HOW TO MAKE CLEAR ICE CUBES AT HOME (HACK)

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5 жыл бұрын

More clear ice tricks... this time, an easy way to make clear ice cubes. Let me know how you go

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@Sldejo 3 жыл бұрын

Took an empty Pringle’s single plastic chip container. Bore a hole in the bottom with the end of a potato peeler, put it in a gigantic coffee mug and filled it with plain tap water. My clear Pringle shaped ice cube for my sweet ice tea (no alcohol) is excellent. 💪🏾🥤

@TatumBorealis 2 жыл бұрын

How practical!! Thank you for this!

@DeanCallan 2 жыл бұрын

That’s so good!

@HansDelbruck53 13 күн бұрын

I don't have a potato peeler.

@carlosquintanilla3700 5 жыл бұрын

Best video for Clear ice. Thanks m8

@robertslocum2555 3 жыл бұрын

You can also use a .223 or 5.56mm spent casing to hammer a hole through silicone

@iamwho2you1 2 жыл бұрын

Probably the best explanation/visual of this method!

@ProfessorEd00 5 жыл бұрын

Your approach worked like a charm! My clearest batch of clear ice cubes ever. Thanks!

@DeanCallan 5 жыл бұрын

Ed Beverly great! Glad to hear ;-)

@UniqueisUnity 2 жыл бұрын

What a koy/charming video, man. Keep up the good work.

@user-uu8lf9de8m 2 жыл бұрын

Such a nice guy plesent to watch

@sharpanddapper 4 жыл бұрын

Nice one Dean!

@IbbyJ2311 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@nickmorgan5679 5 жыл бұрын

easily best video out there so (clear) on how to make ..no pun intended there :) keep up the good work

@DeanCallan 5 жыл бұрын

yammyKiller thank you!

@bassfanbob 8 күн бұрын

THANKS ... 👍👍👍

@judydyer Жыл бұрын

charming guy....he must do great as a bartender.

@saltydog4787 Жыл бұрын

Love your work BTN ... That "insulated" container ... have you just stuck aluminium foil to the outside??? I'm intrigued because I'm wondering if a small cooler really makes that much difference as you seem to get the same results with your "COOLER" Many thanks

@DeanCallan Жыл бұрын

I now use a small cooler box from a Amazon if I’m needing to make my own ice, at the time of making this video I wasn’t able to find one and had sort of added insulation (the silver stuff is bubble insulation) to a tub I was using that fit my freezer. As I was discovering that Reverse osmosis, boiled water etc wasn’t going to do the job I started insulating the container more and more. The insulation was bought online from Amazon and is actually really good insulation.

@yaronskp 3 жыл бұрын

Can you cover the top of the bucket with thin nylon layer to prevent bad freezer smells?

@DeanCallan 3 жыл бұрын

I guess you could wrap it with cling film? As long as there’s a difference in insulation between the bottom, sides and the top it’ll work.

@ReQuiem_2099 3 жыл бұрын

For about $50 worth of materials, i built a cooler system that gave me 36 1.75” cubes of progressively clearer cubes per freeze, with the bottom stack of 12 getting all of the cloud.

@DeanCallan 3 жыл бұрын

Joe K nice!

@Kukadin 2 жыл бұрын

That sounds like a 2 mil view vid right there, get them returns

@flair_projectsb 3 жыл бұрын

Great video mate. How do you store clear ice? I need to make a bunch and store it for events!

@mafiacat88 3 жыл бұрын

Been a bit, but if you're still curious just crack it out and stick it in a bag or something before chucking it back in the freezer. Once its already frozen you've pretty much "tempered" it, it won't pick up any impurities-as long as it stays frozen, it stays clear. It WILL pick up a frost around the outside, but once it gets wet it'll clear up again (or if you really want you can shave the sides with a knife or something to make it nice). Also also, if it makes a difference, if you've got larger cubes and you put them in a room temp drink right out of the freezer, they'll crack. If you just leave them on the counter for a few minutes, they won't.

