Gentleman
Would someone be kind enough to help sort my black powder problems?
1) I am not getting a fast burn
2) it leaves behind a pale blueish/yellow residue.
I am using Chempack sulphur chips from a garden centre, which look like pale grey hemispheres, ground down into a fine powder.
Lump wood charcoal of unknown origin again milled into a fine powder and then milled with the sulphur.
I tried to get Krista K but failed and came home with a sack of water soluble fertilliser with the following label
Potassium nitrate 13-04-46
Low in chlorine
Total Nitrogen 13.7%
of which Nitric Nitrogen 13.7%
Potassium Oxide soluble in water (k20) 46%
This came from a farmers supplier and so one would hope fairly pure etc but I have no training in chemistry and therefore have no idea if this is ok for black powder. It did say in bloody big letters on the sack 'Potassium Nitrate' though!
I mixed the chemicals by weight in the ratio 75:15:10 and then milled them for a few hours tipped some out and lit it
It would be great if you could help me to make really good black powder
Thanks
punnisher
Member Since 19 Apr 2007Offline Last Active Nov 06 2007 11:11 AM