Turning cotton balls into cotton candy

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  • 게시일 2021. 09. 02.
  • For a couple years now, I've been wanting to turn cotton balls into edible (and literal) cotton candy. It took me a while to figure out how to do it, but I finally did it!
    This is kind of a follow-up to my previous project, where I turned toilet paper into drinkable alcohol (moonshine). In that one, I used an enzyme called cellulase, but that didn't seem to work here. So, instead, I used concentrated sulfuric acid.
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  • @IncredibleMD
    @IncredibleMD 2 년 전 +15055

    "And hopefully won't poison me."
    So, anyway, I added 75% pure sulfuric acid.

  • @ryanchia8764
    @ryanchia8764 2 년 전 +11852

    3yr old: Is cotton candy made from cotton?
    The parent: No it's not.
    NileRed: You are not going to believe this.

    • @thisisaperson1536
      @thisisaperson1536 2 년 전 +386

      3yr old: is cotton candy made from cotton?
      normal people: no
      NileRed: yes, i'll show you how to make just subscribe and like if it worked lol

    • @Itz_Sophia19
      @Itz_Sophia19 2 년 전 +3

      Yes

    • @DDub04
      @DDub04 2 년 전 +58

      Well since he got rid of part of the cotton to make the cotton candy, if you think about it, it’s the other way around.
      Cotton is actually made of cotton candy.

    • @no-name168
      @no-name168 2 년 전 +11

      @@DDub04 but cotton candy isn't the only one form of glucose

    • @notSwiftie
      @notSwiftie 2 년 전 +8

      @@no-name168 IT ISNT EVEN GLUCOSE

  • @Ultrazucced
    @Ultrazucced 7 개월 전 +2886

    you can always see the switch from chemist to cook and where his abilities and skill set swaps from genius to 7 year old figuring out how a toaster works love this guy

    • @zg-ez8kq
      @zg-ez8kq 2 개월 전 +18

      istg if one guy comments about how many likes there are and little to no comments trying to "fix" it, I wil take a bite of tempered glass.

    • @stephenmckenzie4997
      @stephenmckenzie4997 2 개월 전 +6

      Hey @zg-ez8kq this vid has 482k likes

    • @zg-ez8kq
      @zg-ez8kq 2 개월 전 +3

      @@stephenmckenzie4997 uh ok?

    • @thematt6705
      @thematt6705 개월 전 +1

      @@stephenmckenzie4997 you're correct

    • @Unkniwn1
      @Unkniwn1 개월 전 +3

      Why he talks like ai

  • @brianknow9142
    @brianknow9142 7 개월 전 +448

    This dude had got to be on the watch list. Canada is like, why are you buying powder? Dude is a genius in chemistry.

    • @thepolemicproject474
      @thepolemicproject474 3 개월 전 +15

      Walter White is his teacher (my english is bad)

    • @realspoony
      @realspoony 3 개월 전

      your english is wonderful ​@@thepolemicproject474

    • @brianknow9142
      @brianknow9142 3 개월 전 +13

      Your English was just fine. I agree Walter was his teacher.

    • @AetheriusAri
      @AetheriusAri 개월 전

      Genius chemist, no good cook…….

    • @krampuspudding
      @krampuspudding 27 일 전 +5

      @@thepolemicproject474 mfs will write a perfectly coherent sentence with no grammatical errors then say "sorry for the bad english"

  • @JoeyKlu
    @JoeyKlu 2 년 전 +18276

    I would have assumed the Canadian Customs department would be familiar with him by now.

    • @andreaquadrati
      @andreaquadrati 2 년 전 +3793

      Imagine them going like "Uuuugh it's that guy again, this time he bought enriched uranium"
      "Yo you sure it's fine?"
      "Yea whatever he's probably using it to get shoelaces or something"

    • @ADBBuild
      @ADBBuild 2 년 전 +1382

      That's probably EXACTLY why they confiscated it.

    • @The_Keeper
      @The_Keeper 2 년 전 +1552

      To be fair, those enzyme bags looked like industrial quantities of cocaine (dirty white) and heroin (brownish).

    • @BruceNitroxpro
      @BruceNitroxpro 2 년 전 +503

      @@The_Keeper , Just a lousey job of repackaging.

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 2 년 전 +1036

      He's been put on the Canadian Security Intelligence Service's "Least Wanted" list.

  • @justintr4888
    @justintr4888 2 년 전 +6189

    I love how every step is explained in the tone of someone trying to explain the long chain of events that led to the backyard shed burning down.

    • @TheVirusWar
      @TheVirusWar 2 년 전 +418

      This is so true. Due to his tone and way of speaking, I'm constantly expecting him to say "...but that didn't work." or "...but that proved to be a fatal mistake. Now the world is ending."

    • @alw2839
      @alw2839 2 년 전 +11

      @@TheVirusWar SCPF: ..........

    • @Juliusthebastard
      @Juliusthebastard 2 년 전 +103

      What's really funny is when you think about it he's just explaining what he did, step by step, the way we were all told to do with experiments in our lab books in school.

