Making transparent wood

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A few years ago I tried making transparent wood and it kind of worked. The pieces that I made were somewhat okay, but I was never really happy with the result. I finally decided to try it again though!
References:
• Procedure that I followed: bit.ly/3b0YXuX
• Procedure that went viral recently: bit.ly/33fhyPP
• CBC article on it: bit.ly/3b0YZ63
Attempting to make transparent wood (previous video): • Attempting to make tra...
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Oh hi

[@TheExplodingPumpkin]

Tbh thats just chemistry. You go into lab thinking: oh i just need to add this shit to a flask and let it reflux and then separate it in a column and it ends up taking 10 hrs lol

[@hyuji4729]

True for all research projects!

[@cecegal]

Hi

[@neville1311]

@That Anime Kid lmao

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Since they actually succeeded, I'd love to see NileRed make a full window using transparent wood

[@pdoggy7254]

dang its the man

[@WyvernRex2099]

Justin Y. The Second is here

[@rickrogan2355]

Yeah, that's seems something he should do. Maybe replace every window in his house with transparent wood.

[@thestig6212]

It might be a nileblue video since the steps to making the thing won't change.

[@Crepuculum]

That actually sounds quite brilliant, let’s hope it happens. 😃👍

[@mr.blueeyes5035]

Nile always sounds like he broke something and has to explain it to his parents without them getting mad

[@SCP--un2jo]

Omg now I cant unhear it

[@persontheguyman223]

Yeah it really does lol

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Yeah it actually does lol

[@stickiedmin6508]

"Okay, now Mom . . .Dad . . . we all need to be reasonable about this okay? I might have kinda, sorta, somehow detonated the garage. Yeah. Oh, and . . . um . . . the security services might be, sort of, on their way to arrest me. Now let's not freak out here - Mom? Dad . . ?" Yep, reminds me of rehearsing and adjusting my 'excuse speech,' over and over, hoping there was some magical combination of words and tone that might let me get away with driving my bike straight through the living room windows . . .

[@Derpuwolf]

@@stickiedmin6508 You did WHAT?

[@COVENANT69]

using nearly 18,000$ worth of tungsten cubes as flat weights is a flex i hope i will match one day

[@Demento56]

I assume he's just glad he has an actual use for them, cause they keep showing up in videos they have nothing to do with

[@Oreo108GD]

I saw that pfp on google. I used it once too so i dont blame you

[@audreydoyle5268]

The final result honestly looks like something I'd want my shower windows to be made of. I think it wood be cool to shower in a transparent, wooden shower. And you wouldn't have to worry too much about mold getting into the grain, because it's partially plastic. Plus, if the panes don't come out as clear as the final result, then it works well as a privacy screen.

[@SingularisFox]

*MOSTLY* plastic, rather. As he stated in the video, by weight the end result was about 87% plastic :)

[@AstoundingAmelia]

I'd love this in rooms like the bedroom where privacy windows would look tacky but where you still want privacy

[@r.r.r9746]

Mold grows on plastic by the way. In fact mold grows on almost all materials

[@geostorm8192]

Shoulda been woodn't

[@smellypatel5272]

Sounds like a great way to get a moldy shower

[@outside8312]

It's cute how Nile doesn't realise he's definitely already on that list

[@WobblesandBean]

lol right??

[@outside8312]

Let's not forget his video on how to make chloroform 😬

[@mariannatatarska1140]

@@outside8312 omg yes i love it

[@mariannatatarska1140]

@Daniel Beam *innocently dyes dress with arsenic in victorian style*

[@ryleyallen185]

My favorite is when he decided to show the world how he gets his red phosphorus

[@BobbyDukeArts]

The correct pronunciation is literally on your shirt. Nice shirt btw ;)

[@fireandcopper]

The cross pollination is great

[@nfrandom007]

Sup Bobby

[@tillmanpogue5888]

The wewd master himself

[@masonshucart7055]

I wawnt thayut

[@vanillawaffle7303]

Hello there

[@CubsYT]

Every time he says "I carefully hit it with the hammer" I expect the hammer to come flying in at full force

[@tillydavis8249]

Me to!😂

[@zoey4284]

That's NileBlue

[@tanya805]

Same

[@tanya805]

​@@zoey4284 wait- trueee

[@shijithkn8590]

Nile blue pt:1​@@zoey4284

[@antcoolman8350]

i love how there’s no music just him talking and the sounds of the chemistry it’s so interesting that way

[@Firebolt7317]

If he did would he use breaking bad music? I mean it fits.

[@BURNERACCOUNTFORRYTNRS]

​@@Firebolt7317i love your pfp

[@MemeAnt]

Yo it is a fellow ant interested in science

[@diabutis]

The fact the NileRed manually removes adds for a better viewer experience really shows how much he cares about his work and his viewers

[@sleepful1917]

good guy nile

[@JoeKreis]

Even as he tells us his new lab is extremely expensive. Ngl I don't mind all the ads as long as he keeps making these awesome videos. He is a very good guy tho, more KZbinrs should be like Nile

[@seronymus]

Your avatar: Is that lunch?

[@diabutis]

@@JoeKreis yeah true

[@deviousredneck5109]

@@sleepful1917Nile is a terrible human being. He beats his wife. Have you not seen the mugshot?

[@KhaledSelim]

the sequence .. the narration .. the picture quality ... so amusing

[@masteroogway2405]

i read it as "so arousing" at first☠

[@windows7yesistilluseit]

@@masteroogway2405 hell naw

[@b4ll5kin]

Indubitably

[@Wombatus]

I really love that this video is not a usual clickbait with "making epoxy in a shape of wood with its texture", it's s real piece of wood being turned transparent

[@hhhhhhhhhhhhhhnnnngh]

Aye check his other stuffs too, great chemistry and education. I recommend his test tube rockets :3

[@aboldone3991]

But it is a usual clickbait.

