Interesting 1930's Lighter Uses Platinum & Catalytic Reaction "Self Starting Lighter" 

Elias Olsson Thanks for the details

Elias Olsson Your smoking formaldehyde vapors?

No he's smoking tobacco

SuperAwesomeGuy Only a very small amount turns into formaldehyde, like a tiny amount of the vapor which is immediately expelled when the flame is lit. And once the flame is lit the formaldehyde conversion stops equaling no danger to formaldehyde exposure.

cutlerylover Seeing as you liked that bit of info you might want to hear catalytic reactions explained, I myself find chemistry very interesting. A catalytic reaction is a reaction which normally takes place, but with a material (in this case platinum) which accelerates the reaction greatly. For example, methanol is turned into formaldehyde by just letting it sit. But this is only a tiny, tiny amount. Introduce the platinum catalyst and boom you have a large amount of methanol being converted to formaldehyde, thus creating heat. chemistry is amazing. Bonus: The heat is actually energy displaced from the bonds in the molecule itself. Methanol to formaldehyde conversion is actually methanol becoming formaldehyde and hydrogen gas. The formaldehyde and hydrogen having weaker bonds than the methanol leaves the difference in the strength of the bonds to be dispelled as energy. CH3OH ---> HCOH + H2 + ENERGY Sorry for the brutal wall of text, I'm just trying to get you into another hobby.

right!!

Exactly my thought! Hahaha

Hahaha it can't be dark that joke deffinalty worked

Says “columbian spirits”... but ok, reading is a choice I guess

@Preston Newcomb 2:49 ... Go ahead and press pause and have a quick read.

Greg Gallacci you can also use copper for the same effect, I’d recommend not burning anything you’re going to consume/breath in due to safety concerns

Interesting... thanks Greg!

Greg Gallacci..... If you are going to throw around chemical reactions like that, why don't you put a little bit of effort into researching the chemicals produced by them and note them with your suggestions. You are as dangerous as this clown who can't read the directions even when he is reading the directions. Reality check... this device is used to inhale vapors thru an organic carbon. You can't be adding chemicals willy nilly, just because it looks pretty, and NOT mention the dangers. Could you imagine what would be in makeup if we all used your reasoning? Try n be a little smarter next time you post.

@@truthsRsung Jesus lighten up he said he couldn't vouch for the safety of it aka he's not reccomending people to try it out

Daniel W..... No.

Lol I caught that too

Black Viper It says Columbian Spirits. Woah, big difference there. Just had to be that guy, eh?

***** By "that guy" you mean the guy who made a few people laugh...then yea I am that guy

Black Viper Jeez, that's some ego lol

***** I'm not putting words in your mouth in any way. I am describing virtues that Black Viper is not displaying, and thus that you have no reason to be prissy with him for stating the grammatical correction. And obviously you still have some more relaxing to do, as you felt the need to get annoyed, (Your first comment most definitely shows annoyance), by B.V.'s correction.

***** and heres where I found out about it, if anyone is curious. watch?v=8gFqzbnUO-Y

***** you can post links now that switched to google+

***** YES Im sorry I forgot who it was, but yes sir it was your message that made me addicted to trying this out for myself, lol for once a viewer cost me money!!!! hahaha

cutlerylover Damn, now the dude feels bad because you spent money because of him. Nice going Jeff!

Yes my son you are cool now

***** Curse of the chemistry student, I guess!

Nakmus i am with you there

The majority of people watching this don't even realise this is not ignited externally that it is in fact a catalytic reaction producing ignition temperatures for alcohol vapours.

@@crunch9876 He turned him into a newt... He got better though!

So it reacts

That’s your grandpa saying he’s thinking about you.

Basically you're literally telling the truth.

And ummm

Is Chris Trager from Parks and Rec searching youtube? Lol

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snow man.... "Virtually" is bangin on their door.

+SupaFlyFatGuy859 I thought it was pretty shit. Arc lighters are cool though

SupaFlyFatGuy859.... You should get out more.

Awesome way to light up a gar then eh?

hhhhhh indeed

It's not that much toxic, certainly not the vapors. Methanol is normal metabolite in the body, unless you drink it you are OK.

Cigars and specially cigarettes are also highly toxic, I only use lighters to light fires in wood sticks when I’m camping

Burning tobacco creates formaldehyde so👍

Nice seeing you here.

So does everything from the 30s-50s. -_-

+Kaine Bishop lol

I'm from 2037 you?

What a fucking idiot lmao

Yeah totally different the emissions coming out of the car react to platinum and it burns alot of the harmful exhaust gas before it goes to the atmosphere.

