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Magicboy41772 Regular user 135 Posts |
I have been looking into adding slush and snow powder to my act. I've heard that it is a lot of fun and works great. I was wondering if anybody has any kind routine they would share with me because I don't know of any at this time.
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towledge Veteran user 373 Posts |
I've heard of slush powder. What though is snow powder and what can it be used for?
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Magicboy41772 Regular user 135 Posts |
Snow powder is the same type of powder like slush, but if you put a tablespoon into about 8 ounces of water, a 30 ounce cup will over-flow with a snow like material.
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HuronLow Special user 689 Posts |
How would you apply the use of snow powder?
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Magicboy41772 Regular user 135 Posts |
That's what I want to know! I need to find out a routine to do with snow powder because I have heard it is great.
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Rover New user Arizona 49 Posts |
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Jay Elite user Northern New Jersey 406 Posts |
One routine that I heard of (for some reason I think it is Harry Allen's) uses the idea of heaven and hell, hot and cold differences. There are two styrofoam cups labeled Hot and Cold, and one has snow powder, the other slush powder. You add water to each cup to show that in one, the water had evaporated, and in the other, the water has turned to snow!
I have used snow powder in a TT to make snow pour out of a dollar bill, or my bare hand. On the Café somewhere, someone tells of a way to make a snow powder packet using a Kleenex tissue, so you can load it into a cup direct from finger palm, for some pretty snazzy effects. Or you can do what I did: Buy some and just fool around with it! Maybe some creative thing will come leaping out of your head, in which case you will be compelled to share with the rest of us, making the magic world a better place for all of us! Jay |
MagicMan1957 Inner circle 1445 Posts |
Do you have to STIR the water and SNOW powder or does it just SNOW up by itself?............
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Koji Takada Regular user Tokyo, Japan 146 Posts |
Hello Jay
I got your routine with TT. Thank you!! Koji |
smile4wandini New user 50 Posts |
This is cool stuff. When I use the Gel-powder I like to use a cardboard cup instead of a styrofoam one. To avoid the gel sliding out and not holding in the cup I make a ravioli-style pouch with toilet paper filled with G-powder. I rubber cement it in the bottom of the cup. I can turn the cup over to show it empty and nothing falls out before and after the water is added.
Try it out. I have heard afterwards that some other people had done it with this method but it was unbeknownst to me at the time. Good luck with it!
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DRPEPPER New user 42 Posts |
Note: Make sure that they are selling pure snow powder or slush powder. Some dealers are cutting it with baking powder. If it is cut with too much powder, it won't work.
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PaulEds New user 62 Posts |
Also make sure that the slush powder is dry and kept in an airtight container, otherwise it won't work. It happened to me during an outside show!
However, if it does get damp it's not the end of the world. Just pop it into the microwave for a few seconds to dry it out, then it's as good as new. |
Evan Regular user 114 Posts |
Cool! I'm getting some to play with!
Evan |
nostromo New user Pensacola, Fla 79 Posts |
How about a Chirstmas snowglobe theme?
Or maybe a science type story with water poured from a lota pitcher. First empty it and talk about condensation, that water first travels up into the sky to make clouds (pour the lota pitcher empty) into a spare vessel). When moisture falls from the sky when cold (pour into a white cup or one labelled 'cold' that has insta-snow) it becomes snow, when warm (pour into plain cup or one labelled 'warm') it stays as water, when too hot (pour into red cup or one labelled 'Death Valley' that has slush powder) it dries up. Even throw in a last bit by pouring out the water from the middle cup into a bowl of spring flowers (or vase with a 'wilted rose') and make it recover |
niva Inner circle Malta (Europe) 2970 Posts |
I had put a thread asking for advice about Snow powder in the good, the bad... section, but it went by unnoticed. Now I am glad I found this thread here.
Great ideas so far. Keep them coming. I especially liked Jay's so far. I think the best way to come up with ideas for this is to experiment with it first hand. And that's what I am going to do.
Yours,
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Evan Williams Elite user 439 Posts |
I have used it in cups and balls routine. With a little bit of either powder stored in a TT or even in a pocket, you can do some very cool effects. I usually use the snow powder for kid shows, since they go crazy when it starts to snow in their living room. I use the slush for a part where water disapears and you shake them upside down to show they are empty.
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ClintonMagus Inner circle Southwestern Southeast 3997 Posts |
I understand that slush powder is the same stuff that hospitals and police departments use to help coagulate body fluids. if this is correct, you might be able to find some locally to play with if you have a friend at the police department or hospital.
Is this correct? Amos McCormick
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Sapient Regular user 126 Posts |
I've used it with kids. I asked them to help me get a drink ready. First I wanted tea, so I asked them to think hot thoughts. Alas, the water evaporated (slush). So we tried to make a drink of water cold, but we again went to far (snow).
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Backroomboy Regular user David 114 Posts |
Slush powder is also known as super-Absorbent polymer and is available in diapers that cater to infants and the elderly.
The size of the particle when dry corresponds to the size of the particle when wet...hence snow vs. slush. I like putting it into morning coffee styrofoam cups because it is almost invisible in that setting. The look on people's faces as the fresh poured coffee solidifies before their very eyes is incalculable and mostly hilarious. As for dressing it up like a ravioli to make it stick to the cup, when the tissue breaks from the pressure of the expansion of the polymer, what real difference is there between that and no wrapping at all? The way to make sure it stays in tne cup is to make sure it is of a thick enough consistency. |
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