Review on Party Zealot Balloon Column Flowers by Robert Jaskolski

This is amazing! That's more than enough for a 20 foot balloon arch. We did a bow for graduation at our school. I used an electrical cord to form the arch (available at any electronics or hardware store) - it's a gray channel and the clips slide over it fairly tightly. (Take a clamp to the store when you get the cable to make sure it slides well.) The electrical cable stretches out about 2 or 3 inches at one end, allowing one part to slide inside the other, around to connect them. . I spliced them together when we started and cut off the flair on one of the ends to better fit the studs I'm using (more on that in a moment). I think I bought 1/2" pipe, but you can check the size at the store. Aside from testing, the tubing was not attached to the bases until all the balloons were ready. For the bases I used two pieces of 3/4" plywood, about 18" x 18". 12x24" will do or whatever, gives or takes a half foot or so and doesn't have to be 3/4" thick .You can color it if you want,we kept it simple.I drilled a hole in the center of the plywood and put the longest bolt I could find through each one to fit the pipe (think 8 inches ).about $2.50 each). Tip for inflating balloons (I used my compressor to inflate them) - get a box or modify the box so you can estimate that size very accurately with the box, if your balloons are the right size, that is, inflate the balloons until the sides are just snug against the box, then tie or inflate a balloon, take a long piece of cardboard and wrap it around the balloon, so you can inflate the rest to the brim the same size we have sch nell noticed that this makes the arch more uniform. We used gold, silver and two black balls on each ring. helped, could tie a knot in a balloon. (Seriously! What's wrong with kids these days?!) And they seemed to have a really hard time grasping the simple pattern, making all 4 balloon rings the same way, and then when you press on the next set of balloons, the colors align the balloons. up and then rotate them about 45 degrees so the next layer is rotated slightly away from the balloons under about 45 degrees to help them pack together better. It worked well to connect the two parts of the duct together (one slides into the end of the other). We put the balls back on the ring, then we press the rings from both ends of the two attached parts of the tube (without glue) down to the center. to the ends of the tubing and then bent them up so the sockets are resting on the floor. (One of the kids who couldn't tie a knot and couldn't figure out what "turn 45 degrees" was actually came up with the idea of doing it instead of bending it and then trying to do the pipe onto the stud So there is hope for the future.) I don't remember exactly how many bullets went into the bow, I think it was only about 160 bullets. I've had several groups ask me if I could help them. Homecoming balloon arch, winter holiday balloon arch. So it seems that many people were happy with the results. But use a compressor to inflate your balloons and I'm not talking small 12 volt car tires; Things you would use with air nailers. Find a handyman or a carpenter or someone who will lend you one if you don't have one. And make sure you have helpers who know how to tie a balloon knot. With competent helpers, assembling a 20 foot bow would take about 45 minutes or less I think. Someone suggested bending the pipe and making big arches in which the name of our school would be written. It would be cool to see. This would definitely be doable with tees and elbows. But I think they were wrong when they thought I was so ambitious.