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Experiment 1
September 7, 2007
Since I have a big old cone of nylon
string, I thought I'd see if it would work when coated
and wound around a balloon. Hoping to make some orb-y
things, maybe coat them with GITD paint when dry.
But nylon doesn't wanna absorb the
paste like cotton will. The balloon deflated quickly and
this is what resulted. Interesting but not an orb.
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September 8
It's easy to coat a balloon with
paper strips. Kids made pinatas with it all the time.
The first attempt probably woulda worked if I had kept
track of layers, but I must only have put on 2 layers.
What I
learned: commit to doing all 4 layers before
stopping to pet small cute dog.
What else I
learned: a balloon only partially covered and
left in the hot sun deflates quickly. |
Every attempt to continue
resulted in
more dents, so I gave it up as a
lesson
in what not to do.
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September 10
A balloon successfully covered
with 7 layers of newspaper and one of heavy duty drawing
paper.
Yes you see a dent, courtesy
of Tony, my just-turned-2 year old grandson. I let him
have the wounded balloon above to play with and he let
rip. He thought it was pretty slick of Grandma to hide a
balloon inside for him to find. |
Then he saw the one on the
table...
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 Here's
the culprit |
