
D1 Glitter
#21
Posted 09 June 2006 - 11:24 PM
I'll post a vid when the stars are dry.
#22
Posted 26 June 2006 - 01:17 AM
Shimizu says it should be wet with boric acid, is that necessary?
#23
Posted 20 July 2006 - 05:42 AM
I'm intrested in the answer too.
#24
Posted 20 July 2006 - 09:07 AM
Wetting it with boric acid may be counter intuitive. There is bicarbonate in there. It will react with the boric acid both killing the protective properties of the boric acid, and the delay properties of the bicarbonate. Trust me on this, I just went down to the lab to check, and sprained my ankle in the process by falling off a bucket. (lab needs to be cleaned and reorganised)
The sky is my canvas, and I have 2,113 pounds of powdered paint in the workshop.
#25
Posted 20 July 2006 - 09:44 AM
Do an exhaustive rec.pyro search and I'm sure you'll find the specifics.
Here's something I did manage to find.
"AECI (African Explosive & Chemical Industries) used to make BP with
Black Wattle charcoal, which is, as far as I know, native to Australia.
It is also, in my opinion, the *best* type of charcoal for glitter
compositions."
#26
Posted 10 August 2006 - 10:11 AM
I can get the cheap ass 0-100micron aluminium (spherical), could i use this in D1 and still get a similar effect or does the aluminium have to be a specific size?
#27
Posted 10 August 2006 - 01:26 PM
#28
Posted 17 October 2006 - 02:08 PM
Thanks
#29
Posted 17 October 2006 - 05:12 PM
Honestly, the most probable answer is that it isn't dry yet. Damp stars, and EXPECIALLY driven in stars are not firm at all.
The sky is my canvas, and I have 2,113 pounds of powdered paint in the workshop.
#30
Posted 09 May 2007 - 07:44 AM
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#31
Posted 09 May 2007 - 09:58 PM
Thanks for the bump!
#32
Posted 28 May 2007 - 11:07 AM
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#33
Posted 28 May 2007 - 01:11 PM
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The sky is my canvas, and I have 2,113 pounds of powdered paint in the workshop.
#34
Posted 30 May 2007 - 04:54 PM
i know D1 glitter is easy to ignite but do you prime it? according to united nuclear stars with only potassium nitrate should be primed with a 1mm meal prime i was planing on doing this by rolling my stars untill they are 1/2" diameter let them dry for 20 minutes then spray them with water and roll them in meal powder would this be an acceptable way to prime them?
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#35
Posted 30 May 2007 - 05:34 PM
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#36
Posted 30 May 2007 - 07:19 PM
In mines, I pipe the quickmatch into the stars - they ignite lighting the lift in turn. Here's a 3in mine w/D1 and FF#3 stars: Mine
In aerial shells I've used 3/8" pumped in 3in ball shells. Burst was 4:1 KP on crispies with ~3g whistle boost: 3in D1 Glitter shell
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#37
Posted 16 June 2007 - 09:03 PM
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#38
Posted 08 July 2007 - 10:25 AM
Is D1-Glitter often used in professional shows?
Yesterday I saw similar effects in a show, so I was wondering if they used the same composition.
It was a big break with a cloud of golden sparks, then it changed in to tiny tingling silver/white sort like strobe effect, slowly falling into the sea.
Here's a video of it, the quality is poor, so mby hard to see.
#39
Posted 08 July 2007 - 10:46 AM
And no, D1 isn't likely to be used in pro shows. As i understand it all of the glitters used in pro shows use pre-made meal powder as a feed stock, then adding aluminum or magnalium, antimony trisulfide, strontium carbonate, sulfur, charcoal, etc. Winokur's compositions and other glitter compositions may be "translated" over into a formula based on meal powder that has a similar effect... then they might be used commercially.
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#40
Posted 08 July 2007 - 12:21 PM
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