Hi folks, I've got a 36" balloon that I want to fill with gunge, looking for ideas on how to get it filled. Necks too big to use the plastic bottle method!? TIA!

36" balloon, assuming roughly spherical, is over 3000 litres!

That's over 3 tones if filled with water.

Find somewhere reinforced, film it and good luck!

Hmmm, that sounds interesting but this must be 36 inch inflated! Not quite 3000 tons but sounds like one of those climb in balloons, would be so so messy if it would work!!

3000 litres to fill (not 3000 tonnes), but I see where you are going now. Bit of filling then climb in, bounce around.

Too be honest, if you can climb in then you can get a bucket through the neck, just have to keep topping up the air each time. Or maybe jug and pour, then out quickly to minimise air loss. Would need help with that though.

Good luck!
https://umd.net/profile/i/goodcleanmud/section/videos/video/human-slime-balloon-fail

Again, I wish lol! Can't get inside this one, hopefully get it filled with gunge though

I think you might have confused a 36" diameter with a 36" radius. I make it just over 400l.

Whatever lol, how the f I'm I gonna fill it lol

How many balloons do you have? I'd have thought the gunge would just keep it open and filled, especially if it was thicker stuff. Otherwise are there any hose type attachments that would go from bottle top screw to a larger head that the opening would grip. Or... you just put the opening of the balloon further up the bottle and hold on for dear life

Just the 1, would get more if it works! I'm going to try a super soaker with some MS gunge so hopefully it works without the gunge having to be too runny!

this reminds me of the Slo-Mo Guys videos with the giant water balloons

Nope: https://www.google.com/search?q=36+inche+diameter+shpere+volume&rlz=1C1CHBF_en-GBGB939GB939&oq=36+inche+diameter+shpere+volume&aqs=chrome..69i57j33i10i22i29i30l4.8727j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

But it's a moot point as filling it is the question, so 3000 or 400 litres is still a hell of a lot and the neck is too big to hold open without the air escaping.

Only 2 ways I can see:
1. A pump to force gunge in and inflate the balloon.
2. Fill small balloons with gunge and put them in the bigger balloon, keep inflating. Then whay you have finished (in about a week) pop the smaller balloons.

Another way:

Fill a large container with Gunge POWDER.

Inflate the balloon a bit and attach the container to the balloon.

Invert it so let the powder fall into the balloon and the air replace the powder so not spray everywhere.

Fill the balloon with warm water from a hose, this will inflate the balloon due to the pressure of the water.

Mix by shaking often to avoid lumps.

Might be on to a winner there Silver Sea, was thinking of putting the powder in first, fits perfect on the bath tap actually!

Yeah, relying on Google Search to get a calculation out of a text string was maybe not the best idea. When I follow that link I can see the same answer as you, a table with values in five different units (including 3,202.6 litres) and "2 more rows." And if I click on that to see what units the 2 more rows are in, it goes here: https://www.calculateme.com/shape-volume/sphere/36-inches and it's radius-based.


https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/duty_calls.png

Fair enough, google is not the best and you are right on the maths. It is 400 litre = 400 kg of water.

Mathematically I was wrong, though the issues stays the same: it's still a massive weight/amount of gunge and filling it was the real problem.

Do love some XKCD though, so have an additional Kudos point

I've had a think about this now, going to try filling the balloon with powder then using a hose on the hot tap to fill the balloon which will be sitting in the inflatable bath with me! Bonus points if i can get it to deflate the gunge into my boxers!

36 inch balloons are pretty standard for riding in the balloon fetish community, as for climbing in, Climb-in balloons are 72 or 80 inch typically.
As for filling it, that is gonna be weighty, and hard to manage.
Even loading 6 lbs of chocolate syrup into a 12 inch party balloon can make them a bit interesting to handle, and the ones I've loaded with a gallon of water I have to practically hug to transport. You have to remember the balloon will flex and wobble around your hands.
You'd definitely need a frame or large large large bowl to cup a 36" while it fills to also not have the issue of the weight of the liquid just trying to push out like a pancake stretching the bottom, as I assume you want the balloon/globe shape. Goodluck!!! And please take pics for science!!!