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Blow up the balloon as much as possible. Then, usingapaper clip or clamp, close off the balloon's lip to keep theairinside. Next, attach the pump needle or straw/stirrer totheballoon and insert the other end into the ball'shole.Release the paper clip or clamp, and the air will begin totransferinto the ball.
Considering this, how do you inflate without a pump?
Method 2 Inflating Without a Pump
- Use a hair dryer if there is no pump available.
- Use a vacuum cleaner or shop vac.
- Use a bike or tire pump.
- Use a garbage bag.
- Inflate it with your breath if all else fails.
- Find a paper clip or a pen.
- Wet the tip in a lubricant like the coconut oil.
- Insert the paperclip open end into the valve.
- Ask your friend to squeeze the ball with both hands oneitherside of the valve.
Just so, how do you inflate a basketball at a gas station?
Method 1 Using a Pump
- Get an air pump. Purchase a decent air pump for balls ifyouhave not done so already.
- Attach the needle to the ball. Connect your needle tothepump.
- Begin pumping. Start pumping your ball.
- Ball your heart out. Once you have a well inflatedbasketball,you're ready to take it to the courts.
- Push the nozzle into the hole of the valve.
- Keep working the nozzle in, until it's in as far as the endofthe neck of the nozzle.
- If you squeeze the ball and feel air coming from the nozzle,youhave successfully inserted the nozzle.
- Secure the inflation guide to the nozzle.