I had a really sweet old lady as a neighbour last year and I would walk her pitbull and stuff, and I made her balloons for the holidays. I saw they were still up a week later an I offered to replace them with new ones. She said she liked then an wanted to keep then up . They did still stay somewhat inflated for a couple months on her mantle hahaha; I had never kept a balloon around that long, or even for more than a couple days before giving it away or popping it to make space.
I got a yellow dog balloon animal last night and named him Kyle! I'm trying to figure out how long it should be before I start planning a funeral 😭😭 I'm hoping he'll last at least a couple of weeks but I'm not too hopeful. :(
Certainly wind and sun are a balloon's worst nightmares, and as soon as the balloon is indoors it begins its real chance at a slow deflation. I do think saying a balloon animal lasts for months is stretching it. I get asked by customers all the time how long my balloons last, and I always tell them they last as long as fresh flowers, and certainly much much longer than an ice cream treat. I once told a girl who asked me "if they ever pop?" That everything in life is temporary; it is about enjoying the balloon in the moment. It must have sounded good, because the dad tipped me for my random philosophy haha. Anyway, great video, but my favorite question about balloons I get is "do they ever deflate?" And then I have to explain the concept of balloons to them.
I'd never tell a customer they last for months. My standard answer is also the fresh flowers answer. But I have had kids (and adults) tell me they keep them for months and watch them slowly shrink and shrivel. In fact, the secretary at the school I work at left a Jack Skellington I gave her at Halloween on her desk all year. It shriveled and shrank and shriveled and shrank, but she didn't toss it until she cleaned everything up for the summer. The head, which had been a 5 inch round, was about two inches around when she finally tossed it. She said it shrank to about that size by Christmas and stayed that size the rest of the school year.
I use "high flow" when I build a big and advanced balloon animal. With "high flow" a gas balloon floats 30 times longer as normal and it works with balloon animals,too. As I started to work with it I made a test and built a balloon dog witch began slowly to shrink only after 7 Weeks.
Indeed, High Float blocks the pores in the latex that gases escape through. If I were making a large display piece, a balloon dress, or something else I wanted to last a long time, I would also use High Float. However, for everyday twisting, it is not worth it.
Mr. Boma's Balloons Shure but how long the balloon is filled with air isn`t only the answer how long a balloon animal will last.For everyday twisting you can control the last with the choice of balloon brands you use and techniques,too. I saw balloon animals which were falling appart after 20 minutes, because there were twisted badly. For example if you twist a simple balloon dog and pull the balloon through the ears and legs, the balloon dog becomes smaller daily but it will never loose his shape.
musikbandcocktail Correct. My answer was for balloons I twisted myself with Qualatex and Batallatex using a hand pump. You could get into all kinds of scenarios where they last longer or shorter. A kid who plays rough with the balloon will usually result in a balloon animal that meets an early demise. Use of nitrogen gas will make them last a little bit longer, but use of carbon dioxide will make them deflate very quickly (it reacts with the latex). Your balloon dog example where it keeps it's shape even though it looses air was exactly what I was getting at when I said they shrink and shrivel over time.
Mary Piper Great question, Mary. I haven't done any experiments to verify if this is true or not. CO2 is about .04% of the air, but makes up about 4% of our exhaled breath. I'm betting that is still such a low percentage that any difference is negligible.
I'm doing a class on balloon animals and i want to inflate the balloons a day ahead in order to save class time. Will they be deflated by the next day?
No. They will be a touch soft, but usable. Helium balloons deflate quickly because the helium molecules are so small they squeeze pretty easily through the pores in the latex. But air is 78% N2 and 21% O2, which are much larger molecules and don't fit through the pores nearly as easily.
I had a really sweet old lady as a neighbour last year and I would walk her pitbull and stuff, and I made her balloons for the holidays. I saw they were still up a week later an I offered to replace them with new ones. She said she liked then an wanted to keep then up . They did still stay somewhat inflated for a couple months on her mantle hahaha; I had never kept a balloon around that long, or even for more than a couple days before giving it away or popping it to make space.
