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Thanks, everyone has been so helpfull, i am getting broadband in aprox. 2 weeks so i will ask less questions because i will watch the vids, thanks i have ground my powder again it is the consistency of fine flour, and my dextrin is " cooked" yesterday i added water to my bp to push it through a sieve bu it was either to runny or to powdery, by adding the dextrin it went to the consistency of wet clay, great, i pushed it through a fine sive to fine i think i am going to buy athicker sieve tomorrow, what size balls of bp would you recoment for use in a firecracker? also i am using a fuse made with a rizzla filled with bp, any guidence on how to make a small firecracker would be helpfull, once i have made this, i would like to start making fountains, mini rockets etc, any help would be great

Thanks everyone, i have just made by Bp , well actually its polverone, green powder, i cannot seem to get the consistency to push it through the sieve, i am in the prosses of making some dextrin, also the sieve is to fine, i would like to know what the best size is of granuals, i tested my polverone and it burns ok, reasonably quick, i dont know what speed to tell you. i know it should leave very little residue, it leaves a small blob of left over sulpher, is that normal, any help would be great, Thanks

Thanks to everyone for there help, i have bought my charcoal from the garden centre and i will now use it as i have now recived by Kno3 today, do most people who make this, buy there charcoal pre ground, surly the fun is not only in the use of making bp, i have found it to be fun and a challenge to make it, making the charcoal etc, i understand you get a better consisstency by using a ball mill but surely it is more fun and instresting to do it by hand ?, thanks every one, i will now go and make some bp

also i asked about making dextrin, is this needed, does it improve the mixture, i cannot watch the videos on youtube, i have dial up , anyones explanation would be usefull
also if i press the bp through a fine sieve will this produce the best granuale size, if not what is the best size? Thanks

Thanks that was very helpfull,
i just have some more questions, i have read that if you "cook" cornflour in an oven it will turn to somthing like dextrin, if not what is a good substitute, where could i purchase this, also , you do not metion alcahol, do i need to ad this , i am aiming for a quick burning powder, also i have got charcoal from the Garden centre, for putting into the soil, this is already ground quite fine, is this sutible, how else can i make fast powders, as you understand i was very dissapointed with my sodium chlorate powder, as it did not burn well, i would like my bp to be much better, thanks again

Hey thanks, could you please help me with some problems i have, it is in the post " black powder for begginers" http://www.pyrosocie...?showtopic=4720 sorry if i shouldnt post urls i did use sulpher i used the standerd 75:15:10 for bp but replaced Kn03 with sodium chlorate, thanks