Extreme Bubbles, Inc. beeboo® Big Bubble Mix – Leak Detection Fluid

For years consumers have recognized beeboo® Big Bubble Mix as a superior brand for creating extremely large, colorful, long lasting bubbles. beeboo® makes the process easy, convenient and fun.

Now industry is discovering the many benefits of beeboo® Big Bubble Mix as a leak detection fluid! I’m not sure how they discovered us, possibly a Google search for the term “Bubbles” or “Big Bubbles”. But at any rate, our client list is growing rapidly in this new application area.

In many industrial and manufacturing processes detecting leaks in pressurized lines, fittings, pipes, valves, connections and many other types of systems is critical. The variety of materials of construction, configurations, the end use of the equipment and the scope or size of the equipment being tested for leaks is extremely varied as well. One thing that is consistent is the performance of beeboo® in detecting leaks.

Many of our customers that are using beeboo® Big Bubble Mix for leak detection fluid are very secretive about their product, process or applications. That’s fine. What I have learned from a few of them is why they like beeboo® for detecting leaks:

1) When using a liquid for detecting leaks, you apply the product evenly over the area to be tested. If there is a leak, obviously a bubble or bubbles will form. beeboo® bubbles last longer which makes the job of detecting the leaks easier and more reliable. (See more laboratory testing information relating to bubble life below)

2) beeboo® Big Bubble Mix is a thicker, or more viscous solution. Therefore when you use our product where there are large gaps, say near a large flange, the liquid slides smoothly and evenly over the entire area. It clings to the surfaces much better and once again provides a more reliable and accurate read for detecting leaks, even in the most difficult places.

3) beeboo® Big Bubble Mix is very economical. Years ago, when we first started the company and set the first world record for largest free floating bubble, we decided to market our product as a concentrate. Why pay for shipping water? Each 16 fluid ounce bottle of beeboo® makes one gallon of solution. Just add one bottle of beeboo® to 14 cups of ordinary tap water. Do not used distilled, RO, DI or purified water of any kind. Just plain tap water works best.

Application of beeboo® Big Bubble Mix for detecting leaks:

Leak detection fluids are generally applied with a spray or brush. One of our customers came up with another very ingenious way to apply beeboo® solution for detecting leaks. They use a common, ordinary, everyday plastic laboratory wash bottle. It works great.

This application system allows the leak detection fluid to be applied easily, even in very difficult locations, odd angles or over large areas.

How do we know beeboo® Big Bubbles last longer?

Extreme Bubbles, Inc. has developed a number of very unique and creative laboratory testing techniques over the years. In an effort to set the first world record for largest free floating soap bubble, we had to come up with a way to evaluate individual components (Surfactants, soaps, detergent and other additives) as well as blends of these components, then develop a scientific series of tests to quantify their effectiveness in an objective manner. This is much easier said than done.

My son John, who actually set the first world record for largest free floating soap bubble and ran the company for a number of years (He was so inspired by the whole experience he applied to the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Business Management, was accepted, since graduated and is now an entrepreneur himself (See www.Rocware.com) and is currently on the Board of Directors for Extreme Bubbles, Inc.) challenged me to become more objective in my lab testing. Up until that point, we would simply mix up various blends or “Brews” as they are referred to in the big bubble business, then run outside and test them. That was all fine and well and lots of fun, but he was right. To become a truly world class organization we needed to define certain criteria for success (Bubble life for one), then develop the testing apparatus and techniques to quantify the data. It took a long time (No one had done this to date), we had to be very creative (There was no off the shelf lab testing equipment to purchase that would meet our requirements) but it was certainly worth the effort.

Many toy companies, bubble companies, bubble consultants and big bubble aficionados have learned of our lab testing. We get lots of calls for consulting now. At any rate, one of the testing methods we use in the lab is to determine bubble life. After all, if you want to make a bubble or a big bubble, you want it to last as long as possible to maximize the entertainment value, right?

I haven’t tested every bubble formulae, there are just too many, especially when you consider the big bubble artists and entertainers today who concoct their own, individual home brews to produce incredible effects. We have tested beeboo® against many of the commercially available bubble solutions currently being marketed at mass retail outlets. I don’t like to name names, for a variety of reasons, but once again, suffice it to say, beeboo® Big Bubbles last up to two and sometimes as much as three times as long as commercially available products.

In our field trials, on a lake in Northern Minnesota, we tested beeboo® Big Bubble Mix, just to see how long they would last. The weather conditions were absolutely perfect. In the early morning hours, a natural breeze gently blows from the warmer land, over the cooler water. The lake was absolutely calm, and looked like glass. The beeboo® Big Bubbles gently drifted from the shore and out over the water. Sometimes the giant bubbles would lightly touch down upon the surface of the calm water, lightly touching the surface, then bounce back up into the air, continuing their journey out over the lake. beeboo® bubbles lasted for over six (yes 6) minutes! Actually, I quit timing them after six minutes. Some (not all) of the big bubbles, actually drifted so far out over the lake, we lost sight of them! Those bubbles lasted well over six minutes. Here is one of the actual iPhone images of beeboo® Big Bubbles drifting out over the lake.

beeboo® Big Bubbles last a long time and that is definitely a benefit in leak detection.

As mentioned earlier, we offer beeboo® as a concentrate. In certain situations an industrial facility may not have access to common ordinary tap water. Many industrial and manufacturing facilities today only use highly purified water in their process. If that is the case, contact us directly. We will manufacture a ready to use solution, supplied in 55 gallon drums, for your leak detection application. This product is referred to as EBI – LDF, which stands for Extreme Bubbles, Inc. – Leak Detection Fluid.

If you or your company are interested in learning more about Extreme Bubbles, Inc. Leak Detection Fluid, go to our “Contact Us” page, and from the dropdown menu choose “Business Relations”.

Note: Heavy-Duty Leak Detection Fluid™ Concentrate has become so successful we created a new website: www.LeakDetectionFluid.com.