Double, double toil and trouble; water freezing, and corn syrup bubbles.  Not exactly a Shakespearean moment…

I happened upon some remarkable images of bubbles, frozen and held intact.  They where quite beautiful with great detail in wonderful light.  <<read/see more>>

I thought to myself, “how hard can this be.”  I searched for a bubble solution recipe, acquired my supplies and readied my mix.  6 cups water to 1 cup dish soap to 1/4 cup corn syrup.  I equated this to 7:1/4 or 3.5:1/8 as I had bubble solution from the store and wasn’t going to mix completely from scratch.  This is where I may have went wrong right from the start. I needed bubble-blowing implements and they naturally come in the store-bought solutions.  I didn’t feel any need to dump that and start from scratch.  After an initial failure, I began to dabble.  I steadily and generously continued to add corn syrup until the bubbles held and froze.  I ended up at 3 1/2:1 1/2 ratio of bubble solution to corn syrup.  The other issue I encountered was wind on the deck; that just doesn’t work.  I move my operation into the garage and blew my bubble on to an old card table.  The whole exercise was not a complete fail.  I succeeded in making a few frozen bubble. I certainly succeeded in make a mess.  

The bubbles didn’t freeze fast enough with the garage door closed.  The freeze time greatly improved with the door open, but the wind popped a lot.  I’ll have to give this another whirl tomorrow perhaps when it will be even colder and I may not need the garage door open.  We’ll see.

I think I have the solution mix down and just need to practice in creating and placing the bubbles.  Here are my prize shots of the afternoon.