Making Magic flaming bubbles...

Ever felt the need to burn bubbles? Found it wasn't as satisfying as it could be?

Now when you burn bubbles, they burn you...

*Loss of eyebrows not covered by most health insurance companies, please demonstrate adequate safety measures*

Please note that the metacafe usage is likely short term, I'm not mad keen on them but I'm sick of youtube's insane compression amounts and Revver are still reviewing, metacafe come fast...

Step 1 Things You'll need.

Very little in reality...

Tools:
- A glue gun or some such, any glue that'll stand up to water.
- A pencil/screwdriver, something to poke a hole in the container...

Materials:
- A can, I suggest a fizzy drink can since they're thin, a red bull or tall can would be good.
- A lighter reservoir, nothing as fancy as the one here needed, that was the first I found
- A few little bits to attach the two together
- Some shower gel or washing up liquid (I used shower gel since the washing up liquid was downstairs, fairy liquid is one of the best things for this little project)

Comments

[omkar_hummer]

you could also do it by splitting h2o instead of wasting gas

[MrPyro1010]

ya but then you have to go through making the whole setup .... it's easier just to use toilet cleaner and tinfoil, put a balloon over top and you get the hindenburg. (anarchists cookbook reference) :D

[ilpug]

That is a felony in most states, don't do it.

[thierry.kok]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atQPvHAao6I :D

[experimental pyrotechnician]

where do you get a lighter reservoir?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!

[killerjackalope]

A lighter, refillable... Not something like a clipper though simply because they go directly to the valve and you cant separate and attach the pipe easily. The one in the picture came from a random jet lighter, the pipe is common to most lighters, the nozzle is from another jet lighter...

[technodude92]

Actually, you can get a reservoir with a tube and everything from a long stem, barbecue lighter. It also comes with a tiny piezoelectric sparker!

[softairdude]

I use those for everything. They also make great mini potato guns. think about that.

[StevieRay98]

OMG I LOVE THAT SONG

[mettaurlover]

are you insane? you can't have an instructable like this without teaching us how to make it make a fireball :(

[killerjackalope]

You just keep making bubbles and touch a lighter to it...

[mettaurlover]

yep. that's about how you do that. even more fun is putting a little fan behind the can, holding the lighter in front of the can, and shooting fireballs at stuff!

[craniumofuranium]

My physics teacher is so cool, he uses mains gas and washing up liquid, the he picks up the bubbles and gets someone to light it in his hands.

[junits15]

that is awsome!

[Kiteman]

Sweet. I do this occasionally with mains-gas methane and a washing-up bowl full of suds - bubble in the gas (from a bunsen tap on the lab bench), make a big mound of bubbles, throw in a match. It gives a very satisfying column of fire.

[killerjackalope]

Aye, I'm tempted to use the outdoor gas line we have in the garden I have a hose for it somewhere, natural gas is pretty light, I could probably get floating cloud of bubbles, flick matches at them...

[Kiteman]

Oh! I think that was in a Mythbuster episode - they filled a dustbin with soapy water, bubbled gas through it to make a bubble tower, several feet tall, and then lit it. They were trying to prove something, but I forget what.

[firemanfu]

the mythbusters used methane i think

[Father Christmas]

i thought it was propane...

[technodude92]

propane sinks.

[Father Christmas]

ya know, i didnt really think about that! so much for taking chemistry. it really helped lol.

[firemanfu]

im pretty sure it was methane, i don't know for sure though

[Father Christmas]

now tha ti think about it, i think you are right

[Kiteman]

Double-Oh!

I just thought - if you fed air in at the bottom, with the gas, and lit the mixed bubbles, there's be a much more satisfying flame, possibly a bang.

[killerjackalope]

I was thinking about using an oxy acetylene torch then using a flaming arrow from a crossbow to light it, I imagine the detonation of bubbles would be in the unholy class...

I will give it a go, I have a decent venturi for a torch here, If I use less water I should be able to make it work...

[pyro PJ]

Do be careful... A friend of mine filled a garbage bag with acetylene and lit it with a very long visco fuse...and it blew out three windows in his barn. But it was IMPRESSIVE!

[Kiteman]

VIDEO!!

[killerjackalope]

initial tests show air plus gas mix is a bit scarier...

[Kiteman]

:-D

[killerjackalope]

How about a much bigger one with toilet....

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[killerjackalope]

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[MrPyro1010]

hmmmmm i see java injection in the near future ............ time for some pentesting :D

[killerjackalope]

http://revver.com/video/1048933/great-flaming-toilets-why-i-avoid-chilli/

Damnit, I hate metacafe... It works... And I love revver it lets you have a logo and lots of toys...

[killerjackalope]

It's actually not great, it made a much smaller burst of yellowish burning flames, similar to when a boiling pot of water drips in to the flames on a gas oven... I suspect the mix wasn't good though, it's not easy to keep the venturi from backing up... I'll get a few straws or something...

[killerjackalope]

Will do, I'll drop by the mechanics as well, they let me weld once or twice, maybe they'll let me blow them up...

[experimental pyrotechnician]

how do you make it bubble?

[killerjackalope]

Turn on the gas after putting soapy water in...

[pyro13]

What kind of lighter is that you used to light the bubbles? it looks neat!

[killerjackalope]

It's an old Dunhill Rollalite.

[pyro13]

Alright thanks! Good quality?