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I've got a couple of footballs that I'd like to put in display cases now that I have the extra room in my house, and wanted to know if there's a way to help with the deflation.

Is there a way to keep them firm without having to pump them with air when they deflate naturally?
 

Wes

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Card Magnet said:
I've got a couple of footballs that I'd like to put in display cases now that I have the extra room in my house, and wanted to know if there's a way to help with the deflation.

Is there a way to keep them firm without having to pump them with air when they deflate naturally?

Nitrogen doesn't seep like air - I know they use that for tires.
 

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Ahh, nitrogen...never thought of that. Now my next question - where can I find nitrogen to pump into them?

I thought the way I said the question might catch some eyes and get some more views, lol.
 

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LLWesMan said:
Card Magnet said:
Ahh, nitrogen...never thought of that. Now my next question - where can I find nitrogen to pump into them?

I thought the way I said the question might catch some eyes and get some more views, lol.

Costco.
Thanks for the response. Just one problem - there's no Costco within 50 miles, lol. I'll do some Googling and see if I can find somebody around here.
 

tramers

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guess newer aren't as good as old ones . i have a pee wee football from 1975 still half full - signed by team i helped coach . my doctor now was one of those players .
 

predatorkj

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If you were to have a fire in your home...couldn't that be potentially really dangerous to have a bunch of nitrogen filled footballs in your home?
 

70Chip

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Huh-huh, you said BALLS
 

Groat

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predatorkj said:
If you were to have a fire in your home...couldn't that be potentially really dangerous to have a bunch of nitrogen filled footballs in your home?

I don't believe so. Although many fertilizers and bomb-making materials have nitrogen compounds in them, I don't think that nitrogen itself is any worse then regular air. Now if you were to fill your balls with hydrogen, that would be a different story.
 

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Groat said:
predatorkj said:
If you were to have a fire in your home...couldn't that be potentially really dangerous to have a bunch of nitrogen filled footballs in your home?

I don't believe so. Although many fertilizers and bomb-making materials have nitrogen compounds in them, I don't think that nitrogen itself is any worse then regular air. Now if you were to fill your balls with hydrogen, that would be a different story.
Yes, hydrogen would be bad, lol.
 

David T.

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Check with any new tire retail outlets.
I know around here I've seen offers of free Nitrogen with the purchase of a set of new tires.
David
 

G $MONEY$

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Not sure on how to keep them firm but this is how you can clean them ;)


[youtube:25t71wzy]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtZKL74LgMg[/youtube:25t71wzy]
 

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Holy thread resurrection, Batman!

kentuckyderby - I've just got regular air in them because I couldn't find any nitrogen locally.

David T. - The only two I found said I could only use it for tires.

G $MONEY$ said:
Not sure on how to keep them firm but this is how you can clean them ;)


[youtube:1xr4yobn]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtZKL74LgMg[/youtube:1xr4yobn]
:lol:
 

Rickzcards

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Groat said:
predatorkj said:
If you were to have a fire in your home...couldn't that be potentially really dangerous to have a bunch of nitrogen filled footballs in your home?

I don't believe so. Although many fertilizers and bomb-making materials have nitrogen compounds in them, I don't think that nitrogen itself is any worse then regular air. Now if you were to fill your balls with hydrogen, that would be a different story.
Nitrogen is a inert gas and nonflammable. I used to use it to pump up fire sprinkler systems.
 

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