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Clarioneer Special user Ferndown, Dorset, UK 624 Posts |
Working on a fun impromptu voodoo routine which I would like to enhance...
Easily done with a puffer photo lens brush or even squash ball with a hole in it etc... but would love an impromptu method ???? Or even something that will widly flicker or enhance a candle flame... Throwing something at the candle is an option - maybe salt or sugar ????
catch you later
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Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27297 Posts |
Just a thought... a bt of IT around and under the wick. when ready, yank it. The snap can dislodge the flame, and extinguish the candle.
...to all the coins I've dropped here
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Clarioneer Special user Ferndown, Dorset, UK 624 Posts |
Thanks Jon... Was looking for something more impromtu - however, I would have access to the candle as would be at my suggestion so could light it and then do something at this stage mmmmm....
catch you later
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kaytracy Inner circle Central California 1793 Posts |
Ummm, tried the it at the wick, and even toothycritter wire, does not work so well, will pm you with shat I used at our seance, worked better than I expected!!
Kay and Tory
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Clarioneer Special user Ferndown, Dorset, UK 624 Posts |
Look forward Kay... in the meanwhile I think I'll try chucking some common household stuff at the flame from flour to soap powder to sugar and salt If I remember correctly adding ash to sugar creates an effect ;-) maybe this mixture might work.... all starting to sound a bit alchemy
or maybe some filings of some common item ??? Maybe a flick of brandy or some such thing The testing seems like its going to be as much fun as the routine
catch you later
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kaytracy Inner circle Central California 1793 Posts |
Caution, Flour will ignite, baking soda will extinguish
Kay and Tory
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Slim Price Inner circle 1935 - 2006 1326 Posts |
It sound like lycopodium could be an option... A little thrown at a candle will make a nice puff of flame.
Slim
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Sean Lough Loyal user NYC 214 Posts |
Try squeazing an orange peel at the flame (should be kind of fresh so there's still liquid in the rind). Gives a few tiny sparks and crackles.
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procyonrising Special user New York 698 Posts |
Take a 50lb bag of flour and place it in a corner of a room...
Close the windows and doors... Take one candle... Light the candle and place it in the opposite corner of the room... Place the hose of a vacuum cleaner into the bag of flour... Set the vacuum cleaner on "reverse." Turn it on... Run away... (Congratulations. You've just blown up your house.) When you get back, you'll notice the candle has been extinguished (the explosion sucks out the oxygen). The house, however, will still be on fire... |
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Phil Thomas Inner circle Newark, Ohio 1117 Posts |
ROFLMAO!!!! BWAAAAAA HAAAA HAAAAA! That's hilarious!
"If we lose the sense of the mysterious, life is no more than a snuffed out candle."
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Leland Stone Inner circle 1204 Posts |
Hiya, Magi:
PYROC: I heard about flour mill explosions when I lived in Iowa years back. Scary to think of something so apparently benign actually being so devastating. Is there actually an explosion (like with TNT, in which minute bits produce vast amounts of energy on detonation), or is it just a spontaneous ignition of multiple particles? I never really understood the mechanism here. Clarioneer: Unsure about sourcing in the UK, but here in the US, Duraflame (a manufacturer) makes "colour crystals" that can be added to a fire to produce...well, colours. I'm sure they're just simple chemicals, but buying a packet here is a lot less trouble than tracking down the components at a chemical supply house. Sincerely, Leland Edward Stone |
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Clarioneer Special user Ferndown, Dorset, UK 624 Posts |
Leland,
Appreciate your suggestion - It is looking like an impromptu method is not as on the cards as I had hoped - using a gimmick opens up many more options and a colour changing effect would be very nice...
catch you later
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BrainMagos Special user 554 Posts |
Following this thread with interest while wondering if there are any ways of accomplishing the opposite (lighting a candle) without getting close to the candle...Any advice on how to accomplish such thing?
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Clarioneer Special user Ferndown, Dorset, UK 624 Posts |
Brian,
I know what you mean - in the bizarre section I expected 9 million things to do with a candle - am very surprised...
catch you later
Clarioneer |
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Slim Price Inner circle 1935 - 2006 1326 Posts |
Flour mill explosions are devastating! They often level blocks of real estate... There is also an explosion that happened on a TV show some years ago.
Slim
sanscan@tds.net
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procyonrising Special user New York 698 Posts |
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On 2004-12-15 12:05, Leland Stone wrote: Hi Leland, The dust flour makes when agitated is combustible, and very explosive. (Yes, it can level city blocks if there's enough of it--but it would have to be ALOT...as in at least a silo-full.) What I detailed earlier is a very cheap and effective impromptu bomb. While it won't take down a building (I suggest a gasoline-based bomb for that), it's fine for houses and smaller residential structures. While I can spend lots of time detailing what's possible, I won't. I recommend you see it first-hand. First, you're going to go into your garage, or someplace indoors where it's difficult to start a fire (other examples include concrete basements and stairwells). Second, take a candle, place it on a sturdy surface and ignite it. Third, take some flour (regular white flour) and put it in a salt shaker (or something similar--what you want is a dust cloud). Fourth, stand about four feet away from the candle. Lean in as much as you can and sprinkle a cloud of flour over the flame. MOVE AWAY QUICKLY (or you will burn... and die). It might help to wear glasses and cover your hair too. If you're real careful and move away when supposed to, the experiment is no more dangerous than learning how to use flash paper. Have Fun, James. Science: what happens is that all the little particles of flour dust ignites in a very short amount of time. If you remember high school physics, you'll remember that heat is energy, and burning things generates energy. Well, when you generate that much energy that quickly, one of the things that happens is that there is a forceful byproduct that pushes outward--an explosion. |
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scolman Elite user Cape Town, South Africa 456 Posts |
Sorry, none of these are impromptu but there are articles written by Jim Magus in the old Seance magazine (Issue 11 and 12 (1991)) under the heading Candle Power.
Apparently there is some information in 13 steps to Mentalism by Corinda as well. In essence the methods for extinguishing candles - a) Remove the wick entirely and place a short piece back in the top. You'll need to calculate the time needed before the flame burns out. b) Another metthod is to melt a cavity in the side of a candle (with a hot nail) at the point where you wish it to go out. Snip away the wick at this point. Refill the cavity with wax. It'll obviously go out when the flame runs out of wick. This is more suitable if you only want the effect to take place quite far into the presentation. To create a sputtering effect, Larry Kuehn (in the same issue) suggests filling the cavity with some rummer cement and then with wax without snipping the wick. Once the flame reaches that point you'll have a flare up. Timing is everything! Simon |
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BrainMagos Special user 554 Posts |
Thanks for the info Scolman. Would you have any other source for performing the opposite? Lighting a candle without touching it? Thanks in advance.
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templemagic Elite user Sunderland, North-East England 420 Posts |
As far as extinguinshing a candle is concerned - try blowing on it! I'm not being obnoxious or cheeky but think back to James Hydrick (sp.) for some ideas???
Hope this helps, TM |
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xanatos Regular user Wilbraham, MA 144 Posts |
Spontaneous Ignition- Search for Mark Ghia's "Daemon Dirt"... Very easy to use, excellent effect. Requires contact with candle approximately 10 to 20 seconds prior to its ignition- but it will ignite long after you're nowhere near it. I use this effect to light bonfires in the summertime- spooks the heck out of my guests!
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