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[Sparky]

Hexamine to me and you...

 

My god what a pong. Does anyone else think it is the foulest smelling thing ever? I don't know what it is about it but it just gets into my nose and that's it I feel sick lol.

 

Now I know where that smell of overheating plugs came from in the good old days of bakelite 

 

 

 

 

[whoof]

Is not that the same stuff in sterno that some actually drink

Edited by whoof, 10 May 2013 - 01:17 PM.

[Sparky]

I don't think so, I'm fairly sure Sterno is alcohol based but in a jelly form. I know what you are thinking though as Sterno is used for stoves and hexamine blocks are used for military style ration stoves too. I'll be honest though, the hexamine blocks I've used for cooking hardly smell at all but this stuff stinks.

[pyrotrev]

Not that bad really, a bit fishy maybe - but then a bit of fish in the diet is meant to be good for you: and it helps make nice blue stars    If you want something really foul, try ethanethiol C2H5SH (or pretty well any other thiol for that matter)

Edited by pyrotrev, 13 May 2013 - 11:07 AM.

[whoof]

Foul, try mercaptan.

[PyroSkitz]

i love the smell , crystal smells a lot worse than ballmilled haha...wash it down with a bit of camphor to get rid of the smell lol...., i thought i heard somewhere that hexamine is used in milkshakes as a thickining agent, but maybe i heard wrong.

[Sparky]

I know there is stuff that smells worse but there is something about it that sticks in my nose and I actually felt sick lol. I bought it to make nice blues Trev, I have some AP so I'm looking forward to a making some stars with that.