Utilization of mini air pump
Following the recommendation of the master craftsman Dustin Skye, I installed a mini air pump (vacuum bag pump) on the fogger and tried it out.
This is indeed delightful.
Attached to the tip is a Japanese soap bubble toy.
Pump : FLEXTAILGEAR Tiny Pump 2X (https://www.flextail.com/)
Tip toy : Ninja 1000 bubbles (https://shop.tomoda.ne.jp/products/detail/7)
my outdoor performance plan
Today, I want to share with you my outdoor performance plan. In my area, most bubble performers like to place their props on the ground and pick them up when needed. However, I really dislike leaving performance props on the ground. On one hand, there's a risk of uncontrollable children stepping on and breaking them; on the other hand, it's a matter of respect for my performance partners.
I found a type of foldable storage rack on Taobao. It has a mesh in the middle and can be folded up when not in use. Since my performance involves wand-like props, they can be inserted into the mesh to be held in place. A waterproof bag can be attached to the side, so after the performance, the wands can be directly placed into it. If you think the storage…
Follow-up report 2 (blower product by Kutsuwa Co.)
Regarding my previous postings, I have recently made several additional experiments, but they have led me to confusing results.
I watched the video I posted repeatedly. And as I was watching the last part of the video (where I placed the dry spray bottle in the center of the reservoir and lifted the wand), I noticed something. Looking at it closely, it appeared that the bubble film generated by the wand stood up just like the bubble film in the KIB and then separated "over the head of the bottle", thus leaving a film on the wand.
I speculated that the same thing may have happened with the bubble blower in the case. See the diagram below.
When we dip a hoop into a liquid reservoir to create a bubble film, we tend to think that a film is instan…
界面活性剤２３％の洗剤を使用した自作シャボン玉液で飛ばした「巨大シャボン玉」 ``Giant soap bubbles'' made with homemade soap bubble solution using detergent with 23% surfactant
シャボン玉液まで自作しようという人達の間で、
まことしとやかに言われていることの１つに
「界面活性剤３０％以上の商品」があるのではないか？
そのタブーに挑戦しようと思ったキッカケは２つある。
誰も根拠を明記している人が居なかったことが１つ。
もう１つは類い稀な観察力で答えを突き止めたかも知れないUroshi氏のこの記述である。
【その１】 https://soapbubble.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:Uroshi_Pond/Comparative_test_of_old_and_new_version_Cucute_(analysis_by_projection)
【その２】 https://soapbubble.fandom.com/wiki/Bubbling%E3%81%AE%E5%9F%BA%E7%A4%8E%E7%9F%A5%E8%AD%98%E2%85%A0%EF%BC%8F%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%9C%E3%83%B3%E6%B6%B2%E3%81%AE%E6%A7%8B%E6%88%90%E8%A6%81%E7%B4%A0#%E3%80%90%E9%A3%9F%E5%99%A8%E7%94%A8%E6%B4%97%E5%89%A4%EF%BC%88%E7%95%8C%E9%9D%A2%E6%B4%BB%E6%80%A7%E5%89%A4%EF%BC%89%E3%80%91
私が使用した「界面活性剤３０％以下の洗剤」は、チャーミーＶである。
チャーミーＶの界面活性剤は２３％である。
３種類のポリマー（ポリアクリル酸ナトリウム、こんにゃく粉、グアーガム）を
２種類のワンド（アクリル紐１．３ｍ＋２．８ｍ、同１．５ｍ＋３．３ｍ）で試して…
Lighter weight multi-stage garland
The other day, the long wands I was using for my triple garland broke off, so I needed to prepare new wands.
While preparing the wands, I decided to assemble a lighter weight multi-stage garland.
It is more compact and maneuverable than the ones I have created in the past.
Both the top string and bottom string are made of plastic chain.
As I have gotten older, I have come to appreciate the advantages of the wand's light weight.
（I'm not an English speaker, so I'm using Google Translate and DeepL. Please bear with strange sentences if there are any.）
Dawn antibacterial 3x Do you know?
