HOW TO MAKE FLASH POWDER

[Alex12345jk]

Hate ur accent

[jdswim13]

Hey guys check out my channel I have some videos of det cord and grenades

[NamelessBert]

are you in the IRA?

[MANDELBROT27]

is there a issue with static, using plastic containers!!

[electricdixie34]

Hi ian following yur vids..can you tell me how i can make a rocket with a blur tail..i am using bp for engine..can i just add the copper?hope you can help

[FourthWallAirsoft]

it wont send for some reason could you send it to lolkyle2314@gmail.com ?

[FourthWallAirsoft]

what are the materials and the ratios?

[brick123567]

Good

[jblsound13]

@labchemo allfiredup27@gmail.com

[jblsound13]

@labchemo can u email me as I could do with some supplies please

[mathiasxx94]

can i use potassium perchlorate as well, and aluminium instead of magnesium?

[ianspaintpot]

@mathiasxx94 yes you can use potassium perchlorate in the same ratio as chlorate

it is safer to use perchlorate but i think it is not as loud

Be very carfull

[djbowner]

@ianspaintpot what abouth Potassium Nitrate KNO3

[icuppc]

@mathiasxx94 aluminium and magnesium or magnesium not just aluminium

[fullgraffbomber]

Hey dude, nice vid

[1mmAf1uffyPandA]

How can I get magnesium but not online I don't line shopping online ?

[radecar121]

how i can buy the dry ice in serbia that is not agree

[freeman2545]

i stil would have moved the remaining batch well away from the test table....i would also have used aluminum powder with potassium perchlorate as the oxidizer...its a simple binary composition ...no need for magnalium ..i avoid potasium chlorate if at all possible..

[emiimexx]

what do you mean by air float?

[Julius44bc]

What language are you speaking? Surely not English.

[MrSkate4weed]

i have the same scale :D

[EASE1010]

4:09 BIG BOMB

[azhomegrown85]

I want to start off by saying I do not condone the actions of this individual. This comment is directed towards those that credit spare time to account for his behavior and actions. I think you all need to take a look in the mirror...not only is it funny that you are arguing on the internet, but you are arguing about a video that is nearly 4 years old.

[lolypopboy777]

Cool, now i can be a ninja :)

[nssurge]

Potassium chlorate are you stupid ????

that stuff is way to dangerous to work with, always use perchlorate

[snipshowthought]

@nssurge Or Nitrate ;)

[nssurge]

@snipshowthought yeah i suppose, not as powerful though

[snipshowthought]

@nssurge true, but its a nice oxidizer for beginners!

[nssurge]

@snipshowthought yeah true

[TheDessonator]

@nssurge I'm sure perchlorate even more dangerous

[nssurge]

@TheDessonator no chlorate and perchlorate have simular power, but chlorate is much more likely to go off when mixing or dropping it, so it is much more dangerous

[freeman2545]

@nssurge yes...this is good advice

[TheDirtyLuke]

where to buy the things you use???

[Txepsiyu]

Where to start? Chlorate instead of perchlorate,plastic tub, used the same scoop for both chems with resulting contamination issues. Good form, mate.

[freeman2545]

@Txepsiyu ..i have to agree with you....i really wouldnt want to make these things with him...lol

[CreeperTerminator]

what is diference between flash powder and blackpowder

[freeman2545]

@CreeperTerminator you need to read books....not look at internet videos...

[Airsoftking85]

do you drive a school bus ?



[MrMycraphole123]

can you use magnesium oxide & tin? 

[Xxnate500]

@MrMycraphole123 u can use magnesium but not tin

[Expl0sivz]

uhuh we got the same scale :D

[StealthyBedlam]

YEAH!!



[TheBlabla1996]

how sensitiv is this stuff?

[Kosov1090]

Nice vid man! Is it really so powerful?

And how can you make a flashbang of that?

[tommilkybarkid]

Too right don't mess with this stuff, I made the LESS sensitive Perchlorate version, about 5g and it blew up in a plastic container.... an operation, 5 trips to hospital, three trips to the GP doctor and 3 weeks later I still have a bandage on my arm. I am lucky just to have that... this stuff is a totally different animal to gunpowder, be careful, don't make it if you aren't experienced, don't make even 5 grams, and DON'T put in a CONTAINER and DON'T SHAKE IT !!! (or poke it) at all!!!

