I was never into beachballs (or inflatables) but I always wanted to give them a try.
Luckily I got some promotional beachballs some days ago.
Very small ones only 8" of diameter, but that doesn't matter, they were for free and good enough for a test.
I inflated the first one by mouth as tight as I could and the tight material didn't feel bad.
Them I sat down on it.
It felt quite hard and, of course, not that bouncy, stretchy and elastic than a balloon.
Because of that and the small size sitting on it wasn't cozy.
Next I tried heatstretching.
I gave the ball some extra blows so it was as tight as I could blow it, then I heated it up carefully with a hairdryer.
Instantly I could see the material stretch.
I blew it tight again and repeated two or three times.
Then, to keep its shape as round es possible, I squeezed it and heated up just the spots that weren't as stretched as the rest.
The increase in size was quite impressive, I managed to nearly double the diameter.
After that the beachball felt much nicer, not that "clumsy" or "heavy" anymore (I think you know what I mean) because the stertching made the material thinner.
Then I pressed the beachball against my body, hugged it strongly which felt quite nice.
I carefully sad down on it on my bed, I thought it would pop, but it could carry my whole weight.
It felt alright but not that cozy as sitting on a balloon.
From time to time I added some more blows to make the ball tight again.
After a bit of humping the beachball got a small hole on the opposite side of the valve.
I put my finger on it and bounced my butt hardly onto the ball which made it pop.
I summary I can say that beachballs are ok, but to make them really nice, it needs heatstretching.
But heatstretching is good fun, next time I will try to stretch the balls as much as possible.
I'm curious how big they will get, how they will feel and what they can take...
Luckily I got some promotional beachballs some days ago.
Very small ones only 8" of diameter, but that doesn't matter, they were for free and good enough for a test.
I inflated the first one by mouth as tight as I could and the tight material didn't feel bad.
Them I sat down on it.
It felt quite hard and, of course, not that bouncy, stretchy and elastic than a balloon.
Because of that and the small size sitting on it wasn't cozy.
Next I tried heatstretching.
I gave the ball some extra blows so it was as tight as I could blow it, then I heated it up carefully with a hairdryer.
Instantly I could see the material stretch.
I blew it tight again and repeated two or three times.
Then, to keep its shape as round es possible, I squeezed it and heated up just the spots that weren't as stretched as the rest.
The increase in size was quite impressive, I managed to nearly double the diameter.
After that the beachball felt much nicer, not that "clumsy" or "heavy" anymore (I think you know what I mean) because the stertching made the material thinner.
Then I pressed the beachball against my body, hugged it strongly which felt quite nice.
I carefully sad down on it on my bed, I thought it would pop, but it could carry my whole weight.
It felt alright but not that cozy as sitting on a balloon.
From time to time I added some more blows to make the ball tight again.
After a bit of humping the beachball got a small hole on the opposite side of the valve.
I put my finger on it and bounced my butt hardly onto the ball which made it pop.
I summary I can say that beachballs are ok, but to make them really nice, it needs heatstretching.
But heatstretching is good fun, next time I will try to stretch the balls as much as possible.
I'm curious how big they will get, how they will feel and what they can take...
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