I got a yellow dog balloon animal last night and named him Kyle! I'm trying to figure out how long it should be before I start planning a funeral 😭😭 I'm hoping he'll last at least a couple of weeks but I'm not too hopeful. :(
Certainly wind and sun are a balloon's worst nightmares, and as soon as the balloon is indoors it begins its real chance at a slow deflation. I do think saying a balloon animal lasts for months is stretching it. I get asked by customers all the time how long my balloons last, and I always tell them they last as long as fresh flowers, and certainly much much longer than an ice cream treat. I once told a girl who asked me "if they ever pop?" That everything in life is temporary; it is about enjoying the balloon in the moment. It must have sounded good, because the dad tipped me for my random philosophy haha. Anyway, great video, but my favorite question about balloons I get is "do they ever deflate?" And then I have to explain the concept of balloons to them.
I'd never tell a customer they last for months. My standard answer is also the fresh flowers answer. But I have had kids (and adults) tell me they keep them for months and watch them slowly shrink and shrivel. In fact, the secretary at the school I work at left a Jack Skellington I gave her at Halloween on her desk all year. It shriveled and shrank and shriveled and shrank, but she didn't toss it until she cleaned everything up for the summer. The head, which had been a 5 inch round, was about two inches around when she finally tossed it. She said it shrank to about that size by Christmas and stayed that size the rest of the school year.
Haha, cool
Good info. That is what I usually tell people who ask also.
I visited some friends I rarely see last week. They had my balloons from over a year ago still :) I took pics and made them some new balloons.
+videosfromalysia Wow! I assume they were all shriveled up?
yes! too bad i can't post a pic here.
I use "high flow" when I build a big and advanced balloon animal. With "high flow" a gas balloon floats 30 times longer as normal and it works with balloon animals,too. As
I started to work with it I made a test and built a balloon dog witch began slowly to shrink only after 7 Weeks.
Indeed, High Float blocks the pores in the latex that gases escape through. If I were making a large display piece, a balloon dress, or something else I wanted to last a long time, I would also use High Float. However, for everyday twisting, it is not worth it.
Mr. Boma's Balloons Shure but how long the balloon is filled with air isn`t only the answer how long a balloon animal will last.For everyday twisting you can control the last with the choice of balloon brands you use and techniques,too. I saw balloon animals which were falling appart after 20 minutes, because there were twisted badly. For example if you twist a simple balloon dog and pull the balloon through the ears and legs, the balloon dog becomes smaller daily but it will never loose his shape.
musikbandcocktail Correct. My answer was for balloons I twisted myself with Qualatex and Batallatex using a hand pump. You could get into all kinds of scenarios where they last longer or shorter. A kid who plays rough with the balloon will usually result in a balloon animal that meets an early demise. Use of nitrogen gas will make them last a little bit longer, but use of carbon dioxide will make them deflate very quickly (it reacts with the latex). Your balloon dog example where it keeps it's shape even though it looses air was exactly what I was getting at when I said they shrink and shrivel over time.
Mr. Boma's Balloons So if CO2 makes them deflate, does it make a difference if a balloon is mouth inflated vs using a pump?
Mary Piper Great question, Mary. I haven't done any experiments to verify if this is true or not. CO2 is about .04% of the air, but makes up about 4% of our exhaled breath. I'm betting that is still such a low percentage that any difference is negligible.
I'm doing a class on balloon animals and i want to inflate the balloons a day ahead in order to save class time. Will they be deflated by the next day?
No. They will be a touch soft, but usable. Helium balloons deflate quickly because the helium molecules are so small they squeeze pretty easily through the pores in the latex. But air is 78% N2 and 21% O2, which are much larger molecules and don't fit through the pores nearly as easily.
thanks! I'll test it out for a day and see how it goes
Google told me our animal friends only last for 3 days 😡 Thanks for giving us the true facts 👊