[@watchableraven3517]

@@aboldone3991 it legitimately isn't. What's in the title is what is in the video.

[@aboldone3991]

@@watchableraven3517 clickbait is clickbait. No matter what is in the video.

[@beinzheans3918]

@@aboldone3991 bro the title is "making transparent wood" and he did make with originally normal wood, showing the prpcess are you blind or do you have a mental disability?

[@HiruHeart]

Honestly, it looks like frosted glass. The really nice kind that you find on doors! I was quite surprised to see that it's see-through, because normally "frosted glass" tends to blur out everything behind it, even from a close distance. So I'd say this piece of transparent wood has the appeal of frosted glass from a distance, but the functionality of real glass if you look up close : )

[@Dante-xf3xu]

Yeah he did a great job

[@topphatt1312]

If this process could be streamlined it could be used for some interesting thinfs

[@HiruHeart]

@@YourLocalCafe I agree! Plenty unique functional uses for it, aside from just being a beautiful material.

[@TransientLunatic]

When Nile is on the final step but there is over 30 minutes left in the video: “Something’s wrong, I can feel it.”

[@mrkiky]

You have to take the foreshadowing into account when he's only using words like "should" , "i was hoping" , "the idea was" , "in theory".

[@johnladuke6475]

"supposed to" Oh, he's showing us the failed first try. I wonder what he changes to make it work.

[@T.r.a.i.n]

I was hoping the idea was, in theory, **stuff**

[@whacker9265]

it's just, a feeling I've got.

[@NWolfsson]

@@mrkiky "I was hoping that [...]" Me: Oh no.

[@NRG-u8w]

Can’t wait to see the day where NileRed makes a transparent house.

[@jamiejam9976]

I wonder what he would do about the windows

[@MossyMozart]

@clappyblappyboi841 - That's already been done by several prominent architects. But they cheated and used glass.

[@halataha1879]

i love how realistic his videos are, he shows us how it really takes multiple tries instead of getting it perfect the first time, and that’s how chemistry is

[@malaythakkar8772]

It’s how any process is too lol

[@mranon42023]

honestly he knows a lot of chemistry but did a lot of dumb mistakes i recognized in the very first batch he made. he needs more common sense

[@nekofrisk1005]

@@mranon42023 it’s a common thing, he’s smart just forgets to think sometimes

[@Dr.AutismGod]

@@mranon42023 You should contact him to work with him and give him advice so he can have better content.

[@mranon42023]

@@Dr.AutismGod mate i live like 30000km away

[@ConnorNolanTech]

The bigger better sequel we didn't know we needed.

[@EmmanQuinones5234]

The mad man has perfected the formula!

[@TheUnnamed198]

@@EmmanQuinones5234 better formula!!😃

[@lenadams854]

yup

[@SilentAndy]

@F*СК MЕ - СНЕCK МY РR0FILЕ Yes. 😍

[@austinbevis4266]

Bigger longer and uncut

[@-chloe-8728]

"you might end up on a list" nile...with love and light, you are 100000% already on several lists

[@donazs739]

Nah, he’s probably just on two lists

[@spacebeans4985]

correction 69

[@bryanbogaert8726]

getting a masters degree in chemistry immediately lands you on at least a few lists, so yeah agreed lol

[@pjaxy]

@@bryanbogaert8726 he didn't finish his MS degree though

[@Paxmax]

Haha there is that comment reflecting what I thought at the exact same moment in the video.

[@MelissaTodd-yz4vs]

Two years later I'm scrolling through the comments looking for someone suggesting that you sand the wood pieces (dry, very fine grit, always with the grain never against) before and after bleaching them to maybe avoid some of those finish issues later on. Polishing the plastic surface at the end made the piece itself beautifully smooth and shiny, but I suspect the raised wood grain inside the plastic is causing a lot of the haziness and contributing to the initial rough texture of the piece coming out of the oven. You're not really casting acrylic around the wood so I'm not entirely sure if the process would benefit from containing the acrylic goo to keep the wood submerged before curing it, but my gut says it wouldn't hurt to try.

[@Galavis.]

It's 1AM so it's the perfect time to watch a 40 minute chemistry video.

[@Becaful4]

same here at 3AM lol

[@chickennuggetpoo1583]

Yup.

[@John17TheOGmp4]

3:36am

[@kietbui1898]

Same

[@silvyboi4150]

Hahaha ha ha don't you ever call me out for my unhealthy habits again random person ill never meet

[@Angiepangie101]

Nile: *opens oven* Me: It looks so good Nile: I was immediately disappointed Me: I was immediately disappointed

[@skamte]

it looked like a piece of butter💀

[@mrua12]

😂😂😂😂

[@SantiScum]

ME LMAOOOOO

[@CuackTheDucks]

sheep

[@ganyu-elizabeth3626]

I love ur profile picture! Albedo is awsome

[@danielmarsden4573]

You are the only person who would say “I carefully hit it with a hammer” and then actually hits it very carefully.

[@_Yuputka_]

Certainly wasn't expecting a gentle hit

[@atsunome]

*“I carefully smashed it to pieces”*

[@ShibaInuDogRandom]

@@atsunome lol

[@typeable]

**You’re.*

[@columbus8myhw]

"Harry Potter, did you put your glass in the goblet of fire?" Dumbledore asked carefully

[@williammeo782]

never been so invested watching a chemist doing crazy experiment . love it keep it up

[@EvanAndKatelyn]

Actually leveled it, used mold release, looks amazing... but no resin?! 😲 Seriously inspiring though! When we were trying to make our clear wood we had that same irrational hope that the next try would magically work 🤣 End result was amazing and that MMA looks really interesting!

