methods for beach ball popping

[Super Nintendo Mario Man]

Is there any way to get a beach ball to pop like a balloon? Would high pressure air work?

[inbox_pm]

Re: methods for beach ball popping

Would high pressure air work?

It depends from a ball's quality. A goog welded ball will stretch much bigger and then do nice loud BOOM when entire seam will pop. Or just a small hole can appear, but in this case you can repair it and inflate again
The most funny way is a combination of overinflation and hard and fast ride. Under you a big bubble appears on a middle of a segment and then pops. For a ride place the ball "vertically" to reduce the load around a "poles", a known weak places of most of the balls.

[Super Nintendo Mario Man]

Re: methods for beach ball popping

Sounds interesting, I've always wanted to get some good loud pops out of a 42" beach ball.

[Danniballoon]

Re: methods for beach ball popping

Try stomping one on a concrete path... that makes plenty of noise

[Super Nintendo Mario Man]

Re: methods for beach ball popping

Love to give a one a nice squeeze pop, or gave a loud pop with a pin.

[Vicci]

Re: methods for beach ball popping

You'll never get one to pop with a pin, but you can get some good booms if you over inflate them - mouth or compressed air works - I have more luck with compressed air.

Also, they're more likely to go boom if they're cold as the vinyl doesn't stretch so much and just tears (this is also where compressed air helps, as that's cold too).

[glovepopper]

Re: methods for beach ball popping

Also, they're more likely to go boom if they're cold as the vinyl doesn't stretch so much and just tears (this is also where compressed air helps, as that's cold too).

It probably happened in this case - the low temperature did its job:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmc0y_laEuI

[craggy2012]

Re: methods for beach ball popping

You’ve got to get the entire seam to go! I’d go with slow overinflation using an inflator or a foot pump.

[heaviest]

Re: methods for beach ball popping

Bouncing will cause a panel to shred, rather than a split seam. It's pretty loud, too.

FWIW, loading a 20" or 24" ball with 600 pounds won't generally pop it. They'll usually hold that much weight, at least for a bit. When it does fail, it's usually a small split in the seam and then a fast deflate. Larger balls are actually less sturdy.