pyromonkey Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 good luck blowing the balloon up as well. with the co2 taking all the oxygen out the air! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jivemaster Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 Why blow! Put a small pellet of CO2(s) into a balloon and tie it off. as they expand slightly send them onstage then as they continue to expand they burst. Small scales and weigh the CO2(s) as it goes into the balloon for similar burst times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurzweil_dude Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 try and get a video of the final product on you tube or summat.... would be very interested to see! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halfdan Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Aye, would be interesting, syncronisation might be a bit tricky though.I would posabley use pyro igniters droped down and hang the balloms off them, you could then set them off using the old bullet hit techneke. a lengh of wood with nailes in it with a metel rod attached to a battery (10V is all you need) and each nail conected to an igniter. that way you would get a series of pops as rapid as you want them. or if you want them simutlanious just use a standard firing system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wuddy Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 I would suggest, from my experience, that if you inflate the balloons using a compressor to the near point of 'detonation' they will readily burst if they contact any sharp item especially a drawing pin, pin, needle etc. and they make a really loud BANG! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFX1 Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 One thing I found by accident when working with a charity for street kids in Peru that was Deet mosquito repelent causes ballons to burst by attacking the rubber. I was trying to make ballon animals for the kids but they kept bursting :-( I eventually workied out that it was the mozi repelent I was wearing. Could the ballons bounce over sheets treated with the same (or similar) fishing line pullwires could pull the sheets off stage just before the dancers come on. BTW it probably doesn't have to be mozi repelent that you use! it was more likely the solvent base Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSalisbury Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Hi,Just for the recordm some things eat latex such as wd-40 or some citrus cleaners. Apply and wait...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toytown Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 The only sensible way is to have them wired. Tape an electric match to each balloon. Electric match's are easily available from a model shop as they are used for igniting model rockets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleah Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Electric match's are easily available from a model shop as they are used for igniting model rockets. Also available at most balloon shops :unsure: as they are used to explode balloons :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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