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How to deflate a foil balloon inflated with air. How to inflate a foil balloon

Children love balloons. With them it turns out to create a festive atmosphere, they are also used for the game. Adults also love this decoration. Foil balloons look original. They serve as an independent holiday decoration. At the same time, you need to know how to inflate foil balloons at home?

Application of balls

Foil balloons are used to decorate holidays, such as birthdays, children's events, anniversaries, weddings and other celebrations. Thanks to a wide range, you can choose products for different events and for various themes of interior design. Often foil balloons are made in the form of multi-colored hearts, circles, holographic stars.

There is another type of balls - licensed ones. These include figures of animals, cartoon characters. Walking figures are referred to as foil balloons. They are the most favorite at children's parties. These products are used not only as decorations, but also for participation in fun games. Thanks to balloons in the form of Mickey Mouse and Minnie, Bugs Bunny, Winnie the Pooh and other characters, any children's party will be fun.

Product Benefits

Foil balloons are able to fly for a long time: from 3-5 days to several weeks. Because of this excellent property, the products are used for interior decoration. Moreover, they are often combined with latex. From foil products, excellent congratulatory bouquets are obtained.

Bright foil balloons come in different designs, shapes, sizes. They are very easy to print compared to latex. The shops sell different shapes of balloons: circles, stars, hearts, objects, animals, equipment. Some have congratulatory inscriptions and thematic drawings. Those who want to beautifully decorate the room need to know how to inflate a foil Christmas ball or product at home for any other holiday.

Helium

This method is cheap and effective because helium is lighter than air. The balls will float under the ceiling. They can decorate any room. How to inflate a foil balloon at home with helium? It is advisable to entrust the procedure to professionals, but everything can be done at home. This will require a gas cylinder and an adapter. The procedure is as follows:

  1. The adapter must be put on the balloon, and inserted into the ball at the other end.
  2. The figure should be straightened for easy and uniform flow of gas inside.
  3. In advance, you need to blow a little with your mouth through the tube to smoothly open the valve. Otherwise, due to the sharp helium, the product may deteriorate.
  4. Inflation must be carried out until the product takes shape. Although foil balloons are reliable, do not inflate too much, otherwise the foil may tear or the seam will open.
  5. At the end, you need to close the valve and tie the tail.

If the holiday is in a hot time, then it is advisable to inflate the product a little less. In heat, helium tends to expand, and the balloon takes on the desired shape. This method is ideal for a small holiday. A gas cylinder has a low cost, and it is not profitable to purchase it for several balls. You can rent a balloon. There are other ways to inflate foil balloons at home.

Air

Foil figures with air do not fly, but this option is almost free. In this case, 2 methods apply:

  1. Mouth inflation.
  2. pump.

Which method to choose depends on the size of the bead. Small figures can be inflated on their own, and for large figures, a pump is suitable. How to inflate foil balloons at home in two ways is described below.

Mouth inflation

This method is the simplest and most convenient. How to inflate a foil balloon at home with your mouth? To do this, you need a cocktail straw or a standard ballpoint pen. Each method has its own characteristics.

The handle should be untwisted and the rod removed, only the main part is required. The tube or pen must be inserted into the ball valve and slowly begin to blow. If you do this intensively, then there is a risk of damage to the valve. If the air does not pass well, you need to move the tube further into the ball and try again.

Pump use

How to inflate a foil balloon with air at home? For this, small pumps are used, of which there are many on sale. With these devices, the inflation process is facilitated. You need to insert the tube into the balloon valve and you can inflate.

Ball tying

Large foil balloons have self-sealing valves that must be sealed after inflating. Then the tail should be tied with a ribbon into several knots so that air and helium remain in the balloon. Balloons filled with air can be put on a special tube, which will keep the figure.

If properly inflated, the balloon will hold its shape for several weeks. But even after descent, it should not be thrown away. These methods are the answer to the question, how to inflate foil balloons at home? Even if air has escaped from the product, the shape can be returned.

Balls can be recycled, which allows not to pollute nature. They are usually blown away after the holiday and stored until the next event. Although they have a high cost, secondary use will save on future celebrations. Foil balloons are better than latex balloons, which are thrown away after the holidays.

