Newbie Questions

2011 topics in this forum

1. Ball Milling FAQ 1 2 3 4 13

   By Mumbles, September 3, 2009
   • 324 replies
   • 191.6k views
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   • 50AE
   • July 19, 2022

2. How to recrystallize potassium nitrate for a better/faster gunpowder

   By erdem, yesterday at 08:08 AM   

   • blackpowder
   • newbie
   • 1 reply
   • 51 views
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   • Arthur
   • 22 hours ago

3. Glitter Star Problem/Question

   By asdfd, August 22, 2022   

   • Glitter
   • Stars
   • (and 1 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Glitter
     • Stars
     • Question
   • 17 replies
   • 15.5k views
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   • rellim
   • Monday at 12:47 AM

4. Black Powder terms

   By MadMat, April 28
   • 19 replies
   • 8.8k views
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   • Soloserly
   • August 30

5. How ro do you roll stars without cores

   By Pyrophoric30, June 14
   • 10 replies
   • 372 views
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   • Soloserly
   • August 29

6. Star Rolling Tutorial

   By rellim, August 23
   • 2 replies
   • 119 views
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   • Mumbles
   • August 23

7. Yet Another Star Rolling Video

   By rellim, August 23
   • 0 replies
   • 60 views
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   • rellim
   • August 23

8. Gummed tape Vs kraft tape

   By Pyrophoric30, August 16
   • 8 replies
   • 210 views
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   • Mumbles
   • August 19

9. H20 in Glitter Compositions

   By Almostparadise, August 15
   • 2 replies
   • 106 views
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   • Almostparadise
   • August 16

10. How can I change the time on my spollette's? Here is what I have tried. 1 2

    By Powertech, July 25
    • 34 replies
    • 799 views
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    • Mumbles
    • August 15

11. Tiger Tail

    By Almostparadise, August 10
    • 14 replies
    • 244 views
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    • Zumber
    • August 14

12. Is there a difference when using calcium ammonium nitrate and ammonium nitrate

    By Ben, August 6   

    • rocket
    • 15 replies
    • 294 views
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    • Mumbles
    • August 12

13. Sawdust or Coarse Charcoal Prime?

    By LiamPyro, July 7
    • 14 replies
    • 426 views
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    • LiamPyro
    • July 27

14. Black powder vs flash powder.

    By Ben2363, July 26
    • 4 replies
    • 241 views
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    • mx5kevin
    • July 27

15. This has most likely been asked before, but what are some safe-ish and easily accessible things one could do to get used to/understand the basics of pyrotechnics?

    By notawaffle, July 14
    • 9 replies
    • 420 views
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    • mx5kevin
    • July 15

16. Beginners need to know info--safety and legality newb questions

    By JohnWI, May 31
    • 7 replies
    • 552 views
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    • Arthur
    • July 12

17. Looking for advice on what sized aerial shell to start building as a beginner

    By Indypyro317, June 26
    • 8 replies
    • 330 views
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    • Indypyro317
    • July 12

18. Texas license requirements? First post

    By NDJDNJ, June 30   

    • texas
    • license
    • 1 reply
    • 195 views
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    • Arthur
    • June 30

19. How to I make

    By MADBOY, June 28
    • 3 replies
    • 219 views
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    • Crazy Swede
    • June 28

20. More confinement or more booster

    By Pyrophoric30, June 21
    • 3 replies
    • 205 views
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    • Zumber
    • June 22

21. prime

    By Chandan123, June 13
    • 2 replies
    • 207 views
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    • Zumber
    • June 13

22. White Fuming Nitric Acid

    By akmetal, December 28, 2023
    • 3 replies
    • 451 views
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    • Arthur
    • June 7

23. Sulfur

    By All10Fingers, May 16
    • 5 replies
    • 271 views
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    • gifovaco
    • June 7

24. Was i dumb?

    By Newbie13, May 26
    • 3 replies
    • 263 views
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    • Kalifireworks
    • May 26

25. Basic colored stars

    By shuggins, May 16
    • 15 replies
    • 422 views
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    • MadMat
    • May 21