How to Make Giant Bubbles w/Guar Gum
Guar Gum can be purchased here (this is an affiliate link): ebay.to/1IStyHZ
I decided for this video I would experiment with a Guar Gum based Giant Bubble recipe after many requests over the last year. It seems to work very well! On par at least with the J-Lube based recipe that I used in this video: • How to Make Giant Bubbles That is also the video to watch if you would like to learn how to make the giant bubble nets.
The best dish soap for bubbles is up for debate, but generally Dawn Platinum Power Clean is seen as one of the best. I also like Dawn's hypoalergenic dish soap which seems to work nearly as well and can be easier to find in stores. Anything labeled as a concentrate of '2x' is typically not very good.
Giant bubbles will work best in high humidity and in cool air, so mornings and late afternoons will give the best results. The middle of the night can also give great results, and the colors created in the bubbles by artificial lights are quite interesting as can be seen in this video: • Giant Soap Bubbles at ...
For more information on making giant bubbles the soap bubble wiki is a great resource: soapbubble.wiki...
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I used to be called 'bubble boy' by my parents because I loved making bubbles! I've really got to try this sometime, thanks for the video!
@jonahplayscello
4 жыл бұрын
I am subbed to you
I’m in San Diego using your recipe with Seventh Generation dish soap, j-lube & baking power though I increased the baking powder another tablespoon to 4. On the beach when the winds were about 3-5 mph, the bubbles went often about 1/2 to 3/4 mile before bursting!!! Very impressive! I’m trying to determine the perfect amount of wind… seems anything above 8kts is too much!
BEAUTIFUL!!!!! I feel like people must have so much fun hanging out with you in real life.
@Nighthawkinlight
9 жыл бұрын
Heather Feather ASMR Thanks Heather!
@TimothyTonguet
9 жыл бұрын
Heather Feather ASMR You remind me of when I celebrated learning science in second Grade. I still love Science. We did this at my grade school Ms. Gatti
Summer must be here... it's bubble time! Awesome as usual!
This has given me an idea for a photo project. Thanks dude.
This was one of the best videos ive seen in a while.The soundtrack is so soothing and goes really well with giant bubbles :3 Keep up the good work man!
Amazing!
@antiantim5541
9 жыл бұрын
HouseholdHacker :D
Your yard is awesome, love when the bubbles break and fade away.
tried the first recipe it worked pretty well tried the guar gum recipe it was ok but seemed to work better when I mixed the two batches. just made the original recipe and added two teaspoons of guar gum a little more (2 oz) of soap and tripled the baking powder..... it's 10:43 pm trying not to go outside and see how it works. either way this was a blast.
dude, this is so inspiring. you have a beautiful creative mind. GENIUS!
That place looks so peacefull...
If only everyone spent their time being creative and making beautiful things like this instead of using time, effort, and resources for war... The world would be so much better.
Thank you for all the projects....as a school teacher my students will love to see this one and others as well.
There is something about watching bubbles that makes me happy and relaxed, thanks!
Those are massively HEAPING spoonfuls. You should write up your final recipe using level spoonfuls so its accurate every time.
Beautiful! They even seem to be more shiny and colorful than before. Or maybe it's just the sunlight. Either way, great video.
HERE AGAIN BECAUSE I ❤️ LOVE ❤️ it!!! 🔥💕
Those are some awesome bubbles
Just in time for summer.
@Nighthawkinlight
9 жыл бұрын
WalcomS7 Yep, that was my purpose in making this video when I did.
Very cool bubbles...this would be great for a small group of kids to enjoy!
How many ounces of Dawn ? Can't find recipe
Somebody liked their heaping table spoons! Haha! Great video.
Thanks for this man! Just had a blast with the kids!
Great video again, NightHawkInLight.
Muito incrível o efeito que fica.
Wow amazing
You never disappoint... Great videos
About how many ounces of Dawn did you use?
hello how are you can you tell me which use j- lube and Guar gum and which shop I buy this please
I found that if you sift the guar gum with a wire strainer into the dish soap a little at a time while stirring it, it will mix in much better and much faster than if you just dump it all in at once.
