Has anyone made slime from this? It's ridiculously cheap, easy to make and makes a great clear goo. You could use colored liquids if you wanted a colored slime, and the consistency is awesome.

You just add 2 teaspoons of the white powder to 1 cup of cold water and stir. (it resembles flour) Once it's mixed (which is pretty easy), heat it to just below the boiling point while stirring and it becomes an amazing slime or gel that has nice drippy strings of goo - unlike cornstarch slime and others. Obviously, it need to cool down before using, but then it's amazing.

The best part is the clean-up which is super easy. Add water and it's GONE! with no residue, no need to work at getting it to dissolve away.

It can be used for making slime, or for sex lube, and it's completely natural and latex-safe.

Anyhow, I just stumbled upon this and wondered if anyone here already is familiar with it.

First time I hear of it.. would be interessting to try. I might order some. Do you think tap hot water would be enough warm to make it work? Boiling bathtub volume would be a no-go for me.

I often see arrowroot powder next to the guar gum and xanthan gum at the store, both of which I have used and very much enjoyed! Sounds like they all behave similarly when mixed into water and heated up. Guar and xanthan powder make the nice lubey substance you're talking about and they do clean up so nicely indeed.

I have watched youtube videos that explain that arrowroot can be used as an ingredient in home made whipped body butter to make it feel less greasy.

I just Googled this, here is where it thickens . . . 185-206F (85-96C)

So unfortunately, the downside to using this is the fact that it will not thicken below this temperature range. I did an experiment for the first time with 1 cup cold water, 2 teaspoons powder, stir well, put it on the stove till thick, removed from heat and poured it into a coffee cup to cool off.

I plan to make much more of this at a time, but the cool-down time is a factor, but kind of worth it for the goo you wind up with. Also it's cheap. (under $8 at Walmart in Canada and it's in stock near the flour)

I've used both guar and xanthan, and the trick is to mix it up with the water which isn't easy. I've been using a 1 litre food processor with blades in the bottom, essentially cutting the lumps up as they form and having a perfect mixture in less than thirty seconds. Compared to arrowroot though, guar and xanthan are hard to rinse away as the slipperiness tends to stay on skin and items and require lots of rinsing. The arrowroot mixture just dissolves almost instantly. I also think it may dry onto a surface and be able to be peeled up. I think it's going to be a breakthrough in easy clean-ups.

Thank you for exploring this! I ordered some through Amazon.ca and plan to explore soon, and it's good to know it needs to hit near boiling.