6 replies to this topic

[pyromaniac]

does any1 know where to get aluminium powder preferably 400+ mesh?

[nickpatts]

not sure about 400+mesh but http://www.tiranti.co.uk/ do aluminium powder -250 if thats any use to you. bit smaller than you requested but the tin makes good use for making charcoal as some of you have found out

[robert johnson]

what do you need it for ? noise or stars. let me know and I will tell you where.as many types are available depending which one you want or a general all rounder.

[Pyromaster2003]

the aluminium powder from tiranti is 200 mesh. i bought a big tub of it and its not good for flash powder if thats what your looking for, its very good in fountains and rocket when mixed with black powder though. by the way...does anyone no where very fine aluminium powder can be bought in the UK for flash powder?

[Rhodri]

Hi Robert

I'd be intersted in Al for both 'noise' and 'stars'. Would you be prepared to let me know where I may purchase supplies?

Thanks

Rhodri

[BigG]

Few notes about the Aluminium from Tiranti ? as I saw that some were wondering about the purity of it.

Trianti AL is a 200 Mesh spherical stabilised AL powder. It is made from either commercial purity aluminium or secondary metal. What this means that sometimes the powder comes from a commercial quality alloy containing 99.5-99.7% AL and sometimes it comes from an alloy that has been recycled and contain 85-97% AL.

How can you know which one you are buying? You can?t. Tiranti don?t make products for Pyro ? they make it for the amateur and professionals sculptures. Aluminium powder mixed with gelcoat gives a very nice grey-mat effect to Lead/Tin based sculptures ? if you are into that sort of things

Trace elements that can be found except for aluminium include Iron, Silicon and other.

BigG