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[Creepin_pyro]

Here is some lovely Nitrated cotton string:



Would I be doing a silly/dangerous thing by using it as a core for blackmatch? Well, I did, anyway . Using one strand, the resulting blackmatch is extremely thin (<1mm) and flexible, much moreso than any of my previous attempts with normal cotton. Uncoated, the string burns FAST, just like flash paper, but when coated with BP, it burns about 1second per inch. It ignites SOO easily, does NOT go out, and leaves very little ash. It burns through everything I've tried so far.
Here's a little pointless video of it happily burning under a brick:

4.3Mb of blackmatch - not very interesting.

I would just like to know if anyone has used/heard of nitrated string being used in this way.

So..... I take it no one has heard of the stuff?

Edited by Creepin_pyro, 12 June 2004 - 01:18 PM.

[kaltogulash]

Looks interesting, where did you get it?

[Stuart]

I think a good question would be why would you want to use it? Normal string makes perfectly good black match, why introduce something that can flash through?

[Creepin_pyro]

I use it because it works so much better than the blackmatch I've made from normal string. I've never been able to make <1mm thin, flexible match quite like this. Not a single flash through yet, and I've burnt loads of the stuff.... each to his own :-)

[adamw]

That will be the world's most expensive blackmatch!. Dont try using it as a safety fuse... and just because it hasn't flashed-over yet doesnt mean it wont... be careful!!