My new toy, a Devanti Ice Block Maker is going gang busters. 😎

However…….. the dam awaits. 🤬

The ice it makes, you put it in a glass, as one does.

Pour in the fizzy drink, and it ucksplodes everywhere like Mt Vesuvius!!

And the fizzy drink looses nearly all it’s fizz. 😟

Doesn’t mater. Drink first, or ice first, it still ucksplodes. Pour slowly or fast. Doesn’t matter. It still ucksplodes.

What must a man do to stop fizzy drinks ucksploding and retain their fizziness?

Thank you for your considered and professional guidance and assistance.

PS. No riff raff.

Your ice is not smoothe…

The ice froze fast, so it’s full of holes and not smooth. It creates nucleation points and explodes along stress lines.

Divine Angel said:

The ice froze fast, so it’s full of holes and not smooth. It creates nucleation points and explodes along stress lines.

What she said.

Peak Warming Man said:

Divine Angel said:

The ice froze fast, so it’s full of holes and not smooth. It creates nucleation points and explodes along stress lines.

What she said.

It’s a cool sounding description as well, 8.6 out of 10

Verdict: machine makes useless ice, very quickly.

But be careful, the whole dam might ucksplode!

Boil the water first to remove unwanted gas.

Divine Angel said:

The ice froze fast, so it’s full of holes and not smooth. It creates nucleation points and explodes along stress lines.

The ice basket that it\s dumps the ice in, is not refrigerated. So it does gradually melt on the surfaces. “new” or “old” ice, with smooth melted surfaces, it does the same thing. Ucksplodes.

Ucksplodes far more than bought ice from Woollies or the petrol station, or ice cube trays from the fridge freezer.

Pour a 1/4 glass of fizzy drink. Pop the ice in, get the ucksploding over and done with, then top up the glass with more fizzy drink. It still continues to ucksplode. Even if you pour really really really slowly…………. Until there’s hardly any fizzy left.

fsm said:

Boil the water first to remove unwanted gas.

A lot of muckin’ about, but I’ll tray that. Have a kettle full of boiled water on standby.

I spent a lot of time thinking about nucleation yesterday.

Divine Angel said:

The ice froze fast, so it’s full of holes and not smooth. It creates nucleation points and explodes along stress lines.

this. try putting water into the glass with the ice first. them empty the water out and put in the fizzy stuff.

JudgeMental said:

Divine Angel said:

The ice froze fast, so it’s full of holes and not smooth. It creates nucleation points and explodes along stress lines.

this. try putting water into the glass with the ice first. them empty the water out and put in the fizzy stuff.

OK. Just made a full glass of fizzy with ice. Ucksploding over and done with. I’ve drunk half over the last 15 mins or so. Maybe longer. There’s still ice left in the glass.. Glass 1/2 full (or 1/2 empty, which ever you prefer).

Top up with same fizzy drink and it still ucksplodes.

Ucksploded all the way to the top of the glass.

GGGGGGRRRRR!! 🤬

crush the ice into Ice X and then try again

Try coating the ice cubes in Spak Filla to patch up the holes 👍🏼

Ensure that your carbonated beverage is suitably chilled before pouring. Warm fizzy drink will always foam and overflow.

fair point fellas, he should just crack his drinks in a hyperbaric chamber at 500 kPa of CO2 and should be all good

What happens if you add the gin first?

Boil the ice to remove nucleation points before you put it in the glass.

Kingy said:

Boil the ice to remove nucleation points before you put it in the glass.

And boil the fizzy drink to remove bubbles.

fsm said:

Ensure that your carbonated beverage is suitably chilled before pouring. Warm fizzy drink will always foam and overflow.

Fizzy drink is kept in the fridge. 4- 6 bottles, well chilled. Doesn’t matter. Still does it. All “plain wrap” brand sugar free fizzy drink. Assorted delectable flavours. 🍹

Divine Angel said:

What happens if you add the gin first?

