Hi all,

Does anyone have a cheap reliable alternative to Balloon-Shine or diluted Hi-float to reduce oxidisation? I've been playing around with a few new designs lately, and noticed that some of the balloons I'd inflated were oxidising within 20-30 minutes :!:

I've read elsewhere on the internet about using spray-polish meant for car dashboards, but the majority of them seem to contain 'petroleum distillates' which aren't very friendly towards latex :!:

I just wondered if anyone had played around and come up with any suitable solutions :?:

Cheers,

Steve

The simoniz dashboard black works really well.

Can I ask what brand of balloons you are using? I have found cheaper balloons oxidise a lot quicker than the better brands but still not had it happen that fast.

couple of things to note.

balloon shine back to black "other products are available"  can remove the printing from printed balloons. If you are using one of these products I would check in advance that your chosen product does note remove the print from your balloons.

I have been told that due to new guide lines, as to what can be used in the latex, balloons will bio-degrade quicker and cause the oxidation you see to happen quicker.

It is going to be interesting over the next few years as more and more chemicals are on the not acceptable list and manufactures remove them.

Roger.

Have you found out the reason why they are oxidising so quickly?

Is it because they are in direct sunlight or was it another reason?

I have not known balloons oxidise that quick in this country.

Also the new Hi-float is not recommended to be diluted and used as a balloonshine, that was the original one no longer available as far as I am aware, however I maybe wrong.

Pam
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I have found that when I work in a shopping centre the balloons do oxidise quickly, I put it down to the air conditioning.

Hi all,

Thinking back, the 2 probable main reasons for the lightning-fast oxidisation were -

1) I was playing around outside in rather warm weather (which was also quite humid at times) and as the sun moved around, the balloons probably lost the shade from the brolly...

2) The balloons were some old ones from my 'odds & sods' box containing a wide variety from cheap & nasty through to Qualies, etc, so the ones I was playing with may have even come from the local pound-shop :!:

As far as the 'BalloonShine' alternative goes, I found a product made by AutoGlym that's supposed to be OK for use on vinyl and rubber. I've actually emailed the company to ask what it'll do to a balloon, but as yet they haven't got back to me

Cheers,

Steve