[freeman2545]

@tommilkybarkid ...it shouldnt have blown up...if you were shaking it in a plastic cup..perhaps static electricity caused ignition...perchlorate and aluminum powder is much less sensitive...and much safer to work with than chlorate..thats why the diaper method of mixing is used....in all pyrotechnic compositions

[tommilkybarkid]

@freeman2545 Correction, almost all metal based explosives are touch sensitive to a degree, it was impact not static that caused the explosion... I had tested the stuff earlier and it was slightly touch sensitive, your right about the diaper method, I usually used that, well its not worth the risk doing anything else :L Well ohh well, I have the knowledge about what all this stuff does and the dangers, have some good stories but I dont think its worth it so I've stopped now.... Be careful! :D

[artbukowski]

Using a battery operated scale with explosives - not safe. Neither is using plastic cups that can build static electricity. Do not try this.

[freeman2545]

@artbukowski ...this is true also...there is an inherant problem with static electricity and the plastic cups

[95shameless]

LOL diddy scales

[vwrFEW]

way to go, youre going to be the cause of a lot of injuries. You dont use chlorate for flash, chlorate mixtures are extremely sensitive to shock you should no be making anymore than .5 grams at a time.

[MCDEVVOMAN]

@vwrFEW is pottasium nitrate and magnesium sensitive to shock?

[vwrFEW]

@MCDEVVOMAN No, it isnt incredibly sensitive, but that doesnt mean you should be hitting it with a hammer or anything.

[MCDEVVOMAN]

@vwrFEW so how sensitive is it O.o .. say i put some in a shell and dropped it by accident wud it go off??

[ryanjofre]

@vwrFEW

EXACTLY. The Author should take this BS video down NOW. Some Kid could blow his fingers off when he could be making a Perfectly Stable/Non Shock Sensitive Flash Powder Recipe avaliable all over Youtube and Abroad.

FYI.............Plastics/Polym­ers have a HUGE range and PLETHORA of different compositions. Research, Research if your concerned about Electro Static Discharge(which you should be).

If you wanna Make cheap boom booms, Use Pyrodex, TripleSeven or Black Powder.

[moonsmilelucide]

@vwrFEW what do you recommend to make flashpowder then? go with nitrate, sulpher and alu?

[voldemortism]

I would like to make a flash powder that flashes green. Anyone know how? Thanks

[Peacockmuffin]

@voldemortism mix food coloring in it

[PyroZRW]

@voldemortism zinc and sulfur

[freeman2545]

@voldemortism barium nitrate is the chemical used in pyrotechnic formulas to make the color green.....i wouldnt mix it in with a flash composition...fuck the green flash...if you make em right....you will get quite a thrill...even if it aint green

[freeman2545]

@freeman2545 or barium chlorate....but messin with any chlorates...is very dangerous...specially mixing it in a flash composition...why the fuck you want green anyway? you might make about one third of a gram..and burn it....if it burns green ..it is more likely to flash green....but its a dangerous mix...and i say...dont do it...it aint worth it just for green flash...your only gonna see it for like one tenth of a second...

[pyrofful]

Do you know if I can get these ingredients over the counter as a different product? Like potassium chlorate is that in any store bought product? And the same with magnesium. I think that the internet is way to expensive. Thanks.

[drgrowalot]

This is why there are so many fireworks accidents every year. People post how to make the most sensitive explosives and people follow not knowing the dangers. Potassium chlorate is NOT used by todays pyrotechnicians for making salutes; it's way too sensitive. Perchlorate is a much safer alternative with comparable power yet even it needs to be handled with care. If you can't get perchlorate, don't make this stuff!! Potassium nitrate is also not a good alternative as moisture can set it off.

[moonsmilelucide]

@drgrowalot thanks for this, I am on the edge of trying something and you see all kind of things being said, how much do you recommend making per batch with using perchlorate? And have any tips on what you absolutely should avoid in making it?

[freeman2545]

@moonsmilelucide i recommend you join the state pyro club in your area and learn proven safe methods for constructing these devices...i suggest you read all the books you can find on pyrotechnics.....i suggest not asking people on the internet about how to make something like this....i suggest you dont do this.....

[ianspaintpot]

How mutch did you make in one batch and how bad is your hand

[michaeljacksonsupr]

i blowed off my hands making this

[flamingrecon42]

@michaeljacksonsupr How are you typing retard?

