A Conversation for How Soap Works

Try this at home.

Post 1

rattie one

Have a go at this, it's fun.

Take a saucer of milk and carefully put 2 or 3 drops of food colouring in 2 or 3 different areas of the milk, nothing much happens right? Now add one drop of your favourite brand of washing up liquid. You have your own little psychedelic colour show.

Seriously though, this is supposed to demonstrate how soap molecules affect surface tension. It's a great one to do with the children!

Have fun.


Try this at home.

Post 2

Researcher 200140

Plus if you float paper on to the surface the colours will transfer, instant master piece ! :o)


Key: Complain about this post

Write an Entry

"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a wholly remarkable book. It has been compiled and recompiled many times and under many different editorships. It contains contributions from countless numbers of travellers and researchers."

Write an entry
Read more