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[soulx]

A 3/4 Tube (m 80 size , so ive bene told), filled with BP, sealed with the paper plugs, then dipped into air drying clay to seal it.. my question is this, would this create a banger that is going to produce a loud bang and flash , or is it going to pop out the paper plug and clay sealing and go off like a flare?

Reason im asking this question is because i recently read about a guy who made like 200 bangers to find out they were all going off like flares and not actually exploding in the tube..

Thanks in advance, sorry if it is a dumb question , new to the firework making business ;p

[Asteroid]

depends how well milled it is. If you've ball milled it for a few days it should work fine, if not, then yes, chances are tore will be a small report and a flare

[soulx]

depends how well milled it is. If you've ball milled it for a few days it should work fine, if not, then yes, chances are tore will be a small report and a flare

Itll be balled milled for quite some time yes.. it still wont produce a good banger? is it because of clay sealing? i thought industry bangers used clay to seal?

[pyromaniac303]

Would that not produce flying pieces of clay 'shrapnel' ?!

I always took the paper-only approach and never had a problem.

[soulx]

Would that not produce flying pieces of clay 'shrapnel' ?!

I always took the paper-only approach and never had a problem.

well in my opinion its no different to hardend glue , hard glue propelled at high speed could do the same amount of dmg as clay propelled at high speed, and clay has more of a chance of shattering/crumbling when the banger goes off than being propelled as shrapnel , where as glue is hard but flexible & would not shatter/crumble on explosion off the banger, just my opinion , maybe right maybe wrong but seems right to me.. and industrial bangers use clay in theres, ive never seen an industrial firework use glue as a seal.. that must tell you something... not that im saying theres anything wrong with glue, i know nothing about it , but if industrial bangers use clay and not glue, and if clay can shatter like 99% easier than hardend glue could, i think glue would be shrapnel before clay would.. you maybe saying how can glue be shrapnel if it doesnt shatter peices.. well it would be more of a flying bullet than flying shrapenl but its all the same in my opinion...

Edited by soulx, 05 November 2006 - 08:08 PM.

[Asteroid]

Surely the glue is more likely to stay in one piece, whereas clay will become more like dust? I prefer paper though

[Artopunk14]

Wrap it in Duct tape, safe and works very well.

[adamw]

We don't really like talking about bangers here. And as for the person who made 200 bangers which didn't work: serves them right!