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I set off a bought firework in celebration the other day, a guy complained and got the police involved and I have always been open with the police and HSE etc that I test small amounts of comp every now and then. Today they came with a warrant under explosives act and seized 1000 pounds worth of chemicals from me under the grounds that its dangerous to store oxidizers and metals and that I am supposedly not allowed to store such things as potassium nitrate, calcium nitrate, sodium nitrate, sodium bicarbonate, barium sulphate, strontium carb etc etc as they could explode. What a load of tosh! the fire officer that came had no knowlage of chemicals whatsoever and yet tried claiming it would explode on its own if in contact with heat .

Im sooo angry at the moment and pretty darn upset to be honest, the guy said I can only have chemicals on an industrial site which is again a load of tosh. Any advice from the pro's here on what I can do? they didnt really go on about any manufacture of small test comps under the 100g exemption even though I listed it countless times and told them I didnt store though he had it in for the chemicals.

Does anyone know where I can obtain zinc flakes or fillings? I have fine Zinc powder though it doesnt work for what I want.