks Mate 👍
gallium has some pretty high surface tension so that's probably why it didn't flow out. also it's ever so slightly more dense as a solid than a liquid (as opposed to water) so there wouldn't be any room for it to flow inside the resin!
I just watched “How Ridiculous”s latest vid and it gave me a thought with you. I would LOVE to see you create one of your cool scenes in a resin bowling ball!
That would be cool
That was so Awesome!!!!!!! Thanks Ben another brilliant project, and so inspiring as well!! Nice one cobba👍👍
Woo hoo Ben! Loved the video.
Thanks Kathy 😊
Gallium is amazing stuff!! I was thinking so making some earrings in a mould with it then I thought “der ... it will melt in the ears”!! What a nitwit I am!!
Another great experiment, Ben! Loved it!
Thanks Martin 😊
loved it.. that was a great experiment.. need see more of these.. great job...
I actually love the little puddles of gallium suspended in that mold, even more with the little burn mark above. That would make a cool egg, or sphere!
could you try freezing the gallium before putting it in resin. Gallium expands when cooled so you should get flow in a slightly larger cavity. awesome work please keep it up.
Very cool! Can’t wait till next week!!!
Thanks Cerise 😊
@@BensWorx welcome!
Gallium is amazing stuff!
You know that part of a scary movie when you are sure the jump is coming. You are staring hard because you know something is going to happen. Sure it looks innocuous, but you know better. That's what pot cam is like. Love your videos!
Very interesting outcome.
9:40 its the vacum rule, like dipping a straw in liquid sealing the open end and pulling it out. the lack of equal pressure is causing it to be pushed in by the outside gas
During the 40x speed that’s the same tune Klesh uses for his gold panning vids. Super chill and great music!
Congrats to the winner
You could take a figure and pace a chunk of gallium on top and get a shot of it melting onto it in the resin!
Congrats to Dennis 66 I was expecting that with the Gallium but not for it just to sit there after you put it in the microwave an heated it up! I was expecting a puddle on the microwave dish as that is normally what happens with molten metal (I should know I melt metal for a living and had a few crucibles fail on me! 🤦♂️) Keep up the good work and I will see you on the next Project.
Thanks John 😊 yeah me too
The burnspot could be made into a keychain, necklace or simply a cool small globe!
Here I am, minding my own business - checking my email before bed. Along comes a notification from TH-cam, it's Ben ... playing with Galium! Well, Mr. Ben, when I'm tired and late for work tomorrow I'm holding you personally responsible!
Thanks for sharing :)
It would be awesome to see you revisit this and do it in layers try to sculpt a tree or something with the gallium and resin!
Wow gallium resin bullets would be like weighted and deadly when in the body ya know metal in the blood ain’t to good
I just watched a Techience vid on TH-cam & the guy just put a little bit on a jam jar,popped it in the microwave for a min & pretty much nothing happened there either! 🤔Love your experiments ♥️
I reckon that burn spot would look pretty cool in the center of a sphere.
Wow that was super interesting 🤯 Think you need to get a white scientist coat Ben 😜 ❣
Thanks Mand, I think so 😂
@@bobdavis5216 my thoughts exactly 😁
Looks like the Terminator's finger 😆
😂
I think the back pressure won't let it flow out. Very cool though. You should definitely do something on the lathe with it. I'd also like to soo you do something with burnt spot, that would be cool. Like maybe a sphere with that spot in the middle like the sun.
Now that I think of it, a solar system would be a cool project. Very time consuming tho lol
i think if you can keep that in the center it would look really cool turned and polished.
I actually was wondering about gallium and resin! Cool
That's really a nice clear resin. Maybe put it on the lathe while the gallium is melted; the cetrifugal force should fling it out!
Gallium has always interested me, pretty cool to see you do an experiment with it^^ great video Ben
Hey, Ben, thanks for the excellent content! Interesting video and it spawns an idea for another resin experiment and a video. We really enjoy when you try new stuff and we do some resin casting ourselves and you have taught us much! It looks like the microwave possibly heated the resin block starting from the middle! What if you cast a block with several old style mercury thermometers with the bases at different points. The potcam would be extremely interesting and you could put that into the microwave and test the idea that the block heats from the middle first. Just a crazy idea and, if I understand how your job works, a big part of it is merely thinking of stuff that would be interesting to watch. If you use this idea, how cool is that, if not it's an idea for your idea bin. Keep up the good work!
Congratulations to Dennis, cool video tonight
Can you cast ferro fluid, on a magnet.
Use clear fishing line to suspend it in the middle
My mistake; that's just iron shavings, not proper ferrofluid. Ferrofluid would be really cool to see
If you poured resin in the cup at an angle three times, you’d end up with a pyramidal base. Then the gallium would take that shape when it melts
That burn spot would make a cool project, ☀️
Cast a cup of clear resin and put it in the microwave for various times and see what kind of burn patterns you get. Also try it from different places on the plate rather than center!!
Extremely interesting experiments. DO MORE.
Love it, recon what would happen if you waited to put the melted in until after the epoxy starts setting
What about having a rod of gallium in the center with coloured cubes of resin around it?
Only been watching this channel for a couple day wish I could’ve got that shifter knob
Put all your stickers inside for pot cam it works well.
look up making plasma under a beeker by mile red that's what happened and maybe an epic vid somehow init if u think of anything
Good content :) keep up the great work
Thankyou 😊
Wonder how it would go without using the pressure pot.... would it still collapse?
It would be interesting
That was really cool! The melted gallium reminds me of mercury.
I actually expected it to be all runny on the bottom - but a great little project none the less.💜
I could pick up that burnt spot when not was just against your skin. I wonder if that could be useful in some way, maybe to make a cool pattern
I think so 👍
Be cool if you could suspend something ike a top in resin but have swirling lines around it. Childs spinning top toy. Not sure what theyre called down under or by the British.
an egg/sphere with that burn mark in the middle could look really cool
Make a solid gallium shape then put inside resin with a hole then let it harden and melt galium out of it
For filming the inside of a microwave, you can do camera tricks, or another way is drill a hole smaller than 6cm in diameter and use a cell phone camera to film. Steve Mould details these in his "How to film the inside of a microwave" video
I think you need to make a hollow resin with a small hole that you can plug easily. And then carve it into a sphere so it can be heated just by holding onto it. 💖
You've trapped the sun, by George! Cool experiment.
Man I was hoping I’d get the wasp shift knob to put on my wasp yellow nova. oh well, better luck next time!
Sorry mate, I’ll have to make some more
Could you perhaps make a first layer of resin with a bowl shape, fill that with gallium and some heavy (heavier than resin) transparent liquid (mineral oil, perhaps?), then cover that with resin? Once cured: cool coaster and fidget toy!
You should also try cleaning the metal! Impurities tend to float to the surface, making it look dirty, but can be relatively easily scooped off. Once clean, it should look like a T1000! :D
Another idea, perhaps try this with a ferrofluid, or casting a ferrofluid formation as a mold?
You should make 2 sun catchers out of this piece!
Bit of a thought; what if you just made a big cuppa resin and stuck it in the microwave for a really long time? It could be interesting to see either how much you could burn or if it eventually loses integrity. Keep up the good work!