My new bubble machine arrived! The bubble machine I had brought to the parade was a big disappointment. The bubbles were tiny, and after running for a few minutes it got all foamy and stopped producing bubbles at all. I saw other cars at the parade with better bubble machines, that ran and ran and cranked out tons of bubbles. So I asked to artcarz list for recommendations, and got a professional machine made by Chauvet.
I saw it for sale on several websites but got a slightly better price (for a new machine) from Ebay. It seems to be marketed to club DJs. Personally, I would be annoyed if a club had one of these bubble machines running because it churns out thousands of bubbles, and you would end up all sticky from the bubble soap. But that's just me!
Anyway the new bubble machine arrived. I had been thinking about making a cover for it shaped like a fish, so the bubbles would come out of the fishes mouth. But as soon as I got it, I knew that wouldn't work. The shape was wrong -- too square, not long enough -- and the back has a big air intake that can't be covered.
Luckily, a few days ago I had received a big order of blue, teal and silver beads. I haven't started putting the beads on the car yet, so I decided to start with the bubble machine. AMC was showing Audrey Hepburn movies so I parked my butt in front of the TV and watched Breakfast at Tiffany's and Sabrina while I worked. What a great way to spend the afternoon! It's slow going: I spent 5 hours gluing and got about half the bubble machine covered. But it looks pretty good if I do say so myself!
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