Such products are considered safe. It should be borne in mind that the helium-filled balloon must be kept away from open flames. The deflated product must be kept away from children. Due to improper use of such balls, suffocation can occur. The child should be able to use them, do it better under the supervision of adults. Safe and correct use of the balls will give a lot of positive emotions.

Foil balloons inflated with helium look tight, actively take off, and retain their appearance and volatility for 10 to 15 days. However, it also happens that after a short time, foil helium balloons become soft, sluggish and seem deflated. The buyer may not even have time to leave the shopping center where the store that inflated such balloons is located. As a rule, in this case, the buyer goes back to the store and demands to replace the balls. It becomes even more unpleasant for the buyer if the balloons begin to deflate at his house: he will not even be able to change them.

Why and how foil balloons deflate

Balloons wither and lose their volatility because they lose helium. Foil balloons are made from a thin polyester film, which is completely inelastic. Therefore, it is necessary for an inflated balloon to lose quite a bit of helium (a few percent), so it immediately becomes soft and does not seem to be inflated.

Helium cannot penetrate the walls of foil balloons (unlike latex balloons). lavsan film is not porous. The helium leaves the foil balloons through the weld that connects the halves of the balloon and through the inlet used to inflate the balloon.

An uninflated foil balloon has a weld width of 5 - 6 mm. It should remain the same after inflating the balloon. If the balloon is pumped with helium, the increase in the volume of the balloon occurs due to the thinning of the width of the weld (lavsan does not stretch). Through a seam of small width, helium leaves the ball much faster than through a seam of normal width. Moreover, it is completely useless to pump up a balloon that has already been inflated with helium. After a short time, the ball will again be blown away.

The hole through which the balloon is filled with helium has a check valve with a petal that locks the helium inside the inflated balloon. If the neck of the foil balloon is tied incorrectly, the tightness of the check valve is broken, and helium begins to leave the balloon. No matter how much you do not tie the braid, it still will not prevent the helium from leaving the balloon (dacron is not elastic). To maintain the tightness of the check valve, it is necessary either to properly tie the foil balloon, or to seal the neck of the inflated balloon on the sealer.

How to properly inflate foil balloons. Method number 1

The method lies in the qualification of the store staff. Vendors who inflate and tie foil balloons must be able to do it well and quickly. You will have to spend time and a lot of balls on staff training, because. It will cost more to learn from clients.

A skilled specialist quickly inflates the balloons, keeping the seam intact, securely and beautifully ties the ribbon to the balloon, and does not stop communicating with the buyer.

The first way to make quality helium foil balloons requires nothing more than trained craftsmen. Sooner or later, trained specialists will leave, and new, unprepared people will come in their place. And again they will have to be taught and trained.

How to properly inflate foil balloons. Method number 2

There are special gearboxes (eg CONWIN 83050) designed to automatically inflate foil balloons with helium. The reducer itself measures the pressure inside the inflated balloon, and when it reaches its optimal value, it automatically turns off the supply of helium to the balloon.

With the help of this gearbox, any unprepared person will be able to quickly and efficiently inflate foil balloons with helium.

Instead of tying foil balloons, you can simply seal their necks with a special sealer (for example, FS200). The welded seam on the neck of the balloons securely seals the helium inside the balloon. To the rest of the neck, a braid is arbitrarily tied.

With the help of a sealer, any unprepared person can quickly and efficiently seal foil balloons with helium.

The second way to make high-quality helium foil balloons requires special equipment: an automatic gearbox and a sealer.

Comparison of methods

Both methods give the same result: foil balloons, well-inflated and tied foil balloons. The first method requires trained personnel, and the second method requires special equipment. The cost of staff training is much lower than the cost of equipment. But, sellers come and go, but the equipment remains. Any new seller, with the help of special equipment, after the first inflated balloon, will be able to make high-quality foil helium balloons. Otherwise, beginners will have to be taught. This will be done either by other sellers or by the store owner. All this will take time, helium and balloons.