[@EvanAndKatelyn]

Also, if you eventually do attempt a window of clear wood you might want to check out vacuum bag infusion! We had actually bought a whole kit and had a plan for how to handle the resin part but we ended up calling it good after 3 weeks and a semi clear wood piece

[@bit0fun]

@@EvanAndKatelyn do I see a collaboration with nilered in the future for this full sized transparent window project? :)

[@emilyfogerty6438]

@@bit0fun Omg YES!!

[@damien12221]

You guys should try some things with MMA, that stuff looks really satisfying :)

[@Catmanater]

Hello

[@mim.luqman]

I like the way he never gives up until he is satisfied with the final result. Hats off

[@imibuks-replit]

And he never let you down in his videos And never ran around and deserted his passion

[@Sparks2490]

@@imibuks-replit 🤓

[@mortem4342]

@@Sparks2490 "🤓"-🤓

[@werentia]

@@mortem4342 “🤓 -🤓” -🤓

[@lenn-sv3gy]

@@werentia “🤓-🤓-🤓” -🤓

[@PastaAivo]

I must say, the Tungsten Cube is by far my favourite NileRed cinematic universe character.

[@williamberry4597]

NRCU is special indeed!

[@Flairis]

Omg lol

[@NayrAnur]

I definitely hope that a big horned dude didn't come and steal it.

[@dorothy-lm1oy]

The way Nile was holding the piece of wood here 39:44 made me think "Oh it's not THAT transparent?" but then he dropped it on the book, and I gasped so hard

[@addan3002]

""Why isn't NileRed uploading???" NileRed: *Waiting 2 months just for the woods to get treated*

[@kitty.x3]

Correct xD

[@sean..L]

He could be doing stuff in the mean time though- not that he should be obliged to of course.

[@addan3002]

@@sean..L yea it's just humor lol the woods take pretty long to get treated lol

[@cadejust6777]

@@addan3002 He Should Try To Make Transparent Ice

[@addan3002]

@@cadejust6777 idk man that sounds like it would be too hard

[@ashtonandfriends8687]

This mans patience is unbelievable. Hats off to Nile for pushing through for an awesome vid!

[@daves_secret_chord]

Comments like this are very underrated

[@PiotrBarcz]

It is amazing how well this guy does these videos, no swearing is a big one. The camera angle are great, he explains all the aspects of the experiment and it is a very enjoyable experience watching these videos!

[@davehoghead]

As someone who worked in a polymer lab for a bit, the statement “I might just be doing something wrong but have no idea” is completely on the nose

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

As someone, the statement "I might just be doing something wrong but have no idea" is also completely on the nose for everything in life.

[@EricWatson-f8q]

I believe that is the accurate because temperature and rate of reaction or significant. Thanks a lot and how do I methacrylate my guitar

[@EricWatson-f8q]

In California we use methacrylate mixed with pebbles and use it on Bridges.

[@danny_dan92]

Everytime you say you were “immediately disappointed” I get frustrated. Everytime you say “I was happy with what I saw” I think I get excited to see the results.

[@stefanbehrendsen330]

I love the passive aggressive slam of the oven door every time you ran a new batch. Great work!

[@Jaburu]

how is that passive?

[@mourvikakadam]

I got extremely happy to see him succeed through a screen, i can just imagine the amount of joy he gets doing it himself

[@TapBox]

yes

[@MichaelMacGyver]

Anyone else get serious "opening a Wonka bar looking for a Golden Ticket" vibe every time Nigel started to open up the aluminum foil packets?

[@cezarcatalin1406]

Judging by how finicky the process is, you at least get the feeling that it’s some chemistry casino.

[@R3XALPHA]

Yh

[@HistoryNerd129]

I’m watching this at midnight and I’m not sure what is or isn’t real anymore. Thanks Nile!

[@pappanalab]

I didn't realize how much art is required in chemistry. Watching you felt a lot like watching an artist trying to learn an entirely new medium.

[@kazuhiramiller2121]

felt something like watching bobby duke (idk, maybe because of WEWD)

[@deffinatalee7699]

it’s always just really fun to watch skilled people do the thing they love :)

[@artfcialtv]

@Pud Pete Art can be also a basic synonym for skill or mastery, not commonly used as that, but it’s still a possibility. Well, as many other branches of study. Chemistry and art have their ideological foundations on Philosophy, both are processes with a goal, that require experimentation to be achieved. They’re kinda like distant cousins. While chemistry is much more rigorous than art, it still requires creative decisions, where to start, what to do, how to achieve it, what failed, how to improve. The clockworks moving and the kinda, connect the dots is still there. Probably thanks to Arts nebulous definition it’s much easier to connect it to anything else. For example, in the Jungian model of Archetypes, usually the concepts of the artist and the inventor are equated under the “creative”. And science and art seem to keep crossing paths involuntarily. Since they both revolve around Ideas! Ah, that’s the word I was looking for, ideas! Sorry to bore you, I happen to be a fan of both art an science, though in the side of science I tend to be only brilliant on the conceptual side, sadly. More of a “to much” mess in the practical and theoretical departments. Not that much of a problem in the side of art, though still, a flaw. Kind of like a grotesque mass of ideas that simplified could work, but keep growing into these maximalist amalgams of concepts. Ah, If only Mad scientist was a profession. But alas. Ah, look, the whole maximalists thing happened to this comment, how, unsurprising.

[@deffinatalee7699]

@Pud Pete it doesn’t require traditional art but it is an art

[@user-sv5kt8qz3v]

@@artfcialtv thx for writing some of my essay for me, submitting this without credit.

[@aidanf2610]

“I needed something that was small, but really heavy.” **pulls out perfectly sized cube made of one of the densest metals on earth that he randomly bought a year ago**

[@worshipwormking2327]

just. as you do.

[@AntonVagabond]

I remember that poll he made on twitter, at that moment it seemed random and stupid af, but I knew that tungsten cube will come in handy someday.

[@MakhloufA]

what seems to be the problem?

