make your own fire snot. Methanol Jelly.

[bojit]

Iv'e got some lime jelly in the cupboard and some coleman fuel in the shed . i have a little project for the morning .
I better watch the eyebrows:yikes:

Craig...................

 

[bojit]

Some commercial chalks aren't chalk at all... well according to QI anyway.

Try climbing chalk i think it is the real stuff.

Craig..............

 

[tomongoose]

I didn't think of that I have my climbing gear in the garage

 

[the_k]

I think I'm going to have a go at this one.

 

[Robbi]

LOL ! the_k...BOOM !

 

[Spikey DaPikey]

There are lots of things you can use to jellify fuel, a strange one to use is blood !

Clinky link...

 

[bojit]

Right whats next ? Anyone got a recipe for semtex

Craig.............

 

[Spikey DaPikey]

Semtex is just a brand name...........

 

[Melonfish]

Right whats next ? Anyone got a recipe for semtex

Craig.............

I had a jolly roger cook book once (now a terrorist manual would you believe?) and it stated that to start making plastique you must "boil bleach on a stove until the white fumes disappear"
heh

 

[Spikey DaPikey]

From Wikipedia....

Semtex is a general-purpose plastic explosive containing RDX and PETN.[1] It is used in commercial blasting, demolition, and in certain military applications. Semtex became notoriously popular with terrorists because it was, until recently, extremely difficult to detect,[2] as in the case of Pan Am Flight 103.

 

[shaggystu]

I had a jolly roger cook book once (now a terrorist manual would you believe?).....

i was thinking of the anarchists cook book, but wasn't sure whether i'd be suggesting or warning!

stuart

 

[nitrambur]

Try climbing chalk i think it is the real stuff.

Craig..............

You might find that's Magnesium Carbonate

 

[bojit]

You might find that's Magnesium Carbonate

Ok then , but it looks like chalk

Supose i should have checked that one out first .

Craig...............

 

[mountainm]

interestingly if you add some iron oxide powder, and aluminium powder (AKA thermite!) the home made snot will burn through sheet steel - well according to the almighty interweb anyhow.

 

[bojit]

interestingly if you add some iron oxide powder, and aluminium powder (AKA thermite!) the home made snot will burn through sheet steel - well according to the almighty interweb anyhow.

I wonder what effect magnesium carbonate (climbing chalk) would have .

Craig.............

 

[Berk]

SWMBO won't let me try making the snot without a real reason for it. So what can this stuff be used for?

 

[mountainm]

SWMBO won't let me try making the snot without a real reason for it. So what can this stuff be used for?

I'm making some because it makes it easier to store and use. It's less likely to leak and taint your gear. You don't need a stove to use it (the commercial stuff just comes in a tin which you light then snuff out and put the lid back on when you're not using it) or you can just put a blob on a rock.

Oh yeah, and it's fun to make your own - I want to experiment with the mix - slow burning, fast burning etc. (Hence the thermite research). Also thinking of indiana jones style torches made from the stuff.

 

[shutz]

like this idea..could you use garden lime and metholayted spirits? Got a big bag of this for the allotment so heres hoping..

 

[rik_uk3]

You could just buy Tesco value alcohol gel or

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-6X-STERNO...2?pt=UK_BOI_Restaurant_RL&hash=item35a7c8fb1a

 

[mountainm]

You could just buy Tesco value alcohol gel or

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-6X-STERNO...2?pt=UK_BOI_Restaurant_RL&hash=item35a7c8fb1a

Where's the fun in that?