Balloon Printing

[Tim Jay]

Funnily enough my wife has just enquired about the same thing – she’s just set up in business as a party decorator specializing in balloon sculptures, you know – balloon arches and columns etc for weddings and parties and the like!

I know she received some samples in the post this morning, I’ll find out from her what she knows and report back to you later!

[Tim Jay]

This is the Company my wife is dealing with:

Balloons Direct
Lyn Court
Trowbridge
Wiltshire
BA14 6QJ

01225 784040

http://www.balloonsdirect.co.uk/

The print quality looks good – I’ve seen worse, and they use branded balloons.

Hope this helps.

[jamiet2k]

Also worth a try:

Talking Balloons
McGregor’s Way
Turnoaks Business Park
Chesterfield
S40 2WB

Tel: 01246 270555

[Jayne Marsh]

Thanks guys, thats great, I will contact them both for prices and samples
😀

[Kate and Danny]

I’ve heard good things about this company though not dealt with them myself

http://www.b-loony.co.uk

Kate

[John Wilson]

What process is used to put the images onto ballons?

I’ve thought about this for a while cos I know I can get some good work out of this with the local pub

[John Wilson]

quote John Wilson:

What process is used to put the images onto ballons?

Anyone?? 🙁

[Carrie Brown]

I know this has been discussed before …. but I cant find the thread?? I will keep looking and if I find it I will post it up …… but someone else might have the answer before then??

😀

[John Wilson]

quote Carrie Brown:

I know this has been discussed before …. but I cant find the thread?? I will keep looking and if I find it I will post it up …… but someone else might have the answer before then??

😀

Thanx Carrie 😀

I did a search and came up blank…….. well apart from this one really :lol1:

[Shane B]

quote John Wilson:

What process is used to put the images onto ballons?

I’ve always assumed it was pad printing (the same process used to print pens, golf balls etc.) I could be wrong tho, I know we’ve printed balloons before, but only in small runs.

[Alan Drury]

I think balloons are printed using the Flexi – Flexography method, don’t know the exact term but it uses a rubber type pad, very similar method is used for printing adhesive packaging tapes and a web style press. Local chap near me does printed tape at a competitive price and not large minimum orders if anybody is interested.
Alan

[John Wilson]

quote Shane B:

quote John Wilson:

What process is used to put the images onto ballons?

I’ve always assumed it was pad printing (the same process used to print pens, golf balls etc.) I could be wrong tho, I know we’ve printed balloons before, but only in small runs.

It would only be for small runs really

[John Wilson]

Does anyone here do balloon printing?

I’ve been asked by a few people lately and can’t find anyone decent enough to sub it too

[John Gregson]

Hi All,
I haven’t printed them myself but have seen a machine for sale on ebay that screen prints balloons. It looked like a t’shirt carousel with a compressor attached. Instead of platens it had a box like affair that, when inflated, the balloons fitted into to make them semi flat. The screen would come down onto this box and the image would be printed onto the balloon by hand. This would be for printing the latex kind of balloon, not the foil helium ones.

Cheers John

[Gordon Galloway]

How about this http://www.designerballoons.co.uk/
This is what they said about themselves on another forum.

"Hi, if you ever need balloons printed then pls give us a call on 0131 346 4446 and request trade prices. We screen print onto both latex and foil balloons at a price thats hard to beat, our quality, speed and friendly service is second to non. As for doing them yourself its not worth the bother you could have, ( believe me i know because i have been there) we can output more than 1000 / hour and keep a large range of colours and sizes in stock"

Gordon

[Imran Saleem]

Ballons Printing Process:
You can view here…
http://www.cgtrade.net/vue/video/empOJAJm-oU

[Paul Humble]

Magic Touch do balloons that you put through a normal printer somehow. Ive seen them advertised but never used one.

[David Rowland]

many years ago, we printed on hot air balloons?

[Mike Grant]

I once saw a program on TV that quickly showed a balloon being printed. The balloon was inflated, then held in front of a machine, I can only assume it was a pad printer, it was printed in a fraction of a second, then the balloon was placed upside down over a hole and left to deflate and then fall through the hole into a basket. All very quick and very boring for the operator.

[Mark Jahn]

I noticed some time ago that Home to Gifts sell them using ordinary desktop printers so it looks like they’d be ideal for short runs.

http://www.hometogifts.co.uk/balloons.htm

[James Langton]

Just to bore you, balloon’s are Screen printed by being blown up and then squashed by the screen and screen printed just a like a t shirt.

Foil balloons are not done the same way.

Here’s a picture of one.

http://www.belbal.com/images/bsp_08a.jpg

James