    • @tadpole53
      @tadpole53 2 년 전 +30

      OMG that's the best way I've heard his voice explained

    • @reddash358
      @reddash358 2 년 전 +10

      Maybe it’s not his first rodeo.😂

  • @hagendietze9881
    @hagendietze9881 4 개월 전 +522

    As a German, this is a very interesting and linguistically easy-to-understand channel. keep it up :)

    • @connorfarrell2172
      @connorfarrell2172 개월 전 +17

      As an American who is lacking science knowledge, I would agree. His channels are extremely linguistically friendly (and it's my native language 😂)

    • @mimimimek3488
      @mimimimek3488 12 일 전 +1

      Although it's hard to understand formulas and names because english makes up stuff

  • @superspies32
    @superspies32 5 개월 전 +132

    About the color of the glucose, its actually the original color you saw from Sugar crane extraction. In factory they use SO2 gas or H3PO4 and centrifuge to clear the color

  • @samueljele
    @samueljele 2 년 전 +4786

    "Based on almost nothing, I've decided" is a phrase I'm going to use in my next lab report

  • @swiftfated
    @swiftfated 2 년 전 +3403

    My favorite thing about this channel is the rigorous and precise methods used such as "I let it run until I thought it looked good" and "completely at random, I chose to let it sit 5 hours."

  • @jeweledstone
    @jeweledstone 3 개월 전 +168

    Dude, you are like a literal modern day alchemist. I wouldn’t be surprised if you somehow turned lead into gold!

  • @jesusruiz6733
    @jesusruiz6733 개월 전 +21

    These are the best videos to watch, especially before going to bed

  • @milkii_tea
    @milkii_tea 2 년 전 +73473

    i can’t wait for the sequel: turning literal rocks into rock candy

    • @garethbaus5471
      @garethbaus5471 2 년 전 +4601

      You might be able to use limestone as a source for the CO2 in knockoff pop rocks or something, so it might kinda work.

    • @alexreid1173
      @alexreid1173 2 년 전 +2327

      @@garethbaus5471 I mean that’s basically what happened with the diamond water so

    • @spartanelite1532
      @spartanelite1532 2 년 전 +2618

      Bro don’t give him anymore ideas he’s gaining to much power

    • @red-pm1lg
      @red-pm1lg 2 년 전 +878

      give him a year or two, he’ll figure it out

    • @DiscoChixify
      @DiscoChixify 2 년 전 +84

      Lol

  • @stefanostankovic2764
    @stefanostankovic2764 2 년 전 +3155

    Listen up, it’s starting. The annual Nilered alchemy tutorial is starting!

  • @silly_goofs
    @silly_goofs 5 개월 전 +35

    i would really love to just THINK like Nile for one day. does every object i look at just make me wonder "hmm yeah i could probably turn that into food"

  • @user-ui5iv3bk1c
    @user-ui5iv3bk1c 4 개월 전 +32

    Now I feel like he could make A LITERAL SHIRT into cotton candy instead of just cotton balls-

  • @TrackpadProductions
    @TrackpadProductions 2 년 전 +1989

    Someone once told me that NileRed talks like he's about to end every sentence with "but then something went wrong" and now I _can't_ unhear it

    • @datgaydangernoodle1315
      @datgaydangernoodle1315 2 년 전 +28

      OMFG HE DOES-

    • @choco_jack7016
      @choco_jack7016 2 년 전 +17

      but then something went wrong

    • @997tt7
      @997tt7 2 년 전 +17

      Wai- what- why??!!!?! Shit, now I can't unhear it either!!!!

    • @garmr08
      @garmr08 2 년 전 +10

      I can't unhear it now HAHAHA

    • @knightofastora1324
      @knightofastora1324 2 년 전 +23

      I always heard it but now that you've mentioned it i'm hyper aware lmao. Almost every single sentence has the same up and down inflection haha

  • @kartikeyarathore9704
    @kartikeyarathore9704 2 년 전 +21906

    i can't wait for the sequel: turning limestone into lemonade

    • @Bigtonka_
      @Bigtonka_ 2 년 전 +138

      Lol

    • @spaghetti4245
      @spaghetti4245 2 년 전 +1558

      or turning bedrock into a comfortable matress

    • @SymphonicJosh
      @SymphonicJosh 2 년 전 +677

      And then use the lemonade to make grenades

    • @silask947
      @silask947 2 년 전 +525

      turning broken glass to rock candy

    • @dantedevon3978
      @dantedevon3978 2 년 전 +367

      Well, when life gives you limestone, you make lemonade.
      ... Wait.

  • @ranveersrivastava3592
    @ranveersrivastava3592 6 개월 전 +43

    Nile, i know you probably won't see this, but, thank you for making these videos and inspiring people all over the world. You are doing amazing work and showing people that chemistry is not just about assignments and exams, rather, it can be extremely interesting and fun. I personally am a student from grade 11 and, inspired by your video, am doing a project on converting cotton balls into sugar. Will keep you posted with updates on the project,
    Love from India

  • @decorativewingdings
    @decorativewingdings 5 개월 전 +46

    That haircut...
    is very cool good job

    • @Personc4253
      @Personc4253 개월 전 +2

      the haircut is the best haircut i've ever seen

    • @U014B
      @U014B 개월 전 +3

      His hair had certainly been cut. That's a true fact.

    • @tiagomoraes-lw9uk
      @tiagomoraes-lw9uk 16 일 전

      McLovin

  • @SashaFYI
    @SashaFYI 2 년 전 +3074

    Nile at the start of any project: Precise calculations.
    Nile at end: I HEATED IT UNTIL I FELT LIKE TAKING IT OFF

  • @peekaloo12
    @peekaloo12 2 년 전 +13301

    The fact that NileRed is more confident with sulfuric acid than he is with just a regular cotton candy maker is cracking me up

    • @void_walker2304
      @void_walker2304 2 년 전 +468

      he has worked a lot with the acid so he know the do's and dont's.

    • @potatoeyboi
      @potatoeyboi 2 년 전 +860

      Come on, he’s a man of science, not candy!

