Blowing up soap bubbles is a favorite pastime not only for children, but also for adults. Today, this activity is widespread at various entertainment events, where animators blow soap bubbles that are striking in their size. To achieve this effect on your own, you just need a recipe for a soap composition.
Secrets of Big Bubbles
Water-soluble polymers are used to inflate soap bubbles with a diameter of several meters. When using sugar and glycerin in a recipe, a certain concentration must be observed, since if it is exceeded, bubbles will not blow out well. Egg white, gelatin, polyvinyl alcohol and cellulose ethers, which are difficult to obtain in pure form, are well suited for soap bases, but you can buy products in which there is a sufficient amount of it.
The Fairy Dishwashing Liquid is perfect for creating large soap bubbles.
When using polyvinyl alcohol, which is different in dissolution method and viscosity, you need to take a 10% aqueous solution. To obtain it, alcohol granules are poured into water heated in a water bath to 80-90 ° C and quickly stirred. Depending on the size of the granules and their brand, polyvinyl alcohol with constant stirring will dissolve in 20-40 minutes. To create bright bubbles, you can use Fairy with a green or yellow tint.
Big bubble recipe
To create a solution that will allow you to inflate large soap bubbles, you will need 150 g of "Fairy", 50 g of 99% glycerin, 100 g of lubricating gel and 1 kg of warm water (weigh on a scale). The lubricating gel must be slowly and thoroughly mixed with glycerin, add "Fairy" and pour the mixture into almost hot boiled water. The resulting solution must be cooled and bubbles can be inflated. If desired, various special additives can be poured into the composition, which will give the bubbles a color.
Since this solution easily collects dust and grease, you need to keep it clean so as not to spoil future bubbles.
Big bubble blowing tools can also be easily made by yourself. To do this, take a carpet beater and cut the inner rings out of it with a hot knife. For convenient dipping in the solution, the handle of the beater must be heated near the hoop and bent at an angle of 45 degrees.
In order for the inventory to hold a large amount of mortar, you need to tightly wrap the hoop around the entire circumference with a thin cotton rope. The solution itself should be stored in the refrigerator, and it is even better to prepare a small amount of it, since it tends to deteriorate under the influence of microorganisms, and some brands of polyvinyl alcohol lose their viscosity in the refrigerator.
