Subject: Re: Prestige Balloons
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 16:26:35 EDT
From: FJORDING@aol.com

In a message dated 9/15/01 4:19:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
abett@mindspring.com writes:

<< 
 I just took out a bag of Prestige 360P balloons from about 8 years ago,
 which I forgot I had.  They were actually still very good.  I really liked
 them and found it very easy to break off a ball inside.
  >>
 Now that's what I keep thinking, too. I have balloons in the attic for 5-6 
years, including some 6-foot Tilcos, and they still inflate to full size 
without a problem. I have sold off a number of them on eBay and gotten no 
complaints about them popping. I suspect that balloons don't really 
deteriorate as rapidly as everyone says they do, unless it is brand-specific. 
Merek

  BTW, is there a place (school) one can go to to learn balloon sculpture for 
commercial use and to become a CBA, or is it an apprenticeship thing?