    • @alienb_c9681
      @alienb_c9681 2 년 전 +53

      @@potatoeyboi Hahaha

    • @TheOneWhoHasABadName
      @TheOneWhoHasABadName 2 년 전 +301

      he might be good at not dying in his projects, but the concept of making cotton candy is just too novel for him
      to be fair, if I was given a cotton candy maker I’d probably look at least as confused as he was, then promptly die in a horrible lab accident that I have no business getting into

    • @unploog
      @unploog 2 년 전 +65

      Hey, things that spin are terrifying.

  • @unnamedaxolotl
    @unnamedaxolotl 34 분 전

    This man has genuinely done things no human has ever done and probably will never do

  • @nikohobbs3336
    @nikohobbs3336 2 개월 전 +1

    So happy that you make your videos very long. Helps keep me interested. Thanks Nile

  • @ryanawol77
    @ryanawol77 2 년 전 +3255

    While it is fantastic that you're trying to be more independent with your monetization, I think it's also OK for you to continue getting sponsorships. This is due to your "long-form" content relative to the typical ~10minute KRplusrs out there. These youtubers would spend 2-4 minutes talking about a product they may or may not use/like, then proceed to give us 6-8 minutes of content including the intro and outro. So because of your channel's long-form videos, it is very appropriate for you to have it sponsored by a company or 2, given that it wouldn't eat up a bunch of meaningful video length.

    • @lindsey2542
      @lindsey2542 2 년 전 +87

      ^^ absolutely also a lot of those youtubers are able to keep up with youtubes algorithm a bit better because they upload at least a few times a week up to a few times a day. i absolutely would not care at all if he took on a few sponsorships every video.

    • @bowtiesarecool2220
      @bowtiesarecool2220 2 년 전 +28

      Sponsorships are a business decision, and If the alternative is to forfeit content that may be out of a budget or to affect other aspects of your life, 5 minutes of a video is fine

    • @EdwardMcClung
      @EdwardMcClung 2 년 전 +22

      I really agree with this. I think the short channel is cool, but I have a slight chem/physics background that makes me really interested in watching the process and hearing about it. I've missed the longer videos to be honest. I was super happy to see this was a longer video.

    • @BiologyIsHot
      @BiologyIsHot 2 년 전 +4

      Yeah man, I'm totally okay with you having sponsorships. I want you to get as much benefit from this as possible.

    • @johnedwards354
      @johnedwards354 2 년 전 +2

      Thats how I feel. Long form videos are so much better I don't even mind.

  • @TheMildlyCoolMinocat
    @TheMildlyCoolMinocat 2 년 전 +11708

    With no knowledge of chemistry, this makes me feel like a medieval peasant witnessing alchemy.

    • @dedkeny
      @dedkeny 2 년 전 +403

      I understand all of it and feel the same way...

    • @jacobfromallstate4963
      @jacobfromallstate4963 2 년 전 +188

      @@CandiceGoddard sorry but this is a tl;dr if I've ever seen one.

    • @scottredman6255
      @scottredman6255 2 년 전 +91

      @@CandiceGoddard it was a joke.

    • @infinitevirus4826
      @infinitevirus4826 2 년 전 +127

      @@CandiceGoddard this man researched for this comment lol

    • @otunsha101
      @otunsha101 2 년 전 +65

      @@CandiceGoddard what is wrong with you💀💀

  • @kiruyuu
    @kiruyuu 6 개월 전 +1

    Nile thank you so much , I needed to do a project since I'm a highschool science student and I proposed this and my teacher gave me the green light. You're saving me

  • @bigboi3103
    @bigboi3103 4 개월 전 +2

    chemistry is so cool, you can effectively change anything into something else by adding and subtracting things, and some time

  • @babycarrot80
    @babycarrot80 2 년 전 +3997

    We have fun here at Nile red channel. "I want to make hopefully edible candy" "so I decided to use acid" love this channel

  • @shakunkothari8371
    @shakunkothari8371 2 년 전 +18696

    *This dude has intentions of a three year old and abilities of a scientist.*

  • @laurienicholas
    @laurienicholas 29 일 전

    Nile, you are the most wonderfully curious and determined scientist yet absolute worst cook all at the same time. Never stop being you. Love these videos.

  • @luagamundi
    @luagamundi 4 개월 전 +1

    Where was this channel all of my life? I love this ❤❤❤

  • @shreksmith
    @shreksmith 2 년 전 +4084

    Nile is literally the scientist we imagined in our heads when we were kids

  • @ZachMemes
    @ZachMemes 2 년 전 +7654

    Dad can i get cotton candy?
    Nile: we have cotton candy at home.
    Cotton candy at home:

  • @WhiterunGuard11998
    @WhiterunGuard11998 7 개월 전 +1

    Thank you for including the sound of closing the dehydrator's door.

  • @TopherThomas33
    @TopherThomas33 5 개월 전

    I have randomly seen this dude here and there and this channel never quite caught my interest. This video got me good and now i know i will be binge watching.

  • @davelastname8074
    @davelastname8074 2 년 전 +923

    “I wanted to turn the cotton balls into cotton candy and make literal cotton candy” This man, is gonna have so many dad jokes when he has a family.

    • @Whatariot
      @Whatariot 2 년 전 +17

      If*

    • @poonamkumar3237
      @poonamkumar3237 2 년 전 +6

      *Big Iff.. (like Joe Rogan says.. is someone watching all these smart people? Making sure someone makes babies with them. and they don't die out quietly?)

    • @chodad1381
      @chodad1381 2 년 전 +11

      i’d smash if i was a chick
      edit: no homo tho

    • @jacobohnstad4432
      @jacobohnstad4432 2 년 전 +2

      What's the joke

    • @mozkitolife5437
      @mozkitolife5437 2 년 전

      And his kids try to eat cotton balls because kids.