[x1xNoisEx1x]

I don't understand one thing. You upload a tutorial on how to make Flashpowder, and in the description You write "DO NOT MESS WITH THIS STUFF", so why the fuck bother uploading a video how to make it anyway :D ??

[TheGarrrettHB]

Would this or black powder be most effective in a homeade firearm

[PerformanceCans]

@TheGarrrettHB no dont do it if u do it will blow up in ur hand by by fingers

[freeman2545]

@TheGarrrettHB do not use this formula for a black powder firearm...use black powder

[wilbeckj]

Potassium chlorate is so hard to get a hold of. I finally found a place that will sell it to me. I can't find anywhere that will sell me perchlorate, even though it is less dangerous.

[Vforceboy]

@wilbeckj there is ONE website that i know of that WILL sell both of those. skylighter . com sells those. AND tons more pyrotechiniton things.

[moonsmilelucide]

@wilbeckj where do you live?

[xbxownage]

well i need about $250 to get all my shit i need to do this...great

[wilbeckj]

Will 400 mesh aluminum powder work? its Dark Flake Eckart 10890. Thanks!

[PyroRocker20]

<------viewer # 17,000! :)

[crazydriver1978]

aluminium? is that a cousiun to zirconium, strontium, etcetium. sorry, I have to make fun of 'accents' that are so thick that they should be classified as another language. At least this stuff aint as volatile as silver fulminate. next video: how to make mercury fulminate and lead fulminate.

[constipationhurts89]

hey bro, do you need a explosive license to buy flash powder? do you have one?

[ShaolinRocks]

@constipationhurts89 you can't buy flash powder. You have to make it with a fuel and an oxidizer . It's a high energy mixture that should be handled with extreme care. You need a license to make it legally, or at least to put more than 50 milligrams into a salute you do.

[FuckingMudaFucker]

you paid a tenner for your scales? i got exactly the same model off ebay for just over 3 quid. you got ripped off there dude lol

[theMRJordan1989]

@FuckingMudaFucker same i got exactly the same model 4 that much

[rfgggg]

unitednuclear(dot)com

[pyro132010]

hi dont know if this would work with Potassium Chloride will it or do you need potassium chlorate and would it work if you made your own magnalium

[molywhopx4]

could i use pottasium nitrate 4 this?

[molywhopx4]

where can i find magnalium?

[ianspaintpot]

If you look the lid is on the batch please use commen sence.

[ThePyrotube]

You shouldn't keep the batch of powder next to the small sample when testing

[TheGarrrettHB]

Can I put this stuff in a homeade bullet

[HobbyChemicalsDirect]

My company supplies GENUINE 2 micron Dark German Eckart Al powder. HobbyChemicalsDirect.page.tl

[wessendorf15]

@opawari i think i got a bad batch of aluminum from a crappy dealer. cause it wouldn't even work for thermite. i am getting a new chem dealer and buying some good German AL

[111alien111]

its beutiful

[cantescape1987]

What would give the biggest bang MgAl, Mg, Al or Ti?

And nice video, thanks.

[ianspaintpot]

@cantescape1987

kc103&MgAl is the best flash but it is the most dangerios

[111alien111]

@ianspaintpot

can u use magnesium sulphate ? very nice vid btw

[cantescape1987]

@ianspaintpot

Just bought 100G German Dark <3µm and 100G Silver Flash <2µm.

Hope that will do the job too.

Just one thing, can i ballmil the S with KNO3 and then diper the Al with it.

Or would that be too dangerous.

[ianspaintpot]

@cantescape1987

Yes you can but you may as well put the seperate chems on to a coffie grinder and wizz untill it is like talk-baby powder then use the diper metherd to mix all s chems

[MrGlyn001]

@cantescape1987 where can you get Potassium chlorate ?

[cantescape1987]

@MrGlyn001

Don't use KClO3 (Potassium chlorate) in flash powder unless you want to blow your arms off. Best thing to use is KN03 (Potassium nitrate) you can get it in like every garden store or KClO4 (Potassium perchlorate) but that might be a bit hard to get depending on where you live.

[DDevianceth]

@ianspaintpot Why is it so dangerous if you don't light it at all? I dont really get it?

