In the mixing bowl dissolve 3 tablespoons of Borax into 1 cup of water Pour enough solution to cover the bottom of the pie plate. Dip your pipe cleaner snowflake in the solution so that the pipe ...

The trick has been researched by Song-Charng Kong of Iowa State University, who found that a polystyrene cup will dissolve pretty much instantly in biodiesel, like “a snowflake in water.” ...