How to dip your fingers into molten lead and avoid burns.

[idontseeynot9]

megadeth owns

[edulitto1]

seen this on mithbusters?

[endimion17]

@edulitto1 Nope. Check the dates.

[gyro231995]

I'm going to do this at home for the lulz!

[RaisedByBadgers]

On the mythbusters one and this one you only dip your hand in quickly. Would it burn if you actually left your hand there? Also who put their hand in water and then thought it was a good idea to dunk it in molten lead? :D

[endimion17]

@RaisedByBadgers How much time are we talking? A second? 3 minutes?

If your hand is soaking wet, I'd say half a second is the treshold. After that it would quickly become very uncomfortable, to say at least.

I did it quickly cause my fingers were already burned, as I dipped them more than 10x before actually filming it. Eventually,small 1st degree burns form around the nails,which isn't benign.

I wouldn't be surprised if ancient people knew about this. Romans were dealing with lead all the time.

[bloodstone1445]

Saw it on myth busters ;D ... anyone can do it (as long as your hand is wet).

[endimion17]

@bloodstone1445 Yeah, but I did more than 2 years before them. It was not a myth at all, not even in 2007. One college professor used to demonstrate this, I think.

And no, ensuring your hand is wet is not nearly enough to avoid the burns. Please, do not try this at home. I was fully aware of what I was doing. This is not something to be done "for lulz".

[iamnotamouseok]

saw something like this on Time Warp, only the guy stuck his whole hand in up to the base of his fingers, but he put a hotdog in first to show what could happen with mistakes.

[jamie9609]

thumbs up if u saw mythbusters doing this

[Deandre960]

stupid fuck



[jpvalve]

does this work on lava too??

[Gertywow]

Have you tried to stick your duck and pemoss on flood?:

[0verWorlds]

Wow!!

[deadcoww]

Oh my god. Your video description seriously made my day. Especially the last part. Great video.

[gperson94]

Are you going to drink that when you are done?



[SpazzyMcGee1337]

Nope.png

[Hahren]

Omgfacts brought me here

[iTrollThis]

Put ur dick in there.

[TheChemFamou5]

Idiot, you stick your fingers in molten lead, but fast.

I thought you was putting your fingers in the molten lead longer.

[PREM00SE]

@TheChemFamou5 So he's an idiot for doing it quickly? In my opinion doing it slowly would make you an idiot. Protip: If you're going to call someone an idiot, make sure you express these sentiments with proper grammar, or it just makes you look like the idiot.

[Beardies24]

because of you I lost a finger...

[Gertywow]

Aw thanks to you I lost a finger

[endimion17]

@Gertywow Be sure to acquire a nice prosthetic one.

[pktwinbros]

Leidenfrost effect

[rhinogek]

stick your duck in there

[AnimeAmy16]

@rhinogek my....duck?

[rhinogek]

@AnimeAmy16 lol i meant dick

[THISNAMEOWNS]

I use this method to manipulate hot glue all the time

[thehantavirus]

thats really smart not only it is dangerous but lead is very toxic

[kghsbassboy]

A :29 more like dont try it at all

[ddfhvbkbdcfv]

mythbuster did this



[sushibowl93]

LOL @ Hypergooch and endimion17.

Btw, do you practice to do this? I know the underlying principle, but you seem to me relying heavily on a thin layer of gas

[endimion17]

@sushibowl93 You just have to be quick and watch out not to splash the metal. And of course, before you do anything, as in every experiment that involves stuff which is not cold water and baking powder, you think what sorts of possible accidents could occur and you prepare. The experiment itself should always be the top of the mountain. You have to climb it, so to speak.

[An1mePhreak]

Why is this a "How to" video but you keep saying Dont try this at home?

[JJMDude]

Shit, careful there Johnny Tremain...

[Mancrusho]

you should try and stick your flesh arrow in that .

