I was wondering what the ingredients of a smoke bomb was? thanks, bye

I've read that you melt 4 parts sugar and 6 parts potassium nitrate together under a low flame untill it gells and then add a fuse and some matchheads. I've tried this once but the whole thing lit on fire in my house when I was melting it. I guess I got too impatient and used too much heat.

i read that you have to put the suger in first or something then the saltpetre in last but it doesn't matter does it as long as you stir? Um so it doesn't catch fire how long do you think i should boil it? Um also what should i use for a FUSE? And do i put suger first mix some saltpetre in then sugar then mix saltpetre in and poor some more salt petre in? And what size spoons should i use?

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buy cannon fuse.

cannon fuse?

This is what I read http://www.totse.com/files/FA031/smoke.htm

You can buy fuse on many online sites. You can also buy it at most gun shops or army surpluss stores.

hey ex i red you have to put 2 suger to 3 salt petre and you say 4 suger to 6saltpetre, does it matter how much you put it in?

Neil, they will probably both work because 2/3 and 4/6 is the same thing.

ah didn't know that, thanks ex . But does it matter which spoon size i should use when i'm putting the stuff in and stirring? And one more thing should i put the suger in first then the saltpetre?

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the way i do it is 5 part sugar, 2 part saltpeter and i never had any problem. it goes like a charm

um question. What does 3 suger to salt petre? Would that mean half and a quarter? And what would 5 suger to 2 salt petre mean?
And since 4 to 6 would be the same as 3 to 2. Can someone help me out?

Neil, I talked to you and you were all right, but take a basic math class. 2 parts sugar and 3 parts Potassium Nitrate. That means any unit of measure of 2 for sugar and then 3 of the same unit for Potassium Nitrate.

Or 2/5 Sugar, 3/5 Potassium Nitrate. C'est Simple! Oui?

yes i figured it out bm. If you take 5 to 2 you say 5x2=10 then 2x2=4 so it would be 10 whatever of suger and 4 whatever of saltpetre. Someone told me that you multiply it by the 2nd number in this case is the 2 so you'd mulitply the 5 and 2 and with the 2 you'd mulpiply it also with the two. Er or something like that. Well later all

4 parts saltpeter and 10 parts sugar is the same as 2 parts saltpeter to 5 parts sugar except you did more work multiplying.

yeah, i know ex, but it was worth, the more math problems i do this summer the more my brain gets exercise and stuff. But that was quite helpfull though. My brain must be even bigger now:p

what are farmer co-op stores? are they like just regular gardening stores?

Na, They sell stuff in bulk usually and they sell heaps of different fertalisers. Potassiun nitrate is a fertaliser commonly reffered to as salt peta.

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Haha, oh wait.

bongman vat are you laffing at?

Hey peeps i was wondering what smoke bombs were for anyway? Are they used for fireworks or making rodents and animals get out of holes instead of poisioning them? Does anyone know any websites were i could buy them? I'd rather buy them then waste lots of sugar, have skin on my legs on my hand, i don't want a homemade hair full of fire, and i don't feel like buying a new stove or kitchen. Well could anyone help?

man check out www.firequest.com

where can one pick up salt petre?

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It seems in the UK none of the garden centres sell it in its pure form anymore. There probably afraid of the IRA making even more bombs.

you can manufactuer it the method givin in the cookbook is fairly accurate.