Coloured Bubbles
ZubblesAdding coloured dye to bubble mixtures fails to produce coloured bubbles, because the dye attaches to the water molecules as opposed to the surfactant. Hence, a colourless bubble forms with the dye falling to a point at the base. Dye chemist, Dr. Ram Sabnis, has developed a lactone dye that sticks to the surfactants, thus enabling brightly coloured bubbles to be formed. An example of this dye is crystal violet lactone.
These new bubble mixtures are currently only being sold in the USA under the trade name Zubbles.
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How to make soap bubbles
The easiest ways are to use commercially produced soap bubble fluid (marketed as a toy) or to simply put some dish washing soap in water. However, this latter might not work as well as expected, and there are several tricks to improve the soap sud formula:
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Additives
Something to reduce the water's surface tension, such as liquid soap or baby shampoo. These may work better the more pure (devoid of perfume or other additives) the soap is, or perhaps with more expensive soaps.
Something to thicken the water. Most commonly used is glycerin (available at the pharmacy), which makes the bubbles more colourful, too. Sugar, icing sugar or corn syrup have similar effects. It may be advantageous to dissolve the sugar in hot water. However, the soap sud can also be too thick and heavy, so it is important not to add too much of these thickening substances.
Distilled water. As tap water contains calcium ions, and these bind the soap, distilled water works better.
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Procedure
Leaving the soap sud in an open container overnight makes it thicker, too. But again, if the solution becomes too heavy it will be harder to make soap bubbles.
Bubbles or foam on the surface of the soap sud should be avoided by stirring gently, skimming them away or simply waiting until they are gone.
How easy it is to make soap bubbles depends on a vast number of factors. Every soap is different, and environmental conditions influence performance, too. For example, dusty air is unfavourable, and so is wind. Also, the more humid the air is, the better, which means making soap bubbles is easier on rainy days. Altogether, the best procedure for finding the perfect solution is the trial and error method.
2006-07-06 02:50:48
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answered by coogle 4
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Yes its vey easy to do, and we can make it as good as the ones from the stores. What you do is get some washing up liquid, like 'Fairy' any kind of washing up liquid that you use for washing dishes in the sink.
Then you mix it together with a bit of water in a cup... and thats it.
Dip in your bubble blowing thing and blow some bubbles!
2006-07-09 04:38:34
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answered by Lenny M 1
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water and dishsoap is the best but don't use to much water hope i helped!
2006-07-06 03:07:15
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answered by Connie 2
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