I am in Mexico and had been making very good bubbles with the original Dawn ultra and guar juice but currently stopped selling it and replaced it with a Dawn antibacterial 3x which has a much less good performance than the dawn ultra, but a few weeks ago for some reason stopped working completely, I have followed the recipe of guar juice and not a single bubble comes out, I have been trying to increase guar gum and soap,I have managed to make a few bubbles, but they are very weak and do not go well at all, I wonder if anyone has had this problem, or if they simply believe that they changed the formula of the Dawn antibacterial 3x and now it is no longer viable to use it, in any case in my country is very limited in good dishwasher is not…
Follow-up report (blower product by Kutsuwa Co.)
It is well known that bubble film pops as soon as it touches a dry spot.
However, after closely observing the operation of this product, I noticed an exception. The exception can be seen in this video.
At the end of the video, the bottle is placed in the center of the reservoir, but when the bottle is placed off-center and the same operation is tried again, the film pops. This exception only seems to happen when the dry spot passes "right in the center" of the film.
I don't think the reservoir material is a special material. It is a very common PP.
I am not sure on what principle this could happen.
Soap Bubble Wikiの中で参考にしている記事 Articles referenced in the Soap Bubble Wiki
私は日本人なので日本語のページを参考にしています。
I am Japanese, so I refer to the Japanese page.
ようこそBubblingの世界へ（巨大シャボン玉、大量シャボン玉をやってみたいと思っている方のために）
もう１つは the other is
Bubblingの基礎知識Ⅰ／シャボン液の構成要素
その他は「ブラウザの翻訳機能」で日本語に訳しながら勉強しています。
Others are studied while translating into Japanese using the "translation function of the browser".
２０２３年７月３０日記載 Listed on July 30, 2023
消毒用アルコールを使わなくてもグアーガムにダマが出来なかった！ Guar gum didn't clump even without rubbing alcohol!
使用していない紅茶セットがあるのを発見したため、グアーガムを攪拌することに使ってみました。
I found an unused tea set in the house and used it to stir guar gum.
「湯」を沸かして、グアーガムを「耳かき２杯」入れました。
I boiled "hot water" and added "two earpicks" of guar gum.
その後、数分間、攪拌したら、消毒用アルコールを入れてないのにダマが出来ませんでした！
After that, when I stirred for a few minutes, there were no lumps even though I didn't add rubbing alcohol!
２０２３年７月３０日記載 Listed on July 30, 2023
ポリマー polymer
私はシャボン玉液を自作する時、２０２３年７月現在で３種類のポリマーを別々に使用しています。ポリマーを併用することはありません。
■ポリアクリル酸ナトリウム
■こんにゃく粉
■グアーガム
As of July 2023, when I make my own soap bubble solution, I use three different polymers. No polymers are used together.
■ Sodium polyacrylate
■ Konjac powder
■ Guar gum
私がシャボン玉にハマったきっかけ
２０２２年の始め頃、友田商会さんの業務用シャボン玉液を入手したことがきっかけで、１００円ショップのおもちゃコーナーにあるものを数点購入した。ほどなく「ランニングコストを如何に少なくするか」「ゴミを出さずに遊べるか」という考えの基に、道具をとシャボン玉液を自作するに至る。
また、シャボン玉遊びは「小玉をたくさん出すか、大玉を１つ出すかに大別される」とも思い始めると同時に、公園で出会う人々とのエピソードと共に、今さらながら「一瞬でも、その場限りでも他者が笑顔になるのは気分が良い」ということに気付き、小さい子やママさん、小学生の新しい顔見知りが出来て刺激を受けている最中である。
Around the beginning of 2022, I got a commercial soap bubble solution from Tomoda Shokai, and I bought a few items in the toy corner of a 100-yen shop. Soon, based on the idea of ``how to reduce the running cost It feels good to see other people smile." I am in the process of being stimulated by making new acquaintances of small children, mothers, and elementary school students.
Double bubbles blower product
The other day I found a bubble blower for children at a local store.
Its shape resembles the tip of an electric double bubble gun, but its liquid tray is unique.
