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lindsey22295 Posted Tue 09 Oct, 2007 1:54 AM |
Does anyone know what the substance inside of a stress ball generally is? If you don't know what a stress ball is it is:
Is it sand or something like that? Cause it also feels sort of gelly?? |
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ElspethOllie Posted Tue 09 Oct, 2007 1:56 AM |
lindsey22295 wrote: Is it sand or something like that? Cause it also feels sort of gelly??
I've had some that are sand. |
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lindsey22295 Posted Tue 09 Oct, 2007 1:57 AM |
| Hmmmmm. Do you think flour would have the same effect? |
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ashleyb Posted Tue 09 Oct, 2007 2:08 AM |
lindsey22295 wrote: Hmmmmm. Do you think flour would have the same effect?
Are you trying to make one or something? but I imagine flour might work, though I've never really tried squeezing the stuff before... |
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Nikki Posted Tue 09 Oct, 2007 2:47 AM |
I have a mouse pad at work with a gel-filled thingy attached for your wrist to rest on and I always squeeze it and punch it when I'm stressed! lol! (My computer freezes at work all the time!!!) Sometimes I get the urge to just poke a hole in it with my pen to see what's inside.
This is such a random question, LOL... :P |
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Turtleneck Posted Tue 09 Oct, 2007 1:17 PM |
My daughter had a squishy ball that broke open last month. I was kind of glad it did because I was dying to know what was in it! Did you ever do that experiment in science class where you mix white glue and Borax? It's like that stuff. It's not sticky, but just gelatinous. It sticks to itself, but nothing else. It got all over my daughter's hands, but I was able to clean it up by just gathering it up.
You're probably too young to remember Stretch Armstrong, but the stuff in there was like a weird thick, black jelly. Different stuff, but that's a possibility, too.
Some stress balls have sand or microbeads, I think. The "make your own" recipes call for cornstarch.
You could always sacrifice one and find out! |
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weirdmom Posted Tue 09 Oct, 2007 5:21 PM |
Turtleneck wrote: You're probably too young to remember Stretch Armstrong, but the stuff in there was like a weird thick, black jelly. Different stuff, but that's a possibility, too.
I remember Stretch. Someone gave a friend got one recently as a joke and she tried to give it to my son figuring he would dig it like we did when we were kids. He was totally freaked out by it! Not sure why but I thought it was funny that it scared him. |
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Andrew Posted Tue 09 Oct, 2007 6:20 PM |
"There are many types of stress balls. Many are a closed-cell polyurethane foam rubber. This type of stress ball is made by injecting the liquid components of the foam into a mold. The resulting chemical reaction creates carbon dioxide bubbles as a byproduct, which in turn creates the foam.
Stress balls, especially those used in physical therapy can also contain gel of different densities inside a rubber or cloth skin. Another type uses a thin rubber membrane surrounding a fine powder. The latter type can be made at home by filling a balloon with baking soda. Some balls similar to a footbag are marketed and used as stress balls." |
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