This file is one of the Wolfstone archives of the Halloween mailing lists. You can find out more, and reach the entire collection here: http://www.pobox.com/~wolfstone/_r/HalloweenArchive.html This particular archive deals with "bubbles" topics. This includes: o bubble machines o bubble fluid o glowing/colored bubbles o scented/fog-filled bubbles - - - - - Subject: Re: Hall: Interesting Idea... From: "Rucker Posey" Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 07:18:57 -0400 There is also a manufacturer that makes a luminescent bubble mixture ( no black light needed ) , it's a true GID product . The area must be very dark though . I think it works like the glow stick products . I saw this at IAAPA in Atlanta this year . - - - - - Subject: Re: $39.99 Bubble machine From: "Thee ScareCrow" Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 18:12:35 -0700 (PDT) Spencers has a Bubble Machine for $39.99 - the following link should get you there: http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=3D*B4P0He8eL4&offerid=3D14365&t= ype=3D2&subid=3D0&lsnstapp=3D&url=3Dproduct.asp%3FPID%3D19821 It would be best to copy and paste all of the stuff above into your browser as some email clients will break the above link. - - - - - Subject: Re: Howl - Re: $39.99 Bubble machine From: "Wraith" Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 21:59:05 -0700 Scarey, How's this for a blue light special? The Oriental Trading Company (www.orientaltradingcompany.com) has a similar mini bubble machine for just $29.99! To find this item you can directly look up item number IN-16/440. - - - - - Subject: Re: Ultra Violet Fog no - bubbles yes From: "Jim Kadel" Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 18:25:31 -0400 William, Don't think so, at least not yet. They do have bubbles that do though. Here's one place that sells UV bubble fluid: http://www.starmgc.com Oh here's the actual page that their black light stuff is on: http://www.starmgc.com/blcklt.html (Don't U just hate it when folks give a home page as a ref. for something specific that U then got to hunt (not haunt) through to find :>) Jim =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D REF =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D At 09:49 PM 08/25/2000 +0000, you wrote: >Does anyone here know if they make a fog that glows in UV light? - - - - - Subject: Hall: Ultra Violet Fog From: "Jerry Seiler" Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 22:37:03 EST Don't know about UV fog, but I did run into some UV bubbles. Find is documented at http://earthsands.com/holiday/halloween/decorview.jsp?siteid=3D9&decorid=3D= 826124631 I'm thinking of buying a bubble machine and floating a bunch of UV bubbles = around the haunt. - - - - - Subject: Re: Hall: Ultra Violet Fog From: "Robert A. Spong" Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 00:00:46 -0500 What happens to the UV soap, after the UV bubbles pop? Wouldn't the UV soap get tracked all around, and pop when the bubbles hit the walls? If you ran them for a while, the UV soap would get all over everything. Even the stuff you didn't want to glow in the first place, right? Just a thought. - - - - - Subject: RE: Hall: RE: GITD Bubbles? From: "Scott Brunell" Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 10:56:54 -0400 Don't know about mixing RIT with bubble liquids, but it may work. What I would be concerned with is someone getting a popped bubble in their eyes. RIT Whitener and Brightener (which I have right in front of me as I type this) is marked "CAUTION! Eye Irritant. Avoid contact with eyes". I = don't know about you, but around my house (with two boys below the age of four) where there's bubbles, there's children popping them. Besides the possibility of getting one to pop a little solution right into the eye, there's a much greater chance that one of them would get some on their = hands and then rub their eyes. Along the same lines... GlowMagic is selling glow-in-the-dark bubbles this year. They have two products: one that glows blue under UV light and one that glows gold = under UV light. I have no experience with these or with the company, but I thought they looked pretty neat and bookmarked it a few weeks ago. Blue: http://www.glow-magic.bigstep.com/item.html?PRID=3D282988 Gold: http://www.glow-magic.bigstep.com/item.html?PRID=3D282978 - - - - - Subject: Re: "Techno" bubbles From: "Dwayne Sanburn" Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 01:38:33 -0700 Funny, I happened across their website tonight(http://www.teknobubbles.com/). I'm ordering some for our 3d haunt. Very nice. I've never seen it before. Dwayne Midnight Productions ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 11:08 PM Subject: Hall: "Techno" bubbles > I was reading a site ( american DJ?) and they had some kind of bubbles that > look cool under black lights, called " techno bubbles" does anyone know how > to create these? - - - - - Subject: Interesting UV Mat'ls was Re: "Techno" bubbles From: "Jim Kadel" Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 11:33:36 -0400 Dwayne/Steve, Here's a site that also carries this type of stuff including bubbles that glow "blue" as well as "gold" and also other interesting black light related "glow" stuff. http://www.starmgc.com/blcklt.html This place has been mentioned before on the List but its worthy of a repeat. - - - - - Subject: Re: Hall: A simple idea-for a change! From: Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 09:56:08 EDT Here's an idea that I thought I'd pass along to the list. Perhaps it's = been posted before, but I haven't seen it. In the process of preparing for two separate haunts, I have been acquiring sponsors, one of which is a very = large music company. The other day the company rep showed for a meeting bearing gifts. Among the products (these are demos that they had finished testing) = were a great fogger, misc. lighting and a BUBBLE MACHINE! O.K., lighting, foggers - got that covered - but what does a haunter do with a bubble machine? Nothing? Guess again, after a bit of thought I got an idea and = tried it this weekend. (Our second haunt is geared to a family audience and I'd been thinking of effects that were "child safe" but effective.) What = happens if you put a bubble machine in a room with no light? I must tell you, it's = nasty! You can't tell what is touching your skin - works like a hanging thread effect but, unlike that, you can feel around all day and not verify = the source. It may not be a very sophisticated effect, but it does work and is ideal = for low gore haunts. One VERY IMPORTANT note; the location we are using this = in is CARPETED throughout, I would not use this in rooms with floors that = could become slippery! At any rate, after months spent on complicated props and effects, this idea was just a nice, simple change of pace. - - - - - Subject: Re: Hall: A simple idea-for a change! From: Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 14:16:10 EDT The only bad thing about the bubbles is if you get them in your eyes. = My eyes are watering just thinking about it. How much soap is used in the solution? - Justin T. In a message dated 7/30/01 10:00:50 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Beetljuse at aol.com writes: << what does a haunter do with a bubble machine? Nothing? Guess again, after a bit of thought I got an idea and tried it this weekend. (Our second haunt is geared to a family audience and I'd = been thinking of effects that were "child safe" but effective.) What = happens if you put a bubble machine in a room with no light? I must tell you, = it's nasty! You can't tell what is touching your skin - works like a hanging thread effect but, unlike that, you can feel around all day and not = verify the source. >> - - - - - Subject: Re: Howl - Bubble machine From: "james maguire" Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 12:37:43 -0400 If you still can't find the circular part - I know where to get it. = There's one inside the Fisher Price bubble mower. Phobos http://www.phobos-deimos.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Krakowsky" To: Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 7:30 PM Subject: Howl - Bubble machine > > Okay, some of you may remember that I was trying to make my own bubble > machine. I had all the parts except the circular part that the bubbles > are formed in. I was hoping to find this with kid's bubble stuff and > adapt it to fit..... But then, I stumbled across something even better, > a bubble machine for $20 CDN- half price. I bought it, and saved myself > a lot of hard work and a perfectly good rotisery motor. - - - - - Subject: Re: $18 - Bubble machine From: "Thee ScareCrow" Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 10:49:10 -0700 (PDT) Michael's Crafts has a bubble machine with original price of $29.99 and was able to pick one up with the 40% Off Manager's Special coupon for under $18 ! ! ! Now I'm wondering if I glue on the Fisher Price's circular part onto my machine if it will double the output? For the Pickers of Nit - Why bubbles in a haunt? My two year old didn't not enjoy his last Halloween because he was too scared of my displays. So, this year I will be dividing my haunt area into two sections: an area for the little ones and the Challenging Area. I have to admit that it still feels weird to buy *cute* halloween stuff. --- james maguire wrote: > If you still can't find the circular part - I know > where to get it. There's > one inside the Fisher Price bubble mower. - - - - - Subject: Re: Howl - Re: $18 - Bubble machine From: "james maguire" Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 14:33:00 -0400 only if it has more holes than the original. Phobos http://www.phobos-deimos.