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1. Shiny Aluminum foil ball
Here we have the aluminum foil challenge. This challenge originated from Japan. You take a whole roll of aluminum foil and form the core for the ball.
Then you use a rubber mallet or ball peen hammer and gently tap the aluminum ball to condense it (it can't be rushed, this is the longest part or you'll get cracks).
Third, you use sandpaper from 150 and gradually work up to 1500/2000/3000. I bought mine from Home Depot.
Finally, apply some metal polish on the smooth surface ( couldn't find metal polish at Home Depot )
P.S. If any of you have successfully made this please comment even if you are correcting the process here. I appreciate the accurate feedback. I haven't made it yet.
Instructions to make foil in Japanese (there are videos in English, but I haven't found a good one worth linking)
source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKz5lCGMf5Q&t=512s
2. Shiny mud ball
Another challenge that came from Japan. Kids in their pass time would make these. "The tradition was dying out until taken up by Professor Fumio Kayo, of the Kyoto University of Education" - about hikaru dorodango
I've never made this either, but I'm going to try these challenges out and post my results.
Instructions to make Hikaru Dorodango in English:
source:
http://www.dorodango.com/about.html
EDIT: First time FP and it didn't require my dog dying. Soon to be happily married, so no bobs or baginas. Send me your best ideas pass times. Thanks for the feedback and grammar lessons. Kudos!
thedistancetohere222
I made a tin foil ball. Hard to get perfectly round but still cool af.
GadenKerensky
The aluminium ball things is basically a modernised version of Dorodango.
rawdog
Its called burnishing...you can pretty much do it to anything hard....ok, not like that but you know what I mean...
Vociferating
Heard to get it this shiny as in the picture they only used a hammer and no sandpaper
poorwhitetrash
"Stop playing with your balls!" -my mom when I was a kid
PhysicsPhren
I've made a few dorodango. The core needs a mixture of clay, earthy dirt, and small rocks. The outside needs to be very fine clay and dust
dracomalific
I'm going to do the aluminum ball one starting this weekend!
birchi
That's exactly what click bait would say
robotnixon13
Who doesn't like smooth balls?
Greatwood
Nobody, that's who
FatForYou
Invest in aluminum!
OddSam93
I tried the mudball, but it kept falling apprt.
ghostys
Anything with (not clickbait) in the title is clickbait
BastardMonkeyBoy
If you have to put (not clickbait) on your channel/site, then I assume it, and the rest of your content is garbage
MeniBothanzWasMyGrandFather
'Pass time' : a hobby, a way of using up spare time. 'times past' : a long time ago.
DJBenz
Pastime: a hobby or activity done in your spare time. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pastime
TrollFar
I like Polish metal.
DominicanLou
I guarantee I'd start this and then give up half way through.
K2yS
I would like everyone to imagine the sound and the feeling of taking sandpaper to a large ball of foil.
theyaregooddogsbront
A ball peen hammer. Hehehehehe.
twfeline
Aluminum foil is shiny on only one side, because the last run thru rollers is two layers. The facing layers don't touch the smooth rollers.
DemonLollipop
I've actually been making a foil ball myself. I took it an extra step and heated it up red hot to completely forge it together
smuh
I made a dorodango, it took about 2 weeks. Never got the mirror finish, but 10 years later it’s still hard as a rock.
AbsolutelyNotADragon
What if i'm looking for a challenge but don't want to make any kind of ball?
Esona
I watched a guy on youtube cut his open, it was pretty neat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipP3INRkzKo
naturald1sasterr
That was super neat!
c4ck4
Thank you for linking this I was wondering since I heard about these what the inside looks like
Nooooooooooooooooooooo
Cool video! I even watched the one where he put the ball in the microwave. Thanks for the link :)
RebeccaAbi
This was fantastic!!! Thanks for posting the link!
YogaSparkleMonster
I watched it at all. Pretty neato. I was wondering about the weight bug I guess it’s like that of a roll of aluminum ...
Ulthirm
Man those comments are dicks.
laserleo
sirmixanaverageamount
TL;DW
StopCallingMeIAmNotYourBrother
Always have small children present when flailing around with an ax.
