Make your own Dry Ice from a Paintball Tank!

Here's an easy way to make dry ice and home using only a paintball tank!

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I was inspired by Grant Thompson's video "How to make Dry Ice"

His method used a CO2 fire extinguisher, but I've discovered you can also use paintball CO2 tanks -- something a bit easier to acquire!

So how does it work?

As you can imagine, this method is not very effective -- in fact, you will only get about 1/3rd the weight of CO2 out of the bottle and into dry ice. I am working on a small DIY machine that can harvest over 70% of the CO2 from the bottle into dry ice -- it's not quite done yet though so stay tuned!

At my local paintball arena you can get any size tank refilled for about $3. This isn't a super cheap way to make dry ice, but it is convenient and easy to do! If you need a lot of dry ice I would recommend buying it from a supply store where you can get it for around $1-2/lb.

I'm also looking at making a portable SNOW GUN which you'll be able to make yourself to blast real snow on any occasion!

If you're looking for some fun things to do with dry ice, check out another one of Grant Thompson's great videos: 5 Awesome Tricks & Pranks With Dry Ice

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[hacksmith]

When you just need a little bit, this method is more convenient -- and I already had the paintball tanks and fittings for other projects =)

[hacksmith]

Sorry should of mentioned that -- you can handle dry ice by hand if you keep moving it around, If I let it sit in my hand I would get frost bite!

[stylerpou]

Will there ever be the video about the more efficient way?

[thermodynamic]

Just saw your video on aqua man trident where you said co2 sublimates into dry ice. When I went on YouTube to find answer found this video

[ilovetheusers]

Don't forget to let folks know to do this in a well ventilated room or outside. Don't want anyone emptying the whole canister in a small room and suffocating themselves. Cool vid BTW.

[alandavenport]

I can't find your diy efficient dry ice machine cheers, great videos.

[nathanalaneller]

Do you know how I can make a siphon tube for my paintball tank? I don't want to go threw the processes of trying to find an expensive tube where I can just make one from the hardware store.

[sharifmrlebobear]

thanks this helped a lot dry ice and co2 fire extinguisher are price down here in aus
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[richardkonsky]

I used a soda stream with a co2 tank put the stream upside-down then put on a tube on it then used a pillow case. my tank was empty because i used most of it for soda. 

[poozank]

Or you could save $60+ and go buy some at the store for a few bucks

[sharifmrlebobear]

plus i can only buy in 10 kg bricks which is crazy

[Rivet]

But how does it work with the remote line?

[zackmcdade]

Or go to the grocery store and ask the manager

[edengleback]

There is no such thing as liquid CO2 it sublimes, which means it only goods directly from a solid to a liquid