Shiny Graphite Ball made from Clay and Graphite (Dorodango)

A step by step how-to on creating a dorodango with a graphite mirror finish. Compressing a very thin layer of graphite makes it get very reflective. And upon testing, found it had higher conductivity than uncompressed graphite powder, maybe kind of like graphene.
Shout out to my friend, Mike Room, for inspiring this idea.

Alternative version | No music ASMR    • Shiny Graphite Ball, No Music ASMR  

If you want to know more about dorodangos, here's a link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorodango

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You can get clay at your local ceramic supply, or you can process it yourself from dirt. Here's also a link to some facial clay that should do the job -
https://amzn.to/2Qc2rTw

You can get sand from your local sand and gravel yard, hardware store, wash, or nearest sandbox.

Marble powder or marble dust really helps the process, you can sometimes find it at your local hardware store, but here's a link -
https://amzn.to/2ZVmhqF

Pure graphite powder is readily available at the local hardware store, you want to make sure it's extra fine and pure graphite.
here's the link to the one I've been using -
https://amzn.to/2ZVRWbo

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