I had thought about devising a wand or hoop this way and that, but I had never thought of devising a tray. It was an eye-opener for me.
https://www.kutsuwa.co.jp/items/ps052/
"Niju-maruno-Shabondama"
Product by Kutsuwa Co., Ltd.
Sugiyama Method (making concentric bubbles)
This is a quirky method of creating concentric bubbles invented by Japanese bubble artists, the Sugiyama Brothers.
I have been doing this without ever really understanding the logic behind it, but recently I have finally been able to sort out the logic of the process.
The image is a frontal spatial view from where the bubbler is standing, facing the bubble.
The first wand is at position a1/b1. Imagine the wand with the bubble film on it being held in the right hand and projecting toward the front. a1 is the left edge of the circle of wand and b1 is the right edge.
From position a1/b1, swing the wand up and lift it to position a2/b2. Once lifted, while holding b spatially fixed (b2=b3=b4), rotate a from position a2 to a3 to a4 (= rotating the r…
2023 06 16 Beach Bubbles With Ancient Juice
The past couple of years, I have not been very active in soap bubble research and haven't had many opportunities to make giant bubbles. The other day, an early Father's Day celebration, we headed over the hills to Half Moon Bay for lunch and beach lounging. It was good bubble conditions: overcast, mild breeze, temperatures in the mid-60s.
Rather than brew any new bubble juice, I decided to use up old juice that I found in my closet. All the juice had a Dawn Pro base. Two jugs were BLM juice (one 16:1, the other 25:1) mixed up in June 2017. One was mixed up in August 2018 from a dawn pro/guar concentrate mixed in 2014!
Each juice was a little cloudy, but all worked perfectly as if freshly mixed. The juice in these jugs had never been used -- …
Test for Dawn Platinum
I tried Dawn Platinum sold at my local Costco. (I had experience with Dawn Ultra, but this was my first time trying Dawn Platinum.)
Tap water 5,000ml
Dawn Platinum 180g
BLM 70g
Adjusted to ph 7.5 with citric acid
AM 9:00 / 6℃ / 86% humidity / less than 1m/s
Giant soap bubbles were easily created, but it was impossible to determine whether they were the result of the power of Dawn or favorable weather conditions.
The older version of Cucute has a surfactant percentage of 37%, and Dawn Platinum has 34.3% (as listed in the product labeling section). I feel that 18:1 to 20:1 is about right for Cucute. Dawn Platinum, however, gives a proper color profile at around 27:1. There is a significant difference when calculated by the amount of surfactant. The…
On the fusion of bubbles
When two bubbles come into contact, their fate is one of the following:
1. become two closely matched bubbles that share a single film.
2. fuse completely into one larger bubble.
The bubble solution of only water and dishwashing detergent is much more likely to be case 1. When polymers are added to this bubble solution, case 2 is more likely than case 1. The difference is striking when two solutions with water and dishwashing detergent prepared under the same conditions and differing only in the presence or absence of polymers are tested side by side.
As is well known, polymers are involved in the ability of self-healing and can detach the bubble from the film without causing the film to fail. However, the above facts suggest that polymers ha…
DIY ECig Fogger
I built my ECig Fogger as a DIY project.
I used Rick Findley's excellent article as a guide. https://soapbubble.fandom.com/wiki/DIY_Vapor_Maker_-_Super_Sub-Ohm_(iJust2)
Like Rick, I cut a piece of PVC pipe, drilled a hole to breathe through and adjusted it by shaving the inside to fit the size of the ecig.
The difficulty was the gluing: due to the size of the ecig's air intake, the blow-in straw to be glued to the PVC pipe had to be very thin, and no matter what glue I tried to glue it to, it did not work. Hot glue served as a temporary bond and then, surprisingly, worked well as long as it did not come in contact with the surfactant (the surfactant relentlessly penetrates the gap between the hot glue and the material and peels off the adhes…
Test for glucomannan powder
I have tried glucomannan powder.
