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p It may be necessary to grind the aluminum powder in a strainer in order to work out the lumps. The
powder must be 400-600 mesh (measure of how fine the powder is).[2]

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p The correct ratio of potassium perchlorate to aluminum for any quantity of flash powder is 7:3.
p To make a 3.5g mix (perfectly suitable for a small "bang"), weigh out 2.5 grams of the potassium and 1
gram of the aluminum.

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impact sensitive, you may have unwittingly made a very, very unstable concoction.
 p The best way to mix the powders together is to put them on a sheet of paper and tilt and shake the
sheet, so that the chemicals roll over each other and mix slowly.[3]
p Another method is to pour all of the chemicals into a ziploc bag, spray it with anti-static spray, and
slowly mix the chemicals by shaking the bag. However, there is some debate as to the safety of this
method, so if you do use it be sure to spray the bag with anti-static spray in order to reduce the chance
injury.

A common method for commercially prepared flash powders is to combine the two powders in a capped plastic
bottle and roll it gently between your hands to mix the powders.

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This is the traditional homemade smoke bomb, except instead of making small cookie-sized smoke
bombs, you pour the smoke bomb mixture into a toilet paper tube. You wrap the outside of the tube
with foil so that the smoke and fire will escape out the top of the tube. Finally, you take the fountain
outside and light the edge of the toilet paper tube.

1. ¦rap the bottom and sides of an empty toilet paper tube with aluminum foil. The purpose of the
foil is to direct the fountain upward.
2. In a skillet, mix together 1/2 cup of sugar with 1/2 cup of potassium nitrate.
3. Stir the mixture over medium heat.
4. Continue cooking the smoke bomb fountain mixture until it is brown and well-mixed.

Remove the mixture from heat and pour or spoon it into the foil-wrapped tube. Allow the tube to
cool so you can handle it.

5. Take the fountain firework outdoors and place it on a fire-safe surface, away from trees or
buildings.
6. Light the toilet paper tube on fire with a long-handled lighter or match. Move away from the
fountain.
7. After the firework is done, douse the area with water to make sure the fire is out.

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• -ne way to make smoke is to craft a smoke bomb, but you can make a smoke powder, too. Here
are some formulations for colored smokes. The parts or percents are by weight. Basically what you
do is measure the ingredients, sift them together to mix them, and ignite the powder to produce
smoke. Up to 2% sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) may be added to slow the combustion/cool the
reaction, if necessary. Charcoal - 5 parts
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• ¦ood dust - 3 parts

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• para-nitroaniline red - 65%
• Lactose - 20%

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• Synthetic indigo - 26%

• Auramine (yellow) - 15%
• ¯otassium chlorate - 35%
• Lactose - 26%

Reference: The formulations for colored smoke bombs came from ¦outer's ¯ractical ¯yrotechnics, who
cited the ¦outer's website is very helpful. Though I didn't see recipes for other colors of smoke, he
has an extensive list of formulas for colored fireworks, which you may be able to adapt to make
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If you can order chemicals, here are some of the dyes used to produce more colors:

Red:
Disperse Red 9 (older formulation)
Solvent Red 1 with Disperse Red 11
Solvent Red 27 (C.I. 26125)
Solvent Red 24

-range:
Solvent Yellow 14 (C.I. 12055)

Yellow:
Vat Yellow 4 with benzanthrone (older formulation)
Solvent Yellow 33
Solvent Yellow 16 (C.I. 12700)
Solvent Yellow 56
-il Yellow R

Green:
Vat Yellow 4 with benzanthrone and Solvent Green 3 (older formulation)
Solvent Yellow 33 and Solvent Green 3
Solvent Green 3
-il Green BG

Blue:
Solvent Blue 35 (C.I. 26125)
Solvent Blue 36
Solvent Blue 5

Violet:
Disperse Red 9 with 1,4-diamino-2,3-dihydroanthraquinone
Solvent Violet 13

¦ikipedia was the resource used for this list, with no citation of the author's reference, so use care if
you try these additional dyes. If you know of a reliable reference for additional colored smoke
formulations, please feel free to contact me.

recipes as originating from L.¯. Edel, "Mengen en Roeren", 2nd edition (1936).

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Next, you'll want to sift the ¯otassium ¯erchlorate through a very fine screen or strainer to break up any
small lumps. There are many strainers available in kitchen supply shops and it's important to get the proper
kind. The screen mesh (the size of the holes in the screen) should be much, much smaller than an ordinary
window screen. You want a strainer with the finest mesh possible. You should not be able to move the
individual wires that make up the screen if you try to with your fingers. Using a screen like this will defeat
the purpose. Large clumps will simply move the wires and make the holes bigger allowing larger particles to
go through. These type screens may cost around $2.00 to $5.00, but a good quality Stainless Steel screen
with a very fine mesh (a mesh that won't slide around) will probably cost you closer to $10.00 or $12.00.
You can find these type of strainers at some supermarkets, and kitchen supplystores (try your local mall).
¦eigh out 30 grams of German Aluminum powder. It will not be necessary to sift the Aluminum powder
through a screen.

Mixing

There aremany ways to safely mix Flash ¯owder, we're going to show you the two mostpopular. -ne
involves shaking the two in a plastic baggie, the other involvesplacing the two chemicals on a sheet of paper
and gently lifting oppositecorners until the composition is well mixed. This second technique is normallyused
with more sensitive mixtures, but there are those who only feel comfortablemixing any explosive mixture
this way. ¯ersonally, we use the plastic baggietechnique.

¯our the 2 chemicals on a sheet of paper¯our the chemicals into a Zip-Loc plastic baggie, making sure not to
get any powder on the bag seal. If you do, the bag will not seal properly. Although this type of Flash ¯owder
mixture isn't very sensitive to static charge, we just like to add this optional step for the hell of it. "Static
Guard" is a spray that you can find in your local supermarket/grocery store in the laundry supply aisle. It
works great at dissipating static charges on a variety of materials. ¦e like to spray it on just about
everything (even our clothing) for added protection.
-n the other hand, we've fired 8" electrical discharges from a Van DeGraffelectrostatic generator, directly
into piles of this type Flash ¯owder and neverhad an ignition. ¦hy then, do we bother to use Static Guard?
The only answer is:"why not?". It's always better to be safe, than sorry, and why nottake a few extra
precautions when working with high energy materials? There'salways the possibility of some weird 1 in a
million chance of an unusual occurrence,so why not take the extra second, spend the extra $2.00 and buy
some addedsafety insurance.
So, with that said, spray some Static Guard on your Zip-Loc baggie. Shake the bag well to blend the 2
chemicals together.

¯our the mixture out, onto a sheet of paper, and you've got a 100 gram batch of damn strong 70/30 Flash
¯owder.

-ther Flash ¯owder Formulas

The following are specialpurpose Flash ¯owder formulas that find use in some magic tricks (when lit as
aloose powder),
but most do not perform well in salutes (exploding fireworks).

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