For everyone asking the composition it's a basic blonde streamer. Lots of variations on this you can use. He's really just demonstrating how wet mixing of water, KNO3 and Charcoal can yield good results when you might usually ball mill the non-metallic portions of the comp. This process would work well with any KNO3 and Charcoal based star. percent component 45.00% Potassium Nitrate 29.00% Charcoal (Airfloat) 15.00% FerroTitanium (40-325 mesh) 6.00% Sulfur 5.00% Dextrin
Thanks, guys. It is a fun, unique, and easy process. I'm grateful for Dave F for showing it to me. I can quickly turn out some very nice cut stars with it. n
Lots of ways to skin the cat. The baggie does help with the consolidation of the composition, and does produce a nice rectangular patty, which I can cut with almost no out-of-ordinary stars. But, the creativity and inventiveness available in this art is one of its major draws, IMO, so go for it.
So with that size mix how many shells approximately can u make. Just curious on how much comp gets u how far I understand that its a ratio thing how big are the shells, the stars, & the size of the comp mix. But for instance this recipe gets u how many 4" shells I believe u said u were making. Thanks
Sir, Can I boil the water with over the 280g and then pore it into a hot pot to weigh it and then add it to the charcoal mix and stur. Wondering if it would hold the heat long enough . weighing the pan on my plastic based scale concers me Bob
I'm also looking for this to use Harry's magnil 50/50 _325m granular in . Bought like 25 lbs from him when he went out and thought of this for a couple mine banks. Also i rember why I roll stars. Dextrin cutting just. sticks to the knife.??.
Ned why did you need to cook the water & P.N. ? I've seen you make other cut stars where that process wasn't done. Does it aid somehow I'm sure it's a recipe specific thing. But I'd like to understand why. Thanks. Dyl
That is formula/process specific, Dylan, Dissolving the KNO3 in the water, and then adding it, sort of impregnates the charcoal with the nitrate, and changes the effect. There's a whole article on that process in the website.
@@nedgorski How's the snow by you guys did you get his hard with this storm rolling through. It just started here in CT about a hour or so ago I'm guessing. Thanks for the info. I'll look for the article.
Can I dust my tiger tail stars(milled for 3 Hours) with meal powder to aid in cutting and drying, my 1/4 inch stars stick to everything, I have the darnedest time keeping nice straight rows like yours. Thanks
Absolutely. Dry prime powder (including binder, not just "meal powder"), assists greatly when cutting stars, and then with their ignition. BTW, there's no need to ballmill tiger-tail comp. If your chems are finely powdered, simple screen mixing works well. Good luck, ned
Hey Ned. I couldn't hear the ratio/proportion of the KNO3 & Charcoal; could you reply with that info, please and are those the only two chemicals in the star mixture? Also, I'm very much a "Newbie", VERY concerned about safety and follow your examples & info on your videos to the letter (probably watched all your videos 2x's if not more), and chat with Woody (from whom I buy all my tools0 & others on Discord... I use a 1 lb Rocket to get 'em up in the air. I've done well on the propellant (took a dozen tries...!) and plan to buy your 3" mortar tubes in due course. I worked as a Carpenter for many years while in College & University and then Grad School (an Educated Carpenter!?), I know you're in the building industry so we share something in common. But more to the point & forgive the pun but I've really have a blast making & experimenting the rocket heads during the free time. It's really ben fun! I'd had this past year free- been laid up after a surgery- but always making the best of all things, spent the past year "recovering" just south of the border in a quaint little seaside resort town in Mexico (It could be worse!) and been experimenting with simple stars "Veline formulas", formulae in CookBook.com, stuff you've published & simple Combinations for a 'newbie' and now feelin' ready to spread my wings as the expression goes.QUESTION: I get really bright Red & Green stars (Rubber) and would like to ask if you know of a Blue Star formula that's equally bright as those I'm already producing?You've been quite in inspiration both for me and many others; well informed and thoroughly educational video series and I hope this business profits & also keeps you entertained- & keeps you out of mischief (which I'd doubt) for many years ahead.Most sincerely, KenSTAY GREEN!
Hi, Ken. I don't go into great detail in these RU-vid comments, but feel free to email me at ned@fireworking.com and we can chat, or all of those specifications and more are on the website. Enjoy, ned
I'm rather new to pyrotechnics and enjoy your video uploads. Any suggestions as to where can I get formulas for some of your pyrotechnic projects? Thank you.
I have been ball milling chrysanthemum 6 for days now at 400g per mill and 29lbs. I can do my Chrysanthemum charcoal mixes like this without milling using the 155g KNO2 per 100g water as I used to in BP making? And wouldn't that be too much water and make an slimy mess?. Sir this would really help.. Ain't took the time to join your sight, Definitely will do when life slows a bit.. Got some of your fairy fount mix alcohol dampened and granulated to try funnel and wire and ramming. Wife loved the mix test last night. Bob.
