Why Isn't Cling Wrap as Good as It Used to Be?

"Back in my day, cling wrap was so much better!" Have you ever wondered why cling wrap doesn't seem to work as well as you remember it to?
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[@HelgeMoulding]

The production of PVDC was only partly stopped due to environmental concerns. Chief among the reasons was cost - it actually breaks down very near it's production temperature, turning it from transparent to brown, which means only a small error during production can ruin a batch. I suspect if PVDC were cheaper than its PET replacement, the stuff would still be made from PVDC.

[@unidorsalicosahedron7416]

Good point!

[@stiimuli]

less clingy, eh? I still spend half an hour trying to get a sheet to stop clinging to itself before i can use it =/

[@seanpeery7780]

In the good days if the wrap touched itself you had no choice but to cut that piece off and throw it away, unless you wanted to deal with a bulgy piece of plastic.

[@thejudgmentalcat]

stiimuli It's not just me! I feel so much better now.

[@southernsuccubus420]

The problem now is that it only sticks to itself now, it used to actually stick to the bowls you were covering, now you have to use enough to stretch it over itself so it'll stick

[@Jatt2613]

See, I have trouble even getting it to stick to itself. I'll cover a bowl or whatever and try to push it down around the edges onto itself to hold tight, and it just loosens up as soon as I let go and release the tension. I end up using way more than needed so there's a bunch of extra to scrunch up and sort of roll over itself so it holds. I definitely remember when I was younger and a tiny breeze would make one corner fold up and suddenly like 3 feet of it were gluing itself together and becoming completely useless, and I'd rather have that.

[@OrigamiMarie]

Jatt2613 I have figured out a trick for this. Get a little water on your fingers and run them around the edge of the bowl, getting it damp. Then put on the cling wrap, and it will stick more easily.

[@CommandLineVulpine]

You just restored faith in my sanity. All this time, I just thought I was insane or wrapping wrong.

[@brainwater176]

I knew something was different. The new stuff just slides.

[@TheReaverOfDarkness]

You're definitely using it wrong. The new stuff does NOT slide.

[@Bob5mith]

The new stuff is useless because it won't stick to anything. The old stuff was _almost_ useless because it stuck to *everything* and would wad up before you could use it. But at least if you were extremely careful it would stick where you wanted it to.

[@TheReaverOfDarkness]

The new stuff sticks to itself just fine when you give it enough overlap (read: more than 2 centimeters) and your fingers aren't greasy. Hmm...perhaps the new stuff has the positive side-effect of getting food workers to wash their damn hands!

[@MmeHyraelle]

When sticking to itself means using 3 feet of wrap to ram it around the container so it stick, instead of STICKING TO THE CONTAINER like it did. Now it don't. I basically used a plate or something, until i realized, hey, that's why tupperwares exists!

[@notpulverman9660]

It still sticks to itself extremely well. You just have to wrap all the way around once, cause it isn't going to stick to random crap.

[@yayap001]

OMG I thought about this years ago but thought my mom must have switched brands or something, it used to be easier to tear straight because it would stick to the box better.

[@PapaWheelie1]

yayap001 - same I remember the old stuff stuck to the bowl better than itself. The new stuff does the opposite

[@OttawaOldFart]

I am truly amazed that a big company made the right decision and did it quietly.

[@MrNovare]

Of course it was done quietly, they continued to sell a product they know is inferior at the same price without informing consumers.

[@OttawaOldFart]

I did not look at it that way, your cynicism is sharper than mine, my hat off to you.

[@frac]

Here. I just made up a good conspiracy theory. Run with it if you like ;-) The man made them stop making it because their dogs couldn't smell weed through it.

[@G5rry]

Escaped turturles - PR doesn't work if it's done quietly. You seem to know - what were their profit margins?

[@timeforsuchaword]

They could have just seen rising public concern and acted to protect themselves from it before they received negative attention. They mostly make household chemical products so the public movement toward green products is pretty high stakes for them. S.C. Johnson & Son is also a family owned business and not necessarily subject to the same outside pressure to pursue profit at all costs as a publicly traded company.