  • @hrithikpatel3444
    @hrithikpatel3444 2 년 전 +827

    this dude has such a voice, that when he says something, you dont know if it is good news or bad, unless he specifies "luckily", or "I had hoped"

    • @adamelmeziane2284
      @adamelmeziane2284 2 년 전 +51

      this is literally the same thing I thought when I just started watching him, everyone sentence of his feels like its about to be followed by "but"

    • @AirNeat
      @AirNeat 2 년 전 +8

      It probably has more to do with your awareness of chemistry

    • @catsii
      @catsii 2 년 전 +18

      oh my god, i've been trying to put this exact thought into words for months.

    • @blanda8821
      @blanda8821 2 년 전

      @dæs he just always ends his sentences in the same way.

    • @wairgald
      @wairgald 2 년 전 +1

      You should check out some of his videos on his Nile Blue channel. They are less formal and he talks with more emotion in his voice. You kind of get a little hint of that in this video when he is tasting the sugar and making the cotton candy. I think the voice he uses for most of his Nile Red videos is his "Educational Narration" voice.

  • @jamesharrell4360
    @jamesharrell4360 27 일 전 +2

    Every video has "so i waited until I thought it looked good, and took it off the heat." like 6 times ... And i love it.

    • @JeepnHeel
      @JeepnHeel 24 일 전 +2

      TBF, as a non-cook this is basically every recipe I've ever read
      "cut to length by removing the wrong parts. Sizzle mediumly until ready."

    • @jamesharrell4360
      @jamesharrell4360 23 일 전 +1

      @@JeepnHeel True. Just never thought chemist did it this way too. 😁

  • @enigmatic.blue13
    @enigmatic.blue13 개월 전 +2

    Actually, with all that effort you put into it, and the information you used, I wouldn't call that pathetic- I know the candy didn't seem like much- but I'd call that a success. You were persistent with your work. Bravo!

  • @lankyalpaca
    @lankyalpaca 2 년 전 +2096

    i love how he knows how long it took to turn cellulose into glucose but doesnt know how long to caramelize sugar

    • @crnobijeli13
      @crnobijeli13 2 년 전 +156

      To be fair, you do that by looking at the colour... Kinda doesn't work if it's already yellow.

    • @joshuaharrison5297
      @joshuaharrison5297 2 년 전 +83

      He’s a scientist not a chef Hafiz leave Nile alone 😂

    • @fynexjeralt4186
      @fynexjeralt4186 2 년 전 +16

      did turn sucrose into glucose?

    • @doyoulikechickennuggets1039
      @doyoulikechickennuggets1039 2 년 전 +23

      There is me, addicted to gesnhin, thinking you were talking about the character Sucrose

    • @Crozzzbonez0
      @Crozzzbonez0 2 년 전 +46

      @@joshuaharrison5297 all chefs are scientists, but not all scientists are chefs

  • @goudacheeseman5548
    @goudacheeseman5548 2 년 전 +724

    HE'S DONE IT, HE'S MASTERED THE ART OF ALCHEMY

    • @anandabraham9223
      @anandabraham9223 2 년 전 +28

      my man made toilet paper into moonshine

    • @muck2744
      @muck2744 2 년 전 +31

      Next he will be a full metal alchemist

    • @CatchThesePaws
      @CatchThesePaws 2 년 전 +13

      Alchemy. The science of understanding, deconstructing, and reconstructing matter. However, it is not an all powerful art, to obtain, something of equal value must be given. This is the law of equivalent exchange!
      Idk if I quoted that correctly… it’s from memory lol

    • @scanbbb
      @scanbbb 2 년 전 +5

      @Maria05 no shit, Maria.

    • @flerfbuster7993
      @flerfbuster7993 2 년 전 +1

      @@CatchThesePaws I just finished that anime, and now it's following me everywhere

  • @bryanasarmento2044
    @bryanasarmento2044 2 개월 전 +1

    I’ve been obsessed with this channel for years.

  • @Lucky69K
    @Lucky69K 7 개월 전 +6

    11:42here's your vanilla coffee icecream frappe
    Enjoy!

  • @xplodingmojo2087
    @xplodingmojo2087 2 년 전 +1897

    Me: “damn, why did Nigel slow down on uploading so much?”
    Alibaba delivery: “yeah, indeed… so weird…”

  • @psychosweet6152
    @psychosweet6152 2 년 전 +1559

    His *based on almost nothing* makes "nothing" sound like a reliable science institution

    • @kayagorzan
      @kayagorzan 2 년 전 +5

      Indeed

    • @positivemusic9
      @positivemusic9 2 년 전

      krplus.net/bidio/hbllaWibjLDIn4o

    • @agnez1739
      @agnez1739 2 년 전

      AISURU.TOKYO/AGNEZ 💞
      (◍•ᴗ•◍)✧*。18 years and over
      KRplus: This is fine
      Someone: Says "heck"
      KRplus: Be gone
      #однако #я #люблю #таких #рыбаков #Интересно #забавно #девушка #смешная #垃圾

    • @agnez1739
      @agnez1739 2 년 전

      AISURU.TOKYO/AGNEZ 💞
      (◍•ᴗ•◍)✧*。18 years and over
      KRplus: This is fine
      Someone: Says "heck"
      KRplus: Be gone
      #однако #я #люблю #таких #рыбаков #Интересно #забавно #девушка #смешная #垃圾

    • @Cresanova
      @Cresanova 2 년 전 +2

      ​@@agnez1739 hey it me the lord. come live here, be with me. it bottening

  • @DucksOnAcidux
    @DucksOnAcidux 5 일 전

    This dude can’t get me to stop watching his videos

  • @vsznry
    @vsznry 개월 전 +4

    Why wasnt High School science this fun....