I’ll try that tonight. Don’t wanna be pissy potted wizzing round on the ride-on. That has got to be done this arvo. Take the top off the fireweed.

Woodie said:

fsm said:

Ensure that your carbonated beverage is suitably chilled before pouring. Warm fizzy drink will always foam and overflow.

Fizzy drink is kept in the fridge. 4- 6 bottles, well chilled. Doesn’t matter. Still does it. All “plain wrap” brand sugar free fizzy drink. Assorted delectable flavours. 🍹

Ohhh sugar free drinks are the culprit.

Woodie said:

Divine Angel said:

What happens if you add the gin first?

I’ll try that tonight. Don’t wanna be pissy potted wizzing round on the ride-on. That has got to be done this arvo. Take the top off the fireweed.

Yeah, I’ve got a stack of fireweed at the redoubt this year, put the tractor with the mower over it ya reckon?

Divine Angel said:

Woodie said:

fsm said:

Ensure that your carbonated beverage is suitably chilled before pouring. Warm fizzy drink will always foam and overflow.

Fizzy drink is kept in the fridge. 4- 6 bottles, well chilled. Doesn’t matter. Still does it. All “plain wrap” brand sugar free fizzy drink. Assorted delectable flavours. 🍹

Ohhh sugar free drinks are the culprit.

Woodie would have been using sugar free drinks with his normal artisanal slow-ice I suspect.
T’is the new whizz bang super fast ice maker that has brought about volcano drinks, is that right Unca Woodie?

Peak Warming Man said:

Woodie said:

Divine Angel said:

What happens if you add the gin first?

I’ll try that tonight. Don’t wanna be pissy potted wizzing round on the ride-on. That has got to be done this arvo. Take the top off the fireweed.

Yeah, I’ve got a stack of fireweed at the redoubt this year, put the tractor with the mower over it ya reckon?

Give me a few minnies. I’ll get a pic.

ruby said:

Divine Angel said:

Woodie said:

Fizzy drink is kept in the fridge. 4- 6 bottles, well chilled. Doesn’t matter. Still does it. All “plain wrap” brand sugar free fizzy drink. Assorted delectable flavours. 🍹

Ohhh sugar free drinks are the culprit.

Woodie would have been using sugar free drinks with his normal artisanal slow-ice I suspect.
T’is the new whizz bang super fast ice maker that has brought about volcano drinks, is that right Unca Woodie?

Well yes, I meant they’re the culprit of ‘sploding drinky poos.

Divine Angel said:

ruby said:

Divine Angel said:

Ohhh sugar free drinks are the culprit.

Woodie would have been using sugar free drinks with his normal artisanal slow-ice I suspect.
T’is the new whizz bang super fast ice maker that has brought about volcano drinks, is that right Unca Woodie?

Well yes, I meant they’re the culprit of ‘sploding drinky poos.

T’is the carbonation that’s the problem.
Make the drink with sugar free cordial and water and the super fast ice. Pop a spoonful of whizz fizz in your mouth then drink.
Oh, and video it as Woody explodes….

Woodie said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Woodie said:

I’ll try that tonight. Don’t wanna be pissy potted wizzing round on the ride-on. That has got to be done this arvo. Take the top off the fireweed.

Yeah, I’ve got a stack of fireweed at the redoubt this year, put the tractor with the mower over it ya reckon?

Give me a few minnies. I’ll get a pic.

You want fireweed? I’ve got fieweed. They say one year of seeds equals seven years of weeds.

ruby said:

Divine Angel said:

Woodie said:

Fizzy drink is kept in the fridge. 4- 6 bottles, well chilled. Doesn’t matter. Still does it. All “plain wrap” brand sugar free fizzy drink. Assorted delectable flavours. 🍹

Ohhh sugar free drinks are the culprit.

Woodie would have been using sugar free drinks with his normal artisanal slow-ice I suspect.
T’is the new whizz bang super fast ice maker that has brought about volcano drinks, is that right Unca Woodie?

It is, Cuz Roobs. What can I d about it?