DaisyfromDownunder
I already have two balls and both are well polished.
skogkatt
If rubbing one out now and again isn't enough exercise for your hands, there's this.
Strikyre
"Pass-time," not past time.
DJBenz
FYI: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pastime
Strikyre
Was going for more of a colloquial approach for how you say the term, for whatever sense that made at the time. You're obviously correct.
NatalieAustin
why can't you just eat some poison or burn yourself on the stove like your peers?
36roentgen
Or snort a condom
Trashgarbage
Or pump your own gas
Worleybird1080
In mieee day we had the robitusin challenge....
Lavie154
Was the tide pod challenge actually real? I’m pretty young (in school) and we all regarded it as a joke, and nobody tried it.
joshyjosh
Yes. People were actually doing. That's how dumb teens these days are.
ITalkAboutGoats
I mean... it's less than 50 people in the entire country per year- excluding kids too young to know better and Alzheimer's patients
Gherkincensed
Shut the fuck up with the attempt to paint millions of intelligent youth with the actions of a few. Old ass bitch.
cyanm
I prefer shoving condoms in my nose and dying
redfoxthrtysix1
Or you could burn your self shoot yourself 67 times and blow your self up with the gas stove on and light a match. ????
gogogadgetharikari
What happened to ol’ fashion cinnamon or tide pods
DeadDoggy
whats the stove part about?
Itsnotreallyme
That's literally the whole thing.
DeadDoggy
just burning yourself on the stove
Itsnotreallyme
Correct. Kids are stupid.
DannyDoggo
nice...you fucker...LOL!
Superkroot
Isn't sanding Aluminum foil a bad idea? Aluminum is neurotoxic and sanding it could disperse a lot of particles into the air
dm80x86
Aluminum dust oxidies fairly quickly and is quite inert. see termite reaction.
markfebruary
My cousin did the mud ball one. I was rolling it around in my hands when I noticed his evil grin. About that time I realised it wasn't mud.
TheCrustyMustard
It was actually a giant 3 story tall lizard from the precambrian era... and I said "goddammit monster, i aint givin u no tree fiddy!"
NOTtheGoddamnLochNessMonster
dammit
AllForFee
BS
WhichIsIt
Probably deer shit, not bullshit
markfebruary
...you're half right.
banur
Don't cheat the aluminum ball challenge by heating it first in the microwave!
zrXO
this woked for me! now i have 2 magnetrons and a aluminun ball!!
Zovanget
Good thing you didn't get those Electrodes. They tend to blow up.
clb4444
I've cheated... we put them in the dryer with clothes. Makes nice smooth balls to play with.
CthuluAlmighty
I’ve got a pair of those naturally you have to get yours from the dryer?
NayrbLeahcim
Less smooth after puberty
CthuluAlmighty
After a good shave too
xXGeko1Xx
JCentauri
NapoleonDynOmite
Totally works! Awesome!
Teffen
PSA to those who would think this really works (some people do think that) : Don't do it , you'll only make your microwave explode
EnterTheMongoose
Now here's a challenge I can get behind.
joshyjosh
You must be great at parties.
SPQAAE
You're a liar sir, I've personally done this and my microwave works fine.
OhMyGodTheyKilledBrianYouBastards
Won't work but won't explode either. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psRbZA_D7N4
UnsavoryCommenter
Let them learn.
Zigor22
This guy doesn't know what he's talking about. The microwave cheat really does work.
WillFitzpatrick
Not quite.
Iamhereforyourviewingpleasure
Microwave won't explode if you also put a bowl of water inside to cool it down. It's still cheating, tho, so I would not recomend doing it.
Ulthirm
Well let plasma form which will surge out into the faraday cage that your microwave is. It likely won't explode but can(and likely will)
Ulthirm
Catch fire and burn the electronics.
Karuuv
It likely won't explode, but likely will? Man, microwaves are weird.
Ulthirm
That damn character limit cut my sentence off just a bit. there SHOULD be another comment just trailing this one.
Karuuv
There is, but I find that the whole picture often ruins the magic I find in life.
Ulthirm