  • @maithilijoshi796
    @maithilijoshi796 2 년 전 +3114

    Seeing Nile succeed is some another kind of satisfaction.

  • @ThatRedHusky
    @ThatRedHusky 2 년 전 +655

    "Goopy, and honestly a bit disappointing. But I was still kind of happy."
    That's how I describe myself.

    • @BamBoomBots
      @BamBoomBots 2 년 전 +21

      'And then it darkened a little more'

    • @watsmyu989
      @watsmyu989 2 년 전

      Ha! You deserve a subscribe for that

    • @foxyfoxington2651
      @foxyfoxington2651 2 년 전 +6

      @@BamBoomBots "...there was no major reaction going on here..." as the solution slowly turns black and tar-like.
      But at least it's not yellow.

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 2 년 전 +4

      At least you're still sweet!

    • @watsmyu989
      @watsmyu989 2 년 전

      @@BamBoomBots wait a minute, your username...
      Are you a fan of BattleBots, Robot Wars, or Robot Combat?

  • @Buzzbuzzmf
    @Buzzbuzzmf 26 일 전

    This was actually the smartest idea Nile has had, they're both cotton AND food

  • @user-gh5vp6vh7j
    @user-gh5vp6vh7j 개월 전 +2

    The acid neutralization made me think forbidden root beer

  • @omarabusarieh5867
    @omarabusarieh5867 2 년 전 +4896

    What I learned, is that if I pay attention in chemistry class, I can turn my old table into a caffeine-free red bull.

    • @SleepyFunkin
      @SleepyFunkin 2 년 전 +195

      And you can make alchohol using a piece of your window glass

    • @akm74us
      @akm74us 2 년 전 +93

      And you can make sugarwater from saltwater

    • @SleepyFunkin
      @SleepyFunkin 2 년 전 +110

      @@akm74us and i can make an immortality potion using only a distillator and a frog

    • @omarabusarieh5867
      @omarabusarieh5867 2 년 전 +13

      @@akm74us indeed

    • @omarabusarieh5867
      @omarabusarieh5867 2 년 전 +11

      @@SleepyFunkin yes

  • @SeizureSalad
    @SeizureSalad 2 년 전 +397

    "Industrial grade cotton candy" i think this is the best phrase i've ever heard from nile lol

    • @GoldSrc_
      @GoldSrc_ 2 년 전 +2

      Anything that was made using purpose built machines, is technically "industrial grade".

    • @talha1349
      @talha1349 2 년 전

      Mine is "So I bought this tube from Russia"

    • @d9gepro2
      @d9gepro2 2 년 전

      Hi guys thanks for reading this reply! Basically this reply explains why i suck and why i should also die. First reason why is that I'm dumb Second i love wasting food Third is that i will never succeed in anything. Thanksss for reading again

    • @d9gepro2
      @d9gepro2 2 년 전

      @Deborah Ajao your name is as funny as that party pooper

  • @limestonedino
    @limestonedino 5 개월 전

    I love being in ap chem and being able to understand what he’s saying fully

  • @zaiohellgren9266
    @zaiohellgren9266 6 개월 전

    this is both amazing and absolutly terrefying at the same time

  • @Jake_2903
    @Jake_2903 2 년 전 +715

    Ladies and gentlemen, the scientific process:
    "It no longer had a weird smell"

    • @paulabunions
      @paulabunions 2 년 전 +35

      "I wasn't sure how long to heat it for, so I just ran it until it 'looked right'" for a chemist he sure ain't a baker huh

    • @bepeplia5086
      @bepeplia5086 2 년 전 +6

      Looks good, must be ready

    • @danilooliveira6580
      @danilooliveira6580 2 년 전 +17

      "based on almost nothing, I decided on 5 hours" ladies and gentleman, that is science

    • @Rhaegar19
      @Rhaegar19 2 년 전 +9

      I mean, the first time you do something you have no idea what's "right". You find out what's right by guessing a couple times and comparing the results.

    • @pseudonymity0000
      @pseudonymity0000 2 년 전 +9

      He is doing it old school. It's pretty much what scientists did back in the day. A lot where rich individuals that had a drive for learning and just messed about with shit to see what happened, then wrote it all down.

  • @shreyaray6953
    @shreyaray6953 2 년 전 +1508

    "It's not bad, but it's actually not good." Simplest review ever.

  • @sakurarosalie4098
    @sakurarosalie4098 개월 전 +1

    Neil is literally the zenith of “do as I say not as I do”

  • @ladyoblivious
    @ladyoblivious 17 일 전

    I remember, as a child, always wishing the cotton balls in my house was cotton candy. Now that ideal has been brought to fruition~

  • @mrr0r508
    @mrr0r508 2 년 전 +1764

    "Alchemy only exists in D&D."
    NileRed: "Hold my toilet paper moonshine."

    • @maybewise
      @maybewise 2 년 전 +23

      Well, they do say that the only real magic is science.

    • @dragonsymbionte8585
      @dragonsymbionte8585 2 년 전 +13

      All the slavs already know all the secrets of alcoholic alchemy.

    • @theinfernoburns
      @theinfernoburns 2 년 전 +10

      Any sufficiently advanced science is indistinguishable from magic.

    • @kanna-san.
      @kanna-san. 2 년 전 +2

      It's the science of equivalent exchange.

