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Hey William:
Its been 8 years since I left - but my recollection was: 2 big pans -
3 feet in diameter, for steel hoops); 1 vertical pull bubble sheet,
about 3 feet long, and 1step-in hoop, that you pulled up to surround
yourself in a bubble)
when everything was up and running - during spring school crush,
refill everything in the am and again in the afternoon - during non
peak season usually only once a day. maintenance - wipe down once a
day; no more than 5 minutes of clean up usually.
i do remember we did have the trash can on a special dolly, as
someone else mentioned.....
we actually designed and installed a 16-foot bubble sheet pull in the
atrium...it was a little more problematic, because we had a pump at
the bottom sending the solution up to the top - the bugaboo was after
numerous on-off cycles, the nozzle that fed the solution onto the
strings would build up a ring of soap, just like a detergent bottle
at home will!...
On Aug 13, 2008, at 8:06 AM, Willam Katzman wrote:
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> Jeff,
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> How many hours a week would you say were spent on:
> 1) Cleanup of the area
> 2) Refilling and cleaning the exhibits?
>
> And how many bubble units did you have?
>
> -William
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> William Katzman
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> depends on what you mean by 'how bad'.....we used to mix up 30
> gallons (think large garbage can)....seemed to do better if we let it
> sit for a couple of days - have no idea why....exhibits personnel
> hated it and everyone else loved it....
>
> best wands we ever had were smooth stainless - hoops, squares,
> triangles....they were about 1/4 or 5/16" rod.....
>
> good luck with the mess :)
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> On Aug 12, 2008, at 12:53 PM, Willam Katzman wrote:
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>> Hello everyone.
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>>
>>
>> I was curious about bubble exhibits. Specifically I was wondering
>> if anyone
>> can give me some information on:
>>
>>
>>
>> 1) Maintenance - how bad is taking care of the soap
>> solutions, & is
>> there anything we can do to ease the continual maintenance/
>>
>> 2) Soap bubble wands.I know I've seen a few of these wands
>> out there
>> is some soap bubble areas.what are the tricks to making a good soap
>> bubble
>> wand that is nice, light and able to stand up to the abuse?
>>
>>
>>
>> Any other thoughts on soap bubbles would be appreciated.
>>
>>
>>
>> -William
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> William Katzman Now Renting Out
>>
>> Director of Exhibits Dinosaurs! (3,000 sq. ft.
>> only
>> $25k)
>>
>> Catawba Science Center Body Carnival (2250 sq. ft. only
>> $15k)
>>
>> www.catawbascience.org <http://www.catawbascience.org/>
>> Maze
>> Mania (3,000 sq. ft. only $7.5k)
>>
>> "The Magic of Learning, the Science of Fun"
>>
>>
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