What to Do When Your Slime Is Overactivated?

Add warm water to mixing bowl with overactivated slime. Begin to massage the slime, working the warm water into it. Add more water as needed, until your hard or broken slime begins to soften and reform a cohesive ball.

How do you get the stickiness out of slime?

Dissolve one teaspoon of borax in 1 cup of water and add a little bit of it at a time to your sticky slime, she says. If your slime becomes too hard, it means you added a little bit too much, too quickly — you can counter it with glycerin or lotion to soften it.

How do you fix chunky slime?

She suggested, "First, pour off any standing liquid starch. Then add clear glue approximately 1/4 cup at a time and stir." She explained that you should knead it by hand for a few minutes until it comes back together and should be "good as new!"

James H. Sterling

James H. Sterling

Environmental Science & Climate Journalist

James Sterling reports on renewable energy developments, climate policy, ecological conservation, and green tech innovations around the globe.