Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 11:33:32 -0400 (EDT)
From: Larry Moss <moss@balloonhq.com>
To: Kathy Scott <kathyscott00@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: glue dots

On Wed, 18 Jul 2001, Kathy Scott wrote:

> Hi all...BuloonLady posted about glue dots on July 13...Which brand do 
> you use?  Which brands do all you other balloonies use?  I use Glue Dots 
> brand...custom (GD-SP).  Bought from distributor,MSR, in Seattle.  Would 
> like something that is more sticky....

Did you get "Glue Dots for Balloons" or some other Glue Dots product.  Glue
Dots Inc makes several different Glue Dots products.  Unless you get the
one specifically for balloons, you're not going to get the best results.
check what you box says.  I found Glue Dots for Balloons to be the best
adhesive I've tried for latex balloons.

If you are using Glue Dots for Balloons, I'm very curious about the
conditions you're working in that you're finding them not to be sticky
enough.  (Indoors, outdoors, extreme temperatures, ...)  My good luck with
them has been exclusively inside.  Any information you can provide will
help the rest of us in figuring out when they're appropriate and when they
aren't.  They're a new product so no one knows everything about them yet.

The one problem I've had with them is the dispenser they come in.  I've
found that I need to tear them off the roll and use a small strip at a
time.

Larry Moss
BalloonHQ.com