I always hear to use separate tools for chlorate to reduce sulfer
contamination. How sensitive are the 2 together and how far do you
need to go to reduce chance of contamination?

If I were to make a salute using chlorate would the sulfer in the time
fuse or cross match be a problem?

What about a prime on a chlorate star?

Thanks!

sulfer? Sulfur! I do know how to spell sulfur but I don't know what
happened. I guess tired + pain + pain killers = sulfer

Still need to figure out the chlorate thing. Thanks!



FlaMtnBkr wrote:
I always hear to use separate tools for chlorate to reduce sulfer
contamination. How sensitive are the 2 together and how far do you
need to go to reduce chance of contamination?

If I were to make a salute using chlorate would the sulfer in the time
fuse or cross match be a problem?

What about a prime on a chlorate star?

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On Sep 27, 11:15 pm, FlaMtnBkr <flamtn... at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:
sulfer? Sulfur! I do know how to spell sulfur but I don't know what
happened. I guess tired + pain + pain killers = sulfer

Still need to figure out the chlorate thing. Thanks!



FlaMtnBkr wrote:
I always hear to use separate tools for chlorate to reduce sulfer
contamination. How sensitive are the 2 together and how far do you
need to go to reduce chance of contamination?

If I were to make a salute using chlorate would the sulfer in the time
fuse or cross match be a problem?

What about a prime on a chlorate star?

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Not an issue that a sane individual worries about.

Do you use black powder as part of your star comps? If you are
concerned about chlorates and sufur, return to you non-chlorate comps.

Not a big deal.

Harry C.

Hmmm, can you seperate the compositions by eg coating chlorate stars for
use with BP breaking charges with NC lacquer - makes a good prime too  

On Sep 30, 8:18 pm, Peter Fairbrother <zenadsl6... at (no spam) zen.co.uk> wrote:

Hmmm, can you seperate the compositions by eg coating chlorate stars for
use with BP breaking charges with NC lacquer - makes a good prime too  :)

By itself?

On Sep 30, 9:17 pm, Bob <robg... at (no spam) bestweb.net> wrote:

On Sep 30, 8:18 pm, Peter Fairbrother <zenadsl6... at (no spam) zen.co.uk> wrote:

Hmmm, can you seperate the compositions by eg coating chlorate stars for
use with BP breaking charges with NC lacquer - makes a good prime too  :)

By itself?

Bob, I use Nc lacquer in acetone to bind a bit of Valine superprime on
top of chlorate rolled stars before adding the final spiderweb
formulation to make golden sparks. Haven"t blown up yet!

I have had "sour" red phosphorus induce spontaneous explosion of "spit
devils".

Some of the red converts over time to the amorphous form, which then
oxidizes and combines with humidity to form phosphoric acid.  It, alone,
is sufficient impetus to cause the devils to spit when they have mostly
dried.

"Sour" covers a lot of ground, but usually infers an acid condition.  If
it tastes sour, it's probably acid enough to start a reaction.  Same
thing if it were sensibly bitter, but on the opposite side the the pH
spectrum.

On Oct 1, 3:09 pm, super6 <jpbr... at (no spam) rjsonline.net> wrote:

On Sep 30, 9:17 pm, Bob <robg... at (no spam) bestweb.net> wrote:

On Sep 30, 8:18 pm, Peter Fairbrother <zenadsl6... at (no spam) zen.co.uk> wrote:

Hmmm, can you seperate the compositions by eg coating chlorate stars for
use with BP breaking charges with NC lacquer - makes a good prime too  :)

By itself?

Bob, I use Nc lacquer in acetone to bind a bit of Valine superprime on
top of chlorate rolled stars before adding the final spiderweb
formulation to make golden sparks. Haven"t blown up yet!

Sure, lots of us have sometimes used NC lacquer as a glue for dry
priming comp (especially fine grained BP) or as a binder for a compo
(priming or otherwise).  But Peter Fairbrother's use of the word
"makes" in "makes a good prime" is the ambiguity I was trying to clear
up.  Does he mean it can be used as a primer by itself (seems too slow
burning), or just to "make" a prime by being a binder in a priming
comp?

Robert

Still, and I may have missed it since I have other 'fish to fry', I
don't recall Mike, Lloyd, or anyone else using the term "Sour" in the
thread, and that somewhat surpised me.

A weak acid can taste
much sourer than a strong one of equal normality.

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Still, and I may have missed it since I have other 'fish to fry', I
don't recall Mike, Lloyd, or anyone else using the term "Sour" in the
thread, and that somewhat surpised me.

Mike several times mentioned "sour" paste as a causative for spontaneous
ignitions.

I have had "sour" red phosphorus induce spontaneous explosion of "spit
devils".

Some of the red converts over time to the amorphous form, which then
oxidizes and combines with humidity to form phosphoric acid.  It, alone,
is sufficient impetus to cause the devils to spit when they have mostly
dried.

"Sour" covers a lot of ground, but usually infers an acid condition.  If
it tastes sour, it's probably acid enough to start a reaction.  Same
thing if it were sensibly bitter, but on the opposite side the the pH
spectrum.

LLoyd

"Sour" covers a lot of ground, but usually infers an acid condition.