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thee ScareCrow" To: "HOWL2000 Mailing List" Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 1:49 PM Subject: Howl - Re: $18 - Bubble machine > Michael's Crafts has a bubble machine with original > price of $29.99 and was able to pick one up with the > 40% Off Manager's Special coupon for under $18 ! ! ! > > > Now I'm wondering if I glue on the Fisher Price's > circular part onto my machine if it will double the > output? - - - - - Subject: RE: Hall: Request Source: UV Bubble Juice From: Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 11:55:04 -0700 >I'd like to request an on-line source for UV Bubble >Juice. > >Any suggestions? Go to Yahoo and search for UV bubble juice or fluid. For example, http://www.starmgc.com/minibubble.html (Blue and Gold) Most of it seems to be manufactured by Tekno. I don't have any experience= with bubble fluid. - - - - - Subject: Re: Request Source: UV Bubble Juice From: "Rick R Mortiz" Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 20:40:31 -0700 dont know about online sources but our local spensers has bottle of it on their front counter.. small kids bubble sizes though. - - - - - Subject: Glowing Bubble Test From: "Hollyberry : )" Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 08:45:28 -0400 I did a little experiment of my own last night.. to try and figure a way = to make homemade glowing bubbles and this is what I found: 1. I mixed laundry detergent with regular bubble solution RESULT - great bubbles.... glowing effect was pretty good.... in a dark = room with lots of black lilght ..... thats all you would need. 2. I mixed RIT whitner with regular bubble solution RESULT - Bubbles not very good if I could get any... glowing effet no diferent than with laundry solution.... Not a good idea! 3. Regular bubble solution RESULT - In a dark room with lots of black light bubbles glow just fine... = of course they glow purple like the black light.. but looked just fine. 4. I didn't do this but thought about it.... add white paint or some other = color to bubble solution... paint would have to be way watered down..... when bubbles pop.. they could leave paint residue everywhere.. not a good idea! Well these are my findings.... Hope it helps. HOLLYBERRY :) Do the Haunt or be Haunted! - - - - - Subject: Re: Hall: Glowing Bubble Test From: "Dennis Griesser" Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 08:04:58 -0700 HOLLYBERRY did an experiment... >I did a little experiment of my own last night.. to try and figure a >way to make homemade glowing bubbles and this is what I found: > >1. I mixed laundry detergent with regular bubble solution >RESULT - great bubbles.... glowing effect was pretty good.... in a >dark room with lots of black lilght ..... thats all you would need. Thanks for the research! Hmmm. Ya know, if you make your own bubble solution out of liquid laundry soap, it might save a buck and glow under black light. I have some collected recipes on my web site but they revolve around liquid dish soap, like Joy and Dawn. But what if you replaced that soap with a liquid laundry soap like Era, which I believe glows well? >2. I mixed RIT whitner with regular bubble solution >RESULT - Bubbles not very good if I could get any... glowing effet >no diferent than with laundry solution.... Not a good idea! Did you use the liquid of powdered RIT? The powder has a lot of salt in it that probably isn't good for the bubbles. The liquid would thin the solution. You might try substituting this for some of the water in one of the recipes. I might be tempted to try a mix-your-own with Era liquid liquid RIT in place of some of the water for a one-two punch Sure would be nice to get pure optical white dye - no salt, water, or other stuff. So we would know what we're getting. Anybody got a source? - - - - - Subject: Re: Hall: Glowing Bubble Test From: Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 08:53:20 -0700 I have to ask... With all these chemicals being added to the bubbles are they still safe? What if someone catches a bubble in the eye? What was th= e issue with the non-toxic Tekno bubbles? Cost? - - - - - Subject: Re: Hall: Glowing Bubble Test From: "Michael Baumann" Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 09:29:17 -0700 (PDT) On Fri, 3 Aug 2001, Dennis Griesser wrote: > Hmmm. Ya know, if you make your own bubble solution out of liquid > laundry soap, it might save a buck and glow under black light. And to get some more life out of those bubbles, add a little glycerine to the mix. Gives the bubbles some strength. And if it hits your fogger.. no ... don't go there.. > I have some collected recipes on my web site > > but they revolve around liquid dish soap, like Joy and Dawn. But what > if you replaced that soap with a liquid laundry soap like Era, which > I believe glows well? I can't see why it wouldn't work - unless the detergent contains a softening agent - that could be a problem. > >2. I mixed RIT whitner with regular bubble solution > >RESULT - Bubbles not very good if I could get any... glowing effet > >no diferent than with laundry solution.... Not a good idea! And laundry soap is *lots* cheaper