🌟Welcome to the Squishy's Slime Care Guide! 🌟

Before you Start:

The Number One rule in slime is to do the "One Finger Poke Test"!

Before pulling slime out of it's cozy jar, open your slime and gently poke it. If it's too sticky, we need to fix that!

This is where Activator comes in. Or as we like to call it here, your "Re-Slimefy" spray!

How does it work?

Slime is primarily made two ingredients: PVA Glue and an activator, such as a Borax and Water solution or Contact Solution with Baking soda.

The glue is made up of flexible molecules called "Polymers". In glue, these polymer molecules slide past one another without sticking to each other, keeping the glue in a liquid state.

When borax is dissolved in water or boric acid is present in contact solution (or laundry soap), it creates the "Borate Ion". Adding this borate ion to glue helps link the polymer molecules together, preventing them from moving and flowing as they did before.

When enough of these molecules are linked together, the glue is transformed from a liquid into a rubbery substance known as slime!

What this means for your slime:

If you slime is "too sticky", it means it has begun to deactivate and go back to it's glue form! Adding a bit of Borax Activator too it will bring it back to it's rubbery state once again!
Use Activator Slowly: Too much activator will make your slime into a rubber ball that can break and it just no fun to play with!
If you use too much, and your slime has turned into a rubber ball, there are a few options to try and save it:

If you slime is white-glue based, you can add hand lotion to your slime and give it a good massage. If it isn't too hard already, this may help "melt" it down to a normal texture once again. Liquid soap with glycerin on the ingredient list will also work similar to lotion.
If you have a clear based slime, you can use lotion as well, but it will cause your slime to go foggy. "Glycerin", found in liquid soaps can also help with your clear slime, but some may also cause cloudiness.
Sometimes, we cannot deactivate our slime because we used too much activator. If you put your slime back in it's jar and let it sit high up on a shelf where it's warm for a few months, it may begin to deactivate over time. But you will have to be patient and check on it once a week!

Important Cleanliness Tips🧼:

Wash Your Hands Before AND After Play!: Before you dive into slime, you will want to scrub your hands clean - under the nails too! Why? Because clean hands keep your slime mold-free.
Have your Play Area Clean: Make sure the place you're going to play with your slime is squeaky clean - both before and after play. This keeps your slime smiling!

Slime Play Tips for Slime Masters🎮:

Play Fast!! Slime loooooves to move.
Keep your slime in it's home (it's jar) with the lid on when you're not playing with it.
Slime is not a fan of mixing with other slime, or other things around the house.
Too runny on a hot day? Chill it out in the fridge for a bit!
Not too stretchy on a cold day? Warming it up in your warm hands will help! You just warmed them up when you washed your hands, remember? 😉

Slime Mishaps!!!😱:

OH NO!! You've gotten slime on your clothes, carpet, and in your hair!!

Don't panic!!

VINEGAR is your superhero to the rescue. Vinegar is a mild acid that turns slime back into it's liquid state - glue!

Use some vinegar on the affected area to de-activator your slime. You may need to give it a little scrub, or soak an affected area in a small bowl. Once you've deactivated the slime, you can give the affected are a wash with hot water and soap and it should be good as new.

Don't have any vinegar on hand? Hot Water and soap with a bit of scrubbing will eventually do the job. Sometimes a bit of rubbing alcohol can also give a hand in the process.

And that's it - You've now had a lesson in Slime Science and are an official Slime Care Pro! We hope you have a wonderful time with your squishy, stretchy slime! 🌈✨