[@calichef1962]

And that's why Ziploc bags and aluminum foil are now MUCH more popular than plastic wrap. Personally, I miss the old cling wrap. It worked SO MUCH better there is just no comparison. As a chef, even industrial "cling" wraps have suffered. I used to individually wrap all sorts of baked goods in industrial cling wrap every day. In those days I could use just one layer, no tape or adhesive, and know that the product would still be sealed, fresh and not absorbing the odors (and flavors) of the product next to it on the shelf. Unfortunately, not only does the new plastic wrap not cling to itself or anything else, but it doesn't keep the odors in, OR out, either. Cookie sales have definitely dropped since I haven't been able to individually wrap cookies and put them in a basket next to the register.

[@beth8775]

I generally prefer just using a container. Reusable is more cost effective than disposable. Even if you don't have a dishwasher, the dishes for 1 person aren't much, and with a family - take turns.

[@full95one]

I knew I wasn't crazy

[@TainyAoC]

Him and Hank are my favorite hosts 😊

[@WhereWhoMe]

So it wasn't just a 'memories always seem better than reality' moment! That's good to know.

[@AnimilesYT]

Yesterday I had the problem where something just wouldn't stick to itself, and I was asking myself this exact question. Thanks for answering this quickly xD

[@mattakudesu]

I usually store my food in the skulls of my enemies. It's great for the environment.

[@nicoanony]

Jonathan Green oooo

[@sammygirl6910]

I like the cut of your jib!

[@TheReaverOfDarkness]

As long as you don't kill them at a rate higher than your composting service can handle.

[@dontaskme9047]

It is hard to argue with that... because you die if you try.

[@lrom5445]

+Jonathan Green Make enemies of climate deniers. That way you kill two birds and a climate denier with one stone.

[@hustlehank6855]

Yeah I remember back in the day using this to wrap up all those stolen valuable possessions

[@wertywerty6]

Hustle Hank Is it me or Master Therion has quited the top comment spamming club?

What about healt concerns? I've heard that many plastics that we use for food is actually pretty bad for the health (hormonal changes, increased risk of cancer, etc.) It could be an interesting topic for a future video, in my opinion.

[@snoozing68]

Good job on doing the research for this video.

[@FriedEgg101]

I remember as a kid there were 2 types of clingfilm; the good stuff, and the microwave-safe stuff which was thicker and not as clingy. You could almost blow bubbles in the good stuff, and if you poked your finger through it sometimes it would grip the end of your finger so tight it would hurt. And then one day it seemed you could only buy microwave-safe clingfilm.

[@fredbloggs6080]

What you call the good stuff is probably a type of polyvinyl chloride film with a lot of plasticizers in it to make it stretchy and clingy, which is why it couldn't be microwaved. However, the original Saran wrap sold in the United States until 2004, was also superior in that it would stick better and block moisture, orders and oxygen much better as shown in this video. That was made out of polyvinylidene chloride and could be microwaved. You can still buy it in a couple of brands from Japan on Amazon or eBay. Saran wrap today, as well as Glad wrap, is made out of low density polyethylene, which is also microwavable.

[@etotheitauequalsone6000]

So... where can I get PVDC wrapping?

[@etotheitauequalsone6000]

Ah, China, of course.

[@brasil221]

Wow, I was fully expecting it to not actually have changed. Thanks, SciShow!

[@aidanwansbrough7495]

This video was really interesting, thank you!

[@woodfur00]

Well-yeah. I have noticed that. Pretty sure I AM imagining it though, unless my memory as a four-year-old is really that good. Weird.

[@phishENchimps]

Remember how much food we didn't used to throw out?

[@chadwickerman]

Finish your tots and meatloaf. Think of all those starving kids in africa that would love to eat these leftovers! lol

[@tinnturps]

Omg!!!! I’ve often thought it used to be more sticky. Thanks for answering this for me.

[@MazBringsby]

Thank you. This was a pleasantly informative video and the presenter is very likeable.

