spitfire Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 KClO4............................48Sodium oxalate...........8Red gum........................11Parlon............................10MgAl 63 mic. ...............11Flake Titanium.............10Dextrin...........................4 A nice bright white/yellowish star with a rich tail of white sparks. Stars can be pumped or cut. I use a starplate. The Titanium can be altered to sponge or larger flakes to make comets. It might be interesting to try FeTi or a mix of different titaniums. Prime with plain BP. best regards, spitfire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GalFisk Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 What's the use of parlon in a sodium star? Since it's not used as a binder, and doesn't contribute to the sodium color, wouldn't it be better to use lower cost red gum for all the organic fuel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitfire Posted January 3, 2015 Author Share Posted January 3, 2015 What's the use of parlon in a sodium star? Since it's not used as a binder, and doesn't contribute to the sodium color, wouldn't it be better to use lower cost red gum for all the organic fuel?I just took a yellow star comp. that had the burning and color properties i was looking for. Burning speed, temperature and color where my goals in making a great Ti streamer. There was no need for me to change the original composition. It worked the way i wanted.I shot some 3'' shells with em this NYE, they where better than i expected! very dense streamer with a perfect speed and color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobcharol Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Adding saran inplace of parlon would give better result Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitfire Posted January 8, 2015 Author Share Posted January 8, 2015 That might be worth a try, can you define the reason why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaMtnBkr Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Have you tried a similar amount of titanium in a charcoal or glitter star? If so how did it compare? Seems like an expensive mix for a titanium streamer. Do you happen to have a video? Maybe it's different than what I imagine it would look like. Just wondering if it could be made cheaper and look about the same? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitfire Posted January 9, 2015 Author Share Posted January 9, 2015 The questions you ask FlaMntBkr are the exact same questions i asked myself while searching for what i wanted! I tried many times to get this result from C based stars, but it just can't do the trick. I was looking for a really bright slightly off-white star that spreads a thick tail of bright Ti. Together with the right burning speed. This comp did it. When using C based comps i pretty much always ended up with stars that look more like kamuro or at the best poorly oxidised stars with a lot of dross. I do not share comps if i'm not confident about the result. There will be tons of different and cheaper ways of getting the same, i just didn't figured that out. I'm in a learning curve, as most of us i guess. This one gave me what i have been looking for. So i shared it. No, i don't have a video and there never will be. Just a matter of precaution in a strange world we are living in today. I wish it was different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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