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Stick Man Regular user UK 178 Posts |
What fuel do you burn to create different coloured flames?
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jlareau Loyal user Henrietta NY / Chicago Ill 220 Posts |
I don't know what chemicals they use but I know you can buy additives from theatrefx.com
-Jon
Jonathan Lareau A.K.A "Jonny Card Trick"
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iwillfoolu Special user Upstate NY, USA 746 Posts |
In my high school chemistry class there was an experiment using a Bunsen burner and some spray bottles with different solutions in them. DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT just go around trying different chemicals. You could seriously injure youself, your property, or somebody else (or their property).
Depending on the solution used, different colors were produced. The teacher set it up as a find the sodium such and such solution, it burned red. The so and so soluion will burn yellow etc...
Magician and Builder
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tim_mantis Regular user UK 117 Posts |
It depends what flames you want to colour. Most of the chemicals should be safe to use on a torch as long as it's not used for fire eating.
Tim |
Sid Mayer Special user Santa Fe, NM 656 Posts |
This information and much more (about 200 effects) can be found in Modern Chemical Magic by Lippy & Palder. You should be able to pick up a paperback copy for about 6.5 pounds ($10).
Sid
All the world's a stage ... and everybody on it is overacting.
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petethecreeper New user N. California 73 Posts |
Check out
Secrets of Hollywood Special Effects by Robert E. McCarthy I believe he goes into specific chemicals and their uses for making colored and specialized fire effects. Again... not for fire eating!!! It's out of print... but I've seen some used copies available on Amazon.com |
Peedlkyle New user I live in my house 98 Posts |
This doesn't really apply to your situation, I think, but for fun sometime take a copper pipe and stick it in a garden hose then throw it in a campfire. Very amazing colors.
On the other hand, you have different fingers.
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mghia Veteran user Kymystical 387 Posts |
I have them made up in Green and Magenta. They are not as harmful as some of the metal additives and do not smoke.
Go to the fire section of http://welcome.to/kymystical Mark Ghia |
Dynamike Eternal Order FullTimer 24148 Posts |
I think it's best to go to a college and ask a chemistry teacher. Please play it safe. We don't want any of you to get hurt.
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MopKrayz Elite user 423 Posts |
If you add 1/2 part of Strontium or Lithium Nitrate to 1 part of flash powder you get red smoke. Don't know if this can help.
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Jonathan R Loyal user 212 Posts |
12th June 2003
Roughly one year ago, Trevor Duffy of South Africa was here in Sydney for a national convention and he was selling flash paper which burnt a light mystic blue colour... Maybe he still has some??? Jonathan |
Rodentia New user Southern California 86 Posts |
Is there anyway to do it for fire-eating tho? or is that still aways in the future?
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Ray Pierce Inner circle Los Angeles, CA 2604 Posts |
I don’t recommend any of the additives that create color for fire eating. The are mostly chemicals to add to solid ingredients for colored fire.
Ray Pierce
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Rodentia New user Southern California 86 Posts |
That's why I ask if anyone knows a safe way, nothing I've been able to find will work..
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