[@GlyphedArchitect]

The real question I have here is: "Does the benefits of the freshness sealing power of polyethylene, while less than the Saran wrap, outweigh the toxic pollutants it puts into the atmosphere when destroyed?" When they destroyed Saran Wrap, it puts a lot of toxic pollution into the atmosphere. When they destroy this new formula, does it put any pollution out there? Does it put out more pollution than the value of just throwing out the food when it goes bad? And also, how much longer does this new formulation keep food fresh compared to just not covering it? Or using a tupperware or other sealable and reusable container? Is it worth it in the long run to use this new formula as opposed to nothing at all as opposed to saran wrap?

[@IOffspringI]

1. Yes, but don't destroy it. Recycle it! 2. Yes, but considerably less. 3. No, and consider eating your food before it turns bad. 4. From a scale of 1 to 10, probably a 9. 5. Wat?

[@DeathnoteBB]

@@IOffspringI “recycle it” is kind of a useless platitude when some things just don’t get recycled.

[@fordhouse8b]

Is the new formula completely free of dangerous compounds, or just have lower amounts of other dangerous chemicals? Because if it has only one fifth the toxicity of the old formula, what good is it, if I end up using five layers of plastic to keep my food fresh and fridge odor free?

[@IOffspringI]

Polyethylene (PE) is basically non-toxic and can even be recycled. If it isn't recycled however it will not degrade and will amass in a landfill. But that's a property that basically all plastics have in common.

[@fordhouse8b]

Thanks. As someone who uses massive amounts of plastic wrap in the workplace, that is good to know.

[@micahphilson]

It's actually refreshing to hear of a company learning that their products might have terrible side-effects and actually changing them.

[@NoName-ik2du]

I'm guessing PVDC was also used in packing tape in the past. I still have an old roll of saran wrap from the '80s; it's discolored and a bit weird at this point, so I only use it for non-food applications, but it has a very distinct smell to it. A smell that I also clearly remember from using packing tape in the old days. It's a smell I started to notice going away about fifteen to twenty years ago, so I'm guessing that smell was the PVDC that was in these products.

[@Loremastrful]

Question: How does water ruin electronics? And why doesn't it correct itself when the device dries out?

[@gregsun974]

Water contains ions. These make said water conductive, which creates a huge mess in fragile electronics. Moreover, we use metals to conduct electricity in electronic devices. For long exposure times, water along with ions and diffused oxygen will react and "corrode" the metals, turning them into non-conductive compounds, effectively ruining the circuit.

[@JohnDCrafton]

The water itself isn't what causes damage, it's the electrically conductive particles that are dissolved in the water. These particles make the water more conductive, which causes circuits to connect that aren't meant to connect (sometimes called a "short circuit", or "short" for short). Once a circuit gets damaged in this way, it's not recoverable, so when the water is removed it's still damaged. If an electronic device gets wet when it is completely unpowered (no current running through any part of it), usually it will still be functional once the water is removed. A short circuit only occurs if there is current.

[@RubixB0y]

Rahsaan Footman Because water often han ions in it that make it conductive. These conductive water bridges short circuit parts of the electronics so current flows in directions and amounts it shouldn't. Sometimes these short circuit currents cause irreversible damage to the semi-conductors the electronic chips are made out of so even when the water dries out the chips don't work the same way anymore. That is why people use deionized water in their computer cooling loops, it isn't conductive(fresh out of the bottle) so if it gets on the circuits they are less likely to be damaged. This in also why you shouldn't turn on any electronics you suspect have water damage without first removing the water to the best of your ability and have the device placed in a bag of rice for nearly a week. If you get rid of the water before you turn on the electricity you can avoid damaging the circuits.

[@lordgarion514]

Rahsaan Footman Water doesn't harm electronics. In fact, you can buy,not build, a cooling setup that has your entire computer inside a fish tank full of water. Water doesn't really conduct electricity. It's the minerals dissolved in the water. But the damage done is physical. When it shorts it physically damages(like burns and melts) the components. No way to reverse that.

[@rednull862]

The water is conductive and so causes short circuits. Even if you dried it out, the shorts burnt up whatever they were connected to and so broke the circuit, resulting in said electronic no longer working.