[ddog4z]

@Mancrusho it would work, although i don't think anyone has the balls to try it (pun not intended)

[endimion17]

@Mancrusho Oh it would work, if you could pull it out quickly as your fingers. But it's almost impossible, because one thing is pulling a light fist with strong muscles, and another is to use thigh muscles to pull up the whole body.

Additionally, the thickness of the skin in flesh arrows is not nearly close to the skin on fingers. That means you'd have to pull it even quicker. So, thanks, but no thanks. :)))

[shawbros]

@endimion17

If the flesh arrow is long enough, it isn't necessary to move the whole body.

If I did it, it would be as easy as pulling a garden hose out of a bucket.

[quidproquo2004]

To anyone confused, google Leidenfrost effect.

[fromdamoon]

this is really stupid !

[YTubeMoralAction]

Great solution for the IPhone4 antenna problem. I'll try this at home immediately.

[Hypergooch]

wait, why would anyone want to dip their hands into a burning hot metal???

[endimion17]

@Hypergooch Because people like me reach shattering orgasms when people like you ask questions like these. You can imagine how we feel when 50 people ask the same question.

[Theunknownforce001]

@endimion17 Your comments are great, Say no to trolls, I LOVE YOU!

[VALKRYE2009]

i like you you handle spammers the best every god damned time :) lol

[romansten9]

a drop of water touching molten lead can cause a steam explosion (very likely will) lead will fly everywhere, burning your skin and if it gets in your eyes it could leave you blind. Never allow water drops to come near lead. remember that perspiration falling off of your forehead (etc.) could do this also.

[Alexander19955]

awesome :D saw this on mythbusters earlier this evenin,,, i hav got to try this XD

[atos94]

@Alexander19955 try it and tell me :D

[eagleduzt]

LEIDENFROOOOOOOOSTT!

[accountabilabuddy1]

Anyone remember the "That's Incredible" show from the 80's? There was an episode where a guy did this with molten steel. Not me, no thanks. ;)

[rht808]

Awesome description. Awesome video.

[walinga5]

you are proof that morons can be bred.

people like you make me hope the terrorists win

[pyrocrazyUSA]

ive seen the mythbusters episode

[KrazyMexicanm]

does anyoen know where i can see the mythbusters video i have seen it but i want to show people whodont believe me and they do not trust this vidd, no offence persoon who made it, the only other way i could show them is to do it my self but , no im not, but if i do i will post it on youtube, so if anyone can find the video can you send it to me or tell me thx

[crapgirlfilms]

lol im watching the mythbusters episode right now lol

[ProgDrummerQ]

me too!

[sirandy91]

very cool, idk which is more enjoyable, the vid or description. lmao

[zeosrule]

they did it on mythbusters last night

[naxps]

@endimion17 I am so very fond of your description. Nice video.

[valv09]

there do this on mythbusters

[exodia94]

hey i saw this on discovery channel show time warp, a physics instructor dipped his hand into molten lead without burning his fingers

[chanarama98]

LOL same here it was on yesterday!

[exodia94]

@chanarama98 hey same here bro it was also on yesterday

[ChaosRiddenReaper]

drink it if your so brave lol

[gatoradeee]

aren't you supposed to leave your hand inside, it makes a more interesting demonstration.

[KaseyKeesaman]

Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.

[lillhonken]

Why would anyone want to dip their fingers in molten lead...

[monkeyguffs]

I think someone needs to get out a bit more.

[DjinnJuggler]

Some people drink this stuff y'know, then spit it out when it's hard. You oughta try that if ever you're feeling you want to die of burns and lead poisoning.

[DrLsw]

the only way you can get lead poisoning from that is if you have bad ventilation or are breathing the fumes directly. and im pretty sure you wouldn't die of a 3rd degree burn on your hand.

