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Originally Posted by Hetfield  Well, john i'm not sure I can help you here. BUT
with a chlorate mix, I have been experimenting latley only with TINY amounts! (you'll know why in a moment)
Powdered potassium chlorate, mixed in a 60/40 ratio with ......Flint dust.
The tiny amounts, is because I have been using a lighter to grind up my flint, It takes FOREVER but hell this stuff is FAST!
By the way, that is 60 Flint and 40 Pot chlorate......Use the diaper method.
Seiriously, get a peice of paper, and just keep turning your flint wheel slowly, but just fast enough to get friction, basically, as fast as you can go without it sparking, catching the dust that falls off in the paper.
EDIT: another thing john......If you can find them, get some silica gel packets and keep them in with your chemicals, good way to remove moisture, also, maybe try powdereing it even finer......Ball mill? |
I cant understand why my flash is not working.
I only thing i can think of is that the chemicals were already damp when sent,i'll stick some in the oven on a low setting and see if this sorts out my problem.
I've not tryed chlorate with flint powder,only zinc powder that was removed from a new battery.
I can now buy the zinc dust for £15-1kg,but it needs to be bought with other items due to the postage charge of £8.50.
I'll retry the chlorate/perchlorate in the morning.
Does that flint/chlorate mix work the same as flash or are there lots of sparks.
I've see a vid on youtube where a flint was heated with a lighter and hit with a stick,there was a huge amount of sparks from that.Cheers John.