That's sooooo cool but i don't know the name in dutch for that powder... Yeah you have a fan in Holland! Bye from Sonnia
I love your channel. Oh and you should try adding glow stick liquid to your bubble mix and do it at night. Or even add some florescent ink to them and set up a black light.
@Nighthawkinlight
9 жыл бұрын
Amber Vallerio A lot of people have suggested that. I should try it.
@akoyich
7 жыл бұрын
I added some glow stick solution to my bubble juice. The bucket of juice was definitely glowing, but I think the bubble walls are too thin to see any of the glow. They were just normal bubbles. (And, yes, I did do this at night.) If anyone has better results, please comment :)
Thank you. From Thailand.
Very cool. Great video!
I don't know if it was the music or watching the giant bubbles but I just got hypnotized..
I made this 3 years ago and it works the older the better so you can make it a munth ahead .
Looks like fun!
how about adding a fan on the ground, to keep bubles in air for more time ? :D
Really beautiful video. The colours of the balloons are amazing. Thanks to the crazy Russian channel for pointing me in your direction.
When stating quantities, it would be very helpful if you could mention them in metric as well as most of the world uses metric ;-) You mention a bottle of dishwashing liquid - I'm not sure what this size would be? Many thanks for your wonderful and useful videos! :-) From New Zealand
Hello. Create a list of ingredients please. place it under the video. Thank you! :)
Thanks Champion I am now using this mix in my shows an its perfect!!
Have you ever thought about making a corn hole board with the upcoming summer ? Also great video!
You said to add fool bottle of the soap, but what size bottle was it?
Hi, have been creating giant bubbles for a couple of years. Love them! Recently had a major set back - first failure!!! We have had a heat wave in UK, with temperatures up to 30C/86F. Some big (not giant) bubbles formed on the strings, then instantly popped. I use Fairy Platinum liquid, J-Lube, baking powder & water (no dragon spit!). PLEASE ADVISE. Thanks.
you give reason to my dismal graveyard shift. thank you!
Night hawk how far does your air soft gun shoot?
What kind of tablespoons are those? So i should double whatever you said ?
Just did this today with my girls and they loved it. We used nearly all of the solution. I even made a smaller bubble wand with smaller sticks and less string for the smaller one.
@Nighthawkinlight
9 жыл бұрын
Tia Freeman The bubble mixture goes fast, especially with kids! Glad you were all able to have fun with it!
It’s so cute and awesome
Wow those are large bubbles
I wonder if these huge bubbles would freeze in winter. I froze some small bubbles last winter. It was interesting to watch them freeze. These huge bubbles would be fantastic! There are some cool photos on the internet of frozen bubbles done by professional photographers.
You are the coolest guy on youtube!
I have everything I need now to try the giant bubbles! I was wondering about your measurements. You state you use 1 tablespoon of guar gum and 3 tablespoons of baking powder, but in the video you make your tablespoons very heaping. Do you recommend using true tablespoon measurements or heaping tablespoons like you use in the video?
@Nighthawkinlight
8 жыл бұрын
Heaping is fine, but either way will work. It's not very sensitive to measurements.
@matthewcondon1985
8 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your quick response! What is the shelf life of the bubble mix? I just came in from trying out the bubbles...amazing! They worked great! I'm thinking they would be fun to take to the 4th of July fireworks!
@espiegel123
8 жыл бұрын
The self-life is variable -- for some people it keeps for weeks for others though it degrades after a few days -- especially once exposed to the elements. More here: soapbubble.wikia.com/wiki/Shelf_Life
@matthewcondon1985
8 жыл бұрын
Thanks
Can you please use the Metric system as well? We are not all Americans and very few countries use the Imperial system.
@Hoch134
9 жыл бұрын
Lotan saltoun Table spoons and bottles don't sond that difficult to understand to me and I am European.
@tinycockjock1967
9 жыл бұрын
Hoch134 Feet, Gallons, Ounces, Inches, etc.
@Hoch134
9 жыл бұрын
Lotan saltoun The water doesn't really matter in this video and I didn't hear the other units. Did you?
@tinycockjock1967
9 жыл бұрын
Hoch134 Come on you know what I mean...
