I knew it involved leaking latex....

'Modern balloons can be made from materials such as rubber, latex, polychloroprene, or a nylon fabric' (WIKI). The sites where I have seen the recipes recommend a latex balloon, so I am hoping there is no aftertaste. And you should wash the balloon with mild soap and water first too. I saw this on Top Chef: Just Desserts first and thought it was brilliant!

>> ^bareboards2:

Midsummer night's dream, anyone?


Or Pinocchio?

LaTeX2html? It does need images though, which I don't know how to embed in comments.>> ^Ornthoron:

Great addition! If we can get the possibilty for LaTeX-formatting in the comments too, everything will be perfect!
(I am an ungrateful bastard; I know it.)

Great addition! If we can get the possibilty for LaTeX-formatting in the comments too, everything will be perfect!

(I am an ungrateful bastard; I know it.)

This would make great Halloween masks. Especially for those of us who are disgusted by latex.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'mask, old, man' to 'mask, old man, realistic, latex, false face, face off, disguise' - edited by lucky760

upvote for latex (only)

As an artist and a painter, there is nothing new here that I didn't already know or understand.
I had hoped he would zoom in more and identify the bonding precess of the latex particles.

Different types of paints bond differently. (oil, water colours, latex, acrylic, gouache, egg)

Acrylic is quite different than most paints as once the medium evaporates and the pigment binds, it cannot be redissolved.Once the barrier between the pigment particles is removed, the pigments bond to one another to become a larger particle, on and on until the paint is dry and the particles form one large piece of solid plastic - never again to be separated.

Water Colours have no binders in them at all so once the water evaporates, the pigment just drys on the paper. Re-introducing water again will lift the pigment again as the process starts over. (minus pigment particles that get caught in the tooth of the paper.)

Oil paints stick together in linseed oil and are bonded by the linseed. It causes a strong bond but oil paint can be dissolved again using the right solvents. A varnish is used not to adhere (or fix) the pigment but to both hide linseed imperfections and to protect the paint surface from scratches.

Latex paint is a rubber (unlike plastic acrylics) and the process for the drying is different again. Anyone ever watch a foam rubber pour?

With all the differences, this video gives a rather slim and elementary vision of what is going on. It's more a document of evaporation more than anything as we watch the water dissipate and leave the pigment behind to stack on itself.

I would really like to have seen the actual pigments bonding with each other. I would also have liked to have seen different paints in comparison.

hottest giant angry baby with a ripped and bloody latex dress on evar!

>> ^rottenseed:

Very coincidental that this represents the infancy of internet memes


this is the original internet meme as far as this sexy sun tanned latex toting sex god is aware.

Hehe, being covered head-to-toe with latex seemed to take some of the wind out of her sails... loved it when she finally had enough and had to take off the head thing.

Leather/Latex Fetish, Activate!

That sure is a lot of latex.
@kronosposeidon, you might like this.