[@ItsAllNunya]

or we could find a less damaging way of disposing of it

[@massimookissed1023]

elusiveEntity , if you shove it down a turtle's throat, it doesn't pollute the atmosphere.

[@nicolascortesa.9171]

elusiveEntity burning organic garbage is a very good way to reduce volume, also people are lazy, oils should be bottled before disposing and not poured down the drain and bateries have a "don't throw in the garbage" warning but people still do it, very few people organize waste so a "better way to process it" doesn't work on practice.

[@fireriffs]

The trouble is that soft plastic doesn't recycle the same way as hard plastics. Hard plastics are pelletized and melted down. Soft plastic like Cling Wrap and plastic bags can jam up the mechanisms of machines used to process other plastics and don't pelletize. I think you can put it with plastic bags and take them to grocery stores that have bins for soft plastic recycling.

[@googleeatsdicks]

Batteries (the common alkaline or zinc carbon type) are no toxic waste anymore. You should recycle them separately because of the valuable chemicals but they do no harm in your regular garbage.

[@MmeHyraelle]

zinc carbon are trash dollar store batteries and no one buy those. I have zinc nickel and ni-mh.

[@chasesmith7826]

Oh, Michael, it's wonderful to see you again.

[@MaltaMcMurchy]

Very good information, thanks. 👍

[@rebelassassin317]

Whelp, Dexter is screwed

[@europademon]

My cling wrap works as good as it always has... Though mines not see thru. Wait, never mind, I just use duct tape. ;)

[@antiisocial]

I have recently switched to flex tape, it's a bit more stretchy.

[@v.sandrone4268]

Duct tape was better in the past until they changed it.

[@europademon]

Not my beautiful duct tape. NOOOOoooooo!

[@deathbyseatoast8854]

antiisocial Tf is wrong with you Just pour bleach on it. Kills all the chemicals and bacteria. And keeps them out!

[@Just_A_Dude]

Thought you were going to actually give a serious response and say "foil" for a minute, there.

[@ritajhang4434]

omg thank you for this episode. I really thought I was imagining it...

[@evanhughes9576]

You guys make everything interesting.

[@yianomaly3092]

can you guys do a video about Tarrare the hungriest man in history?

[@Aleph-Noll]

i saw the sam o nella video its so funny i almost died

[@yianomaly3092]

yeah exactly i just found him out today and i binge watched all his vids and his Tarrare it was so good

[@kaylamarten3872]

i just read that and thought of Sam o nella and man. i need to go see it again😂😂😂

[@Aleph-Noll]

same lol

[@desp8161]

Interesting. I too noticed rap just isnt the same as it was in the 90s.

[@Donflorgon]

I knew I wasnt crazy! Thanks for making this video.

[@sylviacrafts6704]

Ahh, was wondering about that and asking myself "WHAT AM I DOING WRONG!" thank you. IT WAS DRIVING ME INSANE!

[@crazykaspmovies]

This further reinforces my belief that if you want something to work great you have to find the most toxic/poisonous product you can commercially get your hands on. Chances are that if they still haven't switched to a less harmful alternative, the product is exceedingly good at what it does.

[@Twinrehz]

Here's a revolutionary idea: don't burn trash! (Or at least sort away the stuff that will release harmful gases when burnt?)

[@banderi002]

I think we can all agree without having to sound unnecessarily sarcastic and generalizing that burning PVDC is a bad idea, regardless of how you deal with other trash.

[@danielcadwell9812]

Twinrehz and do what instead throw them in a landfill?

[@speedy01247]

I do find it funny, cause people don't get the trade off's, Land and smell vs trash and air pollution (smell from the trash dumps vs polluting the air with contaminants due to burning)

[@banderi002]

I honestly don't understand the generalization. Someone says "why not find an alternative solution rather than burning" and people think automatically "dump them in the soil". I don't find it funny, rather very sad that attempts at unbiased discussions are dead upon starting. :(

[@Nabend1402]

The US is still way, way behind other countries when it comes to recycling. So I'd say start there.

[@AllenLeland]

Great video Mike :)

[@movezig5]

Can I just applaud Saran for actually doing the responsible thing that will benefit the most people? We really need to see more of that in U.S. businesses.