    • @zeldaandTwink
      @zeldaandTwink 2 년 전 +2

      Chemistry is the closest thing to magic we got.
      With a rock and some water you can make a bomb. With two poisons you can make a flavor additive. With some bat poop and burny water you can make nitroglycerin!

  • @mousaey
    @mousaey 2 년 전 +570

    Nilered in 2022: Making the Philosopher's stone from actual philosophers

    • @sirshotty7689
      @sirshotty7689 2 년 전 +54

      “To start off the process I visited some friends in Ishval...”

    • @gekota6950
      @gekota6950 2 년 전 +12

      Fullmetal Alchemist?

    • @sirshotty7689
      @sirshotty7689 2 년 전 +1

      Blue yea

    • @jonas_the_lost
      @jonas_the_lost 2 년 전 +2

      @@sirshotty7689 let the sacrifices begin

    • @LilMissMorpho
      @LilMissMorpho 2 년 전 +16

      I can't believe I'm saying this but if the stones were made from the carbon extracted from several locks of hair. It's totally possible to make a stone made out of Philosophers. A diamond stone but a stone. At least that's how I'd do it.

  • @LittleSilly_Goose
    @LittleSilly_Goose 3 개월 전 +2

    Litterally 5 y/o me in the bathroom pretending im making that. Bro made my dreams come true

  • @hicak0242
    @hicak0242 7 개월 전

    if you want to cool something down use frozen metal balls or surround it with a ice, water, salt mixture

  • @crazygamer1025
    @crazygamer1025 2 년 전 +5387

    Nile: “I don’t want to die when I eat this.”
    Also him: “That acid lookin kinda cute though.”

    • @baconpal6368
      @baconpal6368 2 년 전 +101

      Nile:lets jump right into it!

    • @crazygamer1025
      @crazygamer1025 2 년 전 +15

      @@Scout56b7 Ayoo I think you got a point

    • @marianomaza8941
      @marianomaza8941 2 년 전 +18

      Yumi acide in my tummy

    • @Mochi_Kiti
      @Mochi_Kiti 2 년 전 +14

      @@Scout56b7 Imagine dying from eating literal cotton candy

    • @tonk4344
      @tonk4344 2 년 전 +10

      @@Scout56b7 POV:you dont know how POV memes work

  • @sakiyaki-sashimi
    @sakiyaki-sashimi 2 년 전 +5139

    At this point he’s not doing chemistry, he’s doing fucking alchemy

    • @mihaiioc.3809
      @mihaiioc.3809 2 년 전 +364

      he turned toilet paper into alcohol, if there is a reality bender in our universe, he is the one

    • @MV96_
      @MV96_ 2 년 전 +184

      Alchemy *was* the chemistry of people who actually didn’t know much about chemistry.

    • @sakiyaki-sashimi
      @sakiyaki-sashimi 2 년 전 +74

      @@MV96_ I meant like FMA alchemy but ur not wrong lol

    • @jackbradley4737
      @jackbradley4737 년 전 +56

      The word chemistry literally comes from alchemy. It used to be called alchemy before people knew the science behind what was going on. So technically to you, this is alchemy

    • @BennyAscent
      @BennyAscent 년 전 +44

      That's not the whole picture of alchemy. Alchemy was also a metaphysical study of existence, hence allegories like the philosophers stone, which was described as the union of body and mind. CG Jung's psychology and alchemy goes into great depths about it.
      But yeah, alchemy wasn't just chemistry. That idea is as narrow minded and outdated as that of stupid cavemen.

  • @tucci06
    @tucci06 17 일 전

    The man who can shop exclusively at a drug store and still obtain cotton candy, liquor, hot sauce and soda is a man you want with you in the apocalypse.

  • @su_zuki_2310
    @su_zuki_2310 2 개월 전

    As a student of humanities (studing counselling in university currently) that has almost nothing to do with science like physics chemistry and biology, i could never imagine chemistry could be this fascinating. This channel deserves all the views it get and even more.🔥❤

  • @mortenbonding
    @mortenbonding 2 년 전 +1482

    "... and based on almost nothing, I decided that five hours was probably good." 😄 Love this channel.

  • @memelordmarcus
    @memelordmarcus 2 년 전 +5683

    "The Canadian Government kept seizing packages and holding them for months."
    He's definitely on a watch list, if he wasn't already.

    • @Khookies-lp2lu
      @Khookies-lp2lu 2 년 전 +534

      Oh he is, people don't simply buy a ton of pepto bismol without catching the government's eye

    • @BurdieFromHell
      @BurdieFromHell 2 년 전 +516

      Thing is, if he ever pulled a Walter White and broke bad, I feel like he wouldn't be able to not make a video about it...
      Like, he would randomly upload a video called "Making a tub of Hydrochloric for body disposal out of sand", Or "Building a real Claymore out of Clay to murder my competitors".

    • @yourfriendlyneighborhoodcl4824
      @yourfriendlyneighborhoodcl4824 2 년 전 +73

      @@BurdieFromHell i died from laughing at this

    • @TwilightFlower9
      @TwilightFlower9 2 년 전 +201

      He's been on one since uranium glass at the very least. Anyone doing anything uranium probably gets on one. Just _buying_ glassware can get you on a list with the DEA.

    • @D00000T
      @D00000T 2 년 전 +83

      He definitely is thought the government probably is not too concerned with him doing something illegal considering all his work is here on youtube

  • @Finchyboi14470
    @Finchyboi14470 2 개월 전

    You legitimately are more of an alchemist than a chemist in my book at this point.