In my opinion, it is better to use special equipment than rely on sellers. But here, each store owner decides for himself.

Good luck colleagues.

P.S. By the way, the sealer can also be used for sealing foil minifigures.

The foil ball is straightened and the nose of the adapter is passed through the inlet on the neck of the ball.

The neck of the ball is clasped with the fingers of one hand and pressed tightly against the nose of the adapter. With the other hand, open the valve on the helium cylinder and begin to inflate the balloon.

At first, the balloon is inflated rather quickly, then, almost inflating the balloon, the helium supply is stopped. Further, helium is fed into the balloon in small portions, constantly controlling the degree of inflation by the number and size of folds on the side of the balloon.

When the balloon is fully inflated, the valve on the cylinder is closed, the balloon is removed from the spout and tied or soldered.


For convenience, or for professional inflation, foil balloons are inflated through helium reducers. You can get acquainted with the methods of inflating foil balloons through gearboxes on the page.
Separately, we can note the reducer CONWIN 83050, which automatically turns off after inflating the foil balloon. Using such a reducer, it is absolutely impossible to inflate or burst a foil balloon.

Simple tying of an inflated foil balloon

The non-return valve built into the neck of the balloon retains helium well. Therefore, a braid is tied to inflated balloons only so that the balloon does not fly away. However, if the webbing is tied above the inlet (picture on the left), then the tightness of the check valve may be broken and the ball will quickly deflate. Tie the ribbon correctly below the inlet (figure on the right).


When the ambient temperature drops, the helium pressure inside the foil balloon can drop so much that the check valve will let helium through. And many consumers do not like protruding ball necks. To securely close the balloon and hide the neck of the balloon, a professional way of tying balloons will help.

Professional balloon tying

The end of the braid is folded into a loop. The neck of the ball around this song is rolled into a tight roller. The roller is bent in the form of the letter "V" and held with the fingers of one hand. With the other hand, pass the free end of the braid into the loop and pull it out until the first knot is formed.

In the process of filling products with gas, the moment when you realize that you don’t know how to inflate foil balloons with helium is not the worst. The balloon has a convenient valve, there are special adapters - in general, everything is done for the convenience of designers. In the question of how to inflate a foil balloon, the sealing process is important. Yes, don't be surprised! You don't want your hard work to go to waste!

Foil figures from 18” are equipped with a self-sealing valve, which greatly simplifies the life of any decorator. Therefore, the question of how to inflate foil balloons is largely related to how the product is tied. It is not difficult to tie such a product, subject to several conditions. The following instruction will teach you how to inflate a foil balloon.

1. The foil holds helium and air very well, with well-sealed edges, the only place through which helium can escape is the valve, which is located in the tail of the foil figure. The valve is the most vulnerable place, therefore, when tying the balloon, you need to ensure that the valve is not deformed, which leads to the appearance of microcracks through which helium or air escapes.

2. If you are inflating a foil product with air, then you need to carefully insert the pump nozzle into the hole on the tail and inflate the figure with a pump.

3. Now let's talk about how to inflate foil products with helium. If you are inflating a foil figure with helium, you will need a foil inflation nozzle and a helium tank. In this case, you need to carefully insert the nose of the foil nozzle into the hole in the tail and inflate the product with helium. Supplying helium under high pressure can also damage the valve, besides, the blown foil can easily burst, so unscrew the valve or use special equipment, for example, latex/mylar adapter with reducer + pressure gauge HGS201, which turns off the supply of helium when the balloon is full. When using this equipment, it is not possible to blow the product and it will remain intact.

4. After you have inflated the foil figure, you need to run your finger along the tail of the product, pressing a little and, thus, sealing the self-sealing valve.

5. Lay the tying tape at the bottom of the valve perpendicular to it and carefully wrap the ponytail with the tape inside up to the ball itself. Leave a long piece of ribbon long enough to tie.

6. Bend the rolled ponytail in half and tie the ribbon into several knots.

By following these conditions, you will get a neat knot that does not violate the integrity of the balloon itself and will not allow helium or air to escape from it. We hope now you understand how to inflate a foil balloon at home.