@franknosalek6060 Жыл бұрын

@@mafiacat88 I use cheap fold-top sandwich bags from Walmart. Then I drop individual (or groups of) cubes into a cardboard box in the freezer. Works great, have been doing this for many years.

@AtlasVRC 3 жыл бұрын

a cigar punch might work better to make your holes in the ice tray

@DeanCallan 3 жыл бұрын

For sure! It’s funny because I’d done that before and it worked first time, but you turn on a camera…

@joanna7350 Ай бұрын

how long do you wait before putting them in a drink so they won't crack?

@midnightfury4584 28 күн бұрын

When it doesn’t look frosty it’s ready to go.

@brianbecnel 3 жыл бұрын

Just found your video. Your tutorial is prob the best/easiest to replicate using the silicone trays. You started to say WHY you were punching the holes then moved onto the demo. I don't think you went back to say the WHY. If I understood HOW you put your trays in your cooler, they are actually NOT resting on the bottom therefore allowing the water to freeze below the tray rather being blocked by the bottom. Is this accurate?

@DeanCallan 3 жыл бұрын

Brian Becnel the reason for the holes is so that as the water freezes from top down, the particulate and air is forced down and out through the holes into a cavity below. The key is to have the silicon trays suspended above the bottom of the cooler box so that the silicon cube trays freeze, but there is still unfrozen water below that can absorb the air and particulate!

@brianbecnel 3 жыл бұрын

@@DeanCallan Brilliant! My cubes are 97% clear using silicone and I can absolutely see how the suspended tray with the hole will bring them to 100%. Thanks for the very quick reply!

@DeanCallan 3 жыл бұрын

Brian Becnel thank you for supporting! I think I’ll update this video and make a more “clear” and concise one!

@brianbecnel 3 жыл бұрын

@@DeanCallan I'll be looking forward to it. Quick side note: I'm excited to learn this process initially for a photographic project but also if I can host my annual holiday cocktail party in this pandemic, having clear ice will be amazing. (if you'd like to see the image I created using your process minus the holes in the silicone, you can kinda see the very bottom of the ice where it's not 100% clear with this practice batch...photos.app.goo.gl/sjZxhWL7Cru3yjtv6 )

@JOLeger-gf6fb Ай бұрын

I agree. The videos DOES NOT clearly state that the silicone tray have to off the bottom for this to work. You can see it when the frozen trays are taken out of the cooler but it should have more clearly stated when the trays are being put in. In order for this to work, there has to be room at the bottom of the container as when the water freezes in an insulated container (ie from the the top down) it needs room to push the contaminants...which is what makes ice cloudy. I think I am going to try this with an actual cooler (not a DIY box) and prop up the trays on a wire rack.

@julianbell9586 2 жыл бұрын

Clearer now on why you need the holes... And why suspended from the bottom of the tray.. Could you not just rest it on some thing. (Dice? Lego bricks?) and then you could make small batches at a time (home freezer so not the freezer space available as you have in a bar)?

@DeanCallan 2 жыл бұрын

The idea of suspending the trays is so that there is a void below where the air and impurities are pushed. This allows the ice formed at the top to be clear.

@TheBlackbelair Жыл бұрын

It would seem that after filling your trays with water and letting it sit on the counter for maybe 20 minutes before putting it in the freezer would allow more time for the impurities to settle through the holes.

@michaelshanahan4965 7 ай бұрын

Impurities go to the bottom when freezing not sitting.

@DeanCallan 2 ай бұрын

Yeah it's more that the water freezes in one direction due to the insulation on 5/6 sides. this means that the impurities and air are pushed away from the side that is freezing as it freezes. Making the Ice clear until the point that it eventually freezes all the trapped air and impurities.

@tarafirman8671 Жыл бұрын

You could heat it and then insert it threw the plastic possibly

@DeanCallan Жыл бұрын

This worked perfectly maybe 16 or so times when I punctured the holes into the previous version, must have blunted the edge of the pourer 🤦‍♂️

@MeyerBeats 2 жыл бұрын

If Heston blumenthal was a bartender

@johnny5240 5 жыл бұрын

Link to the ice box?