than RIT - so even if it did work I think I'd stick to the detergent - - - - - Subject: Re: Hall: Glowing Bubble Test From: "Nez" Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 14:51:28 -0400 There are a couple of dish detergents out there that do glow under blacklights...one is yellow and another is orange...I dont' know for sure what brands, though. I had an FCG in my kitchen one year and the = blacklight was making my cleaning products glow. - - - - - Subject: Smoke Bubbles From: Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 22:15:34 EDT Hi all With all this talk about bubbles , we've been doing some (sort of) experiments. (This is just for fun , it would be cool looking in a haunt , = but am not sure if it would be plausable.) My bf has been blowing bubbles while exahaling cigarette smoke , it is amazingly cool looking when they = pop and leave a puff of smoke.....has anyone done thi just for fun? Any safe way smoke bubbles couldbe made? - - - - - Subject: Re: Hall: Smoke Bubbles From: "Jack of Shadows" Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 21:13:45 -0700 Lauren said: >With all this talk about bubbles , we've been doing some (sort of) >experiments. (This is just for fun , it would be cool looking in a haunt = , >but am not sure if it would be plausable.) My bf has been blowing bubbles >while exahaling cigarette smoke , it is amazingly cool looking when they = pop >and leave a puff of smoke.....has anyone done thi just for fun? >Any safe way smoke bubbles couldbe made? In the past, I've fired a fog machine through a bubble wand. I suppose you could marry a fogger to a bubble machine. Anyway, the resulting bubbles looked really strange. I mean, ordinary bubbles look so fragile, you can understand why they float. But these looked solid, like giant ball-bearings floating in the air. Strange. And when they popped, they released a little wisp of fog. I think they had a tendency to rise, too - fog being hot. Dunno - was several years ago. - - - - - Subject: Re: Smoke Bubbles From: "Iron Kingdom" Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2001 11:29:35 -0400 At a wedding I recently went to there were bubbles with smoke inside. it looked like a regular bubble machine but had another small box attached to it. The bubbles were really wild. And when they popped they did have some sort of smoke inside. I didn't get a chance to talk to the guy and find = out more about them. There were folks there who were asthmatics and they seemed to have trouble with the bubbles though as they spent the rest of the reception outside. Lady Iron Check out our new Halloween Domain.... http://www.TheIronKingdom.com Custom Ironwork..... http://www.villagesmithy.itgo.com/ And come see us in the crypt.... http://www.oneillpcs.com/haunt/chat ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 10:15 PM Subject: Hall: Smoke Bubbles > Hi all > > With all this talk about bubbles , we've been doing some (sort of) > experiments. (This is just for fun , it would be cool looking in a haunt = , > but am not sure if it would be plausable.) My bf has been blowing = bubbles > while exahaling cigarette smoke , it is amazingly cool looking when they pop > and leave a puff of smoke.....has anyone done thi just for fun? > Any safe way smoke bubbles couldbe made? - - - - - Subject: Re: Hall: Glowing Bubble Test From: "WebMistress" Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2001 08:10:44 -0700 (PDT) Oohhh ... sounds fun ... I've been toying with the idea of having a bubble = machine. But in Oct it's so cold here that I don't think people want = bubbles popping on there face! Can you make warm, GID bubbles? Webby --- "Hollyberry : )" > wrote: >I did a little experiment of my own last night.. to try and figure a way = to >make homemade glowing bubbles and this is what I found: > >1. I mixed laundry detergent with regular bubble solution >RESULT - great bubbles.... glowing effect was pretty good.... in a dark = room >with lots of black lilght ..... thats all you would need. - - - - - Subject: Re: Hall: Helium Bubbles (was: Smoke Bubbles) From: "Jack of Shadows" Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 07:33:21 -0700 >Hmmm... seems to me if all you want are bubbles that rise in air, >why not build a bubble machine that uses steam to blow bubbles? These exists. I see them on e-bay all the time. Here's one: Opening bid is $99. Doesn't use steam, but uses hot air. Think of a standard bubble machine married to a hair drier. - - - - - Subject: Re: Hall: Helium Bubbles (was: Smoke Bubbles) From: "Iron Kingdom" Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 17:29:37 -0400 The ghost of Lawrence Welk??? Ironman Check out our new Halloween Domain.... http://www.TheIronKingdom.com Custom Ironwork..... http://www.villagesmithy.itgo.com/ And come see us in the crypt.... http://www.oneillpcs.com/haunt/chat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thanatoz" To: "Halloween List" Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 