  • @mikaelclement
    @mikaelclement 7 개월 전

    Nobel price or nothing! Amazing and your voice and pitch is extraordinary. Now I dream imagining what would have been Einstein on KRplus, the answer: NileRed 😮

  • @randaranatunga7259
    @randaranatunga7259 2 년 전 +1517

    And when the world needed him the most
    HE RETURNED

  • @TheKaptainBob
    @TheKaptainBob 2 년 전 +1073

    "All it did was shoot out a sad brown liquid."
    What a sentence that is.

  • @emeraldqueen1994
    @emeraldqueen1994 개월 전 +2

    You made Buddy the Elf proud 🥰

  • @Reefnow
    @Reefnow 5 개월 전

    I love your understanding of nature

  • @pinkracken3792
    @pinkracken3792 2 년 전 +1624

    "I don't wanna use weird chemicals"
    Your entire channel is weird chemicals, Nile

    • @wrinkyscarnagecrew
      @wrinkyscarnagecrew 2 년 전 +36

      Urine to artificial sweetener weird chemicals for sure LOL

    • @tylerb6981
      @tylerb6981 2 년 전 +31

      Yeah, but then there are chemicals that are weird even for Nigel.
      He's probably already on a few watchlists for the sheer amount of controlled drug precursors he has purchased.

    • @ReadTheShrill
      @ReadTheShrill 2 년 전 +14

      Meh. It's only concentrated sulfuric acid. What could go wrong?

    • @sunnohh
      @sunnohh 2 년 전 +11

      @@tylerb6981 yeah, hes definitely bought everything you need for mdma a few times over

    • @tylerb6981
      @tylerb6981 2 년 전 +9

      @@sunnohh Among others, there's one episode where he casually pulls out a 1 pound jar of Red Phosphor.

  • @TylerF
    @TylerF 2 년 전 +644

    NileRed in 10 years:
    "Cloning Myself So I Don't Have To Work Anymore"

    • @JerryFlowersIII
      @JerryFlowersIII 2 년 전 +18

      It's amazing how clearly I can hear him say that.

    • @qianmo_main
      @qianmo_main 2 년 전 +2

      @@JerryFlowersIII *YES*

    • @rushi5638
      @rushi5638 2 년 전 +7

      Not that I doubt his abilities but this definitely sounds more like a video you'd see at The Thought Emporium.

    • @dirtspritestuff5850
      @dirtspritestuff5850 2 년 전 +9

      NileRed but then with a clone army so he can actually have a good upload schedule

    • @leonardol8158
      @leonardol8158 2 년 전 +2

      But if it's a clone of him, the clone won't want to work either. And now?

  • @notyouraveragegoldenpotato

    I too also verify my chemistry by texture. Mix a bunch of random stuff together, feel it, and verify it does indeed- feel like something

  • @MinuYang-wu9lf
    @MinuYang-wu9lf 6 개월 전

    Congratulations!! You turned cotton balls into cotton candy!!! Cotton candy made from cotton balls!!! The best science experiment you ever tasted!!

  • @IzDBun
    @IzDBun 2 년 전 +3573

    "It's not the best cotton candy, but it's mine so it's special." - NileRed, probably.

    • @MajinObama
      @MajinObama 2 년 전 +28

      What a nice Happy End. Best video this year!

    • @wandering2320
      @wandering2320 2 년 전 +14

      I read it in his voice

    • @MilesProwerTailsFox
      @MilesProwerTailsFox 2 년 전 +1

      chipflake:
      is not an expensive and good tv but it´s mine

    • @derealized797
      @derealized797 2 년 전

      I know it's not as crazy as some other experiments here, but I'd like to see irion taken from food and made into a knife or something. I'd say from blood but... extracting that much irion that way is a bit too much.

  • @Psycheux_
    @Psycheux_ 2 년 전 +10697

    Nile red is the type of person that when life gives him lemonade he’s going to try to make lemons

  • @jhamxelchannel
    @jhamxelchannel 7 개월 전 +1

    Yooo my boy nilered making some fire ass dabss 😂

  • @hansdieter3849
    @hansdieter3849 7 개월 전 +1

    Science class in the future: Today we will learn how to make lollis out of glass

  • @bailey2419
    @bailey2419 2 년 전 +629

    “ and the machine sounded like it was dying” absolutely killed me lol

  • @potato4dawin1
    @potato4dawin1 2 년 전 +1904

    NileRed in a post apocalyptic scenario be like
    "After running out of food in our bomb shelter I decided to make a full course meal out of various acids, enzymes, and the assorted trash that I could not dispose of without risking exposure to the nuclear fallout outside and while my yields were lower than expected I was able to create a turkey dinner complete with mashed potatoes and sweet corn with some red wine on the side. I think next time I do this I'll opt for more pure resources like the chemical waste from our previous experiments so my yields can be enough to provide food for long term storage"

    • @user-gn5tl5vq8k
      @user-gn5tl5vq8k 2 년 전 +75

      After hearing about the affects of climate changes in the next 20 years i feel this videos might be a start to an industry of making food out of letiral garbage as a way to save resources

    • @Hailfire08
      @Hailfire08 2 년 전 +71

      But the 'turkey' is a small lump of hard brown material and the 'wine' is very pale yellow and tastes like vinegar

    • @mgntstr
      @mgntstr 2 년 전 +4

      @@user-gn5tl5vq8k why would anyone be starving when the deserts are green from climate change

    • @timothyschmiedl251
      @timothyschmiedl251 2 년 전 +25

      @@mgntstr desertification and current farming regions becoming shit

    • @dunodisko2217
      @dunodisko2217 2 년 전 +8

      And he’ll say this all without a hint of fear.

