From: BALLOONAIR@aol.com
Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 22:58:45 EDT
Subject: Re: HiFloat Poppers
To: balloondeco@balloonhq.com

I thought this was going to have something to do with jalapenos.  Oh well!  I 
didn't see any other responses to the hi float popper question, so here's my 
theory:
When HiFloat dries it becomes somewhat inflexible, or at least less flexible 
than the latex to which it is bonded.  you see this when you pop an old 
HiFloater - the HiFloat is a hard inner shell in the balloon.  I would 
propose that the reason you are getting poppers after delivering these 
balloons is due to a change in temperature causing an expansion or shrinking 
of the latex balloon which is not matched by a similar expansion or shrinking 
of the HiFloat shell.  This puts a stress on the latex which seeks out the 
point of least resistance and tears the balloon apart at that point.
I have not tested this theory, nor have I experienced the problem, so I will 
leave it to someone else to prove or disprove the theory.

     O~     Danny Magowan
O~          Balloon AffAIRs
   O~       Syracuse NY