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I took some dirt from a nearby construction site and made one of those Japanese mud balls. It came out kind of mottled and with some irregularities that I'm sure could have been avoided with actual skill. Still, it came out much shinier and better than I expected. It's cool that you can make something like this out of dirt and now I have something to occupy my hands whenever I want because it can always use one more round of polishing.
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In the Discovery Channel series MythBusters episode "End with a Bang" (Episode 113), which first aired on November 12, 2008, hosts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman investigated the truth behind everyday sayings. They used the dorodango technique to create dung spheres in order to bust the myth that one "can't polish a turd". Using a glossmeter, they measured gloss levels substantially higher than the value of 70 gloss units, which is considered "high gloss". Savage's 106-gloss unit dorodango used an ostrich's feces, while Hyneman's 183-gloss unit specimen used a lion's feces. They therefore deemed the myth "busted".[4]
Was one of my favourite challenges from that show
Woah super cool!
May it be a golem that always gives you comfort in your solitude.
Pretty!
Dang I never heard of this, going to have to try it
How did you make it? Did you just rub it til it went shiny
Pretty much, yeah. The important thing is to sift the dirt first to make sure you get no big particles in there.