Woodie said:

Woodie said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Yeah, I’ve got a stack of fireweed at the redoubt this year, put the tractor with the mower over it ya reckon?

Give me a few minnies. I’ll get a pic.

You want fireweed? I’ve got fieweed. They say one year of seeds equals seven years of weeds.

Mine’s not that bad but there’s a lot of it this year, must have been the wet winter.

Try adding the ice after you have poured the fizzy stuff.

Woodie said:

ruby said:

Divine Angel said:

Ohhh sugar free drinks are the culprit.

Woodie would have been using sugar free drinks with his normal artisanal slow-ice I suspect.
T’is the new whizz bang super fast ice maker that has brought about volcano drinks, is that right Unca Woodie?

It is, Cuz Roobs. What can I d about it?

The internet echoes Boris’ suggestion of adding a bit of water first to “rinse” the ice and smooth out the ice cube edges.

Woodie said:

Woodie said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Yeah, I’ve got a stack of fireweed at the redoubt this year, put the tractor with the mower over it ya reckon?

Give me a few minnies. I’ll get a pic.

You want fireweed? I’ve got fieweed. They say one year of seeds equals seven years of weeds.

You’re not wrong about one year of seeds=seven years of weeds. Trouble is that you can cut the flower heads down but if they are old enough they still go on to make seeds. I noticed that when I was trying to control it in my horse paddock. I’d dump it into heaps to rot down. And watched as time went on the seeds would fly out from the pile.
I asked a sheep and cattle farmer how they control it, and they said that they put the sheep onto it as they can and will eat it. Sheep have less problems after eating it apparently. But I think mowing it is easier than buying in a herd of woolly creatures.

ruby said:

Divine Angel said:

ruby said:

Woodie would have been using sugar free drinks with his normal artisanal slow-ice I suspect.
T’is the new whizz bang super fast ice maker that has brought about volcano drinks, is that right Unca Woodie?

Well yes, I meant they’re the culprit of ‘sploding drinky poos.

T’is the carbonation that’s the problem.
Make the drink with sugar free cordial and water and the super fast ice. Pop a spoonful of whizz fizz in your mouth then drink.
Oh, and video it as Woody explodes….

Coulsd chuck a cuppla these in I suppose, hey what but Coles Sherbet Fizz Lollies

I normally get some every week.

Divine Angel said:

Woodie said:

ruby said:

Woodie would have been using sugar free drinks with his normal artisanal slow-ice I suspect.
T’is the new whizz bang super fast ice maker that has brought about volcano drinks, is that right Unca Woodie?

It is, Cuz Roobs. What can I d about it?

The internet echoes Boris’ suggestion of adding a bit of water first to “rinse” the ice and smooth out the ice cube edges.

Fast freezing is creating internal air bubbles all the way through I guess.
Just got to find the right use for this brand new product of air filled ice now.
But that doesn’t solve the problem of lovely ice clinking away in fizzy drinks after a hard day’s mowing.
If you break the ice down into smaller pieces do you still get the volcano?

Peak Warming Man said:

Woodie said:

Woodie said:

Give me a few minnies. I’ll get a pic.

You want fireweed? I’ve got fieweed. They say one year of seeds equals seven years of weeds.

Mine’s not that bad but there’s a lot of it this year, must have been the wet winter.

Cow are in that paddock too. They won’t eat it.

fsm said:

Try adding the ice after you have poured the fizzy stuff.

Nup. Still ucksplodes.

If you have an aerator thingy up your hole (in the tap) it may be exacerbating your issue.

ruby said:

Woodie said:

Woodie said:

Give me a few minnies. I’ll get a pic.

You want fireweed? I’ve got fieweed. They say one year of seeds equals seven years of weeds.

You’re not wrong about one year of seeds=seven years of weeds. Trouble is that you can cut the flower heads down but if they are old enough they still go on to make seeds. I noticed that when I was trying to control it in my horse paddock. I’d dump it into heaps to rot down. And watched as time went on the seeds would fly out from the pile.
I asked a sheep and cattle farmer how they control it, and they said that they put the sheep onto it as they can and will eat it. Sheep have less problems after eating it apparently. But I think mowing it is easier than buying in a herd of woolly creatures.