[DrLsw]

wow my bad. your sortof right but they dont drink it. what ever form of martial arts it is (its korean idk wat kind though).the guy poured molten lead onto a wooden spoon then quickly put the lead in his mouth until it hardened and spit it out. thats down right crazy.. but super awesome. ha

[nouseforaname1246]

you are an idiot.

[spizzaza]

you can also touch liquid nitrogen in the same manner.

[mcgorgomagan]

very important - you can put liquid nitrogen in your mouth, but *don't swallow*

[thedeadpoint]

Great vid. Thanks for doing the demo. I wanted to see someone doing it after reading the Leidenfrost effect wikipedia entry.

[spizzaza]

theres some videos with liquid nitrogen too

[Kalashinator]

Somehow I can see someone trying this on a much grander scale to make the most awesome Dr. Doom halloween costume ever.

[DrLsw]

lmao!

[sethwick86]

It's due to something called the Leidenfrost effect (I might have mispelled it). This can be demonstrated with a frying pan, water, and safety goggles (in case of sputter). As you heat the pan, water burns faster and faster, until it instantly vaporizes. Heat it more, and the water will form beads that dance around the pan for a long time. The water on the bottom vaporizes so quickly it provides a cushion of steam that prevents heat from transferring quickly to the rest of the water

[TomCatFort]

Yes but i think you wrote accidentally burn instead of boil or vaporize.

[Pwntzyou]

I smell cancer

[seanmarasigan]

I smell an idiot

[GamerJ5]

Wait, I don't understand... if water comes into contact with molten lead it EXPLODES sending lead everywhere. How is he dipping his hand in water and then molten lead without it exploding?

[endimion17]

It does not explode necessarily. There's no reason why it should explode in this case.

[vegaaoc]

@endimion17

Awesome video btw, personally I wouldn't choose to do this experiment myself, even knowing how to prevent injury. I give you kudos for having the know how to do this safely, and having the cahones to do it at all :D

[UGLandrum]

Normally that is true, if you were to have a mold with a small puddle or droplets in it it and you poured molten lead over that water it most certainly would explode.

[vegaaoc]

@GamerJ5

It would have caused a relatively small explosion if he hadn't had shaken off the droplets to begin with. When you coat your hand in water and then shake it off, you're still left with a layer of water about a tenth of a millimeter thick. This small layer is enough to provide that insulating effect. However, if you would do the same thing with water droplets still on your hand, with the droplets being much bigger, you would experience a lot of dangerous spatter that is likely to burn.

[pyrocrazyUSA]

@GamerJ5 when the water touches this heat it evaporates causing a steam cushion to form around the finger

[koenco007]

@GamerJ5 this is wath cald the leidenfrost effect if the lead is +100 celcius above its melting point the water turs in to steam emidedly en protects your finger

[ILVpwnage]

Guys this is very real they have shown it on Time Warp now if he LEFT the piece of wood in longer then ya BOOM fire, smoke w/e you want but yeah this is real

[wetwillydude]

ok just because u dont have the experience to preform such experiments, doesn't mean its not possible...

[pythonattack]

i was soldering led today at school and got burnt lol

[ThatAngryRanter]

it's either gallum or mercury, if it was lead the wood would have smoked

[UGLandrum]

This guy must be begging to get lead poisoning and a 3rd digree burn, you keep doing that and you will end up dead one day, that is just a plain stupid thing to do fella.

[TomCatFort]

People has the right to do anything with their body until they don't put others into danger.

[UGLandrum]

Back up ass, I wasn't telling him to do anything,

BTW learn English douche bag.

[TomCatFort]

Yes, my is English bad, but I never called you a douche bag or say anything against you! Have some manners!

[spizzaza]

you mean until they do

[coomesy2]

put your hand in there without water puss

[2066241]

i got a question, why didnt the lead pop. If you get liquid in molet metal i will evaporate so fast it explodes witha very high force??

[theblackcuriass]

u should put a bucket of 0 degree water just in case lololol

[mprihoda3]

isnt that ice?

