How do I use HI FLOAT?

Hi,

This is my first balloon bouquet, I need help with the latex balloons - how do you treat the balloons with the "HI-FLOAT" treatment?

I blew up some 11" balloons with helium last night, but when I came home from work the balloons were limp and not floating any more. What can I do to keep them up high?

Please help me,
Thanks
Singyit

ANSWER: How to Treat Latex Balloons With Hi-Float

I'm sorry to hear that you had troubles keeping your helium-filled latex balloon floating long enough. Treating them with Ultra High-Float is just the right thing to do.

Here are the basic steps for applying Hi-Float:

1. Slide the balloon neck onto the pump nozzle and inject the Hi-Float deep inside the balloon. Make sure to inject into the bulb of the balloon, not the neck itself.

2. Push the pump plunger down as far as it will go. That will inject just the right amount of Hi-Float for an 11" balloon.

3. Carefully remove the balloon from the pump.

4. Gently rub the balloon a few times between your fingers to spread the Hi-Float evenly over the inside surface of the balloon.

5. Make sure to hold the balloon neck upwards and leave it open whilst rubbing to allow air to escape and prevent liquid from entering the balloon neck.

6. Inflate the balloon with helium and tie a knot.


Other tips that will increase the floating time of your balloons:

Use high quality latex balloons. They will keep the helium longer than cheap ones from the super market.

Use high quality helium. We had some bad experiences with helium that had too much air mixed into it.

Keep your bouquet within a dry and moderately warm environment. Humidity and extreme temperatures decrease floating times.

I hope that helps. Good luck with your very first balloon bouquet.

Please also check out my Hi-Float experiment article for more information about this amazing product, including an instructional video.