@DeanCallan 5 жыл бұрын

The boxes I was building kept cracking on me as the ice expanded so I have started using this and it works well for it's size! www.ultimateoutdoors.com/equipment/119052-coleman-fliplid-6-cooler-blue.html/1543802/?Google&Shopping&istCompanyId=415fd961-0fbe-471a-8d25-aa4bf950e4dc&istFeedId=3287f15f-80da-4a73-a88d-add9cd484610&istItemId=wmrqqwiwx&istBid=tztx&gclid=Cj0KCQjw9JzoBRDjARIsAGcdIDWGPS3D9v2_J-Eod8WHkJWcv8q7pS3sQQjjVsshYPtiXXu-bAMxuGwaArS_EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

@yashbrew 3 жыл бұрын

@@DeanCallan link not working !😭

@DeanCallan 3 жыл бұрын

@@yashbrew Coleman Performance 6 Personal Cooler, 4 Litre, Small Cool Box for Food and Drinks, Robust Ice Box Suitable for 6 Small Cans, Robust and Sturdy, Stays up to 9 Hours Cool, Lightweight Cooler www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000IBWI42/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_0Q6EGS0DXFE8SFKVST2G

@DeltaTristar500 Жыл бұрын

What's the best way to store clear ice? Just place them in a plastic bag in the freezer?

@midnightfury4584 28 күн бұрын

Yes, but before you do that, once they’re out of the mold, freeze them for 15 minutes or more and make sure they don’t touch so they don’t freeze together. Then you can place them in a ziplock bag.

@snowman01 4 жыл бұрын

Can't tell if this guy's accent is pom, South African, Aussie, or what?

@DeanCallan 4 жыл бұрын

Snowman I was born in Ireland, but have lived in Australia for 12 years, China for 2, LONDON for 10 years and the rest in Ireland ;-)

@frankgenner782 2 жыл бұрын

Stainless steel straw?

@DeanCallan 2 жыл бұрын

Not sure what you mean by this?

@frankgenner782 2 жыл бұрын

@@DeanCallan to make the little holes in the bottom of the tray

@DeanCallan 2 жыл бұрын

@@frankgenner782 oh yeah for sure! Honestly I’d done that in the past and it worked so easily!

@MrGlobaldave1 2 жыл бұрын

a lot of work for clear cubes that just melt in your drink. Most are too drunk to know the diff after a few. Just saying.

@DeanCallan 2 жыл бұрын

I actually agree, I’ve updated how I make them a lot, but now as I use so much more I’m buying them in.

@user-or1kd8ib4h 2 жыл бұрын

有没有保温箱制作教程

@mrdobalina3451 2 жыл бұрын

What a gronk

@DeanCallan 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@that_.x._kewin 3 жыл бұрын

Simply just take boiled water 😂😂😂😂

@DeanCallan 3 жыл бұрын

You’re a genius! Clinebell (who charge $6500 for a block ice machine) are going to go out of business now that you’ve solved clear ice! clinebellequipment.com/pages/s-35-block-ice-maker

@gemkaur4433 2 жыл бұрын

And what do u do with the boiler water?

@TheNdoyle 2 жыл бұрын

Your bar, where you're working there, need a good scrub. From our perspective we can see it's pretty dirty.

@DeanCallan 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it got a bit of a beating, also the brass drip trays are tarnished quite unevenly there so they look super dirty but it’s really more the shine is missing in areas.

@beingaddy 4 жыл бұрын

Good you have another job...if you were depending on KZfaq money...u'll starve....

@DeanCallan 4 жыл бұрын

Being Addy 😂you’re not wrong!

@DeanCallan 4 жыл бұрын

Being Addy not even monetised the channel 😂

@hdb80 Жыл бұрын

What a pain in the butt.

@DeanCallan Жыл бұрын

I know! I’ve got a better system now as this videos a bit dated. Need to update this!

@midnightfury4584 28 күн бұрын

Sure is. But barring spending hundreds or even thousands of dollars on a clear ice machine or something, making clear ice like this becomes more or less a hobby. I like it. Especially when I have a house event on the way.