A simple experiment, using only a microwave, a plate, and a bar of Ivory Soap. Try it yourself!
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We’ve got a regular Mr. Wizard here!
Instead of washing the mouths of potty-mouthed children out with soap, good parents can now punish their children by making them eat the dreaded Ivory soap souffle…
Cool experiment!
I think we have a new medium for abstract art . . . . .
what is that?
a soap that came from another planet?!?!?!?
Where did you hear about these two “experiments”? The microwaving was really cool. Who knew that that could happen.
Evan (http://e-vlog.blogspot.com)
WE have VELVET soap in OZ..it is microwave proof. (slimes not souffles)…found at bottom of ocean ..definitely not a floater.
Love you Josh LeO..smile eminator extraordinaire
Craggles
Huh. Thanks for the lesson; I’ve been using Ivory soap for years and didn’t know any of that. Now I have to go home and microwave a bar.
Josh, I think you should do a segment every now and then where you microwave a new random object. Next episode.. something metal.
We did that a long time ago, not sure if we used ivory or not. We also put a few CDs in the microwave… that gets interesting, but I wouldn’t advise doing that in a microwave inside your house.
I’m going to the store right now for some Ivory…I want a soap soufflee!! What else can you microwave that sort of explodes safely…Twinkies, perhaps?
If you had any guts, you would have demonstrated the soap soufflé in the shower!
WHOA! That was awesome!
I wanna do that. But I only have Dove & Irish Spring bar soap.
Does it work with either of those, or is it exclusively for Ivory?
Mmm… that looked delicious. Can you eat Ivory soap too?
Bill Nye, Jr.?
I particularly enjoyed the moment when you almost tasted the soap!–a force of habit, I can imagine, for anything coming out of the microwave.
Soap dough? Not really–soap is basically lye and oil mixed together in a balanced ratio. Rachel and I make our own . . . we’ll have to do a vlog on that some day (when we’re actually living under the same roof again!!!)
Interesting.
What would happen with another brand of soap?
It’s pretty scary but that made me hungry.
Can you actually wash your hands with that sculpture? I’d use that for festive gatherings.
Here you go. It took me a while to get these posted. But I have attempted the experiment. Even got some of my friends to try it too. Here are the pics of my first time nuking Ivory:
Ivory Microwaved for Josh Flickr Set
Always a pleasure to watch. Non soap related question, what is the name of that piece of music you play in the background? I find it to be sublime.
What is the music playing in the background during the cooking?!?
Oh dear.. the name of the music is staring me in the face. My apologies.
looks like a big plate of mashed potatoes…mmm…gravy…
i’m impressed that you are tall enough to have your microwave on top of your fridge!
Every day I do at least one insane thing, justifying it to anyone who asks by claiming it’s “for science.” It’s nice to see a kindred spirit.
Ha ha reminds of me Bill Nye the Science guy. I’m actually really happy that I posted that picture of you, because if I had not, I never would have started watching your videos. Hahahah damn you! It was your plan all along.
More dangerous, but just as interesting: plasma!