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#16 fishy1

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Posted 25 March 2006 - 02:32 PM

[just one last question, how will these formulas work as stars?
if they don't, what is the deferens between these and stars formulas?
I don't think they'd be the best. For a start, using stuff like NaCl would give you severe consolidation, drying and storage problems, since it's hygroscopic: the only reason I used it in the coloured fire mix was easy availability and the fact that you're mixing just a few hours before burning, it would need to be replaced by sodium oxalate or cryolite. Secondly, if you're consolidating using water to damp the mix, you would need to add a water soluble binder such as dextrin or glutinous rice starch. Also you might want something slightly fiercer burning for stars; check some of the formulas pinned at the top level of this forum. There's a lot more to make good usuable fireworks than simply something that burns with a pretty flame.



yeah, for some of the formulae listed you might want to cut the colouring compound down a part or two.

btw, pyrotrev, to quote you need to put

[.quote]stuff to be quoted[./quote]

but remove the "."

#17 pyrotrev

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Posted 25 March 2006 - 06:54 PM

stuff to be quoted[./quote]

but remove the "."

sorry, eyes going, need a bigger monitor :blink:
Trying to do something very beautiful but very dangerous very safely....




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