What You Do: 1  In one bowl mix 1/2 cup (4 oz) glue and 1/2 cup water. 2  In the other bowl, mix 1 teaspoon borax with 1 cup water until the borax is dissolved. 3  Add the glue mixture to the borax solution, stirring slowly. 4  The slime will begin to form immediately; stir as much as you can, then dig in and knead it with your hands until it gets less sticky. Allow the solution to cool. 2  Make a 4% borax solution by stirring a little less than 2 teaspoons (approx. 4g) of Borax into 1/2 cup of water. 3  Pour the cooled PVA solution into a ziplock bag and add 2 teaspoons (10ml) of the borax solution. 4  Zip the bag and knead it until the chemicals are mixed into slime.
Shiver my top-sails, my Lass, if I know a better way..  Shiver me timbers  (or  shiver my timbers  using the possessive pronoun) is an exclamation in the form of a mock oath usually attributed to the speech of pirates in works of fiction.
These are often used on dock line as well and a lot of cruisers use them when making a bridle type snubber. The basic premise behind adding a shock absorber to a piece of nylon line is that it will absorb a lot of the initial shock during quick tugs against the line.his was a direct invitation to head out on deck to check our position and inspect our ground tackle. Once at the bow I eased out more snubber line and chain as the boat pulled and tugged, fighting the building waves. In the moment, this one humble line was doing more than any other on the boat.