[@peewhocantbeaimed6954]

Filament porn

[@rredu_]

@@peewhocantbeaimed6954 same

[@ajgonzalez5109]

"there was a paper about transparent wood" has to be the most underrated, involuntary pun in the history of paper papers.

[@39sankyuu]

lmao

[@shivarahul-3387]

Paper papers!!!!

[@lanegutz9768]

Wood you care to explain what a pun is? :-)

[@moon-shrimpy]

@@lanegutz9768 Usually it’s a play on words. Like this one: How many tickles does it take to make an octopus laugh? 10-tickles! The joke is that 10-tickles sounds like tentacles, the legs on an octopus

[@Elminstershat]

Haha, nice catch! I liked 'you can clearly see it is not transparent' as well.

[@bossdoorpodcast]

Only recently started watching your videos and I can't help but notice how a hammer is one of the core tools used in chemistry, at least in your lab. They didn't teach me that in school!

[@NineOhSix]

Nile, Nile, Nile - you know damn well you’re already on every watch list imaginable.

[@helpmereachtwentythousands3232]

By making wood? 😂 but yeah ik what you mean

[@coffeecatto3375]

@@helpmereachtwentythousands3232 Flashback to Uranium Glass when he said "Apparently the government doesn't like it when you enrich Uranium"

[@helpmereachtwentythousands3232]

@@coffeecatto3375 😆

[@jenaf372]

Definetly on my "watch" list.

[@judethenekogamer3651]

@@helpmereachtwentythousands3232 people attempted to put me on a list for making a poem

[@feronikos]

If this guy made a 24 hour video it would feel like 24 minutes these videos are so amazing they make time fly by like its wind blowing in a rainy day

[@victorherr101]

For me is like when you start to understand a process of an article and you start to recreate in your head but for 44 min

[@xochi98]

Oh wow you’re right, I thought this was maybe 15 minutes, I didn’t even realize I’d been here for 40

[@dbbuchmann]

Would love to see this at 1mm, just to see how transparent you can make it. The grain IS pretty freaking neat though. Looks like wood styled privacy glass, and that's neat as hell.

[@livebassngames]

yeah make five hundred small panes like this and make a "translucent" privacy wall that is also very fragile. it would only take 2-3 years or so :P

[@dbbuchmann]

You sound like you're an absolute blast at parties.

[@dbbuchmann]

@Cochisegusmaster for my serious response, I was actually thinking a thinnish transparent epoxy pour with these in the pour. I think it would look cool 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@rubennadevi]

My goodness. You tried so hard and you never gave up. Such willpower. It’s amazing.

[@MTNMN]

“.....because I didn’t want to support a market like this.” However, by pointing out its dangers and potential harms, you’ve educated many people on the matter. Maybe even, hopefully, stopped somebody from abusing a chemical marketed as a “miracle drug” when in reality it’s a poison.

[@myamacke4159]

I wouldn’t call it a spicy sugar pill, more like drinking bleach. That stuff can be deadly and it is way more than a spicy sugar pill

[@MTNMN]

@@myamacke4159 you right. I was thinking about that for a minute. Lemme edit that real quick

[@sleepful1917]

your comment already says edited, you don't have to write that

[@Hoochfox]

True that this is technically educational, but we can probably consider it a zero-sum outcome given the likely amount of crossover between chemistry channel enthusiasts and snake oil consumers.

[@royalgummyworm8131]

@@Hoochfox Yep ,no one who drinks renamed bleach understand 1% of NileRed.

[@MarioMartinez_]

I think pre-sanding the piece of wood to an extremely fine surface almost like glass-like touch will help the final product. Also, the polymerization of Methacrylate is affected by the amount of oxygen in the solution. If you vacuum your MMA before you mix it with the initiator and heat you will have a faster and even polymerization, meaning that you will have always the same rate of polymerization in the proportion to the amount of initiator. When vacuuming the wood under the MMA try to keep the wood immersed as the vacuum will create bubbles inside the wood and it will float. Something small but heavy on each of the four corners will keep the piece of wood under the methacrylate during the vacuum. Hope that helps

[@BalthorYT]

Thank you Mario, never knew you had branched off from plumbing and acrobatics into chemistry

[@igoromio]

@@BalthorYT ahahahahhaha

[@igoromio]

@@BalthorYT wonder what princess peach became

[@rascalw.492]

@@notmyxboxusername9383 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍

[@ChanceKearns]

@@notmyxboxusername9383 princess peach 🍑 ;)

[@TheRamblingShepherd]

I love how much of his scientific process is "I hope that will magically fix itself later."

[@AlexNotFounded]

me when i look at myself in the mirror ;-;

[@Akamaikai0923]

That's how American politicians try to solve problems. They wait that a miracle will happen but to no avail. And then they blame it on minorities.

[@CodingCobb]

@@Akamaikai0923 ...why are you bringing politics into this? It's unnecessary.

[@OFWROL]

@@Akamaikai0923 what’s the point of this comment

[@nahbruh4489]

@@Akamaikai0923 this is a video about making wood clear what was this about

[@black-moon01]

when he goes "i was pretty happy with what i saw" !!!!!! never felt happier for a youtuber doing weird science i never even considered

[@Krzyhau]

I'm still amazed by the idea that he looked for something heavy and found a conveniently-sized tungsten cube randomly laying around in a room.

[@stuckbetweenfandoms5138]

at this point it doesn’t even surprise me

[@simonair]

@Claire Morgan I died when he showed the second tungsten cube.

[@jiyatiwary7658]

Right?

[@peterruschhaupt3151]

I was actually thinking 'he could use one of those tungsten cubes if he had one' (I recently bought one as well) just seconds before he got it :D

[@odyseuszkoskiniotis6266]

It's like 10k$!!!

[@iadtag1853]

With all the professional tools Nigel has, he still chose to use a paperclip to stir that hot water bath. Resourceful, kid, resourceful.

