Just curious - is there an effect out there, that anyone knows of, which is similar to a salt pour, however the magician produces water, or any other liquid, from their 'bare hands'...

Any help with this would be much appreciated.

Dom.

Yes, you can get the fountain effect that is sold by Bev Bergeron in conjunction with his Multiplying Bottle effect. You can buy his manuscript for $150.00.

Go here: http://bevbergeron.com/manuscripts.html

Water tricks are very old school, and most magicians do not want to work with the mess it creates.

Many of these acts were designed to be performed with that being the only trick shown at the appearence. Vaudeville days, performers did not have to do an hour show. Or for large theater shows, they had curtains that separated the tricks and the stage could be set up. This is not as easy with today's performance places.

I followed a huge Japanese classic water act on a TV special in Tokyo. It was enormously complex, amazingly entertaining and a huge job to clean up.

They closed the first half, and I opened the second half. And I don't know why, but I had one of those joke store fake diamond rings that squirted water into the looker's eyes.

So I walked on and did a gag with the prop, and it KILLED... I OWNED THE AUDIENCE AFTER THAT.

Ha! That's great, Pete!


Dom,
The only thing similar to a Salt Pour that I've seen is the use of a thumbtip to transfer the water. I've never cared for this type of transfer, as there are a few problems:

First of all, it looks like you vanish a teaspoon full of water (very small amount) and make a half teaspoon (even smaller amount) reappear. Water being water, it tends to stick to other things. Like ketchup in a bottle, part of the water wants to cling to the inner walls of the tip. Part wants to cling to the thumb that was in the tip. And if you pour it out over your thumb, even more stays there!

Secondly, it's much harder to regulate the flow of water. Wanting to stick to itself, it tends to falls out it clumps or with one big plop. Granulated objects, like salt, want to separate, looking bigger than what it really is.

Thirdly, water is (typically) clear and hard to see. If you color the water, you're looking for trouble - stains are inevitable! Salt looks white, again looking bigger than what it is.