@Hoch134
9 жыл бұрын
Lotan saltoun Yeah, I agree. But I think you should write it on a video where it really matters
Ha, you must not be a baker. To be accurate, those are not tablespoon amounts. More like 2-3 tablespoons. The measuring spoon needs to be leveled off to be a tablespoon amount.
supp with guar gum powder
Great video looking forward to the next as usual .
Amazing
Hello - please can you give me the volume of dish washing liquid - I live in Vietnam and we don't have the same standard bottles you have in the video - please help me with the recipe - I want to try this as a class project for our school - TIA
@Nighthawkinlight
3 жыл бұрын
About 750ml
good one and very new to me.
Hello I love what your doing and Im very interested in the process and the effects it has on people.. The large wand your using what type of rope / string your using I would really appreciated if you came with some info... Keep up the good work..
@Harryween
5 жыл бұрын
Just read your earlier video got the answer Thank you
Beautiful video and excellent choice of music, (wish I new what it was (it's not Darude - Sandstorm)
@RunFunkyWolf
9 жыл бұрын
Nashyj495 Sounds a bit like CMA of SDDx but not sure it's from one of them.
I find guar gum superior to a syrup, starch or J-lube base. The bubbles are also lighter.
@mpmattson
3 жыл бұрын
Simple and natural compared to J-lube. (and J-lube seems to have some other associations that I'd never have guessed)
This is awsome I hope when I get older I can do the cool stuff you do (I'm only 14)
@sandibeek
4 жыл бұрын
Are you doing cool stuff now?
I followed you other recip I love it, what recipe for you this is the Best.
NightHawkInLight when you say 3 Tablespoons of baking soda in the video you are dumping in huge mounded tablespoons, do you mean ones like that or 3 actual tablespoons?
@Nighthawkinlight
9 жыл бұрын
Nick Horvath Very full tablespoons, and of baking powder, not baking soda.
@NickHorvath
9 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the clarification (yeah I watched a second time and noticed it was powder but thanks for pointing that out).
@NickHorvath
9 жыл бұрын
NightHawkInLight Your reasoning for the baking powder doesn't make sense to me though. Baking soda is alkaline and baking powder is a combination of baking soda and some dry acid (usually cream of tartar). If you were trying to counteract the alkalinity of the dish detergent shouldn't you be adding just a straight acid like vinegar or cream of tartar?
@Nighthawkinlight
9 жыл бұрын
Nick Horvath Baking powder has an excess of acid even though it also does contain baking soda. Cream of tartar may work also.
@edwardspiegel
9 жыл бұрын
NightHawkInLight this article might be of interest: soapbubble.wikia.com/wiki/PH_Adjusters_and_Water_Conditioners baking soda will make a difference but does not provide as much of a benefit as baking powder (for the reasons that NightHawkInLight mentioned). Citric acid and tartaric acid will also work BUT you need to be extra careful not to add too much. If the pH falls below about 7.0 with Dawn-like detergents, the bubble juice does not work well. A pH of about 7.4-7.6 is the target though there is some wiggle room. baking powder has the benefit of being virtually impossible to over-use -- whereas with citric acid the difference between great bubble juice and juice that doesn't work is a small one.
*@NightHawkInLight* Maybe you can add some kind of heating just in front of the bubble-ropes, so the air in the bubbles are slightly hotter & makes them rise up, instead of popping on a grass straw. Maybe like a thin copper coil that's short-circuit to a battery? ( *But first* research any explosion risks by short-circuiting the battery type you will be using ).
Amazing video keep up those great projects and have a great day :D
Thanks
I need some help with a school project. We have to design a catapult to launch and cotton ball as far as possible. We basically get Popsicle sticks, a spoon and some rubber band. Any help is appreciated. (P.S. Great job on the video I'm going to have to try this)
you are the best
It'd be cool to dive into the bubble
In what stores can I find Dawn Platinum Power Clean? What is viscosity? Is Guar Gum found ONLY found online or in stores?
@a6five
8 жыл бұрын
+Godzilla Kid 3.0 Well, if you live near a bulk food store that focuses on baking, like Bob's Red Mill in PDX, you might be able to buy a smaller quantity.
@espiegel123
8 жыл бұрын
Guar Gum can be found in many stores. Whole Foods carries it (usually in the baking or gluten-free baking section).