[@dandanthedandan7558]

Yeah what's the purpose of the paperclip lol. You don't really need to stir the hot water right?

[@antonyong6156]

You can take the boy out of the hood but you can't take the hood out of the boy

[@jonathanodude6660]

@@dandanthedandan7558 you do. if one section gets too hot it can superheat, then spontaneously boil over into your reaction or over the bench. a paperclip is good because its large and thin and since its metal, i think it reinforces the magnetic field so that you can put a stir bar above it that might be a bit out of range of the plate. we use paperclips in our lab for oil or water in the baths

[@dandanthedandan7558]

@@jonathanodude6660 Oh I thought it was useless since it barely spinned. Thx for the info

[@smmmokin]

Until he builds a house.

[@Furockbeast]

bro thankyou for making these videos. I had no attention, attendance or willpower to go to school growing up. Went into construction built a career. That fell through dude to medical reasons and I've gone back to school. Uni foundation/bridging course. Chemistry is one of my papers. Watching your videos over the years and even today You've helped me build and maintain a healthy attitude towards school and science. So thankyou for that man. Even though it has been incredibly tough losing my career and a lot of mobility I am having the time of my life studying right now. You don't know me and I don't mean shit to you but thankyou man. I love your work!

[@cadentannery4626]

best of luck dude. that sounds rough

[@andersjjensen]

I think these kinds of comments mean a lot to Nigel. We've just watched like 3 weeks of work condensed to 45 minutes. If he only got a piece of sorta-ok-ish transparent wood out of it he wouldn't be doing it. But knowing that it entertains a lot of people, gets some interested in chemistry in general, or help people with their studies is a whole different dimension. Also: Good luck, and remember that if the fumes turn yellowish red: RUN! :P

[@wzrokwpraktyce]

1. Use thinner pmma, or other type of resin. It should be viscous like water. 2. Put weight on submerged material or it will float cuz of bubbles underneath. 3. Use two step vacuum pump. 4. When vacuming , pump all air out, then let air in and let the resin flow in , its much denser than air , need time to travel through capilars of wood. 5. Move the material in the resin to pressure chamber. Any pfessure higher than 0 will be useful but higher is better. Let it sit for few hours maybe days. Then do polimerisation. Ive stabilized tones of wood. Good luck!

[@cjwhitedev]

I'm only a beginner woodworker, but maybe when you revisit this you could try sanding the wood before as well. That might help with the surface imperfections.

[@barryr7216]

Also when you sand it, try and do it along the fibres, might help the transparency a small bit

[@katethegoat7507]

Yea I mean, I thought that all of his troubles with rough textures could be fixed by sanding

[@thefox7938]

Honestly I had the same idea, sanding would probably help it

[@sillylilgoobreh]

😳🍿

[@itsgeegra]

3:35 "You can sometimes end up on a list" - I feel like it's oddly optimistic to presume you're not already on one/many

[@Jay-S04]

__flashbacks to when he made uranium glass__

[@alessioughetta3677]

@@Jay-S04 What about deadly gases?

[@Jay-S04]

@@alessioughetta3677 Casually makes bromine in a garage

[@alessioughetta3677]

@@Jay-S04 Hate when it happens

[@ayzn..]

@@Jay-S04 *been there, done that*

[@raphaelcestari272]

The way he talks and makes his videos i'm constantly anxious that the thing is gonna go wrong

[@MeAkaArthurDavies]

so true

[@CottonBollBat]

Arggh i know! He keeps saying like "It should have" or "What was supposed to happen" but then it goes right?

[@Mark_Agamotto1313_Smith]

Well, naturally it SHOULD go wrong, at least according to Murphy.

[@rileysmith606]

Nile got a bob Ross type voice I knock out watching these vids all the time 😅

[@OveropinionatedAzhat]

"And then carefully smash it to pieces" there's a combination of words you never expect to be used together.

[@NGC1433]

Only if you are new to this channel...

[@iadtag1853]

I was actually expecting him to do it otherwise. Like really smash it out of anger. LOL

[@scslre]

@@iadtag1853 I really was expecting to see the hammer for only a single frame as he sent it flying straight through both the wood sample and the table.

[@UngodlyFreak]

Hulk carefully smash!

[@bailaontheplaya2867]

The nilered bobby duke crossover isn’t something I knew I needed until now

[@FinntheSquire]

Clear weooowd

[@hyprspd]

I was about to say

[@TheUnnamed198]

Nice crosssssssoverrrrrrrrrrr right??????????

[@echo_music_official]

He would like this wewd

[@alexxxxxxxxxxxxxxx6340]

he got that clear wweeewd shirtt on maan

[@ineedinternet9442]

I love how everyone expected him to beat the crap out of the glass when he literally said he’d be hitting it gently

[@rickrollerdude]

It's a common comedy trope, plus he does sound fed up at that point.

[@dreamofficial5538]

This guy could start a drug lab

[@Bluey]

this is my first time seeing hammers used gently

[@flaturiah]

Yeah, I definitely was expecting some styropyro antics

[@-Aeveris-]

As an architect, I immediately think of elegant glazing and room dividers for open-plan offices, hotels and bathrooms, for example. Very nice!

[@MossyMozart]

@-Aeveris- - Better check into the fire properties first, though.

[@NicksStuff]

NileRed in 5 years: lives in a house with aerogel walls, wooden windows and a photoelectric roof of some sort...

[@ComRed_]

And with "it took longer than expected" gas filling the interior.

[@SeigiEmiya]

Don't forget a superconductor fondation for a floating house.

[@lolololol3623]

And a carcinogen supply cos he has a favourite "liquid cancer" lol

[@ComRed_]

@@lolololol3623 XDDD

[@Gamer-qr8ee]

dont forget the plastic glove soda dispensors

[@_.-._.-.]

your chemistry videos have slowly become a huge comfort to me, and have helped me through more than I can explain in a single comment. I am genuinely so thankful for what you do and what your videos have done for me. It obviously wasn't the intended purpose for the vids, but nonetheless, thank you.

