Just thought you people may like to know that willow charcoal powder is available here,
pretty much airfloat as far as I can ascertain. It is not listed on on the website online store at the moment, but I phoned the other day.
It is £30.00 for a 2kg tub + about £7.50 carriage. These people already supply it for pyro use and it seems to be the dogs dangly bits as far as quality is concerned. It may be a bit dearer than e-bay etc, but at least you know this stuff is already suitable for pyro use.
The link.
http://www.englishwi...yrotechnics.htm
Willow charcoal available here
Started by Mortartube, Sep 14 2008 01:11 PM
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Posted 14 September 2008 - 01:11 PM
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Posted 14 September 2008 - 06:57 PM
I can say that yes it is "OK" for pyro use BUT I had some to test a while ago and found it to be slightly slower than my home made Willow charcoal, its from art charcoal sticks so I believe slightly over heated during processing to aid that use.
I will say the price isnt bad as my home made stuff works out more costly to someone buying it from me due to the huge work involved in its manufacture, I have however about 9kg of willow just in that was made for me by a local charcoaler especially for me so if anyone wants any to test too say hi. If you need it airfloat I can run it through the mill too.
I will say the price isnt bad as my home made stuff works out more costly to someone buying it from me due to the huge work involved in its manufacture, I have however about 9kg of willow just in that was made for me by a local charcoaler especially for me so if anyone wants any to test too say hi. If you need it airfloat I can run it through the mill too.
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Posted 14 September 2008 - 08:09 PM
Reading Urbanski recently he has a whole topic on the temperature of charcoaling. He found that it does matter!
Davis gives BP charcoal as 13% organics and the organics are important to the burn.
Davis gives BP charcoal as 13% organics and the organics are important to the burn.
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Posted 15 September 2008 - 07:43 PM
Just thought you people may like to know that willow charcoal powder is available here,
pretty much airfloat as far as I can ascertain. It is not listed on on the website online store at the moment, but I phoned the other day.
It is £30.00 for a 2kg tub + about £7.50 carriage. These people already supply it for pyro use and it seems to be the dogs dangly bits as far as quality is concerned. It may be a bit dearer than e-bay etc, but at least you know this stuff is already suitable for pyro use.
The link.
http://www.englishwi...yrotechnics.htm
This is where i pick up my willow charchoal when i am in the area,and i can certainly vouch for the quality.
Particle size is roughly 20 mesh to airfloat.
If you are in the area they are happy for you to collect from the shop.
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