  • @ravisinghal4151
    @ravisinghal4151 6 개월 전

    It would be really really great if the chemical equations of reactions taking place are given in the videos

  • @kiyoshiakiragaming902
    @kiyoshiakiragaming902 8 개월 전 +1

    I wonder how well it would have worked if you tried a freeze dryer to dehydrate the sticky sugar

  • @twothreebravo
    @twothreebravo 2 년 전 +1927

    Me: I wonder why NileRed hasn't uploaded in a while?
    **Canadian Customs Intensifies**

    • @adamyeo1077
      @adamyeo1077 2 년 전 +9

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Underrated comment lol

    • @happyvibes2436
      @happyvibes2436 2 년 전 +1

      krplus.net/bidio/dLCDg56llo3Flmk&ab_channel=happyvibes

    • @kevin-rv5lg
      @kevin-rv5lg 2 년 전 +1

      @@happyvibes2436 bro

    • @mraaaaaaa
      @mraaaaaaa 2 년 전 +17

      He's just kneading them in so they wouldn't bat an eye later when he orders 20kg of cocaine

    • @jj02mc27
      @jj02mc27 2 년 전 +1

      Canadian Customs: *Hello/Bonjour*

  • @negljbreakergaming
    @negljbreakergaming 2 년 전 +743

    It comforts me to know that even chemists have "forbidden snack" moments

    • @layalsaleh4103
      @layalsaleh4103 2 년 전 +31

      @@pepe_felipe the hell lmao

    • @thatoneguyyouknow8284
      @thatoneguyyouknow8284 2 년 전 +4

      @@pepe_felipe wtf

    • @siorganism
      @siorganism 2 년 전 +7

      @@pepe_felipe wow, 2 bots in ine comment!
      Okay Im gonna report you both byeeee

    • @tumblingartist
      @tumblingartist 2 년 전 +4

      forbidden snacks affect everyone apparently

    • @TRAMNITTSU
      @TRAMNITTSU 2 년 전 +1

      @@siorganism I think he might have been playing along as a joke

  • @krysisaverted
    @krysisaverted 4 개월 전 +2

    10:59 It's absolutely INSANE how creamy and delicious that looks... even though I would probably die if I drank it...

  • @user-tj5ej5fh1c
    @user-tj5ej5fh1c 5 개월 전

    I LOVE your haircut, I'm not gonna lie it looks amazing.

  • @nathanielheywood137
    @nathanielheywood137 2 년 전 +841

    NileRed is a beacon of "if you set your expectations low, you will almost never be disappointed"

    • @great__success
      @great__success 2 년 전 +6

      I don't know, I liked him much more back when he did almost illegal syntheses, and I believe he became famous because of this

    • @agnez1739
      @agnez1739 2 년 전

      AISURU.TOKYO/AGNEZ 💞
      (◍•ᴗ•◍)✧*。18 years and over
      KRplus: This is fine
      Someone: Says "heck"
      KRplus: Be gone
      #однако #я #люблю #таких #рыбаков #Интересно #забавно #девушка #смешная #垃圾

  • @rat_dragon
    @rat_dragon 2 년 전 +778

    "What do you do for a living?"
    Nile: "I put cotton balls in acid..."

    • @Heroo01
      @Heroo01 2 년 전 +39

      "Yeah, I dunk balls in acid and then put them in my mouth. I also record it for the internet to see."

    • @shikhar3281
      @shikhar3281 2 년 전 +9

      @@Heroo01 😳

    • @SketchitDIY
      @SketchitDIY 2 년 전 +4

      He does alchemy for a living

    • @arcticguy3455
      @arcticguy3455 2 년 전 +5

      @@SketchitDIY Alchemy is crazy people. Chemistry is crazy people who actually make it work.

  • @devonboes2376
    @devonboes2376 7 개월 전

    When you added the calcium carbonate it took me back to titrations in high school neutralizing an acid with a base but we used dawn dish soap as a base for our titration if I remember right

  • @oozian_
    @oozian_ 4 개월 전 +2

    DAMN YOU SCIENCE MAN!!! YOU AND YOUR TRANSFORMATIONS!!!

  • @lucassalviano6943
    @lucassalviano6943 2 년 전 +837

    I was so used to Nile Red Shorts that whenever he said he "carefully" did something, I just expected hit to throw it at the wall

  • @hansenslusher5468
    @hansenslusher5468 2 년 전 +614

    “Hey guys, today I will be turning this gum I found under a table into a funnel cake”

    • @light.5562
      @light.5562 2 년 전 +5

      First there was none, now there’s one, but I still wanna say NEIN

    • @agnez1739
      @agnez1739 2 년 전

      AISURU.TOKYO/AGNEZ 💞
      (◍•ᴗ•◍)✧*。18 years and over
      KRplus: This is fine
      Someone: Says "heck"
      KRplus: Be gone
      #однако #я #люблю #таких #рыбаков #Интересно #забавно #девушка #смешная #垃圾

  • @Monia.H
    @Monia.H 5 개월 전

    He really created something we all thought about doing when we were kids.

  • @ravenlunityc1271
    @ravenlunityc1271 개월 전 +1

    Listen nile! I make cotton candy for a living and my business started from buying one of these little machines for my kids, i was so hoping you would use an industrial machine because these little toys ones suck in comparison! Your cotton candy would have looked exactly the same as it did here had you used table sugar, hard candies etc! Maybe revisit using your caramelized glucose in a better machine in the future i feel you would have greater success with getting that perfect fluffy thin webbing. Still a super cool video to see tho keep it up man!