[@drsolo7]

I play his videos just to sleep, his voice is really soothing

[@Bani5710]

The Tungsten cubes should become a recurring thing in the videos, believe in their meme potential.

[@Flowerboi145]

ALL HAIL THE _C U B E S_

[@Irreverent_Radiation]

The adventures of the Distilled Water and Super Tungsten Cube

[@AeroQC]

"These are my tungsten cubes: Tong, Sten, and Carl."

[@q3st1on19]

@@AeroQC nah, tung, stenny and dexter the fifth

[@Kiromony]

something: *doesn't work* Nilered: _RELEASE THE CUBE_

[@TeamRocketReal]

Alternative Title: Man plays with his wood until he can’t see it.

[@Thetitan21]

(Skull emoji)

[@SpongeTheAbsolute]

can't believe I just watched a 43minute video of someone making transparent wood... TOTALLY WORTH IT

[@miwrendi1457]

Are you perhaps related to Just some guy without a mustache?

[@avishkamittal]

I didn't even realize

[@gabem7618]

Could you run some stress tests on the wood and compare it to different types of glass/ window materials? It would be cool to see it’s mechanical properties

[@deaddollan6583]

That wood be cool :)

[@bellarose5126]

i think it would be the same/similar to plastic

[@ashhplayz9489]

he said that he cant really tell stress patterns in one of his nileblue shorts video

[@tyronerangers5025]

Every single time he said "carefully hit it with a hammer" I was half expecting to see it fly into the glass.

[@theodoordormans2230]

Yeah I was thinking after he said that,”there is no hammering lightly” and I was politely corrected

[@alectheamazing]

Lol

[@Mare_Man]

Gotta go to Styropyro for that kind of careful

[@moxxiewoxxie5362]

SWEARR was kinda disappointed it didnt

[@Dr_mafario]

Thats the first time Ive ever heard “carefully smashed it to pieces”, I lmao. Was still funny every other time too

[@its_argho]

While it is in the oven, just flip the entire thing once in a while, so that, gravity works equally on both sides. You would have to do the flipping more during the beginning itself because the longer you wait, the acrylic will start solidifying and wouldn’t flow as a liquid. Try this once if possible.

[@DalePWhyte]

My dyslexic ass thought the video was gonna be 4 minutes, imagine my shock when it just kept going. I'm too deep now and need to see the end of this.

[@dx87gaming31]

I don’t wanna disrespect people with disabilities but lmao

[@stickiedmin6508]

Sounds like a nice problem to have? In this case, at least?

[@hobistinyheartbag]

Dude same! How?

[@thatsdope9571]

I was watching a short video before this and I thought it's 43 seconds 🤣

[@pawsneena]

same im watching this during school and i was like okay 4 minutes lets go and didnt realize until i finished it but it was 40 and i missed out on my test

[@matthewcantrell5289]

“And if you do manage to buy it, you can sometimes end up on a list...” Man, if you aren’t on a list by now I’d be amazed

[@PuffleFuzz]

Gov’t; he’s on a list of verified consumers

[@onyangomwende1972]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4OkmJ-vrJusic0

[@support2587]

Radioactive Boy Scout - “hold my soda”

[@realdragon]

I'm already on list just by watching some things on YT

[@NicoNicoNey]

I imagine a coffee table out of transparent wood being one of those hyper-expensive art-furniture pieces in 5-star hotel rooms.

[@Merennulli]

It's probably pretty straightforward to do. Scale up the process with longer, slower lignin removal process for wood thick enough to be a table top. Use some heavily gnarled piece of wood so the texture that remains is more interesting and pronounced. Go back to traditional epoxy for durability and color control (ironic, given the yellowing, I know). Mix a very thin amount of blue dye in a large vat of the epoxy to offset the yellowing. I'm going off his process + the videos of people making the artistic epoxy-wood tables and how you handle yellowed clothing with bluing (a faint blue dye that used to be commonly used in laundering). I don't actually know for certain if this would work.

[@huleyn135]

@@Merennulli Considering there is almost nowhere that sells actual transparent wood furniture in mass production, it's probably not feasible. Almost all "transparent wood" furniture is actually just plexiglass made to look like wood. Apparently a few months ago a better process was found to make transparent wood easier? Maybe it'll scale up soon. It'd be cool to have actual transparent wood furniture.

[@Merennulli]

@@huleyn135 We're not talking about mass production, we're talking expensive one-off art pieces. Look up "burlwood epoxy table" for the sort of market this would be.

[@Irreverent_Radiation]

Then you spill coffee over them and now you just have a table

[@Merennulli]

@@cutieowl347 Full transparency wouldn't be desirable anyway. At that point they already have glass and acrylic that are cheaper. The reason an expensive artist-made table would be made of transparent wood would be to show off the grain and texture. A lot of art is an intentionally imperfect result.

[@achillesm1241]

the artifacting on that latest piece was mostly around the edges, I think the mass of the tungsten cube may have cased the outer edges to cure at a different rate.

[@joshuajohnston1985]

I loved it when he said “I’ll carefully smash it to pieces”

[@YouberChannel]

I Destroyed the 69 Like :)

[@MindCode86]

What's the problem? He actually did it carefully. What's the matter?

[@niqsy6116]

You won't see him carefully smash that glass in "NileRed Short"...

[@skykirby2216]

Laughed at this comment b4 even watching video 😆

[@vedantkashyap5703]

"a 5 pound tungsten cube that I have randomly bought a year ago" Makes sense

[@cezarcatalin1406]

This proves that Nile is the guy in the math problems. Still waiting for him to buy 100 watermelons though.

[@alexliedtka4736]

Is this the same cube from the William Osman video?

