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Soap Bubbles for Cymatics

David Schiermeyer - web site
David Schiermeyer bio


"I use a mix of 3 part glycerin 2 part corn syrup And 1 part dish soap, no water, u got to lather up whatever u are trying to put bubble on some I do can take hundreds of tries and take 30 min just to get one bubble to stay I learn to soak the speaker or pan with water and some soap with a rag u have to be direct on pan or pan on the speaker like hot glued to the speaker itself it won’t work if u got a screen over speaker u got to be directly attached to speaker." [Posted to FaceBook 6/1/19]

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Bubble Cymatics


A perfect recipe for soap bubbles
Ingredients
1 liter of water (about 2 pints)

50 milliliters of Dawn Professional Detergent (a little over 3 TBSP)

2-3 grams of guar powder, a food thickener (about 1/2 heaping TSP)

50 milliliters of rubbing alcohol (a little more than 3 TBSP)

2 grams of baking powder (about 1/2 TSP)

Directions

Mix the guar powder with the alcohol and stir until there are no clumps.

Combine the alcohol/guar slurry with the water and mix gently for 10 minutes. Let it sit for a bit so the guar hydrates. Then mix again. The water should thicken slightly, like thin soup or unset gelatin.

Add the baking powder and stir.

Add the Dawn Professional Detergent and stir gently, to avoid causing the mixture to foam.

Dip a giant bubble wand with a fibrous string into the mixture until it is fully immersed and slowly pull the string out. Wave the wand slowly or blow on it to create giant soap bubbles. [from https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/02/physicists-determine-the-optimal-soap-recipe-for-blowing-gigantic-bubbles/]

See Also


Bubble Cymatics
Cymatics
soap film

Created by dale. Last Modification: Friday September 30, 2022 06:59:26 MDT by Dale Pond.