Hmm. Very interesting. I was always wondering where to get potassium nitrate, and didn’t think to check at a garden store.
Alas, the video didn’t show how long the smoke bomb would burn for — it looked like it was a rather vigorous reaction, so I’m curious if it’d burn for a minute or two, or less.
I presume that without dye, it’ll release plain white smoke…
Greyish.
*ahem*
Friends of mine. Really. Promise!
I … errr. might have told them about this recipe, minus the dye. (not a bad idea!)
They … might have… mixed one up a wee bit bigger than the one in the video, using, or, might have been using, or would have had.. a coffee can to hold it.
Err, if this had ever happened, it (would have) produced a cloud of smoke that obscured the whole parking lot. The one for a large university. The on-campus students. 8000 were served by that lot. And the road. And it went for at least 5 minutes, that is, if it had happened and I knew about it and my friends had run like hell at that point. (Slowly, though, since they couldn’t see where they were going)
And the… well, if you try it, do it on a small scale first. 🙂 (What’s the statute of limitations on conspiracy?)
I got mine by walking up to the pharmacy in my local King Soopers and asking for a jar of saltpeter. Cost $4.
+1. sounds like fun to set up, although Bog knows what the local Law Enforcement in my area would think about it. (And I’d rather not get on MCSO’s bad side…)
I’ll have to look up that sections of the state code again. This might be interesting as an experiment under *controlled* conditions…
Great video. this is probably the easiest way to make a smoke bomb there is.
Be careful doing this. The video does not mention that you can cook it a little too aggressively, and smoke out the house. Once it goes it starts to burn fast. Do not heat this over high heat!
Massively cool!
Hmm. Very interesting. I was always wondering where to get potassium nitrate, and didn’t think to check at a garden store.
Alas, the video didn’t show how long the smoke bomb would burn for — it looked like it was a rather vigorous reaction, so I’m curious if it’d burn for a minute or two, or less.
I presume that without dye, it’ll release plain white smoke…
Greyish.
*ahem*
Friends of mine. Really. Promise!
I … errr. might have told them about this recipe, minus the dye. (not a bad idea!)
They … might have… mixed one up a wee bit bigger than the one in the video, using, or, might have been using, or would have had.. a coffee can to hold it.
Err, if this had ever happened, it (would have) produced a cloud of smoke that obscured the whole parking lot. The one for a large university. The on-campus students. 8000 were served by that lot. And the road. And it went for at least 5 minutes, that is, if it had happened and I knew about it and my friends had run like hell at that point. (Slowly, though, since they couldn’t see where they were going)
And the… well, if you try it, do it on a small scale first. 🙂 (What’s the statute of limitations on conspiracy?)
I got mine by walking up to the pharmacy in my local King Soopers and asking for a jar of saltpeter. Cost $4.
+1. sounds like fun to set up, although Bog knows what the local Law Enforcement in my area would think about it. (And I’d rather not get on MCSO’s bad side…)
I’ll have to look up that sections of the state code again. This might be interesting as an experiment under *controlled* conditions…
Great video. this is probably the easiest way to make a smoke bomb there is.
Be careful doing this. The video does not mention that you can cook it a little too aggressively, and smoke out the house. Once it goes it starts to burn fast. Do not heat this over high heat!
You can pick up the saltpeter ( Potassium Nitrate ) at fireworks materials distributors online, or at home depot or Wal Mart as stump remover.
http://www.spectracide.com/ProductCategories/Herbicides/StumpRemover/
http://www.skylighter.com/
Don’t forget about the Improvised Munitions Handbook. It was the inspiration for this type and mix ratio of smokebomb.
http://onlinebooks.110mb.com/tm%2031-210/31-210-cover.htm