6:19 PM Subject: Re: Hall: Helium Bubbles (was: Smoke Bubbles) > I don't know, maybe its me, but bubbles in a haunt > just don't seem right. Why would you want a bubble > machine in a haunt anyways? - - - - - Subject: Re: Hall: Helium Bubbles (was: Smoke Bubbles) From: "Mouse" Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 15:34:15 -0700 Mr Bubble gone bad maybe? -Mouse At 03:19 PM 08/07/2001 -0700, Thanatoz wrote: >I don't know, maybe its me, but bubbles in a haunt >just don't seem right. Why would you want a bubble >machine in a haunt anyways? - - - - - Subject: RE: Hall: Helium Bubbles (was: Smoke Bubbles) From: "William M Murphy" Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 19:32:19 -0400 Spirit orbs. The kind that paranormal investigators like to photograph in cemeteries around the strike of midnight. Just a thought. William M. Murphy -----Original Message----- From: Halloween-L at WildRice.com [mailto:Halloween-L at WildRice.com]On Behalf = Of Thanatoz Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 06:19 PM To: Halloween List Subject: Re: Hall: Helium Bubbles (was: Smoke Bubbles) I don't know, maybe its me, but bubbles in a haunt just don't seem right. Why would you want a bubble machine in a haunt anyways? - - - - - Subject: Re: Hall: Helium Bubbles (was: Smoke Bubbles) From: "Sue McDonald" Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 21:03:20 -0700 I can just hear Don Ho singing Tiny Bubbles as if he was taking a hit off of the helium. That should keep me up all night. Mouse wrote: > > Mr Bubble gone bad maybe? > > -Mouse > > At 03:19 PM 08/07/2001 -0700, Thanatoz wrote: > >I don't know, maybe its me, but bubbles in a haunt > >just don't seem right. Why would you want a bubble > >machine in a haunt anyways? - - - - - Subject: Re: Hall: Re: Smoke Bubbles From: "Kim & Vince" Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 13:33:27 -0400 Just a note- you would probably want to use a holding area for the fog generated, so that the bubble machine would have a constant supply of "fogged" air. No idea if this is OK for the bubble machine though. But, I did pick one up a month or so ago, and we do need to check those fog machines before the "BIG DAY"... ----- Original Message ----- From: James Maguire To: Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 4:31 PM Subject: Re: Hall: Re: Smoke Bubbles > Not a bad idea... I guess if you ported a fogger to the air intake of a > bubble machine, this would be the effect. > > Phobos > > > >From: "Iron Kingdom" > >Reply-To: "Halloween List" > >To: "Halloween List" > >Subject: Hall: Re: Smoke Bubbles > >Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2001 11:29:35 -0400 > > > >At a wedding I recently went to there were bubbles with smoke inside. = it > >looked like a regular bubble machine but had another small box attached to > >it. The bubbles were really wild. And when they popped they did have = some > >sort of smoke inside. I didn't get a chance to talk to the guy and find out > >more about them. > >There were folks there who were asthmatics and they seemed to have trouble > >with the bubbles though as they spent the rest of the reception = outside. - - - - - Subject: support for Haunt Bubbles From: "Dan & Robin" Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 08:45:47 -0400 Subject: Re: Haunt Bubbles From: "Thee ScareCrow" Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 20:36:22 -0700 (PDT) Here's Why - Because It's My Haunt ! If I want to have a cowboy wearing a kilt with a clown's nose laying in Dracula's coffin - I can. Because It's My Haunt ! If I want to have a green alien wearing a witches hat riding an easter bunny - I can. Because It's My Haunt ! Sometimes it's good to follow the rules [set by others] and at other times you can run wild with the voices in your head - It's My Haunt ! --- Thanatoz wrote: > I don't know, maybe its me, but bubbles in a haunt > just don't seem right. Why would you want a bubble > machine in a haunt anyways? > > Thanatoz Personally....I think having a bubble machine in a pitch black room is an AWSOME idea! Being all keyed up anyway, walking thru that room, having NO idea what to expect next..... and then starting to feel teeny wet explosions on your face and arms.....(shiver)! No one is going to guess WHAT the h&*% it = is! - - - - - Subject: RE: Hall: Helium Bubbles (was: Smoke Bubbles) From: "Sam Morton" Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 10:32:49 -0500 Maybe a warm air bubble machine pumping the blacklight bubbles out of a witches cauldron would look good? Sam http://www.samuland.com/halloween -----Original Message----- From: Thanatoz [mailto:halloween_haunter at yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 5:19 PM To: Halloween List Subject: Re: Hall: Helium Bubbles (was: Smoke Bubbles) I don't know, maybe its me, but bubbles in a haunt just don't seem right. Why would you want a bubble machine in a haunt anyways? - - - - -