With the continually soaring cost of helium and its lack of availability, finding air-filled solutions is extremely important to the ballooning community.
Creating designs using the PremiumConwin DecoCup™ + DecoCup™ is definitely the way forward, and today, I would like to share two videos with you featuring those accessories.
It's all about the Base!
In the first video, I will demonstrate how to create the central support for your designs. I have two methods:
1. Using a tile base with 2x DecoCups and 1x DecoCup
2. Using a sand-weight with 2x DecoCups and 1 x DecoCup
I show two different glue options to secure the DecoCups to the tile base.
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| If like me, you have unused Lomey Adhesive in your toolbox. |
This works very well for sticking a DecoCup to a ceramic tile base,
but it can take up to 24 hours to dry! I recommend using packing tape to hold the cup in place on the tile during the drying process.
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| Gorilla Glue works extremely well when you need to stick two items together that are made from different material. The down-side is the drying time as it can take up to 24 hours for the glue to bond successfully. Sand-Weights - using kiln-dried sand A sand-weight makes the perfect weight for a base, unlike a water-weight, a sand-weight can be moulded into shape and flattened and is very stable, it is also quick and inexpensive to make. Check out the video below to see how easy it is to make the base element for our air-filled designs.
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I have been creating air-filled balloon designs for many years now, and I have come to have a preference to air-filled over helium-filled designs. I feel that an air-filled design allows for more creativity and detail, and I prefer the end results!
Here are a few more of my air-filled arrangements, some using Deco Cups and Sticks.
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| The Happy Birthday foil in this design is actually helium-filled, but it could easily be replaced with an air-filled version on a Deco Cup & Stick |
I hope that this post has been helpful and given you a little inspiration!
Happy Ballooning!
Sue
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