The glucomannan powder I used is the following product :
https://www.nowfoods.com/products/supplements/glucomannan-pure-powder
Glucomannan is the main ingredient of konjac and is a water soluble polysaccharide; it is a powder made from ingredients extracted from konjac powder. It seems to work well as a polymer in bubble solutions.
I have tried the following recipe :.
6500 g water
10.3 g glucomannan powder
351g dish detergent (old version of CuCute)
(The ph was stable at 7.5 and was not adjusted. Mixed by alcohol slurry method.)
If I used plastic hoops, their bubbles self-healed well. I tried a tri-string wand with this solution.
It was 6:30 AM, 25°C, 94% humidity. The results clearly showed an overdose aspect. The b…
Comparative test of old and new version Cucute (analysis by projection)
Around March 2022, a major ingredient change was made to a Japanese dishwashing detergent (Cucute/Kyukyutto). The old Cucute disappeared from store shelves and the new Cucute began to appear on store. The new Cucute has changed both the ingredients and the surfactant ratio (reduced: from 37% to 32%). It became necessary for me to analyse the new Cucute.
My first thought was to compare the color profiles of the old and new Cucute.
I prepared two solutions: I added 2 teaspoons of 1% PEO solution to 1,600 ml of water and then poured it into two containers (800 ml each). I added 40 g Old version Cucute to one and 40 g New version Cucute to the other.
I set up the apparatus for the experiment, referring to Edward's Longevity Test experimental setu…
Anomalous occurrence (and its cause)
It was around mid-January 2022 that I first noticed something strange.
I was mixing the tara gum solution as usual, and as soon as I added the detergent (Cucute Muscat scent), the liquid instantly turned cloudy white. It was as white as milk, and the part of the whisk that was immersed in the solution was completely invisible.
I was surprised, but tried the solution. Obviously, the bubble was over-moist and dripped like never before. As soon as the bubble left the wand, it could not defy gravity and fell straight to the ground.
I searched for the cause of the anomaly (cloudiness and poor performance). I suspected the involvement of glycerin (or the correlation between tara gum and glycerin), since I was experimenting with slurrying tara gum w…
Small-scale jumbo juice (with Cucute)
recipe：
・PEO(WSR301) 0.40g
・HPMC 1.02g
・Water 7,500ml
・Detergent (Cucute) 354g
・Glycerin 30g (used to make a slurry from the mixed powder of PEO and HPMC)
・Citric acid 0.2g
・A pinch of baking soda
The original of this is a recipe called "Jumbo Juice" published by Dustin Skye, a well-known bubbler. This is what I applied Cucute to this recipe. With this amount, the bubbles are very easy to split. In a favorable environment, it features a very high probability of triple bubbles with breath.
For huge bubbles, you may want to reduce the polymer a bit.
[Addendum (Feb.2022)]
・Water 7,000ml
・Detergent (Cucute) 380g
The above amounts seem to me to be more suitable for triple bubbles.
About Japanese commercial bubble solutions (a few rambling notes)
I have recently been intrigued by the properties of commercial bubble solutions. In Japan, the bubble solutions (and toys) sold by Tomoda Shokai are known for their excellent performance.
I have not tried bubble solutions sold in the U.S. or Europe (like Uncle Bubbles), but I know that they have performance suitable for professional use and at least Uncle Bubbles are not viscous.
In contrast, Tomoda Shokai's Bubble Solution is viscous enough to be recognized at a glance.
There is no stringiness, but compared to other solutions (such as PEO or guar gum), it tangles very strongly in the wand and has a sticky feel.
However, this is not limited to Tomoda Shokai, but is common to products from all toy manufacturers in Japan. The bubble solutions av…
Triple garlands
I use wands with three garlands between a pair of fishing rods (I call them "Triple garlands" for convenience).
The countless bubbles it blows are popular with both adults and children, and are very photogenic.
I use plastic chains to make three garlands. (Plastic chains are a material often used by Japanese bubblers.)
The biggest advantage of plastic chains is that they are "lightweight". Due to its light weight, I can use a combination of 3 (or more) garlands. (The combination of water-absorbed cotton garlands will break the fishing rods or my arms with their relentless weight.)