[SupremeGlitchersInc]

@DDevianceth probs coz if u lose loads ull probs lose half of ur hand have u ever seen firework accidents?

[peroxidal]

@ianspaintpot no its not, potassium nitrate is

[ivkicole99]

@ianspaintpot you mean,potassium clorate and magnesium??

explain me what is kc103 and what is MgAl...

[fly2000jtb]

what is the stuff mythbusters made for the guys to shoot high powered rifles at to make it blow up? they started to make it out of house hold materials and blocked out the ingredents so all us out here could not make any? cool video too learned alot thanks Joseph T fly2000jtb

[openarms332]

u can use this but wit alumanum and otassium clorate its way unstabe tho

[wessendorf15]

man i got 3 different chems to make flash powder and it not working i got 500 mesh aluminum powder potassium perchlorate and i even went extra and got potassium permagrante. and both batches didnt work wut am i doing wrong???

[kickassawesome2]

@wessendorf15

If you have the ratios correct it may be that the aluminum powder is not a high enough mesh. I tried with 350 mesh and the same thing happened, nothing.

[zakamooza]

where can i buy potassium chlorate ?

[boredomesucks232]

hahahah the video length is 4:20 :)

[blackbandos]

where do u buy al those products pharmacy store? O_O

[xD12xSiCkNaStY]

i would highly advise you to use perchlorate, not regular chlorate.

[xBangergoosEx]

if i use aluminum and perchlorate can i mix it in a plastic container?

[ianspaintpot]

@xBangergoosEx

Yes plastic are ok to use

[Omnignosis]

I tried to make this but it doesn't do anything. I used KCl04 and Al, did the 70/30 mix. Nothing... Won't even burn!

I thought this was supposed to be great stuff...

What did I do wrong? Maybe someone sold me baking pwder instead of perchlorate?

[Omnignosis]

@david2545

There's recipes for both.

[pyr0ph1L]

@Omnignosis That sounds very weird... What kind of Al do you use? It has to be fine powder Al, and if you use "normal" Al and not the dark types of it, the flash powder will be more like some slow fountain-mix than flash powder :P .. I haven't managed to make a FP with "normal" 400 mesh Al yet.. All turned out like fountain-stuff.

[Omnignosis]

@pyr0ph1L

It is weird. I used 325 mesh "sphereized" Al. I know the perchlorate is good because I mixed it with powder sugar to test it and it burned like normal. The aluminum has something wrong with it. :(

[pyr0ph1L]

@Omnignosis Hm. Try to see if you can get your hands on some dark german al, indian blackhead or other dark Al powders. They work WAY better. (:

[Omnignosis]

@pyr0ph1L

I think I will, thanks!

[fireworkfan1]

can you use potassium perchlorate insted of chlorate

[swid6]

where do u get the kclo3 plzz plzz tell

[swid6]

where do u get the pot

[Thermoman95]

can you use potassium nitrate becasue isnt potassium chlorate impact sensitive?

[ianspaintpot]

@Thermoman95

yes you can use kno3 but you have to mix (s) with it but then it still will not be as good

pot chlorate is not that sensitive but as with all chems treat with care

[Thermoman95]

@ianspaintpot Never mind i was thinking of potassium chlorate plus red phosphorus being sensitive when i wrote this

[progamerxt]

@Thermoman95 bro just go to lowes and get spectrizide stump remover and theres your kno3...sorry for my bad english..

[sew199513t]

how fine was the mgal?

[ianspaintpot]

@sew199513t

the mgal was 800mesh the finer the better

[sew199513t]

@ianspaintpot hmm.. last time i did this, with 600mesh mgal, i was really crappy, Not fast at all. now i use german dark Eckart super H. AL, and kclo3 3/7. people tell me that the eckart and kclo3 mix is the most powerfull flash in the world.

[MarcR01]

where can i get those "ingredients"?

[iwacthyourcrap]

@opawari yeh defiantly, the aluminum is poor grade mesh, if you can afford get 500 grams of eckhart 5314H aluminum from ebay, or dark pyro, they are the best choice for making flash, BUT BE SAFE!, using the eckhart it is highly unstable, wear big builders gloves, and face protection encase it goes off, im being serious it is very unstable if you have fine aluminium

[iwacthyourcrap]

@opawari ok if it doesn't light then its your aluminum, try purchasing 500grams -1kilgram of 15 micron or smaller aluminum, this will defiantly solve the problem, my flash powder is 7.2 pot perc and 2.8 grams aluminum, (15 micron aluminum) although i have some 3 micron aluminum powder arriving soon :P ( my flash powder is immense, makes a massive report, i mean super (and im not blagging it really is) )

[sniper211]

Why do you use magnalium? what would happen if you used magnesium? what does the aluminum do in the reaction ?

