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Step 6Dry
Dry the wrapped balloon for 24 hours in a temperature stable environment. I placed some garbage bags down in my bathtub to protect against drips and hung the globes from some extra crochet thread.
Hot air expands, so heat = a tight balloon. I cranked up my electric heater and put a small fan in there too to circulate the air. This method worked well.
I'm pretty adamant about the importance of this step and here's why...the first two globes that I made just dried in my living room, and throughout the course of the night (cold), next day (warmer) and then night (cold) when they were finally dry, the balloon had changed volumes multiple times and distorted the sphere significantly.
Hot air expands, so heat = a tight balloon. I cranked up my electric heater and put a small fan in there too to circulate the air. This method worked well.
I'm pretty adamant about the importance of this step and here's why...the first two globes that I made just dried in my living room, and throughout the course of the night (cold), next day (warmer) and then night (cold) when they were finally dry, the balloon had changed volumes multiple times and distorted the sphere significantly.
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