Platinum reacts to car exhaust like a chemical reaction

Exactly I dont think this guy even knows what a catalytic converter is or does

The platinum in a cat initiates the ignition of unburned fuel leaving the engine after the combustion process. These are carbon based chemicals like methanol, ethanol, etc. The other "harmful emissions" that an internal combustion engine might produce would be products of your engine management system failing to burn a correct mixture of fuel and air at the correct temperature at the correct time. If the "Check Engine" light is off (oversimplified), your engine won't be producing much in the way of harmful emissions. That said, even tho this guy can't read directions even when he is reading them, he is correct when he says that the platinum in a catalytic converter is performing like his pocket bomb's filament and ball. I take it CaddilacJack is an honorary title? Like an uncle that really isn't an uncle?

CadillacJak.... What emissions do you mean, specifically?

hmmmm, have you seen the video where a guy flicks his lighter when filling his car, and the air around him burst into flames? it all depends on the o2 to fuel ratio...

WezleyB you said "at the gas station" not "at the gas station while near a car while you were filling it with gasoline."

***** Lit cigarettes won't do anything but sparks or open flame will light any fumes that might be around.

***** Every gas station I've pumped gas at, without the suction hoses. It doesn't take as much fumes as you think, either. I'm going to guess you've never used gasoline to light anything before, or walked through a gas station with a lit flare.

+Winstonsees Every single gas station I've ever been to. Sometimes I can smell them from a block down wind, but that's rare.

I laughed im sorry

That's how he said or pronounced. I thought that too until I paused the vid and read it myself.

Do the Truffle Shuffle

@@probablynotabigtoe9407 Bob fuckin saget beats me to it........ wow what a day

Right? You can't make this sh*t up.

*Columbian* he mispronounced it.

@@dennisp.2147 , yep. He's 'murican. He can't read.

Send a check or money order to the address bellow plus shipping and handling; sorry no (COD)!😂😂😂😂😂😂

I could agree with you, and I do.

@Michael Persico what do you believe in then?

That white powder is a totally different catalyst and will burn your entire life down.

@@kleetus92 or more like burn down your school ;)

It’s pronounced either col-am-bine for UK/British and co-lam-bine US. Look it up.

@@danielw.2554 I was going more with the cocaine taking over your life vibe, but I got ya!

@@MrJtagSupport The word on the box in the video is Columbian, as in 'from Columbia'...

no?

Wait for what?. He said he tried it before he read the box. Once he read the box, he realized he was using the wrong stuff, then he ordered the right stuff.

Marcel LeMay lol PAINT THINNER? If he didn't know that you shouldn't use that in an antique then we may have a problem. But no I'm just saying I would of thought anyone buying one of those after looking very hard to find and bid on one would just be sure to absolutely read and researched everything before trying to get it going. But To Each Their Own.

@@IITECHxNiNEII lol 😂 , at least he didn't try putting glue in it!

Badum tstsss!!

You can't pull up in a whip. A whip is a leather tool used to herd livestock. A car is not a whip

Dale Gribble wow you’re fun at parties

@@PaladinOfSpirit you don't have to be a moron to be fun. A car is not a whip. Only retarded crack babies call cars whips.

@@Chilling4Shillings You don't have to be an asshole to be racist either.

I'm not your buddy, guy.

Maybe he is slightly dyslexic?

Oh please , potatoes potahtos; tomatoes tomahtos!😂

Guys, when he pronounces "Columbian Spirits" as "Columbine Spirits", I'm not surprised people are kinda weirded out. I thought it was fucking hilarious but still.

It would have been nice if he'd have held the box with the directions and what kind of fuel to use up to the camera for more than a half a second so that we could have read it in real time!

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@@remysan More like GED

dislike

110 now because of your comment I changed mine from like to dislike, how do you feel now?

@@Meekerextreme good job brother

@Teddy Ytt apparently you're that person👏 congratulations Aren't you special

@Teddy Ytt I think it's more telling when a person recognizes the existence of such people and doesn't denounce such nonsense. People who press dislike "just cuz" are the same people who destroyed the Hashtag System. Or use dead people's identities to fudge elections. It's just a person destroying systems meant to codify information and present a general form of feedback. What's the point? It's anarchism for absolutely no reason besides self satisfaction. Every time someone clicks dislike "because", they're essentially tugging on their flaccid penis like a 5 year old.

Perhaps Trench art? During the war many soldiers used to make brass ammunition casings to make lighters and other things like ashtrays

TheFlacker99 (Flak) you could prob buy platinum wire, i mean, what can't you buy on the internet these days. lol

Try to find it - if you do it costs about $10 for an inch or two.