[@-Devy-]

I highly doubt this had anything to do with being responsible, more than likely it was simply to cover their asses. Not that their motives really matters in practice though.

[@nwbackcountry5327]

Why not use a glass, metal, or ceramic container with a lid? No plastic, and no waste.

[@Kibaoftheleaves]

Because we're all addicted to disposable goods.

[@ThrottleKitty]

Because that often involves dirtying up an entire other, large dish for EVERYTHING you save. That, or start eating everything out of resealable butter bowls like some sort of butter hermit.

[@phishENchimps]

OMG.. can you believe it. at one time, This was a product.... It was/is.

[@AboboKing]

But how much fresh water will be used to clean that container? In some regions that may be even more of a concern than trash.

[@zizkazenit7885]

It takes water and a lot of energy to run a dishwasher. I wouldn't assume that a few square inches of 12 micron thick plastic(properly disposed of) are worse for the environment than using up that water and electricty.

[@jevansturner]

Maybe the correct response wasn't to eliminate PVDC. Just stop incinerating trash!

[@AirLancer]

And do what? Bury it in landfills and pollute the soil and groundwater?

[@EllAntares]

@@AirLancer reprocess it? PVDC is still used.. every plastic or carton package of food items you have still got PVDC film inside, between plastic\carton and food. It's reprocessable, but hard to be extracted

[@edwinhuang9244]

@@EllAntares There's a video explaining why recycle is not popular. To simplify it, it's because there's no economic incentive.

[@stephanieparrish9059]

Ahh, at last. I enjoyed gazing at the uniform color of your hair, Michael!

[@PaulKentSkates]

Thank you, I just thought I remembered incorrectly. It was way more clingy!!

[@musclehank6067]

Becaus it has gotten weaker... 😑

[@sebastianelytron8450]

Perfect typo, perfect emoji, perfect comment

[@musclehank6067]

+Sebastian Elytron lol whoops

[@musclehank6067]

+Sebastian Elytron Hustle Hank stole the second e in because

[@zoofan9280]

Muscle Hank lol

[@zoofan9280]

Cyandrik you’re dissing skills are weak leave him alone

[@DatOneGuy901]

Aluminium foil >

[@CJBurkey]

than what?

[@ThrottleKitty]

Has gone up so much that it makes me want to mail all the companies angry letters. Price of synthesizing aluminium has gone down WHAT'S THE DEAL!?

[@TheftTv]

Aluminum foil is even worst for keeping food fresh.

[@DatOneGuy901]

CJ Burkey than the material the video was about.

[@Vlican]

good luck wrapping your food or plate "airtight" with aluminum foil... there's applications for both cling wrap and aluminum foil, but they are not interchangeable...

[@jasonstraurss6974]

2:14 appears to be the only time this guy blinks. Very cool video BTW, keep up the interesting content, thank you

[@mountainhobo]

How about just stop burning it?

[@rowleyj31]

mountainhobo so how does one get ride of a couple thousand kilos of plastic wrap per year when it takes at minimum, several decades to decompose? Throw it in the ocean?

[@rowleyj31]

Not saying one is better then the other, but " not burning it's is the same answer as " not throw it in the Ocean"

[@mountainhobo]

Jason R "so how does one get ride of a couple thousand kilos of plastic wrap per year when it takes at minimum, several decades to decompose? Throw it in the ocean?" -- Yes, absolutely, anything that takes several decades to decompose immediately throw into the ocean. Please don't waste my time with such infantile attempts at rhetoric.

[@craigcorson3036]

I challenge you to name something - anything - that IS as good as it used to be.

[@dbluewh]

duct tape do I get a prize?

[@Coxy002605]

Knipex brand pliers.

[@rednull862]

Technology

[@craigcorson3036]

Wayne Huang Yes, my approbation. Treasure it always. Do you know that duct tape is the ONE type of tape that was found by the US government to be completely unsuitable for... taping ducts? Also that it was originally called "duck" tape, because the adhesive was applied to cotton duck, a kind of fabric?

[@seanpeery7780]

Weird Al Yankovic's song Fat and the corresponding music video.