[tac3571]

You left everything out on the side when you lit the flash powder. Not to bright are you...?

[ianspaintpot]

@tac3571 if you look the stuff i left on the bench has a lid on it so it is safe

[Kyoyama333]

No offence but ur voice is kinda boring (i mean you sound like my science teacher who one second is talkin about the subject next second is talkin about his "love life" >.>) but thx alot.......even though i have no idea where to buy this stuff D:

[oahuguy]

wow nice job ALOHA . Do you know what sort of place i could localy source cheap mg blocks?

[Flomounier1]

any sporting good store, walmart, target, any camping store or what not

[oahuguy]

yea ty for responding but ive been down that road . cant accept payint 7$ for barely a couple grams. im looking into boat scrap parts & old lawnmower decks at metal scrap yards. TYVM though ALOHA

[plasm7]

as other people have said that is not the correct formula and it should not be used. Also 5 grams can do a whole lot of damage and should not be used carelessly.

[ianspaintpot]

as you know there are lots of different formulas but this one is what i use for my breaks ect

[rtherdaily]

Hi, sorry to be a pain but do you know how to make Bengal strobes? I tend to use a lot of these in pyro musicals but the local source has dried up.

thanks and keep them coming

[rtherdaily]

@Pyrotechnickdude. for that, I will gie it a try.

[marsbar1965]

is this 200 mesh magnalium ?

[tangoxp]

dont shut the lid on it when mixing as u might trap some fp and cause it to blow under friction

also use perchlorate and al powder germandark is the best

its the safest and the most potent!

[rtherdaily]

hi again. thanks for putting me right with the potassium. got it orderd now. I'm having a bit of bother with granulating BP. made the meal as per u'r tutorial and its perfect I have granulated it and dried it out for arround 5 or 6 days and have copaired it to a lift charge out of a bought 3' shell and its now where neer as good. the only thing I can think of is that I have used %25 methanol instead of alcahol.would I be right in thinking thats the problem?

cheres, Steve.

[Pyrotechnickdude]

@rtherdaily

Your problem is that you left it to dry for 5 to 6 days. The longer a bp composition takes to dry the more innefective it is. For quick bp you need to dry out the granulated bp WITHIN AN HOUR. To do this lay it out in a thin layer on a baking sheet covered with kitchen towell and leave it near a radiator or indirect sunlight.

You also shouldnt compare your BP to commercial BP as it is not possible to make as effective BP through ballmilling alone.

Hope this helps

[Pr0nfessor]

100g of potassium permanganate (KMnO4), add 60g of fine powdered/ball milled magnalium (MgAl) and add 40g of sulfur (S).

[ianspaintpot]

that will make exotic flash not as potant

[pumie3]

I have the same scale for this XD

Is dark german better for this or not?

[ianspaintpot]

there is not much in it but magnalium has more uses than dark german so it is better as you dont have to have loads of chems

[lilmarine93]

but dark german is half as cheap... once you get into pyro, save your mgal for stars. it will save you loads of money as it is half a much(as in $)

[Saun0x3]

where can i get sume Mg/Al

[daevildude45]

does it actually blind you for a short time or did the cameran not pick that up?

[ianspaintpot]

killeroftraitors i said perchlorate

thanks for watching

[ianspaintpot]

let me know your email and i will send you a chems list

[ianspaintpot]

i can supply all good quality chems just let me know your email and i will send you a list

[suzuki834]

i have a potassium chlorate cell but i cant find were to buy the magnesium i have just been using fire starters

[eddynelly1717]

ebay but what ur using is fine might even be better since magnesium is much better that magnalium in flash powder

[bestruintd]

magnelium is al+mg

[swid6]

where do u get the patasom form

[rtherdaily]

I found a chap on eBay. "tinytimjukeboxes" he advertises one or two things on there but if you email him he will send you a price list. he's got loads of good stuff! dont know how the prces compair but if anyone has got anything better I'm listening.