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I built my first Utah gel box this week. I had the pieces cut by tap plastic, and I used acrylic glue to melt them together.

STuff:

1. alligator clips
2. 4 9v batteries connected together, both from radio shack.
3. Agar for the gel came from SF Marketplace, an asian food store in Sacramento. Agar is used to thicken soup.
4. buffer was a glass of water with a pinch of salt

Making the gel was easy. I used about a cup of water, and a teaspoon of agar. I microwaved it until the agar disappeared and the water was clear (~3 min). 

I ran food coloring in my 4 lanes. From top to bottom: Yellow, Red, Blue Green. It’s interesting to see that:

1. Yellow runs off the gel very quickly.
2. Red also moves along.
3. Blue is made of red and blue.
4. Green is made of blue and yellow