In Japan, there is a fantastic soap bubbler project going on. This organization loans, for free, soap bubble machines to health care workers as they travel to rural villages. The bubbles break down the reluctance of the villagers so they will be more likely to accept medical and other social program type help.
I highly recommend visiting the following page to learn more about it. It's a Google Japanese Translation page, but it does a fair enough job to get the idea, and if you follow the links in the side bar, you'll learn more about it.
Click here to see the page. Once you get there, click on the link next to the kids & bubbles picture.
Note: The best Japanese word I've found for soap bubble web searches is... シャボン玉 . Give it a try! To see my "soap bubble" language translation page... Click Here. It just might help you with your international searches. There are many alternate wordings for each language. If you find the "right one", please email it to me.)
Material of soap ball liquid (sample)
10 liters or more please make soap ball automatic occurrence skillfully in 1 time.
When 20 liters (L) the soap ball liquid is made,
1, these materials of those which are prepared are sold at foam/home center and the large-sized pharmacy
1, poly- container
If the poly- kerosene can, a time it is good even in the large bucket.
2, kitchen detergent trade name " joy "
* As for joy please use those which enter into the container " of green ".
500cc x 4 (approximately 900 Yen)
Or 300cc x 7 (approximately 1000 Yen)
It is good even with the other commodity however " the surface active agent 40% or more "
Kitchen detergent 2, 000cc
Being indicated in the label of the commodity (note) concerning the surface active agent, the る.
3, synthetic laundry paste trade name " クラノール " and so on
750cc x 7 (approximately 1,000 Yen)
It is good even with the other commodity however
" Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA " make
Synthetic laundry paste 5, 250cc
Unless (note it is something of the PVA make, as for the soap ball liquid
It is not possible! (Essential condition)
4, the water approximately 11. 750 liters (it is possible to be the tap water)
* Ratio of ratio (detergent 1: Laundry paste 5: Water 7)
20 L = 2000cc: 5250cc: 12.750 L
10 L = 1000cc: 2700cc: 6.300 L
5 L = 500cc: 1350cc: 3.150 L
* As for water per 12 liters sugar 400 gram inserting
When it makes the sugar water, efficiency of the liquid raises.
* When the liquor is poured the glass 2 - 3 cups, the shining of rainbow color furthermore becomes beautiful.
* When the soy sauce is inserted the several of glasses container, color becomes the brown and depth increases in color.
The variety please try trying!
(Detergent 1: Laundry paste 5: Sugar water 7)
In poly- container of 1 and 20 liters
(At the time of 10 liters in half quantity it is good even in " the bucket")
<1> the tap water is poured. (Approximately 12.75 liters)
It is the quantity of the water of 12. 75kg with the weight meter.
<2> the kitchen detergent is inserted. (2000c C)
500cc entrance X 4
<3> the synthetic laundry paste is inserted. (5250 cc)
750cc entrance X 7
<4> as for the liquid the one which was made 1 day ago is desirable.
The bubble is settled and can make the soap ball good.
* Detergent: Laundry paste: Water = 1: 5: Ratio of the quantity of 7 is standard.
When is dense and passes, the " white soap ball " can do with the soap ball vessel.
A little, the one which can do the " white soap ball " ----- where condition is good.
* Agitate slowly.
When (the bubble blends to the liquid, it meaning that the coming out of the soap bubble is not good ------)
So, how are you using bubbles to make the world a better place?
This is another good bubbling site in Japan (found by KellyO). You might like to get Google to translate it for you.