Step 2: Materials You'll Need

This is about as simple as it gets.

1. Butter
2. Toilet Paper
3. Something to poke a hole

<p>I like how it is a just in case thing because sometimes you might not have a light source</p>
<p>This is awesome!!!!!</p>
Would the tubs of margarine work too?
Yes, margarine will work as well but, it would have to be a very severe emergency. Margarine is basically <strong>plastic</strong> that has been bleached and dyed to make it palatable. If you saw it being made you would never eat it again.<br> <br> It would probably give a smokier flame, the fumes of which are potentially toxic.
Although it gets off the point, the most common &quot;vegetable&quot; oil, the already toxic Canola (properly known as Rape Seed) is a hydrocarbon just like a petrochemical (and butter for that matter). Hydrogenation to solidify it, further toxifies it by creating a transfat. If you value your health, you'll put that under the classification of plastic.<br><br>It most definitely falls into the category of &quot;If one likes sausages and appreciates the law, then one should never see either being made.&quot;<br><br>Incidentally, the old-fashioned white/yellow &quot;plastic&quot; handles on cutlery are made from milk.
My wife is very health conscious and she would agree with you. I don't really know the difference, so I just trust her judgment. For that reason we don't ever find margarine in the house.<br><br>How do you make plastic handles from milk? Do you have a tutorial or a link on that?? :)
It's years since I did it in High School, so I don't remember the proportions.<br> <br> 1. A small amount of HCl is added to normal milk. This will cause the milk to curdle and smell like yoghurt or cheese.<br> 2. Once the milk has separated in the same manner as curds and whey, it is filtered and pressed.<br> 3. The &quot;solid&quot; is shaped or molded as required then soaked in Formaldehyde for about a week.<br> <br> I guess that you could carve real cheese into the desired shape and soak that in Formaldehyde but using HCl helped industrialize the process. Homer Simpson moment:<strong> &quot;Cheese candles, uurh!&quot;</strong><br> <br> The final &quot;plastic&quot; is called casein, and I am led to believe that it was also used as a replacement for Ivory on piano keys.
Great idea! Thank so much for your reply!
<p>Casein is a protein. The product you mention used to be called Galalith (and many other names). I made it using vinegar and HCL. The HCL result was just slightly better and faster but that could also have been due to the fact that I used a hand blender that 2nd time.<br><br><a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Turn-Milk-to-Stone" rel="nofollow">http://www.wikihow.com/Turn-Milk-to-Stone</a></p><p><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/VFvik_THcNQ" width="500"></iframe><br>I've heard of many other awesome things you can make out of milk and curd (paint, clothes, adhesives, liquid wood, etc.) but as far as I know harmless things like vinegar, chalk, lime, borax and lignin are all you'll ever need. In former times formaldehyde was used instead of Vinegar because the result is much better and thorough and you don't need to wait days for it to dry out. But soaking the curd in a carcinogen as 2nd step in a school experiment...that puzzles me hard. <br>Call your teacher and threaten to sue him unless he reveals this mystery behind his galalith production!<br></p>
<p>I'm not Treknology's science teacher, but I am A science teacher, is that good enough? :D<br>Formaldehyde is a good biological preservative primarily because it cross-links proteins, plasticizing the biological sample. This is the main reason why it (and it's biochemical precursor, methanol) is so toxic (It has allergic and carcinogenic properties as well). <br>So when you use vinegar on milk protein, you are basically causing it to desiccate ... and the vinegar acidity acts as a preservative. But it's still milk protein.<br>Using formaldehyde is a chemical reaction that turns the milk protein into a different product, with truer &quot;plastic&quot; properties (Flexibility, resilience, bulk connectivity), especially if you can form it in a mold before the reaction is complete.</p>
<p>Just found something. Still wondering though, the formaldehyde soaking in the following article is also a last/2nd step and does nothing to improve the texture or density. Which it would supposedly do if used instead of vinegar.<br>I assure you both my vinegar and HCL versions were ridiculously hard and these guys soak a cheap-looking DIY trinket that's just meant to be worn around the next into formaldehyde for that final bit of superhardness? <br>Not sure they really thought this through properly...</p><p><a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Turn-Milk-to-Stone" rel="nofollow">http://www.wikihow.com/Turn-Milk-to-Stone</a></p>
I was under the impression that rapeseed oil (canola) is, these days, considered just as healthy as olive oil, if not more so, due its high proportion of omega-3s, and other mono-saturated fats and its low proportion of saturates. It also has a higher smoke point than olive oil and so is healthier to fry with (when an oil hits its smoke point nasty chemicals can be formed in it). <br> <br>Why do you therefore call it &quot;the already toxic Canola [oil]&quot;? <br> <br>You are right about hydrogenation being bad, however. Hydrogenation is used to solidify (usually vegetable) oils into fats but creates bad &quot;trans fats&quot; in the process. <br> <br>Note also that *all* oils and fats are &quot;hydrocarbons&quot;, including olive oil and essential oils that we need in our diet, yet your comparing of them to petrochemicals sounded a little like scaremongering.
<br>I did something like this but I used rancid corn oil. <br> <br>http://www.instructables.com/id/10-Minute-Oil-Lamp/?ALLSTEPS
The store-bought version was probably &quot;healthy&quot; because low-fat milk had been used. Natural milk would definitely yield a better product.<br> <br> One piece of advice: the butter is supposed to be made from the cow's milk, <strong>not</strong> the cow.
For sure!
I love it
<p>why doesn't it work with SALTED butter?</p>
do you live in draper ut
site is down why?
stick of butter is a quarter pound. not full pound <br>
Awesome! Works great
I'm glad you like it. Thanks!
That's really cool! I never thought that you could make a candle out of butter. I made something similar if you want to check it out &nbsp;<a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/Crayon-Candle/" rel="nofollow">http://www.instructables.com/id/Crayon-Candle/</a>
That sounds fantastic! Have you done a tutorial or video on it?
no, but from the sounds of things i may have to lol
I'd love to see it if you do!
That's incredible! If you make a video of that boiling water, please share! Maybe even a video response to this one? I'd love to see it!
I read in some women's magazine years ago that you can do this with a jar of Vasoline. I think they suggested sticking a birthday candle in it for the wick, but of course the tp idea would be even more readily available. Thanks for the informative video!

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