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String Pendant Lamp

Step 7Remove the balloon

Remove the balloon
Once the fabric stiffener is dry, remove the balloon from inside the string prison. 

First, pop the balloon with a pin.  If you're lucky, it will naturally start to shrink away from the string.  If not, you've got to start poking at it with a long object.  We used a screwdriver.  Bit by bit it will come away from the string and pretty soon it will come completely free. 

Cut the strings around the top that are holding it in place and pull it out.

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Oct 20, 2010. 9:52 AMiosonologio says:
I was using vaseline on the baloon before gluing wire to avoid sticking and was quite ok for me. thought it make the gum of the baloon to swell a bit and might lead to not sferical result.

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