Previously, I used garlands made of plastic chains for both the top and bottom strings.
Some time later, I replaced the top string with a mop yarn with the aim of inc…
DIY Bubble Tool : Making a KIB moat using a polypropylene table
I was looking for a moat for KIB (Kid-in-a-bubble) that was easy to set up and solid, but I couldn't find a Japanese vendor.
There are only a few professional bubble artists in Japan, so there are no Japanese vendors selling tools for professional bubble art.
I was at a loss when I learned that importing it from Europe would be very expensive just for shipping.
I found out how to DIY on the wiki, but it's quite difficult for me ...
One day, I heard that there is a bubbler who makes a moat using a garden table (patio table).
I went to a nearby home improvement store and found a suitable product.
The table I got is made of polypropylene. It's made in Italy and costs about $ 50.
The diameter of the top plate is about 91 cm.
https://www.amazon.co.jp/d…
Tara Gum Trial
In my previous post (Quick test with fenugreek gum (2)), an anonymous bubbler left a comment about Tara gum.
I thought I should see if it had the same effect as fenugreek gum, so I got Tara gum on ebay.
I made a solution according to the recipe below:
・ Warm water 3,800 ml (40°C is enough)
・ Tara gum 12.3 grams
・ Dishwashing detergent (Cucute) 207 grams
・ Baking soda 2.5 grams
・ Citric acid 0.1 grams
・ Dry alcohol
Tara gum was mixed by the slurry method using dry alcohol.
The ph was adjusted to 7.5.
7:00 am, temperature 24 °C, humidity 88%, wind speed 2-3 m/s.
Unfortunately the wind was unstable and not ideal, but it seemed to work well.
May be I can reduce Tara gum a little more.
I want to see how it works under favorable conditions.
…
2021 08 07 PAM Jelly - Ugh!
Just a quick note about making sure you let your PAM (polyacrylamide) fully hydrate and become uniform before combining with other ingredients. I was mixing up some juice (actually trying to come up with a concentrate recipe with the minimum amount of water necessary) and thought I had it nailed -- but after I used the juice, I noticed some bits of gel on the ground. It was very similar to the gel chunks you get from mixing insoluble PAM and water. (NOTE: if this happens there is a solution to the problem as mentioned at the end.)
I realize now that I had done a quick mix (using hot water to mix up the solution) and stopped my off-and-on stirring after about 20 minutes at which time I added the detergent.
Clearly the PAM hadn't really finish…
Sugiyama Double
Sugiyama brothers, the most famous bubble artists in Japan, publish various videos on youtube. They also uploaded their stage show performances and I was curious to see them.
Some of the techniques they showed were something I had never seen. Among them, the so-called bubble-in-bubble (“Double”) caught my eye. They make a Double with just a single swing of the wand, without blowing into a bubble. It looked magical to me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3UcwwOlIlI
Immediately after watching this video, I tried Sugiyama Double several times, but I couldn't. I tried again the next day, but I couldn't. After all, it seems that the wind was the cause of the failure. I was trying this outdoors in the wind. Even a slight breeze often interferes wit…
Some my polymer exploration
I enjoy the bubble itself, but I'm also very interested in the process by which it is created.
I wonder and enjoy the similar bubbles that are created in a completely different way.
I've tried some minor materials so far. Some worked and some didn't.
【Useful!】
・ Konjac: Great!
・ Fenugreek gum: Great!
【Unclear...】
・ Sodium polyglutamic acid: A sticky ingredient of natto. I could make a bubble of about 1 meter, but the film was brittle. This may be useful if you adjust the amount, but it is expensive ($ 20 for 10 grams) and not cost effective.
【No effect!】
・ Sodium alginate (low viscosity): I probably bought one with a low molecular weight. No effect.
・ Carbomer: No effect. No viscosity.
・ Acacia Dietary Fiber: This is probably gum arabic with no visco…
Quick test with fenugreek gum (2)
I tested fenugreek gum again.
The last time was probably an overdose. This time I adjusted the amount of fenugreek gum and detergent.