[@fitzgerald4744]

I totally thought this was going to be a video about nostalgia affects your perception of common household products etcetera etcetera etcetera. Pleased and surprised to find that is a real thing!

[@wildbill4476]

Wow, I noticed it mostly because it does not tangle as easily and you can usually recover it, before it was like it welded itself on contact. All this time I thought they had caved to consumer pressure to make it easier to untangle. Thanks. Very surprising they did not market this action they took or if they did they really failed...

[@sofiem7348]

What, people call it cling wrap?

[@budgetbogans1257]

Sinae Por Australians for one

[@siopp4606]

Budget Bogans glad wrap

[@budgetbogans1257]

Congratulations, do you want a medal? I didn’t say all of Australia, depends on which state you live in or where you shop probably.

[@Dragobot7]

its the generic term. saran wrap while synonymous with cling wrap is in fact a name brand, just like kleenex

[@crochetingcanuck]

In parts of the UK it's called cling film.

[@justindie7543]

Just use Tupperware and move on with your day

[@sentientcurse7478]

Lol

[@ctuan13]

Pro Tip: If you want a Saran Wrap as good as the old stuff, buy a kind called Stretch Tite. Works amazing.

[@primavera3989]

Michael is glowing lately!! 😍😍

[@budgetbogans1257]

Talk about clingy...

[@teambeining]

I think it’s great that they removed a toxic product, but the replacement is worthless. If it don’t work, don’t sell it.

[@speedy01247]

I disagree, it was only toxic when burned, if that is the case Batteries should be thrown out cause they are also toxic when burned.

[@misterawsomeman]

You aren't supposed to throw batteries away... They have special places you are supposed to dispose of them.

[@TheEpicLinkFreeman]

that's the point he's making you don't throw away batteries, don't throw away cling wrap; although it's not very practical given the context of how it's supposed to be used most of the time

[@AaronQian]

I store greasy foods with glass containers, then add a layer of cling wrap, then the plastic lid. This makes washing the plastic lid very easy because the cling wrap acts as the grease barrier.

[@Thedoctorjosh]

Killin it with the hair!

[@iannihilatei2022]

You guys ever get an ad on your scishow videos and watch it all the way through? Like even though it has a skip add button. And the only reason being you're too broke to support them on patron.

[@18matts]

I Annihilate I no I pay for youtube red

[@iannihilatei2022]

18matts ive been thinking of getting that cuz you get youtube red free with google play music right?

[@JohnDCrafton]

I Annihilate I yes, I have Red too and it came free with my Play Music subscription. It also works the other way, if you sub to Red you get Play Music free.

[@18matts]

I Annihilate I get it. I cannot stand ads. Plus its not as bad as adblock

[@iannihilatei2022]

18matts yeah i never did adblock its just horrible to the content creators on KZbin

[@Mr6Sinner]

Wtf. People call it ‘cling’ wrap?

[@Malandirix]

Uriah Siner Cling film in the uk

[@googleeatsdicks]

because it used to cling to things

[@wolfferoni]

Cling wrap in Aus. You call it Saran Wrap after the brand but we don't have that brand here. Most people use the Glad brand but we don't call it Glad Wrap for the most part (although some do).

[@jimmyr545]

I always called it handywrap. I'm in texas.

[@Annaie1234]

Wolfferoni as an Australia. I have always called it glad wrap

[@poetdrowned]

...huh! An interesting answer to a question I never had!

[@wtfquebec]

nice topic thx

[@Theemptylife]

This actually blew my mind, wow.

[@notkyleschultz]

It's definitely gone down in quality but that doesn't mean it's useless. You just have to try a little harder to apply it. If you are bad at this you could try pushing it down on top of whatever your wrapping. If that isn't an option, like maybe it's a liquid, get the press & seal stuff. It's more expensive but easier to use so ppl have higher success rates with the stuff.

[@Narnendil]

I've always wondered this!

[@kathyt55]

I have used Glad Wrap almost all of my life. It is not only clingy; but stretches a little as well to create an airtight seal. I found that Saran Wrap never worked as well, even before they changed the formula. Glad Wrap even uses Cling Wrap as part of it's brand name.

