11 replies to this topic

[juggalo_pyro]

hey everyone i was just woundering if anyone here had some easy formulas for a beginerlike me to tryout and add to my small excel database and please keep them small and simple with no pot.clorate or pot. preclorate thanks

lashes to ashes and lust to dust,
Steven

[Zmann]

hey everyone i was just woundering if anyone here had some easy formulas for a beginerlike me to tryout and add to my small excel database and please keep them small and simple with no pot.clorate or pot. preclorate thanks

lashes to ashes and lust to dust,
Steven

yes you could try some charcoal stars or d1 glitter stars here is the formula for d1 glitter
58 potassium nitrate
18 sulfur
11 charcoal
7 alum atomised 325 mesh
7 sodium bicarbonate
4 dextrin
this is an awesome formula with many little gold flashes.some people say that the percentage of pot-nit should be 53 but i tried it and it worked better with the 58. this works good as a pumped star be careful not to wet it to much 70\30 water/alcohol.

[juggalo_pyro]

thanks can you direct me to anywere that can tell me how to make stars and such like i said im new at this

[Frozentech]

thanks can you direct me to anywere that can tell me how to make stars and such like i said im new at this

Introductory Practical Pyrotechnics by Tom Perigrin
Fireworks Principles and Practices by Ronald Lancaster
Pyrotechnics by George Weingart
Passfire subscription web site ( www.passfire.com)

somewhat more advanced :
Fireworks, the Art, Science, and Technique by Takeo Shimizu
Chemistry of Pyrotechnics by John A. Conkling

for making good black powder:
Black Powder Manufacturing, Testing, and Optimizing by Ian Von Maltitz
Ball Milling Theory and Practice for the Amateur Pyrotechnician by LLoyd Sponenburgh

and the first places you should look:
www.ukrocketry.co.uk/forum
http://www.google.co...ars&btnG=Search

If you read the topics on this site, there is a great deal of information to be found !

Good luck and Stay Green !

[Frozentech]

thanks can you direct me to anywere that can tell me how to make stars and such like i said im new at this

Another web site that I forgot to mention is Skylighter's newsletter archive. ( Skylighter is a popular supplier of pyro materials in the US ) http://www.skylighte...es/articles.asp

[juggalo_pyro]

k thankes

[Maineiac]

Zmann,
D1 has 53% nitrate pure and simple. That's how it was designed and that is how it is. If you want to make something with 58% that's fine as experimentation is a good thing but it is not D1. A field such as this demands precision and formulas must be kept intact. One must be clear and succinct in what one is putting forth. That being said, how about coming up with a name for this glitter that is "based on the work of" Jack Drewes and Tom Rebenklau? Jack gave Tom a formula and Tom made an alteration to this formula thus D (Drewes) 1 (first modification). Not a slam towards you. Just trying to keep things accurate. And a name for that popular mod would be good to have.

juggalo_pyro,
Read read read read read. Spend money on books before chemicals. You like your body parts. People die (or wish they were dead) in this hobby every year. Regarding formulas, here is a very good reference:

Wouter Vissers' Composition Database

Keep it safe!

Edited by Maineiac, 09 January 2006 - 11:32 AM.

[juggalo_pyro]

haha thanks but i already have that one along with the PFP database on my internet favorites list

[koobee]

Formulas? Perhaps see above... pinned threads? Most my formulas come either off these forums or from PFP. David Blessers Round Sars and Shells is an amazing work with very good formulas as well. Check out Pyrotechnica Publications...

[firework55]

hey everyone i was just woundering if anyone here had some easy formulas for a beginerlike me to tryout and add to my small excel database and please keep them small and simple with no pot.clorate or pot. preclorate thanks

lashes to ashes and lust to dust,
Steven

hi

i think u could try a simple smoke grenade sugar and potassium nitrate

[MDH]

haha thanks but i already have that one along with the PFP database on my internet favorites list

Cannon fuse has the same one but it's more extensive.

You're a lucky bastard living in the US as a pyro. We can't "get" anything in canada and ironically enough we're a huge producer of perchlorate.

Edited by MDH, 03 November 2007 - 04:26 PM.

[Wyvern]

hi

i think u could try a simple smoke grenade sugar and potassium nitrate

Dude, this thread is over a year old lol

Edited by Wyvern, 04 November 2007 - 05:36 PM.