[@nak_attak]

@@alexliedtka4736 the 2nd 40 pound cube was

[@stuff31]

All the best stuff is random

[@TheTMan001]

This Peasant only has Tungsten?! Us rich scientists buy 5 pound cubes of Osmium!

[@Feverm00n]

I love that NileRed videos have endless rewatch potential for me. There’s also something so so comforting about them. I like that he has such a funny delivery, and so much of the videos have really subtle comedy infused into it. I love that his favorite things about some chemicals are their most nightmarish qualities lol. And the quality of the videos is always so good. NileRed videos have genuinely gotten me through some very, *very* difficult times with my mental health. Nighttime can be particularly difficult, and whenever I’m going through a crisis I end up rewatching all of NileRed’s videos as a way to keep my attention peacefully engaged away from the chaos in my head at night. I dunno how I would have fallen asleep certain nights without these videos! If I wasn’t incomeless I would be returning the favor through Patreon, and hopefully someday I’ll be able to. Thanks for all of the amazing content.

[@owokyy1423]

Same here. I have a hard time calming down my brain enough to relax and fall asleep, and these videos provide a level of entertainment, comfort, and distraction that I don't get from many other channels. I'm glad that these videos help you too :) It's nice to know I'm not alone, and I hope things get a bit easier

[@douplayroblox4049]

kinda funny that i found this comment in the middle of going through exactly what ur describing lol. something about Nile’s videos just makes it so easy to turn off my brain for a little while. i think “peacefully engaged” is the best way to describe it. he’s the perfect amount of calming and entertaining at the same time and his videos always make me feel better. even on some of my worst nights. here’s to better days for you, me, and anyone who sees this comment chain and is going through something similar. we can get through this

[@noahcavalier3148]

dude. it's 4am where I am. thanks you for saying it

[@joshgiesbrecht]

Same. I had never had any interest in chemistry until I stumbled upon one of his videos. I still know very little about chemisty, but there's something about these videos that is so soothing. It's the video version of snuggling in a warm blanket on a winter evening with hot cocoa lol. I also like that his voice is fairly monotone with consistent volume, makes falling asleep to these really easy.

[@shannonfick7170]

I do the exact same thing! I hope things get better for everyone in this thread ❤️

[@bridge356]

I think that would be really interesting for bathroom windows! Especially the ones that were not quite perfectly transparent since a lot of people like fogged glass for the bathroom anyway

[@dantegalan83]

reminds me of when I started out working as a chemist and we were making a peroxy acid the procedure called for 90% peroxide but we only had 70% hand, my boss at the time had me call the manufacturer to ask if they sold 90% and I remember the sales mans voice getting really low asking me "what do you need that for?" god knows what kind of list I ended up in lol

[@renhey9979]

Lmao

[@naritruwireve1381]

LOL youre on the fbi list now

[@finn_in_the_bin5263]

@@naritruwireve1381 csis but close enough lol

[@Giblet12]

I wouldn’t be surprised. You can use peroxide and some other super common chemical to make explosives.

[@Giblet12]

It has to be high concentration peroxide though

[@supersolidsnake641]

He is the most patient guy in the world lol.. I would have thrown it across the room

[@genshinpostingch]

If it was Nile Blue then he would’ve thrown it across the room.

[@Jo_easy]

Chemists kinda have to be patient because science is pretty much trial and error and then trying to explain why something works

[@supersolidsnake641]

@@Jo_easy one of the many reasons I’m not a chemist lol

[@PugnaciousProductions]

@@Jo_easy Are you sorry?

[@carsonschill1635]

Why would they need to be sorry

[@awkwardGardener]

Every time you said "I carefully hit it with the hammer" I was fully expecting the hammer to just slam down full force

[@nanamacapagal8342]

Yep

[@krisa3Jpcw]

I thought that too

[@zw0l]

Bro same

[@my_name_is_rhyme]

His perfectionism is unparalleled

[@Nirad-jt7en]

This is the only channel on KZbin that I have no problem watching a video longer than 25 minutes.

[@kl4pp3d_78]

Lol same

[@taahaseois.8898]

Disrupt TV is kinda cool.

[@grazzydazzy57tm39]

Vsauce?

[@spogob2228]

I can't believe my brain consciously decided to click and watch a 44 minute long chemistry video. This is a good suggestion, youtube algorithm

[@ShinseiX]

I was planning to watch a couple of minutes of it and ended up watching the whole video

[@thats6kinda6sus6]

i dont usually watch long videos but bruh i just cannot skip this

[@frugal9065]

subscribe

[@kotak4420]

same! might as well subscribe to his channel for more interesting stuff! :D

[@chitlitlah]

I subscribed a few months ago after watching several of these in a row. You're a bit hesitant before starting the video, but then it ends and you think, "That was 40 minutes?"

[@Superdoodledoom]

"Alright guys, the next thing you want to do is find your 40 pound tungsten cube."

[@BatCostumeGuy]

Timestamp?

[@balen9261]

@@BatCostumeGuy 32:32

[@BatCostumeGuy]

@@balen9261 Thanks

[@BatCostumeGuy]

@@callistoarmy5576 Your music videos are bad and you are also self promoting, stop it get some help.

[@callistoarmy5576]

@@BatCostumeGuy okay bro ❤️no problem. I know that no one support in beginning.. but I am happy for your review..

[@EqualiGirl]

This was amazing!!!! Im not into a lot of science-based videos but you really kept my attention and enjoyed watching.

[@TheRealFluffy88]

“and hopefully the last attempt” *me looking nervously at 20 minutes left in the video

[@Potato-vv4mz]

I never thought I’d watch a video this long that I already knew what was going to happen

[@NileRed]

I commend your dedication

[@RDani223]

this channel is a trap, you find an interesting video, click on it, and while you are watching it you notice its length and cant stop until you watch the whole video

[@tradesmith_yt]

@@NileRed Nile let me buy a piece! I wanna use it for a keyboard diffuser! You gave me a good idea to build a TKL with rare materials!

