From: "Mark S. Segal" <segalpuppets-AT-comcast.net> To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org> Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:17:04 -0400 Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] ping pong balls - eyes Got a suggestion.... don't use those! I do use ping pong balls for eye bases... never had a problem...at least so far. One puppet that I did use them for did get a shattered eye last year... Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Hudert" <heyhoot-AT-mindspring.com> To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org> Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 2:29 PM Subject: [Puptcrit] ping pong balls - eyes > Just curious... > > I've used ping pong balls as the base for eyes many times. I just > pulled out a box that I store the supply of balls in and found that > about two dozen were in various advanced stages of deterioration. Yep, > you read that right. Most had turned brown and partially or completely > crumbled. Now this is not a bad thing if you are using them for > ping-pong and they get damaged. It's nice that they biodegrade. > However, if you're using them on a puppet and hope to have them last > for a long time, it's not such a good thing. They were Halex brand, > still in the plastic they were purchased in (several years ago). I > thought at first that perhaps it was the plastic of the packaging that > caused the deterioration, but they were stored with others of a > different brand that were in the same box and none of the others - > including those in contact with the plastic of the Halex packaging, > were even discolored. > > Any one else with this experience, or should we just use this as a > warning to stay away from Halex brand ping pong balls for puppet eyes? > > BTW, all of these balls are stored in the same cardboard box, so all > are equally out of the light and other exposure. Only the Halex brand > has deteriorated. I thought it possible, but not likely, that these > balls started out as yellow and maybe that had something to do with it, > but in closer examination some of the balls are still mostly white but > equally deteriorated and breaking down. > > Christopher > > > _______________________________________________ > List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org > Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit > Archives: http://www.driftline.org _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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