2006-06-14 14:59:20 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
I have been told if you use bottled or distilled water and freeze it at a much colder tempature for atleast 28 hours they will be nice and hard and clear.
2006-06-14 15:09:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
The ice cubes you buy are usually made by machines that freeze water that is constantly circulating. The cloudiness in home frozen ice cubes is caused by tiny bubbles of dissolved gas that occurs naturally in water. In the ice machine this gas remains in the circulating water and only the water is frozen becoming clear ice.
In order to get clear ice cubes at home you can remove the dissolved gas by boiling demineralized (Reverse Osmosis) bottled water for about five minutes before pouring it into ice trays and freezing. Freeze one tray at a time, placing the tray filled with hot water right into the freezer. Do not cool as the water must freeze quickly before it can reabsorb gasses from the atmosphere.
Be careful purchasing bottled water because some bottled waters have "minerals added" which you definitely do not want. Use only demineralized, distilled or reverse osmosis water.
2006-06-15 03:32:01 · answer #2 · answered by allankw 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I do know that the ice that you buy has been filtered several times and ran through a reverse osmosis process. I would buy from the water machines that are found in front of your grocery store and take it home and put it in ice trays. you will have a very clear ice cube. great for entertaining folks. Also, never use old milk jugs at those machines. Buy new jugs or juice jugs.
2006-06-14 23:47:07 · answer #3 · answered by Catfishchic 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Freeze bottled water(it will end up clear) in the freezer for a pretty long time than 24 hours. Make sure that the freezer temperature is really really REALLY cold, much more cold than your usual freezing temperature. Okay... so you waited for a long time.... PRESTO! You have a hard, clear, beautifully presentable ice cube.
2006-06-14 22:04:10 · answer #4 · answered by fiyah! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use good water and they must be agitated during the freezing process. That's is how ice for sculptures is done.
2006-06-14 22:04:26 · answer #5 · answered by quntmphys238 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As I understand it, to get perfectly clear Ice you must agitate it as it freezes.
2006-06-14 22:05:55 · answer #6 · answered by Mo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use distilled water and freeze it at much colder temp.
2006-06-14 22:03:59 · answer #7 · answered by Low Key 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use bottled water. You can see through bottled water ice cubes :-)
2006-06-14 22:00:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
May be I'm the right one to answer :) as it is my name.
2006-06-14 22:02:40 · answer #9 · answered by Titan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