From balloon-request@cvs.rochester.edu Wed Apr 26 16:04:25 1995 Received: from swift.cvs.rochester.edu by mother.ent.rochester.edu with SMTP id AA24741 (5.65/IDA-1.4.4 for /usr/local/lib/lists/balloon.archive); Wed, 26 Apr 1995 16:04:25 -0400 Received: by cvs.rochester.edu (4.1/MAIN-MX-1.4.3.2) id AA16115; Wed, 26 Apr 95 15:52:06 EDT Resent-Date: Wed, 26 Apr 1995 15:51:57 -0400 Old-Return-Path: Date: Wed, 26 Apr 1995 15:51:57 -0400 Message-Id: <199504261951.PAA14143@freenet.buffalo.edu> From: aq540@freenet.Buffalo.EDU (Vinnie Lobuzzetta) To: balloon@cvs.rochester.edu Subject: blowing up balloons Reply-To: aq540@freenet.Buffalo.EDU Resent-Message-Id: <"7czUB.0.lx3.bHgdl"@swift.cvs.rochester.edu> Resent-From: balloon@cvs.rochester.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/209 X-Loop: balloon@cvs.rochester.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: balloon-request@cvs.rochester.edu Hi all, I'm new to this forum - I'm also fairly new to balloon sculpting. I've been twisting for about six months and can do the basic animals. Haven't advanced much passed the teddy bear or two birds in a heart. But reading all the letters here has inspired me to try much more. I have a basic question, I never learned how to blow up the balloons - I use a hand pump (I realize this sounds pretty wimpy to the experienced ballooners, but hey I'm just a beginner). Anyway, is there a technique, trick, secret to blowing these balloons up? I use Qualatex 260's - are other balloons easier? Any help with this would really be appreciated. Thanks, Vince.