[TomCatFort]

No in all case. You can has water with 0 degree temperature.

[Timerider]

That would be ice, and would be worthless if the lead bonded to his skin..

[boomguy12345]

no way. wood's metal, indalloy, or gallium (probably not gallium becuase of cost)

[endimion17]

Oh yes, it's definitely lead. It won't burn you if you know how to do it properly.

Regarding those alloys, they WOULD burn you, because the temperature is too low for water to form it's vapor shield. I would never dip my bare hands into a molten metal at ~100°C. There's no shield, and the metal would quickly cling to my skin, where it would turn solid and burn me even more as I recieve more heat from solidification.

And melting Wood's metal is a bad idea. Cadmium is not a toy.

[boomguy12345]

nvm I didn't watch the whole video. dint no u dipped your hand in water

[m16a4a]

boomguy just got served

[boomguy12345]

OOOOOOOH... i rly care. i didnt watch the whole video OOOOOOOOH. and "boomguy just got SERVED" how old r u? I bet you are just an 8 year old brat

[iuliusceasar]

Pretty stupid experiment. From a statistical standpoint what is your payoff for success vs your risk if you fail. If you were on TV competing for money yea, go all out. But here, there is no pay off for success and and a high price for failure, even if the probability is low. Its like betting your friend a dollar you won't get hurt jumping off your roof. Do it for $100 :)

[endimion17]

If done properly, the chance for my hand to turn out all crispy is negligible.

But thanks for the money advice... I'll try that. :)

[Xxxwildturkey101xxX]

try it with your dink

[chernobleman]

Fucking crazy. Do you want to lose your hand?

[endimion17]

I've never dipped my whole hand. I don't have enough lead, neither the way to melt such a huge ammount in an acceptable way.

It could be possible to dip an entire hand without much trouble.

[Oheeeoh]

Please try it without the water and have your friend film it.

[no1sailor]

Two words...fucking retarded.

[tunnels23]

...you are a really smart person

[vegaaoc]

@tunnels23

Smart enough to know how to do it without getting his flesh seared painfully :D

[281kcorD]

does this have to do with waters high SHC?

so it absorbs the heat not the finger? cuz ive seen this done with hot oil and water, and ive seen blowtorches taken to water balloons and it doesnt burst.

[endimion17]

Yes, partially because if water's SHC. Oil would be a bad idea.

[aserath01]

Why would you want to do something like that anyway.

[endimion17]

Because it's an interesting experiment.

[bmxer34343]

water will make lead welll go BOOM big time even a drop

[endimion17]

no, it won't, unless much larger ammounts are well below the surface. however, water is carried on a thin layer on my finger and it is much less dense than lead, so it clings to the flesh.

[Iamnr]

why on earth would anyone want to dip their hand in molten lead

[lemon7777]

@Iamnr for the jazz

[DuncanTheNarrowGauge]

@Iamnr why would you even comment in this video?

[Iamnr]

@DuncanTheNarrowGauge

because i can

[bigvuch]

i accidentally got molten solder all over my finger but i wiped it off quickly. i was surprised how it didn't even hurt.

[lovshooting]

dangerous. If a drop of water gets deep enough into the pot, things might get ugly.

[ymiamaster]

now drink it.

[DarkAngelRaine]

ah yes, the leidenfrost effect. decent demonstration of it.

[MeinenMusik]

lol jearl walker did a crazy stunt with lead like this

except he stuck his whole friggin hand in >.>

[w0bbl3r]

like to see you leave it in there for a bit longer ;)

[Tyke91]

it's due to the lindenfrost effect... the water that he dipped his hand in vaporized on contact with the hot lead, pushing it away from his fingers.

YAY PHYSICS.

[cars2024]

now try that with steel :)

[chubbyapparel]

you are the silliest cunt in the world

[Dmajorproductions]

im almost positive lead isnt that hot...i can melt it with a match

[vmelkon]

Melting point is 327 C so yes, you can melt a little with a match or candle.