・ Fenugreek gum 12.5g
・ Water 3,500ml
・ Detergent (Cucute) 190 grams
The ph was stable at 7.3, so I haven't adjusted it.
18 ° C / humidity 94%.
I was able to stably create a bubble with a size larger than the previous time. You may want to reduce the amount of fenugreek a little more.
By adjusting the amount of fenugreek, the problematic odor was improved. However, it still has a unique spicy odor.
You should avoid blowing bubbles on someone's clothes or hair.
I'm surprised that there was still such an unknown natural polymer ... Bubble is really deep.
[Added in June 2021] When I used Dawn instead of Cucute, the odor …
Quick test with fenugreek gum
The other day, I found an article online about fenugreek being used as a thickener.
Fenugreek endosperm is mainly composed of galactomannan and is said to have excellent solubility and dispersibility compared to guar gum and locust bean gum. (The ratio of galactose to mannose in fenugreek gum is 1: 1, whereas that in guar gum is 1: 2 and that in locust bean gum is 1: 4. Decreased proportion of galactose makes it less soluble in water.)
A Japanese company extracted only the endosperm part from fenugreek seeds and sold it as a powder.
I was intrigued by this, so I got it online shopping, and tried it as a polymer for bubbles.
I tried it with the following recipe.
・ Fenugreek gum 17.7g
・ Water 3,500ml
・ Detergent (Cucute) 220 grams
(When I finished m…
Gelatin Trial
In 2018, a Japanese bubbler released a Youtube video of a long bubble tube. The tube was long enough to extend beyond the angle of view of the camera (about 40 meters by eye) and shocked many Japanese bubblers. I am also one of them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3SdeUdRfuQ
This bubbler published the recipe on remarks column. I contacted him. However, the ingredients of the dishwashing detergent used in the recipe at that time have been changed, and this recipe seems to be impossible to reproduce.
After that, I reviewed this video frequently and tried to learn something.
The shape and texture of the bubble tube is very distinctive. Especially in this video, the feature is clearly shown.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8fnpZ6--CY
Somehow I wa…
Konjac Trial
I have tried several tests on konjac solutions.
There are two reasons why I was interested in konjac. The first reason is that there was a talk in the forum that konjac might produce a solution that is resistant to low humidity. Another reason is that konjac is a very familiar food (ingredient) for Japanese people.
The solution was mixed with the following recipe:
・ Konjac powder 3.3g
・ Boiled Hot water 1,000g
・ Baking soda 5.4g
・ Cucute (Japanese detergent) 262g
・ Tap water 3,834g
・ Citric acid 1.2g
1. Sprinkle konjac powder little by little into 1,000 g of boiled water while quickly mixing. (It is convenient to use stirrer.)
2. Sprinkle baking soda in the same way.
3. Stir for 1 minute every 4 minutes. Continue this for 40 minutes. (If you have a…
Try a DIY triple wand
A Japanese commercial bubble company (Tomoda Syokai .Ltd) has created a wand for "Triple Bubble".
The other day, I tried to duplicate it. I collected materials at the "One Dollar Store" in Japan, and the total cost is about $ 4. I used small scoop nets (which for cleaning fish tank) as a material .
Made it instantly, it’s a rough construction...Well, it's just for fun.
Only successful examples are shown in the video, but in fact, the success rate is about 5%!
Perhaps that's because the sizes of the three rings are so different. The appropriate wind pressure to be applied is different for each. Therefore, it is rare that three rings form a bubble at the same time.
Improvements will be needed to increase the success rate.
(However, sometimes it su…
Multipolymer Mix: HEC + Sodium Polyacrylate
I tested the combination of HEC and sodium polyacrylate. It was a simple test to see what happens when I mix the two (disastrous or okay).
