Zubbles

[TortoiseAWD]

Inventors have managed to come up with a dye that will color soap bubbles, but when the dye is exposed to friction or water, it disappears (colored bubbles without staining).



http://www.popsci.com/popsci/printerfriendly/science/0a03b5108e097010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html



The inventors are looking for other uses for the dye, and the one that immediately struck me was to use as a coloring for polishes. Starts out blue/red/green/whatever, and when enough friction has been applied to break down the polish, the color changes. Will it ever happen? Is it even feasible? Probably not, but with some of the new polishes out now that have very long working times, it would be nice to know when the abrasives have done their work and are broken down.



Along the same lines, a dye added to an LSP that fades when the carriers are gone and the product is ready to remove would be a nice touch. Wax my car with an easy-to-see bright green, and when the LSP is ready to remove, no trace of green, just normal haze.



Just some sleep-deprived ramblings on my part,

Tort

 

[imported_Neothin]

I don't know if that would work so well. The idea is great but with how thinly products are applied, it's next to impossible to see their colors at alll. I know some of my colored products like #26, natty's blue, OCC, etc all look the same as any other product when they're applied.

 

[TortoiseAWD]

I don't know if that would work so well. The idea is great but with how thinly products are applied, it's next to impossible to see their colors at alll. I know some of my colored products like #26, natty's blue, OCC, etc all look the same as any other product when they're applied.

That's just it, though . . . think how thin the walls of a bubble are, yet the color is still visible with this new dye. That was one of the problems that had to be overcome to make it work in bubble land.



Eh, I'm just dreaming out loud, anyway. If nothing else, this new tech is sure to make kids' bubble baths more fun.



Tort