[splendorfulguris]

Try with your cock

[captnbrimster]

i had lead pour over my finger once. scared the crap out of me but i didnt even feel the heat of it.

[DonHoraldo]

I've got a similar trick. I know how to stick my finger in a pure solution of fuming sulfuric acid. sorry but I cant demonstrate. don't have the special ceramics required to do so (it eats threw glass)

[1965panther1965]

i wouldn't like to eat out of that bowel after that experiment

[ThorsgaardFoundry]

..um.. You eat out of BOWELS?  Ha ha ha ha

[sammyboi1453]

lmao

[ogLocz86]

that what i did to your mom

[Theman14234]

i no another way DONT DO IT

[sushiserv]

that is a good way

[RippersToll]

you call that dipping?!

[locouk]

Thats lead OK... I used to make my own fishing weights. I wouldn't recommend putting bits of my body into it though.

[thundabolt]

isn't lead poisonous?

[steveg769]

That's the leidenfrost effect. Same effect causes water drops to levitate over a hot iron skillet and skate around. It's hot enough that a thin layer of steam forms at the contact and prevents the water from actually touching the hot metal. Also keeps people from getting burned when firewalking.

[ackpacket]

Actually people are able to firewalk due to the insulation abilities of ash, which forms on the outside of the hot coals. When the coals get that gray layer of ash on the outside, you can touch them for a brief instant without sustaning damage.

[mickyb82]

Wanker!!!

[CANADIANGANSTA69]

ya ya man thats my word

[njwebber]

crazyboy0602 i agree with you although you didnt have to be so volgur about it and he may have not ingested it but hes inhaleing the fumes from it witch is just as bad

[drescher3]

Water and molten metal can be very dangerous!!!Be careful

[sdf2112]

He's all right because of water's high specific heat. You could do this theoretically with any molten metal, just as long as you don't leave your hand in the metal for so long that you give the water a chance to vaporize.

[Demodrus]

Zakon! sta je ono desno sto vadis iz posude? imam jos jedno pitanjce, da li ce nakon 30min ili više nastat PbO ako samo griješ rataljeno olovo?

[endimion17]

Tako je, nastat će PbO. Ali ne isplati se, ako misliš tako praviti taj oksid. Stvara se tanka kožica, to je sve. Ide na živce, smeta pri recimo lijevanju elektroda ili ploča za elektrokemijske članke. A i nezgodno je ako ti se uhvati za prst. :)

[sturmgeist1819]

what metal has the closest or lower boiling point to metal, iron in particular?

[lockheed22]

aluminum?

[spike0804]

so that means that you, crazyboy0602...sir, are a dumbass

[crazyboy0602]

you sir are a dumbass lead is carcinogenic and can cause nervous cell damage also many toxic gases are given off when you melt it.

[endimion17]

Of course it is toxic, but only if you ingest it in an ionic form or if you recieve it in a metallic form during a long period of time.

I was careful with the fumes, there was good ventilation and I had a filter on my mouth.

[telstar68]

Now cook a potato in the lead, and eat the potato. There is a safe way to do this.

[endimion17]

Yeah, the effect would be better, but the burns would develop quicker because stuff heated to 2000°C emits a whole lot more of heat. There is a temperature window in which you can fool around like this. Too low, the stuff attaches to your fingers, to high, you get burned with IR rays.

[bungiekiller980]

if super heated to almost 2000 the liendfrost affect is better we are talking minutes without burn to the parts where ur dipped in however since asbestos is outlawed u cant protect ur hand thats not dipped but u could bak in the day im only 13 but i know its possible

[owza]

We are talking ~1 second or less? Not minutes?

[Leadboy]

You are retarded. I hope you are not 13 anymore because you were an idiot when you were 13. FAIL.

[eruct]

Ah. The Leidenfrost effect. Good stuff.