Temperature 4.6 ℃, humidity 82%, early morning
The solution was made with the following recipe. (The amount is somewhat arbitrary)
・ 0.7g Sodium Polyacrylate
・ 5.3g HEC (Natrosol 250HHR)
・ 1,000ml hot water (Boiled)
・ 3,334ml tap water
・ 8.0g baking soda
・ 1.3g citric acid
・ 240g Cucute (Japanese detergent)
I added mixed powder of HEC and sodium polyacrylate to hot water 1,000ml little by little while stirring with a magnetic stirrer (and after that, I added baking soda). After stirring with a magnetic stirrer for about an hour, I saw some lumps (It was clearly due to sodium polyacrylate). I added tap wa…
Combination of sodium polyacrylate and Dawn Ultra
I tested the combination of sodium polyacrylate and Dawn Ultra.
Temperature 15 ℃, humidity 88%, after rainfall
(The bubble color profile may be hard to see because the camera exposure adjustment failed.)
The solution was made with the following recipe.
・ 3.0g Sodium Polyacrylate
・ 6,500ml tap water
・ 1.8g citric acid
・ 240g Dawn Ultra
The mixing method is described below: Japanese Soap Bubble (Dec.2020)
As far as I can see, no problem. However, there are some stringing that was not seen in the case of Cucut. For Dawn Ultra, you may need to adjust the amount of polymer or detergent.
When I was trying this solution in a corner of the park, kids rushed in and looked at it with interest.
And after seeing big bubbles and cheering, they said, "I want t…
Does anyone one know what are the ingredients used in this?
Hi all, I am in the market for bubble solution for my children. After doing some research, I found this quite famous bubble solution that has won quite a few awards for being "super child safe". However I do find it suspicious that they do not show or state their formula. Does anyone know what compounds do they use? To be sure that it is chlid safe? thanks!
Burbujas recistentes
¿Existe alguna fórmula para "burbujas resistentes" que reboten o para la realización de esculturas?
No pude encontrar lo mencionado en la página.
Gracias!!!
Soap Bubble storage
If I wanted to store Bubble solution in an empty liquid Tide bottle would I have to rinse the bejeezus out of it first? I know it should be rinsed but just how thorough do I have to be... Is anything in Tide an enemy to bubbles?
soap
does anyone know a bubble recipet using gaur gum that the soap doesnt kill the lawn so any detergent that i can use that wont kill the lawn
Effect of time on solutions of Guar, PEO, and PAM
I made solutions of Guar, PEO, and PAM in distilled water and then recorded the apparent viscosity over time for 40 days, to get an idea of how quickly the solutions degrade. For each polymer I made one solution with 0.02% Propyl Paraben and one without. Propyl paraben is used as a food preservative and considered effective against bacteria, yeasts, and fungi, over the pH range of these solutions. I speculated that it could prolong the effective life of the polymer mixes.
The Guar was at 6 g/L, the PEO (WSR-301) at 4 g/L, and the PAM at 1 g/L. The Guar and PEO were slurried using 10mL of denatured alcohol per gram of polymer, and all the solutions were mixed using a relatively low shear rate paint mixer. Apparent viscosity was measured as t…
Effect of time on PAM solution
Elsewhere on this site Edward has wondered how much PAM solutions age with time so I’ve made a first attempt at measuring it. I prepared a 500 ml sample of PAM at .5 g/L with 0.01% propyl paraben (preservative) and stored it, covered, at room temperature. I then measured its apparent viscosity with a Ford #2 viscosity cup at intervals over a period of 70+ days. I did 4 repeats each time.
It takes several hours for the PAM to dissolve fully. The first measurement was 1 hour after the PAM was mixed into the water. There does appear to be some degradation after about a week.
You cannot dip the cup into PAM solution or pour PAM into the cup because it is self siphoning, so I filled the cup using a 60ml syringe. There is a possibility that there …
2018 10 21 Amendola PVA/Guar/PVA Recipe First Attempt Mixing
I experienced a "gotcha" when trying to mix up my first batch of Vincent Amendola's PVA/Guar/JLube Juice
When I added the PVA solution to the guar gum slurry, a discrete gel ball (about 5 ml big) formed in the slurry after a minute or two.
