How are you able to get the ice molded into that shape?
237470
I bought a cylindrical shape bucket, pour the water in and freeze it. Just like a size of an ice cream bucket, a little smaller.
237471
i actually use a quart container that you can find at smart and final or costco, that you put food in the refrigerator, like salads or soups. but i put water in it and freeZe it. it is perfect for the machine,
237472
I had to find plastic buckets and round containers to make my ice. The small buckets work best but are hard to find and expensive if you buy new. I tried plastic food containers from WalMart but they cracked apart quickly. One trick is to lay a straw or small popsicle stick on the top of the water and the water freezes to a more solid clear ice. Don't ask me to explain but it works. Not for commercial use.
237473
hi, i normal use a butter contanier but you can use almost anything. i normally buy blocks of ice from a local snow cone stand and break it in half
237474
I like to use a 1 gallon plastic ice cream bucket to freeze the water in for the best results, however if you have a semi round but kinda squarish bottom plastic mixing bowl that should work to
237475
Freeze the water in a bowl with that shape. See my review for bowls that work great!
934355
Yep! It comes with instructions for how to do this. I didn't look super closely, but I recall that it involved icewater.
1124186
Open the top and put ice (cubed or crushed) in the basin. Hold a cup under the blue outlet and push down the white top (closed). the snow cone maker's motor starts and the blade breaks up the ice and it pushes through the blue outlet.
967460
I just work it around, prying out a little at a time & in short order it can be popped out. The warmth from my hands helping as I go. Also, try not filling it all the way to the top before freezing. The water will expand while it freezes. Full to about 80% to 85%. Hope that helps.
548154
I find that when I get ones that are stubborn to come out of the mold, I just stick it under some running warm water, and it melts enough to free it from the mold. If you're pulling on the stick and the whole stick is coming out and leaving the ice pop behind, then yes you either didn't fill it up enough (not enough pop for the stick to 'grab on' to) or they just aren't frozen enough.
1135039
I use only purified water and don't overfill the molds. It puts too much pressure on the ice balls. Hope this helps.
1369952
When you initially activate them in water don't let them get too full of water, you should be able to put a dimple in each square and have it remain there this will allow for the gel to expand when freezing and not compromize the covering. Once one of the squares is leaking all you can do is cut it off the rest of the squares. If you use it in a cooler with regular ice also the squares may be absorbing more water as the regular ice melts and when you refreeze the Techni Ice the packaging has no room to expand and it splits.
70412
In my case, they were not. This has nothing to do with the mold itself, however, which created nice spherical ice balls. They need a little trimming when they're first removed from the mold to remove the excess ice... just rub them a bit. I googled how to make clear ice and found several promising suggestions, however, none of them produced crystal clear ice. The most successful one called for distilled water that you boil twice before freezing. These were fairly clear, but still had some tiny bubbles.
796525
The ice is about the size of a playing marble...maybe a little bigger, with a hole through the center. I hope this helps.
957013
You have to work the plastic by hand when you get the mas and how high you need it you can used a heat gun to help you shape it , I hope this help's Steve R
805356
people..its a popsicle mold..of course you need to fuss with it a bit to release the frozen goodie. a little patience and warm water does the trick.
1184193
The ice ball mold I use makes ice that's too big to fit through the mouth. You'd need a small diameter for it to work (1.75" as noted below).
24447
Try peeling the edge back with the tips of your fingernails, kind of like peeling an orange, but don't put your nails next the ice.
1849556
I'm not sure since I've never made one.....the issue that I had was with too much ice and frozen product. When we added some additional liquid it worked well.
1176441
Yes, you can mould it into any shape. It is very soft and easy to use and form. I used it to bake a Christmas stollen, didn't have to form it into anything but could just knead it into the dough.
1951983
I don't know of any way to adjust the blade but have found that really good frozen ice does not chunk and is fine. If yours routinely has chunks and does this with ice that is hard and right out of the freezer I would say return it for a defect
321814
The English instructions I found were not very helpful. Here is a video link that showed how to put the basic ball shape together. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ynuW_Y6AxTk Hope this helps.