How Balloons Are Made
Balloons are made from latex and the colors are added by the pigment mixed into the latex. Latex comes from the sap of a rubber tree or Heveabrasiliensis which grows in Malaysia. Once the sap is collected, it is mixed with accelerators, curing agents, color, oil and water to make it apt for balloon production. After all of these are mixed, they are formed by machines then baked for 20-25 minutes in 200-220 degrees Fahrenheit. When cured, balloons are removed from their form.
Here are the steps they go through when they are created by automated machines:
• acid bath is done once every eight hours or every round
• a clean water bath of refreshed water
• brushing is done
• warming the bath to 70 – 80 degrees Celsius
• first coagulant bath is used for beading the edge of the balloon (70 degree Celsius)
• then, the second coagulant bath for the balloon (70 degrees Celsius)
• they are then placed in the oven for drying the coagulant (when doing this, you must remember to give the bath an appropriate slant, and leave it upright too. This way you will be able to make sure that you get a good result)
• after that you allow the latex to dip
• Back to the oven for setting latex film
• beading
• leaching
• use two ovens usually within a temperature range of 80 – 90 degrees Celsius
• you will need to cool it down, and this you can do through the use of 2 tanks
• through the use of rollers or the air, you can then do the stripping
How Balloons Are Made