djcruzer Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 almost a year of making of homemade pulomna using of bondpaper but not it is not loud as being expected to compare to manufactured pulomna... my homemade pulomna almost have 5g of flashpowder while manufactured just using of 1g but sound louder than my homemade.... does paper type affect the loudnes of firecracker?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mx5kevin Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 (edited) almost a year of making of homemade pulomna using of bondpaper but not it is not loud as being expected to compare to manufactured pulomna... my homemade pulomna almost have 5g of flashpowder while manufactured just using of 1g but sound louder than my homemade.... does paper type affect the loudnes of firecracker?? For small firecrackers i use 40% sodium silicate as glue with copy paper. This gives hard, rigid, strong paper tubes which are very ideal for firecrackers. For large firecrackers i use wood glue with water cc 3:1 ratio and brown craft paper (masking paper) from paint shop. The wall thickness are 8-10% of the internal diameter of the tube. Edited November 7, 2020 by mx5kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidh Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 The smaller the salute, the more important the quality of the aluminum powder becomes. I also like to use flash powder with sulfur in small salutes. Sulfur seems to make the "bang" more brisant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaMonkey Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 I've always "rolled my own" firecrackers. I use whatever paper I have on hand which isusually newspaper or junk mail adverts. The Junk Mail stuff is free. Doesn't take much time to cut the strips and roll them up. The noise produced is mostly dependent upon the "brisance" of the powder used. A quick Black Powder produces very nice results. I never use Flash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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