First the bad joke:
Q. What kind of glue is most popular inside this year's ICE! attraction?
A. That's easy: igloo.
Get it? Go ahead and groan.
Speaking of this subject, here are a few pictures of the amazing walk-through igloo under construction at the Orlando ICE! attraction.
Now, the neat trick:
Q. What kind of glue is most popular inside the ICE! attraction?
A. You'd be surprised to learn that it's ordinary water! Yup... H20! At 9 degrees cold, the water quickly freezes, adhering one piece of ice to another while forming a solid bond. Elmer's has nothing on us! In the 9-degree Florida Fridge, that's all it takes to get two pieces of ice to stick to one another.
In fact, when visiting the construction, we found two of the artisans "gluing" shutters onto the colorful Candy Land house:
First, they placed out the yellow shutters, which were created by slicing a piece of ice from a larger block of colored ice. One of the artisans then sprinkled "snow" onto the surface (below).
His partner then used the magic "water glue," carefully poured from a time-worn metal pot (below).
Finally, the two then carefully lifted the shutter onto the Candy Land house facade, where it stuck with no problem.
Water as glue? Just one more reason why you shouldn't lick the ice when visiting.
