“How do I make slime with borax?” Is this you? Maybe you have come here as slime beginner looking to make borax slime or maybe you need to troubleshoot your current borax slime recipe. Well, we have the best classic borax slime recipe around with either white or clear glue. Check out tons of fun ways to make homemade slime. Don’t miss out!
We have been experimenting with our borax slime recipe to double-check the measurements, ingredients, and consistency to make sure we are still enjoying this slime. You know what? We still love it and think you will too!
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This borax slime recipe is really quite versatile because it allows you to really fine-tune the thickness of your slime when using white glue. However, when using clear glue we only recommend following the standard recipe.
Watch us make borax slime live in the video below!
We always like to include a bit of homemade slime science around here! Slime is an excellent chemistry demonstration and kids love it too! Mixtures, substances, polymers, cross-linking, states of matter, elasticity, and viscosity are just a few of the science concepts that can be explored with homemade slime!
What’s slime science all about? The borate ions in the slime activator (sodium borate, borax powder, or boric acid) mix with the PVA (polyvinyl acetate) glue and form this cool stretchy substance. This is called cross-linking!
The glue is a polymer and is made up of long, repeating, and identical strands or molecules. These molecules flow past one another keeping the glue in a liquid state. Until…
You add the borate ions to the mixture, and it then starts to connect these long strands together. They begin to tangle and mix until the substance is less like the liquid you started with and thicker and rubberier like slime! Slime is a polymer.
Picture the difference between wet spaghetti and leftover spaghetti the next day. As the slime forms, the tangled molecule strands are much like the clump of spaghetti!
We call it a Non-Newtonian fluid because it’s a little bit of both! Experiment with making the slime more or less viscous with varying amounts of foam beads. Can you change the density?
Read more : DIY Shower Steamers Recipe with Menthol Crystals
It does and you can use slime making to explore states of matter and its interactions. Find out more below…
I have found that clear glue and borax powder produces a thicker slime over using white glue and borax powder. You can test out both and see which one you like better!
Because we love to showcase our seasonal confetti in very clear slime, we like to use the borax powder as a slime activator with clear glue. Check out our clear slime recipe!
The ratio of borax powder to water as mentioned below, is 1/4 tsp of borax powder to 1/2 cup of warm water! Comparing the viscosity of different slime recipes is also a neat science experiment. Check out how to turn slime into a fun slime science project!
Keep your slime clean and sealed when you are not playing with it! Many of our slime recipes have lasted for months or until we decided to make a new slime.
—-> Deli-style containers are our favorite, but any container with a lid will work, including mason jars in all sizes.
Get your slime ingredients ready, here, I show you how to make slime with borax in these pictures using only clear glue but go ahead and add color and glitter if you wish! Also, you can use white glue instead.
Want to make slime without borax powder, you can absolutely test out one of our other basic recipes using liquid starch or saline solution. For completely borax-free slime, try our edible slime recipes!
STEP 1: Dissolve 1/4 teaspoon of borax powder into 1/2 cup of warm water in one of the three bowls. Mix this thoroughly.
BORAX SLIME NOTE: We have recently tinkered with our recipe and found that for a better oozing and more stretchy slime, we prefer 1/4 tsp of borax powder (if using clear glue, always use 1/4 tsp).
Read more : How to make slime without borax
If you like a firmer slime and use white glue, we experimented with 1/2 tsp and 1 tsp. 1 tsp makes a much firmer putty-like slime.
STEP 2: In the second bowl, measure out about 1/2 cup of clear glue and mix with 1/2 cup of water until well mixed.
STEP 3: Pour the borax/water mixture into the glue/water mixture and stir it up! You will see it come together right away. It will seem stringy and clumpy, but that’s ok! Remove from bowl.
STEP 4: Spend a few minutes kneading the mixture together. You may have leftover borax solution.
Knead and play with your slime until smooth and stretchy! If you want the slime to look like liquid glass, find out the secret here.
SLIMY TIP: Remember, slime does not like to be pulled quickly as it will surely snap due to its chemical composition (read slime science here). Stretch your slime slowly and you will really see it’s full stretchiest potential!
Have you heard of crunchy slime and wondered exactly what’s in it? We have been experimenting with our crunchy slime recipes and have a few variations to share with you.
Make a clear slime with colorful flower confetti added in.
Our DIY putty recipe is super easy and fun to make. It’s all about the slime consistency that makes this type of slime recipe AMAZING! Let us show you how to keep little fingers busy!
Make your own homemade bouncy balls with our easy recipe. A fun variation of our borax slime.
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