I tried to mash it up with two forks, but that didn't work. It wouldn't break up and it wouldn't dissolve with stirring. I waited 10 minutes to see if it might dissolve or soften on its own. It didn't! After about 10 minutes, I decided to try something else. I warmed the slurry VERY briefly in the microwave (20 seconds on partial power) and stirred it for a minute. It seemed to get smaller. I repeated the warm and stir process a few times, and the ball mostly dissolved, but there were still a few bits of d…
2018 10 21 Making 10% PVA Solution
In preparation for exploring Vincent Amendola's PVA/Guar Gum/J-Lube recipe , I mixed up a 10% PVA Solution using Polyvinyl Alcohol powder purchased in 2011 or so. I know nothing about the particular type of polyvinyl alcohol that this is. The chemistry supply store had no information to offer at the time of purchase. I've made 1% and 2% solutions in the past by simply sprinkling PVA powder into water that I was stirring by hand and then warm slightly and stirring some more.
Ingredients:
- 90 grams distilled water
- 10 grams polyvinyl alchohol powder
I sprinkled the PVA powder into room temperature distilled water while stirring by hand. When I was done sprinkling the powder, the solution was milky/chalky. I put the beaker in the microwave for 20 s…
2018 10 21 PAM200 Trial
I haven't had a chance to bubble since the September PAM Trial. I've been curious: how much PAM is too much. So, I mixed up a batch of bubble juice with roughly 200 grams of 0.1% PAM Solution per liter of juice (at 20:1 water to Dawn Pro). The juice worked quite well and was clearly not overdosed.
I had some BLM-based juice (at 20:1) on-hand and tried it. The two seemed to work fairly comparably. The BLM juice might have been able to more reliably make 40+ foot tubes BUT there weren't really enough trials to tell and the windspeed was variable enough that the difference could quite easily have been due to the wind.
Conditions: 60 degrees F, 85% relative humidity, fully overcast.
Test loops: 48-inch Rubbermaid webfoot microfiber mop top-string…
2018 09 30 First Session with PAM-Based Juice
RogerH3 recently posted about promising results with Polyacrylamide (PAM) as a bubble juice polymer. Roger was kind enough to send me a sample of the PAM that he used as I was unable to find water soluble PAM myself.
QUICK TAKE: Water-soluble PAM works great. In this quick shootout it compared favorably to BLM . The test was too superficial to draw any conclusions other than PAM is a promising polymer.
CONDITIONS: 8 am, sunny, mild breeze,58F and 80% humidity
WICKS: 48-inch RubberMaid webfoot microfiber top with 2-strand white rayon bottom (from RubberMaid Rayon Finish Mop)
JUICE SUMMARY: Three different 20:1 bubble juice mixes were used (that is (20 parts water to 1 part Dawn Pro). These mixes are pH-adjusted with citric acid to a pH of 7.6. …
PAM - a new polymer for bubble juice
I've recently started playing with PAM as a bubble polymer. It looks promising but needs more investigation.
The PAM (Polyacrylamide) family is an important group of industrial polymers with an international trade value of several billion dollars annually. They come in 4 main varieties: Nonionic, Cationic, Anionic, and Cross-linked. I'm ignoring the Nonionic and Cationic varieties for now because I've yet to find a vendor with a minimum order less than 1 ton! The anionic variety I'm familiar with because the use of this in water treatment was the subject of my Ph.D. thesis, but it is not readily available for domestic use. This leaves the cross linked variety which is both readily available and cheap.
Cross linked PAM can absorb large volume…
This Week's Experiments and Some Crocheted Rigs
A few years back I bought two ounces of D&C yellow #8 dye- it was one of those things where buying a little was cheap, but buying a lot was still cheap, so I bought what seems to be a lifetime supply of it. It's the concetrated form of the dye they use in yellow highlighters. It's blacklight reactive and a lot of fun to play with. I've used it to make the bath tub glow (super fun- 1/8 tsp does the trick), I've used it in play dough and I thought I'd give it a try in bubbles.
It worked/didn't work. D&C yellow 8 is a soap dye- it works well in bubbles without killing them, but even with juice that looked atomic the bubble walls were too thin to get much of an effect. Edward helped me with a thicker walled formula, but it didn't make any…