Hey, I'm Josh Clark and
this is "Brain Stuff."
And have you ever been
like, look at this ice.
This is terrible ice.
I can't even see through it.
It's disgusting.
How do I make clear ice?
Well, I'm here to tell you.
Have you ever seen an icicle
dripping off of a house?
It's pretty clear, right?
Well, the reason why
is because icicles
form from melted snow,
which is relatively pure.
That's part one.
Part two is that icicles
form as water drips down.
It's a constant flow
of dripping water,
so the ice forms in layers,
rather than all at once-- which
means that you have fewer
impurities and less air trapped
inside.
If you look inside like
a commercial ice maker--
one that makes
really clear ice--
you're going to
find that they're
using pretty pure water.
And they're making it over
like a plate or a grid
that water flows
over constantly,
so the ice is made
in layers and then
breaks off into little cubes.
Now if you don't want to shell
out $40 grand from what I hear,
for a commercial ice maker
that makes totally clear ice,
you can try making it at home.
Try this.
Take a little distilled water.
It has fewer impurities.
And then boil it.
You're going to boil
out all the air--
get all the air
bubbles out of it.
So it's like pretty much you
have the makings of an icicle
right there in a pot.
Then you want to freeze it
in little bits of layers
if you can-- or at the very
least, just little bits,
like say a disc.
And then you'll have
pretty clear ice.
And then your life
will be complete.
And you can thank me.
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