Slime is beginning to become popular in videos on the net and we have done research to find the origins of it and see what different solutions we have to make our own Slime at home.

Slime is the new trend on the net, getting closer and closer to the spinner and it is rare that two trends of this style occur at the same time. If you want to hit it on the net or you want to play a joke or simply have fun with family and friends, Slime is a good way. There are many guides, tutorials and ways to make this dough, especially of professional quality, but here we will leave you information to make it more rustic. Each of the modes differs a little in terms of final quality, development or even, the one that we can roll at home.

Nickelodeon Slime Classic

Slime had its greatest moment of popularity during the Canadian program You Can't Do That On Television. This program was very popular in Canada in the late 1970s and was based on quite funny skits and began airing in 1981. This program had a fairly recurring sketch or joke in which, if one of the supporting characters said 'no I know ', a lot of slime was falling on his head, like nothing. Initially, this substance was a last minute request, so the first version of Slime had green latex-based paint in its composition, to give it that tonality and it was toxic.

That was just an improvisation to get out of the way and the real Slime was partially frozen gelatin, which was later mixed with flour. Behind the Slime, a rather beast R + D + i began to be generated and other versions were soon generated, such as one based on a kind of cream of wheat with green coloring and mixed with baby shampoo, to prevent it from hardening. If you want to make a more purist version of Slime, this is the original version developed by Nickelodeon.

We must emphasize that there is yet another version of Slime, somewhat heavier and that it was made for Double Dare, also from Nickelodeon and was hosted by Marc Summers. This version was based on vanilla pudding, applesauce, oatmeal and green food coloring.

Nickelodeon Modern Slime

As we have said, a lot of time has been invested in Slime and different solutions have been sought for the same effect. Recently at the Kids Choice Awards, products could get a good stream of Slime, but having food ingredients can be unnecessary and a bit dirty waste, that's why a simpler Slime was developed, with no fewer ingredients and it was used simply methylcellulose (don't confuse Breaking Bad fans with methyl ethyl amphetamine).

The new solution is based on an element derived from plants using a process of heating with a sodium hydroxide solution and treating it with methyl chloride. This breaks down into a fine white powder that generates a structure based on a robust cellulose polymer. This when mixed with cold water generates a gelatinous and transparent mass, quite slippery. Logically, the more water, the more diluted the solution is. The normal ratio is approximately 45g of water to one gallon of water.

This substance is not manufactured by Nickelodeon, but is developed by a Los Angeles company called Blair Adhesive Materials, who guard the recipe quite closely. The mixture is likely to be based on m-ethylcellulose combined with sodium-copper chlorophyll, which is a commonly used dye made from different plants.

Borax

The next version of Slime is somewhat more complex and we can end up rolling a rather fat one, we must warn you. This version has soft glue, the typical one used by children in school, water, food coloring and borax, a product that is often used for cleaning. We must put an ounce of white glue, a cup of water and any food coloring we want (to give the Borax the color we want), all in a glass container and we proceed to mix it. Now we introduce a quarter cup of borax and thus we will generate a non-Newtonian type fluid element of opaque style. This point is critical, because we must be careful, because it can ooze and can easily pass, but if we do it wrong, it will become a mass.

This has a scientific explanation and it is that the main ingredient of traditional white glue is polyvinyl acetate, which is linked to the sodium tetraborate found in Borax. This allows all the polyvinyl molecules to bind to the tetraborate and thus generate a flexible and elastic mass.

Clear borax

There is another version of Borax, basically transparent. In this case, we must mix the sodium tetraborate that the Borax contains with the polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), to create a completely transparent Slime instead of developing an opaque solution, with a fibrous result. Here a chemical reaction is generated that binds the oxygen molecules of the Borax with the oxygen molecules of the PVA. These chains are quite fragile, so it warps and breaks easily. This gives the Slime a very slimey look.

The base PVA generates a whitish color slime, but with any color of food coloring, we can give it the color that we want. We must emphasize that these two solutions based on Borax are not recommended for children, since this substance is toxic if ingested, so it is not recommended for children or in cases where it may be accidentally ingested.

Saline slime

We have more alternatives to create your own Slime, in this case it would be a substitute for Borax, being able to use an exit solution, which is called 'buffer' and which is usually found as an element to preserve the lenses. This solution is quite simple and less cumbersome, since we can pour a bottle of white school glue into a container and add a teaspoon or less of baking soda and shake it profusely. The color, as always, with the food coloring that we want, so that the color is the one we like the most.

After this we must pour the solution out very little by little, in droplets. Solidification occurs very fast, so we must work fast and move it incessantly. We must continue to pour the saline solution until the dough is unified. After this, we must spray our hands with the saline solution, remove the dough from the container and knead it as if it were a pizza. The little fat that we will leave due to our hands will allow them to be more elastic and flexible. If we use saline solution, the dough will break, so we must be careful in this regard.

Liquid detergent slime

It will be for different versions of Slime. There is another that is based on liquid detergent. In this case we must have two containers, 150ml of water, three tablespoons of liquid detergent, whatever brand, white glue, food coloring of the color we want and a teaspoon. The first step is to put two tablespoons of white glue in a container and add three or four drops of the food coloring and mix everything evenly, until the dough has a truly uniform color. Now add two tablespoons of detergent and a tablespoon of water to the other container and stir the ingredients well. Now we join the masses of the two ingredients and mix them. It is recommended to do it with your hands, since it is easier. This is the alternative to Borax, which is quite toxic.