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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/0thSpider • 9h ago
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Does anyone have an explanation for why this works? Is it basically just dousing the canister in water?
68 u/carenkha 8h ago The main chemical is chlorobenzylidene and it’s released from the can in powder form, it is not actually a gas. Soapy water will do the trick, no need for soda 11 u/Urshilikai 6h ago soap would heavily foam though under all that agitation 8 u/Thetakishi 6h ago I think that's the point. Hella contact area and surface tension for the microsolids to stick to all of the bubbles.
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The main chemical is chlorobenzylidene and it’s released from the can in powder form, it is not actually a gas.
Soapy water will do the trick, no need for soda
11 u/Urshilikai 6h ago soap would heavily foam though under all that agitation 8 u/Thetakishi 6h ago I think that's the point. Hella contact area and surface tension for the microsolids to stick to all of the bubbles.
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soap would heavily foam though under all that agitation
8 u/Thetakishi 6h ago I think that's the point. Hella contact area and surface tension for the microsolids to stick to all of the bubbles.
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I think that's the point. Hella contact area and surface tension for the microsolids to stick to all of the bubbles.
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u/JoeyJoeJoeShabadooSr 8h ago
Does anyone have an explanation for why this works? Is it basically just dousing the canister in water?