What type of cotton rope do u have or does it not matter as long as it's cotton and what brand of baking powder are you using and can u use tap water or does it have to be store water
Maybe Ill try this sometime.
Great video like always! Keep up the good work :)
This is amazing. I love bubbles. Can the extra solution be stored?
@Nighthawkinlight
9 жыл бұрын
SandyzSerious Yeah, it will last a long time.
@SandyzSerious
9 жыл бұрын
NightHawkInLight Thank you. This will be fun at the beach lol.
@mpmattson
3 жыл бұрын
I just tried some recipe that has been sitting a long time and it's expired for sure. I'd say three months tops.
Are the bubbles heavier? None of these bubbles seemed to soar, but it could have just been wind conditions.
@Nighthawkinlight
9 жыл бұрын
Nightenstaff I don't think they're heavier, it just happened to be the day I was filming and whatever the wind was doing.
@SkillfulSinner
9 жыл бұрын
I made giant bubbles like this once and they did float up. They did once we used a blow dryer to it. Put heat in it. Lol
Thank you! Amazing video!
Awesome. So did you use that whole tub of solution or did you just poor it out after the filming?
Could you please do giant bubbles off of the top of someplace very high? Like a rooftop... Or a skyscraper? Just a thought
So, I'm going to try this, but after seeing how you measured your "tablespoons" in the video I'm going to assume I should actually use 2x of all the dry ingredients called for in the recipe.
@MKHobson
11 күн бұрын
Lol just now realized this was a 9 year old video. 😂
Hey NightHawkInLight, can you make another smelters that can melt steel, that would be very helpful!
thanks
what size is the dish washing liquid bottle? and does this mix scale well, say in half?
Great video.
you should try some where you are elevated off ground maybe the beautiful bubbles wont pop as quick x
MAN where you live is beautiful.What are those pine tree's called XD
Night hawk what is your favorite thing to do in your spare time?
@Nighthawkinlight
9 жыл бұрын
Abrasive Sheep I don't really have a lot of spare time. I'll go camping at least once or twice a year though, that's my favorite thing to do. Every once in a while I'll play disc golf or a video game.
@3rdworldtech
9 жыл бұрын
That sounds very cool
What do you think about mixing the guar with rubbing alcohol first? I’ve done it and it worked I just want to know what you think about the alcohol.
@Nighthawkinlight
4 жыл бұрын
That's fine, it's suggested by many others to mix with alcohol to avoid clumps. I do the same thing by mixing directly with the soap.
Awesome - thank you!!! Would it be better if I use destil water or tap water?
@davidscott5903
4 жыл бұрын
distilled
How do I add a video… this is the best recipe
@Nighthawkinlight
2 жыл бұрын
If you post a video to KZread you can email me a link at nighthawkvideoresponse@gmail.com. I would love to see your results!
@Nighthawkinlight
2 жыл бұрын
Watch this if you need help learning how to upload a video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/iKh6lKOgdraycdo.html
Worked Great!!!!!
So what's your opinion? Do you like the J-Lube recipe or the Guar Gum better? Videos alone can't really tell us as we don't know what the humidity was between the two. Since I'm writing you, thank you so much for your first tutorial, since watching it I've been obsessed. I've been doing my own Giant Bubbling since August of this year and the meditative experience and the fun has enriched my life and brought a lot of joy to many I've surprised in my community's parks.
@Nighthawkinlight
5 жыл бұрын
I really don't know. I've had success and failures with each. Most say the guar gum works better for beginners but I'm not so sure.
Any tips for doing this in a hot, dry climate? I'd love to do this at the summer camp in the CA Sierra mountains that I volunteer at, but I get the feeling the low humidity will make it tough.
@Nighthawkinlight
9 жыл бұрын
Ryan Lemburg Smaller bubbles will stand a better chance so make the loops smaller than mine. Middle of the night or early morning will also be the highest humidity.
have you ever tried do do bubbles over a fire, so they go up? I don't know but it may work :D
will you perform at my kids birthday party?
Very trippy!!!!!!
Great video! But I imagine if I did this the bubbles wouldn't last long before my dog popped them. :)
@karath33
8 жыл бұрын
+GoRepairs I taught my dog to play frisbee by first popping bubbles. It can't hurt him