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  • Heliumlooner
    Member
    • Feb 2017
    • 88

    How to "age" or "tune" a balloon

    Does anyone else "age" their balloons? To recreate a balloon from the past that you played with as a child, or one that you had more recently that you accedently popped, or had to get rid of. Is it just me who does that? because I really do appreciate that fine details of my balloons such as the smell, the type of knot, the firmness sometimes even the amount of fingerprints or wear. Its a really big part of my fetish, my methods are just to let the balloon sit and just manually sort of "screw it it up" using the grease from my hands and ambient dust and sunlight, I just use time to tune the amount of air or helium in the balloon. If anyone else does this I would like to know what your special methods are for "working with the latex" do you use special chemical products ?

    Thank you !
    You guys are great
  • OverTheTop
    Senior Member
    • Dec 2013
    • 711

    #2
    Re: How to "age" or "tune" a balloon

    I've baked balloons to make them stretchier, similar to how older, more used balloons are, but aside from that not really.

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    • bigballcollector
      Senior Member
      • Mar 2017
      • 132

      #3
      Re: How to "age" or "tune" a balloon

      I have done it several times, especially with light blue ballloons, I inflate, deflate them and sit upon them several times, so their shine start to fade and look a bit oxidized. The next step is inflating the balloon until it get a tear drop shape, in the meanwhile, I am alredy sweathing and the balloon gets a lot of fingerprints. The next step is kicking the balloon around, dust covers the balloon and it looks just like the ones I used to play as a kid. Good memories with light blue balloons.
      Let it be, let it free...but keep it nicely

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      • craggy2012
        Senior Member
        • Jan 2012
        • 824

        #4
        Re: How to "age" or "tune" a balloon

        I can't really age them that far back now as I'm fast approaching my mid fourties so its many eons ago now for me!

        What I do like doing though is pre stretching a new balloon, before fully inflating a few times to really stretch and condition the balloon, before carefully overinflating it, then finally deflating again slightly so they look soft, oversized and are covered in wrinkles and ripples. The other good thing is they pop much softer and quieter when they finally do give out.

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        • Pneuman
          Junior Member
          • Mar 2017
          • 1

          #5
          Re: How to "age" or "tune" a balloon

          I've been experimenting with breaking in balloons. Much like breaking in a new pair of shoes or a fresh pair of jeans, a well used balloon is very soft and forgiving to the touch.

          Often suggested is heating the balloon before inflating, but it seems like the material would cool down before reaching any substantial size if it wasn't in that warm of an environment. I've wondered how big a balloon could get in a sauna, but I wouldn't be caught dead trying that in a public one.

          Repeated inflation/deflation cycles seems to be the best way to wear them out. I've tried washing them -- with had a little luck, maybe, nothing scientific -- but you'd have to powder them again with something like talc or risk it sticking to itself to the point of damage.

          Have you tried fully blowing up a balloon out in the cold (<40°F) and as it deflates watch how it huge it'll still be as it fully relaxes? Ughnf. Doesn't seem to do much, though, as it'll relax smaller the next time it's warm. Also, do you "massage" the balloon after deflation to fully relax it? I do so by inflating it fully but unstretched, knead it a bit, and it deflates further.

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          • OverTheTop
            Senior Member
            • Dec 2013
            • 711

            #6
            Re: How to &quot;age&quot; or &quot;tune&quot; a balloon

            Originally posted by Pneuman
            I've been experimenting with breaking in balloons. Much like breaking in a new pair of shoes or a fresh pair of jeans, a well used balloon is very soft and forgiving to the touch.

            Often suggested is heating the balloon before inflating, but it seems like the material would cool down before reaching any substantial size if it wasn't in that warm of an environment. I've wondered how big a balloon could get in a sauna, but I wouldn't be caught dead trying that in a public one.

            Repeated inflation/deflation cycles seems to be the best way to wear them out. I've tried washing them -- with had a little luck, maybe, nothing scientific -- but you'd have to powder them again with something like talc or risk it sticking to itself to the point of damage.

            Have you tried fully blowing up a balloon out in the cold (<40°F) and as it deflates watch how it huge it'll still be as it fully relaxes? Ughnf. Doesn't seem to do much, though, as it'll relax smaller the next time it's warm. Also, do you "massage" the balloon after deflation to fully relax it? I do so by inflating it fully but unstretched, knead it a bit, and it deflates further.
            Heat stretching a balloon has an effect even if it cools down before inflation, it's just less significant. Try it - put a brand new balloon in the oven at 290°F for 5-15 minutes (depending on how soft it already is - e.g. 5 minutes for cattex, 10-15 for qualatex, etc) and then once it's done blow it up with a pump while it's still warm.

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            • Heliumlooner
              Member
              • Feb 2017
              • 88

              #7
              Re: How to &quot;age&quot; or &quot;tune&quot; a balloon

              Originally posted by Pneuman
              I've been experimenting with breaking in balloons. Much like breaking in a new pair of shoes or a fresh pair of jeans, a well used balloon is very soft and forgiving to the touch.

              Often suggested is heating the balloon before inflating, but it seems like the material would cool down before reaching any substantial size if it wasn't in that warm of an environment. I've wondered how big a balloon could get in a sauna, but I wouldn't be caught dead trying that in a public one.

              Repeated inflation/deflation cycles seems to be the best way to wear them out. I've tried washing them -- with had a little luck, maybe, nothing scientific -- but you'd have to powder them again with something like talc or risk it sticking to itself to the point of damage.

              Have you tried fully blowing up a balloon out in the cold (<40°F) and as it deflates watch how it huge it'll still be as it fully relaxes? Ughnf. Doesn't seem to do much, though, as it'll relax smaller the next time it's warm. Also, do you "massage" the balloon after deflation to fully relax it? I do so by inflating it fully but unstretched, knead it a bit, and it deflates further.
              Thank you for your reply! I will try heating my balloons, as it is a method I have not tried yet. Repeated inflation and deflation for me does not deliver the result I want, and sometime does alter the shape of the balloon. also I will try your massaging and deflating method.

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