Foam Machine
Built this to spray a coat of biodegradable bleach alternative on my wooden deck to clean it. Spent $3.95 on a 3/8" OD 1/4 " ID poly tubing and $1.35 on a threaded vinyl nipple at the farm supply store. The kids loved the secondary use as a party foam machine!
The Motor is just an old leaf blower. I drilled a hole to fit the threads on the nipple after removing the blower tip. The bubble material is a men's dress sock made of sheer material. Hold the sock on with a hose clamp that fits your blower. Make a hole in the lid of the bucket for the hose. That's it.
Mixed a solution of 2.5 oz Dawn dish soap (plain) to 1 gallon of hot water. Filled; made sure the hose reached the bottom of the bucket. Elevated the bucket above and away from but, over the blower {{electricity and water = BAD folks....lets think.}}. This system uses gravity, not a pump, to move the solution. The fast moving stream of air over the hose adapter nipple in the tube helps draw the fluid but, not enough to draw from below.
The Motor is just an old leaf blower. I drilled a hole to fit the threads on the nipple after removing the blower tip. The bubble material is a men's dress sock made of sheer material. Hold the sock on with a hose clamp that fits your blower. Make a hole in the lid of the bucket for the hose. That's it.
Mixed a solution of 2.5 oz Dawn dish soap (plain) to 1 gallon of hot water. Filled; made sure the hose reached the bottom of the bucket. Elevated the bucket above and away from but, over the blower {{electricity and water = BAD folks....lets think.}}. This system uses gravity, not a pump, to move the solution. The fast moving stream of air over the hose adapter nipple in the tube helps draw the fluid but, not enough to draw from below.