My daughter used to scream with delight when we blew bubbles.
Corn syrup is the key eh?? Have a ball and take some pics.

Is there an Aussie version of corn syrup?

shoodbegood said..
Is there an Aussie version of corn syrup?

Yeah it is called corn syrup and is in the supermarket or health food store.
Mega ironic that something that is 99% sugar is easier to find at health food stores....

I suggest searching reddit, I read the original thread when that vid was posted and they all said that recipe was useless. Can't remember the correct one sorry

Pitbull said..

I though the main ingredient was glycerine.

Nah, it's nitroglycerine. Works much better!

If you dump the liquid from a hi-lighter pen, it will make the bubbles glow under a black light....

If you use tonic water instead of water, it will make the bubbles glow blue under a black light....

but this means you would have to install and outdoor blacklight or be prepared to clean up a sticky glowing mess in your house...

Chris6791 said..
^^^ All I heard was having to clean up a sticky mess in your house that glows under a blacklight...

were you blowing bubbles at the time?

Mark _australia said..

Chris6791 said..
^^^ All I heard was having to clean up a sticky mess in your house that glows under a blacklight...

were you blowing bubbles at the time?

Mark _australia said..

Chris6791 said..
^^^ All I heard was having to clean up a sticky mess in your house that glows under a blacklight...

were you blowing bubbles at the time?

After the fifth time he was.

it doesn't have to be that difficult dave.
a cup = 250ml. a teaspoon = 5ml.

btw, us metric folk spell it 'litre'

Most supermarkets sell premixed bubble mix that is guaranteed to work and probably less toxic, my daughter has spent hours on our balcony in a nice sea breeze sending basket ball sized bubbles all over the neighborhood.

Got to watch out for the sticky mess though...

Smithy said..
Most supermarkets sell premixed bubble mix that is guaranteed to work and probably less toxic, ...

hmmm dunno about the latter every bubble mix kids has had has been from China, god only knows what is in it.
"Stretchy bubbuhs come from addition human skin for you blow benefit"

All I've done is call her is call out the useless recipe at the top, then find the right one, and I've had no love for it. I'm taking my bat n ball and going home <sniff>

thanks Dave, I wont waste my time trying this yet

BabaORiley said..

Cassa said..
Still only small bubbles, even with the glycerine,

FailFail

might have somethin to do with the way your blowing??

Gee"s I thought I blew really well last night
Might have to go for the quinella

Cassa said..

Still only small bubbles, even with the glycerine,
Fail
Fail

First, the right washing liquid makes a huge difference.

What are you using to make the bubbles? Not an ordinary bubble blower, I hope. You need to get two thick pieces, of dowel, about 1cm thick and 30 cm long, then make a loop of absorbent rope about 1m in diameter, and attach it to the two pieces of dowel. Then bring the dowels together, dip the rope ring in the liquid, lift it out and separate the dowels to make a big loop, and then 'sweep' the loop of rope around to draw out a big bubble. Then bring the ends of the dowel together to close the bubble. Atmospheric conditions also make a significant difference for really large bubbles. Early in the morning on a humid day works best, with little to no breeze.

Here's the idea. I like to stand with a light breeze behind me and just lift the sticks in the air and walk backwards slowly.