Is it hard for you to discard old balloons?

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  • softsquishyballoon
    Senior Member
    • Feb 2020
    • 204

    Is it hard for you to discard old balloons?

    My original balloon is very tiny, now - but it does still have some air in it.
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  • bubblesNdragons
    Senior Member
    • Oct 2019
    • 103

    #2
    Re: Is it hard for you to discard old balloons?

    Somewhat. For balloons I took home from parties or such, it's pretty easy for me to toss them, For balloons I bought for myself, I don't really toss them unless they're popped or have a significant thin spot.
    *notices bulge*

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    • nortek
      Junior Member
      • May 2019
      • 12

      #3
      Re: Is it hard for you to discard old balloons?

      So fucking true. I'm like you, and I must say balloons tends to accumulate. And unfortunately even unblown they can't last forever

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      • Danniballoon
        Senior Member
        • Mar 2018
        • 553

        #4
        Re: Is it hard for you to discard old balloons?

        I had a bag of old soft 3 foot Chinese ones that were really nice to ride. I went to get them the other day and they'd all stuck together in a sticky mess. Totally ruined & I had to throw them all away :-(

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        • AlexisLoon
          Junior Member
          • Feb 2020
          • 4

          #5
          Re: Is it hard for you to discard old balloons?

          Anything that I filled with air and played with I have no problem getting rid of, but I always tend to struggle getting rid of helium balloons, even after they've lost their float. I try to "transfer" some of that remaining helium into others to keep them alive longer and I still tend to hold on to that deflated one a lot longer than others. But even then I still struggle when their drooping low and almost out, I guess I just have too fond memories of when they were floating...

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          • PBK
            Senior Member
            • Mar 2019
            • 372

            #6
            Re: Is it hard for you to discard old balloons?

            Yeah, balloons tend to accumulate around here and it's always a struggle to thin them out. Most 17's, 24's and punchballs I can cycle through without a problem because I have so many of them and keep the thought in mind that the uninflated ones will eventually go bad if I leave them stored for too long.
            Helium balloons are allowed to survive until they no longer float. Full stop.
            Rare balloons and giants tend to be the hardest to deflate and discard.
            Any balloons "rescued", promotional balloons or balloons blown up by someone else stay until they deflate on their own.

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            • Loonyguy2020
              Member
              • Mar 2020
              • 65

              #7
              Re: Is it hard for you to discard old balloons?

              Yes,but...

              I like to collect them from stores (advertising ones)
              I like to keep the ones I received from contacts even quite long time ago.
              Once blown and if not popped ... I keep them for another "session".
              If they are wrinkled after deflation, they can be given a second life with heating via hot air from a hair dryer.
              So ... keeping them beyond a year is not cool.
              I just threw a shoe box full of rotten ones ... wasteful

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              • craggy2012
                Senior Member
                • Jan 2012
                • 824

                #8
                Re: Is it hard for you to discard old balloons?

                Small ones go in the bin, big ones I keep the shards if they’ve popped and a friend makes floggers and cat o nine tails out of them

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                • ugurano
                  Member
                  • Jan 2017
                  • 62

                  #9
                  Re: Is it hard for you to discard old balloons?

                  im cleaning old ballons

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                  • Loon119
                    Senior Member
                    • Jun 2018
                    • 226

                    #10
                    Re: Is it hard for you to discard old balloons?

                    I tend not to get rid of balloons really I let them go down naturally. Although sometimes the wife will decide to burst several of my old balloons so thats usually very enjoyable

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                    • marja

                      #11
                      Re: Is it hard for you to discard old balloons?

                      For me it is difficult to throw away old balloons. With old balloons, I mean balloons I bought years and years ago. Some are very rare and I just have a few (or one) and that's the reason I didn't use them. Safe them for a special occasion, or for the moment I have more time to play with them. But that moment never comes and the balloons get old and there quality decreases. So I do have to throw away a big part of my collection. But I don't want to...

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                      • MichaelLoona
                        Junior Member
                        • Apr 2020
                        • 19

                        #12
                        Re: Is it hard for you to discard old balloons?

                        I'm not sure if I really have a hard time with throwing away my old balloons, I just don't do it that often. I just like to keep them around as long as I can and I'm talking about the ones that are blown up, but of course it does come to a point in time that I do have to discard them. As far as my stash goes, I rarely throw any away unless its super obvious that they are garbage. So after reading what I just wrote, I guess I do have a hard time with it after all lol.

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                        • numpty1
                          Junior Member
                          • Apr 2020
                          • 9

                          #13
                          Re: Is it hard for you to discard old balloons?

                          I am new here so hello everyone.
                          I find it hard to discard balloons even when they have burst, unless they are the small 12" type. The balloons I save I glue together and make Frankenstein balloons from them. My most recent is from a doll balloon that burst way too early, I am using the neck section and have created a very stretchable 18-20" balloon from it. Lock down prevents me from trying it out. In the past I have glued 36" rounds to the end of a GL500, that was amazing.
                          I use copydex glue it works well. Anyone else do the same?

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                          • wickj9698
                            Junior Member
                            • May 2020
                            • 2

                            #14
                            Re: Is it hard for you to discard old balloons?

                            Please describe it briefly

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                            • Ryan556
                              Member
                              • Sep 2016
                              • 70

                              #15
                              Re: Is it hard for you to discard old balloons?

                              For me its a yes and a no. Usually I keep all my balloons but recently I finally went through my collection from over the past 5 years and had to throw some out as they had developed defects or holes from sitting for so long. It was hard getting the courage to throw away some of the balloons since I have memories attached to them but in the end it felt good so have more room in my stache since im ordering more in a few weeks.

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