completebeginner

does anyone know of any formulas for the smoke b**bs that instead of slowly giving off smoke it just gives it all off in one poof. any help is appreciated

i had an idea one day on how to make those nija smoke balls you see in the movies using sugar potassium chlorate and sulfur now i know that chlorate and sulfur mixture are sensitive to impact and friction but the point wouild be that i would make a poof of smoke on impact. would the mixture just explode and if i mixed amounts around 5 grams at a time with less sulfur would it be safer? or should i just abandon the idea altogether?

hi i have tried a few time to make an areal saluet with no luck. i dont have access to time fuse or visco so i tried it with my black match which is decent quality. so i tried it every time it just explodes in the mortar destroying it. i have used 2 different methods firstly i just had a firecracker that fit the tube and launched it out with bp and i tried it so that i had a mortar that fit the salut and it was built like this http://putfile.com/p...115540.jpg&s=x1 so i was wondering if it is possible to use black match as a time fuse and what i would have to do to make it work

my first nonfountain firework. i ran out of dextrin when mixing the stars so it had half of the desired amount so the crumbled right when they were shot but i still think it was cool.

http://media.putfile.com/starmine1

the lift powder i am making is using charcoal briquettes i cant seem to find anything better . well i was wondering if it would be worth trying to make the lift powder for a roman candle out of that or if i should just keep looking for something else