Need football help...

[Oh8ch]

I bought my grandson a new football and it says to inflate it to 12 pounds.

I have been pumping it up for half an hour. It is ready to explode but still weighs the same as when I started.

Should I be filling it with something other than air? Suggestions?

 

[FCollinsBuckeye]

I bought my grandson a new football and it says to inflate it to 12 pounds.

I have been pumping it up for half an hour. It is ready to explode but still weighs the same as when I started.

Should I be filling it with something other than air? Suggestions?

 

[scooter1369]

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[Muck]

Awaiting TG05's masterful response

 

[LoKyBuckeye]

you're using the wrong kind of air.... deflate it and pump the ball up OUTSIDE.

 

[BB73]

Put it on the ground when you inflate it. The heavier air sinks.

 

[BB73]

I have been pumping it up for half an hour. It is ready to explode but still weighs the same as when I started.

Is this a new weight-loss program for your wife? At your age, lasting a half-hour is commendable.

 

[ImFrigginFly]

pump it up until it feels like it should feel. just. wow.

 

[IronBuckI]

pump it up until it feels like it should feel. just. wow.

HAHA, you gave real advice.

 

[craigblitz]

OMG I haven't laughed this hard in years.....lol Great stuff

Thanks Methomps

 

[PrincessPeach]

Your problem is that it's June... Summer air, dude...

Everyone knows that footballs need fall air...

Sheesh...

 

[methomps]

OMG I have this hard in years.....lol Great stuff

TMI

 

[Pheasant]

I had this same problem once....undo some of the stitches and put in a bunch of lead fishing weights (the big, old school ones) until you get up to about 9 pounds. It says to go up to 12, but that sonofabitch will hurt like hell trying to punt it with any more weight in it.
Don't forget to stitch it back up, I almost lost an eye when one of the weights came flying out when I was catching the ball.

 

[Buckin' A]

Fill it with nitrogen......

 

[Buckeyeskickbuttocks]

Nitro wont work, it's lighter than air... Oh8ch, what you need to do is what the pro's do.. fill it with some buckshot, then any kind of air that you wish.