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When the wind doesn't blow, it sucks! But it doesn't suck as much if you keep busy blowing bubbles. Making and flying kites is my primary hobby and bubbling keeps me busy when I can't fly kites.

I am often asked what recipe I use for my big soap bubbles. When I was a kid it was just Dawn Dish Detergent, glycerin, and water but then Proctor and Gamble changed the formula of Dawn. Now a recipe to reliably make big to giant bubbles requires more effort. After a lot of experimenting with so - so results I finally found help on the web through the soapbubblefanciers yahoo group.

The bubble stuff recipe I currently use is:

  • 1 Cup Dawn Dish Detergent - Non-Concentrated - Original Scent
  • 2 to 3 fluid ounces Brian's Lube Mix (BLM) - quantity adjusted as needed for weather conditions
  • 15 Cups Distilled Water to top off one gallon of bubble stuff

    For lots more recipes, and information on how to find and best prepare the ingredients, visit the soap bubble wiki: http://soapbubble.wikia.com/wiki/Recipes