[@hightiernub1313]

@@tradesmith_yt Probably would be the most expensive keyboard next to the gold one that Linus built.

[@theworldwelivein482]

@@RDani223 watch in 2x speed.

[@aquaphoenix-mt2iv]

You're like the bob ross of chemistry Like how bob ross makes anyone feel calm and capable and makes everyone wanna get into art You make anyone feel calm and capable and make people wanna get into chemistry

[@Oreoender]

Preach

[@disinterested.]

fr

[@SpagettiSpeltWrong]

We need a bob Ross for every subject. The world would be a better place.

[@Moon-Archive]

@@SpagettiSpeltWrong There, probably is. We just gotta look a bit

[@duckbread478]

@@Moon-Archive tell me when y'all find the math one, cuss I'm done siting throw a boring class lol!

[@SebPlaySpaceflight]

From a ukulele player to another, you played amazing for your first time! Way better than my first 3 days of playing ukulele.

[@electraec9042]

Let’s appreciate how much patience he has and how he didn’t gave up even after so many fails

[@noproductplacement]

that's science for you, he is a true scientist. In a lab I worked before, there was a guy who spent 2 whole years to find a specific catalysator for ONE reaction step. 2 years for a project, but one single step (I just spent 3 month to figure out how to combine 2 similar procedures to one that gave me results that I wanted and the fine tuning is not included here. I might finish this project in 2 years😅)

[@electraec9042]

@@noproductplacement I could never 💀 good luck tho

[@ahjteam]

7:37 he said he doesn’t know why the paper says to do the washes. Pro Tip: contact the authors of the paper. Unless they are some superstar celebrities, scientists are often really impressed if someone contacts them about their published works. I’ve gotten a reply about 98% of the times when I was doing my Master’s thesis.

[@tiramiisu0]

interesting. thanks for the tip.

[@flow8439]

But I’m p sure the paper was 6 years old

[@zahhak5571]

@@flow8439 it doesn't really matter.

[@cdogthehedgehog6923]

Woah never even crossed my mind to call the author. I feel like if I was an author of a scientific paper and someone called me about it, itd make my day.

[@mamaharumi]

@@flow8439 all the more reason to contact them as they may have advanced their technique in the years after

[@hamsandwichbandit8525]

I never thought I would hear the words “Carefully” and “Smash to pieces” in the same sentence

[@hamsandwichbandit8525]

@RRAHH 8 yeah lol

[@smyleface2]

oxymoron is what youre looking for

[@johnmilk534]

And then you carefully smash to pieces

[@roylafuente661]

"HARRY POTTER!!!!" he said calmly

[@randomgmodfanatic2471]

"Handel that carefully or youl smash it to peices"

[@MrRobertjparsons]

The thermal inertia of that huge cube prevents heating of the target material in your oven.

[@ricardorios403]

I love that Nile is slowly getting more and more comfortable in front of the camera

[@iloveplasticbottles]

Now just add the glow stick chemical to it and you'll have a really cool glow in the dark transparent wood.

[@moonchild8477]

Nezuko wtf 👁👄👁

[@swervyya5235]

Glow sticks glow

[@swervyya5235]

Not glow in the dark ✨😕

[@awaken8722]

Maybe it maybe ruin the project or make it glow in dark

[@renhey9979]

You could add glow powder or something cheaper that's an off brand

[@JohnDoe-yp3zv]

Person: "People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones." NileRed: "Joke's on you, it's transparent wood."

[@gondametzger6146]

Just be careful with scissors

[@NandevaIndioMaluco]

@@gondametzger6146 jokes on you it’s actually glass

[@donniecatalano]

Joke's on me, I'm lighting matches and burned my fingers

[@txtp]

Pykrete:

[@mojorisen7812]

Jokes on me, I have no idea what any of you are talking about and even though I watched every second of the video still don't understand how its possible.

[@VenoPlonk]

You have a VERY high standard of yourself and projects

[@Isometrix116]

I like how during the stage where everything went wrong, the way he narrated it told you that it was gonna go wrong there

[@jakepearson7403]

I'm always astounded by how many tools he happens to have in a chemistry lab. I mean for what other experiment would you even need a bubble level for???

[@dizzylilthing]

setting up stations where stability matters is a big one

[@shua__]

not to mention the silicone tongs that just happen to be the exact same ones i use in the kitchen… so bizarre to see them poking around a piece of transparent wood submerged in acrylic instead of some food

[@teslacactus1135]

measuring the slope of a sideways korean dollar sitting on mount everest 6094568 times while talking about clash royale a south western accent

[@circle_cut_sandwich9190]

Weird he didn’t have a belt sander tho. Like, not even a little one.

[@abebakker1525]

​@@teslacactus1135you having a stroke?

[@ellaforlin8160]

“If you go manage to buy it... you might end up on a list” Don’t worry Nile. Once you get on enough lists, they start canceling each other out 👍

[@daxshell242]

lol. its adorable he thinks he isnt on a list.

[@aintnobodylikeu]

BAHAHAHAHAHHA

[@johannesmajamaki2626]

Honestly this isn't entirely untrue. If you are somebody like codyslab and are on every watchlist available and then some, even if (and when) you do get a visit from the FBI I suspect it's a more casual affair than it might be if you were only on lists related to, say, potential nuclear weapons or dirty bombs. When you've got a well-rounded list of suspicious activities, it's clearer that you're just exploring and messing around rather than plotting a terrorist attack.

[@marielpackard8935]

Oh my gosh, this stuff would make a GORGEOUS window!! Especially a privacy window.. It could make some beautiful artwork.. wow! 😍

[@marielpackard8935]

Try something with a knott in the wood??? I agree, the imperfections make it beautiful! A knot in the wood could be amazing.