[@fredbloggs6080]

Glad Wrap is the same basic material as the Saran wrap now. The original Saran wrap was a little thicker before it was changed in 2004. However if you think they glad wrap Christian and airtight seal, you are mistaken if you watch this video. The original saran wrap made out of polyvinylidene chloride was a much better barrier. You can still buy it in a couple of brands from Japan on Amazon or eBay.

[@yizelindbizle]

He didn't blink for too long... I got distracted by this and consequently have no idea what I just watched... except his soul searching eyes.

[@biglyredly8637]

So if i need to low key certain products from mexico, use pvdc. You guys rock!!!! Keep it up.

[@josemembreno3134]

i love the insinuation that the giant corporation chose to Protect The Environment™ out of the goodness of their hearts and not because they were either forced to or for money reasons

[@mysliceoflife5420]

Was watching the shadow on his forehead. Scared me when the jump cut removed the shadow lol

[@cedareverly5497]

I heard that putting butter around the edge of the bowl or whatever works real good for that👍

[@shanleyshoupe7873]

My mom has had the same roll of saran wrap since 2000 (industrial sized and we dont use it much) and I notice the difference between it and other peoples cling wrap

[@kenmandu4499]

This guy is a good speaker.

[@Rugbystu14]

I have a question that has been bothering me for a while now and never got a good answer for it. What is the difference between chemical colour and physical colour? For example, when adding food colouring to water or anything for that matter, does every "colour" have a chemical property that only affects the way it reflects and absorbs light or is it made from different molecules which again in turn have their own way of reflecting and absorbing light? If each food colouring "colour" is made of different molecules, how do they keep the taste neutral? Would really appreciate if you could make a video about it, guys!

[@HazyHerbivore]

@SciShow is there somewhere I can compare the effective permeabilities of different wrapping products such as polyethylene, beeswax, sap etc.? I tried looking briefly but found no journal articles comparing this exact thing.

[@katiekat4457]

When I was little I used to make puppet mouths out of the old big mac containers. I miss old packaging

[@therongjr]

I thought I was going crazy! It did become less sticky! Phew!

[@NickRoman]

Yeah, get the edge of the bowl or whatever you're wrapping wet and it will cling better. If they could make it thinner, it would cling better. But, then it would also be more permeable. I never even thought of that aspect of the stuff.

[@chanceaaronblack2792]

Oh wow, cool to know!

[@tunakann7629]

I actually knew a bunch of the science words! I feel smart

[@LittleGreenPearl]

Micheal is my fav host!

[@luiskp7173]

SC Johnson was already investing heavily on branding the Ziploc bags, so it was no issue for them to let Saran wrap die.

[@tommeng6522]

Scishow can never stop clinging to me. #NotificationSquad!

[@S_Winegar]

Sealing a bowl of food with today's cling wrap is like trying to fold a fitted sheet

[@berglettemom6045]

I always like when Michael Aranda hosts. Remember when he helped Hank with the DFTBA song? They never do fun stuff like that anymore...

[@ChrisD4335]

Ide liike to know why they moves the cutter to a place on the box where it no longer works right

[@24framedavinci39]

Well, I live in dry ass Southern California. I found that if I pull the cling wrap off the roll real fast, there is a static build up that happens on the wrap. It seems to really help the film adhere to bowls and whatnot. Oh who knows. Maybe it's just in my head. It seems to help though.

[@ITroopTheSpace]

I was wondering how this stuff works when I was I work today. What a coincidence. Not suspicious.

[@malikaait7762]

Thank you. I actually thought it was just my imagination. Thank you one more time

[@aellalee4767]

Beeswax cloths work pretty nicely in place of cling wrap.

[@jflsdknf]

Costco. Also branded as Stretch Tite. The only saran wrap still worth buying.

[@troyhenry6111]

I want the old one cling wrap back

[@jpeterson9087]

Come to Japan. It's still good over here! =D

[@kaiser1794]

Thats why you use press n seal from glad instead. Does wonders

[@lastxp415]

Dam I never even notice cling wrap was not as good as before. As a child that was so fun to play with