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I had one of my best supergiants sessions ever this morning. I had fairly low expectations. I did not have much juice on-hand and it was very cold (for Central California where I live). While I have had amazing sessions with temperatures in the low 50s (Fahrenheit), I have generally been disappointed when the temperature drops below 50F with supergiants seeming a bit harder to close.

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I had with me about two cups of a Charmy/Guar mix (standard guar mix with 33:1 water to Charmy ratio), a mix made with "gentle" Charmy, a Dawn Pro-based juice that was the discards from a session a few weeks ago. The Dawn-juice had unknown polymers and amounts. It probably was a mix of eGoo and HEC juice. Lastly, I had about 500 ml (or a bit less) of Bangwool bubble juice that I diluted from concentrate a year ago and started to use about a month ago. I figured that it would not be very fresh.

I made some of the biggest bubbles that I have ever made. One 7 to 8 foot diameter bubble lasted longer than 40 seconds. A few 20 foot (or larger) tubes that were 4-6 feet in diameter lasted 20 to 30 seconds.

I was using a 100" inch (or so) top-string loop: Rubbermaid webfoot microfiber for the top and a single strand of soda-washed twine for the bottom.

The Charmy/guar mix which normally seems very stretchy was not very stretchy. I could make 6 to 8 foot spheres with ease, and they lasted a long time, but I could not make longer tubes. The bubbles broke on the top as they grew. I tried growing them fast and slow and it made no difference.

The Dawn "mongrel" juice performed similarly. The Bangwool juice, however, allowed the creation of long bubbles that lasted a long time. Adding the Dawn mongrel juice certainly didn't hurt it and resulted in dramatic ghosts.

Videos[]

Here are a few nice bubbles from the session:

Bubble of the year?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2tNQQqPAA4

Bouncing Giant - I can't believe that this giant bubble did not break when it bounced off the road http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfgI-NrhSBA&list=UUmtjFDaPVD8gC0YHgps6BIw&index=2

Longlived Supergiant - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT4AW5aldoI&list=UUmtjFDaPVD8gC0YHgps6BIw&index=1