The grass is quite short in the paddock because of the cattle. You’ve got to pick you time to mow it. I m,ay have left it a bit late. Some of it has seeded. Mow ragweed at the wrong time, and it turns into sprouting tree stumps.

ruby said:

Divine Angel said:

Woodie said:

It is, Cuz Roobs. What can I d about it?

The internet echoes Boris’ suggestion of adding a bit of water first to “rinse” the ice and smooth out the ice cube edges.

Fast freezing is creating internal air bubbles all the way through I guess.
Just got to find the right use for this brand new product of air filled ice now.
But that doesn’t solve the problem of lovely ice clinking away in fizzy drinks after a hard day’s mowing.
If you break the ice down into smaller pieces do you still get the volcano?

They’re pretty small pieces as it is. .

Woodie said:

ruby said:

Divine Angel said:

The internet echoes Boris’ suggestion of adding a bit of water first to “rinse” the ice and smooth out the ice cube edges.

Fast freezing is creating internal air bubbles all the way through I guess.
Just got to find the right use for this brand new product of air filled ice now.
But that doesn’t solve the problem of lovely ice clinking away in fizzy drinks after a hard day’s mowing.
If you break the ice down into smaller pieces do you still get the volcano?

They’re pretty small pieces as it is. .

Oh darn. There’s goes my alternate suggestion of freezing the blocks smaller.
Drinks without ice and sherbet is all I got then….

fsm said:

If you have an aerator thingy up your hole (in the tap) it may be exacerbating your issue.

There’s a filter, but really an aerator.

I’ll try the boiled water next.

Oh….um… before I go Benny Boy walkies……

Wonder what would happen if I put the fizzy drink in the ice block maker instead…..

ponders

Peak Warming Man said:

Woodie said:

Divine Angel said:

What happens if you add the gin first?

I’ll try that tonight. Don’t wanna be pissy potted wizzing round on the ride-on. That has got to be done this arvo. Take the top off the fireweed.

Yeah, I’ve got a stack of fireweed at the redoubt this year, put the tractor with the mower over it ya reckon?

Never slash in flower or seed. You are only spreading the seed.

roughbarked said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Woodie said:

I’ll try that tonight. Don’t wanna be pissy potted wizzing round on the ride-on. That has got to be done this arvo. Take the top off the fireweed.

Yeah, I’ve got a stack of fireweed at the redoubt this year, put the tractor with the mower over it ya reckon?

Never slash in flower or seed. You are only spreading the seed.

Tis in early/mid flowering. Better than let in it all go to seed, die off, then slash the dead sticks of it.

Woodie said:

Oh….um… before I go Benny Boy walkies……

Wonder what would happen if I put the fizzy drink in the ice block maker instead…..

ponders

Excellent experiment.
Doooo iiiiit

Woodie said:

roughbarked said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Yeah, I’ve got a stack of fireweed at the redoubt this year, put the tractor with the mower over it ya reckon?

Never slash in flower or seed. You are only spreading the seed.

Tis in early/mid flowering. Better than let in it all go to seed, die off, then slash the dead sticks of it.

You’re the one with the fireweed. I’m sure you have more experience with it than myself.

ruby said:

Woodie said:

Oh….um… before I go Benny Boy walkies……

Wonder what would happen if I put the fizzy drink in the ice block maker instead…..

ponders

Excellent experiment.
Doooo iiiiit

Uxsplode the ice maker?

roughbarked said:

Woodie said:

roughbarked said:

Never slash in flower or seed. You are only spreading the seed.

Tis in early/mid flowering. Better than let in it all go to seed, die off, then slash the dead sticks of it.

You’re the one with the fireweed. I’m sure you have more experience with it than myself.

Though I’m aware that bits slashed off, can sprout if the conditions favour propagation of such cuttings.