"shockwaveriderz" <shockwaveriderz@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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What cn I use to store a small amount 8oz of BP in? Tupperware ok?
altoids
metal tins? can I should I use a desiccant?

Gun stores sell a very inexpensive metal "powder flask" in their muzzle
section.
I have one of those for my cowboy six gun, cap and ball shooter.
No static in that puppy.

I also have used a plastic camera film can after "anti-static" treatment.
I've also used a small plastic bottle, after "anti static" treatment.

I have never seen it, but many say plastic can spark with static, so I
treat
it first before putting powder in it.
However, the gun store also sells a plastic spout and cap top you screw on
to the top of your metal go-ex can to pour it, so go figure.

What cn I use to store a small amount 8oz of BP in? Tupperware ok? altoids
metal tins? can I should I use a desiccant?

almax: describe your anti-static treatment please
TIA
shockie B)

"AlMax" <Al@unverified.com> wrote in message
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"shockwaveriderz" <shockwaveriderz@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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What cn I use to store a small amount 8oz of BP in? Tupperware ok?
altoids
metal tins? can I should I use a desiccant?

Gun stores sell a very inexpensive metal "powder flask" in their muzzle
section.
I have one of those for my cowboy six gun, cap and ball shooter.
No static in that puppy.

I also have used a plastic camera film can after "anti-static"
treatment.
I've also used a small plastic bottle, after "anti static" treatment.

I have never seen it, but many say plastic can spark with static, so I
treat
it first before putting powder in it.
However, the gun store also sells a plastic spout and cap top you screw
on
to the top of your metal go-ex can to pour it, so go figure.

I have never seen it, but many say plastic can spark with static, so I
treat
it first before putting powder in it.´

almax: describe your anti-static treatment please

10% solution of "Woolite" mixed with water, sprayed (misted actually) on
the
inside and outside of the container and allowed to dry works very well and
lasts a good while.

There are other commercial products available, but they are expensive and
don't work all that much better.

Used it for years on all my motor making work surfaces... still alive,
still
got all my fingers.


***Your results may vary, rocketry is an inherently dangerous sport....
proceed at your own risk.***



"shockwaveriderz" <shockwaveriderz@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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almax: describe your anti-static treatment please
TIA
shockie B)

"AlMax" <Al@unverified.com> wrote in message
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"shockwaveriderz" <shockwaveriderz@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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What cn I use to store a small amount 8oz of BP in? Tupperware ok?
altoids
metal tins? can I should I use a desiccant?

Gun stores sell a very inexpensive metal "powder flask" in their
muzzle
section.
I have one of those for my cowboy six gun, cap and ball shooter.
No static in that puppy.

I also have used a plastic camera film can after "anti-static"
treatment.
I've also used a small plastic bottle, after "anti static" treatment.

I have never seen it, but many say plastic can spark with static, so I
treat
it first before putting powder in it.
However, the gun store also sells a plastic spout and cap top you
screw
on
to the top of your metal go-ex can to pour it, so go figure.

"Mark" <mburggra1@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:c3hQc.9153$cK.1249@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net...
10% solution of "Woolite" mixed with water, sprayed (misted actually) on
the
inside and outside of the container and allowed to dry works very well
and
lasts a good while.


what Mark sugggests is better then my treatment, so use his idea !

what I used came in a spray can and had a picture of a skirt on the front.

The only proper way to store BP is in a metal container. The reason
being: static electricity will not buildup in a metal container. I
have several of the old metal 35 mm film containers with screw on
caps, that I use. If you can't find metal film containers, some
novelty shops have decorative metal containers that could be used.

>>> To reply, remove the TRABoD!
Kaplow Klips & Baffle: http://nira-rocketry.org/LeadingEdge/Phantom4000.pdf

In article <4111B104.25209F04@olg.com>, "W. E.Fred Wallace"
wallacewe@olg.com> writes:
The only proper way to store BP is in a metal container. The reason
being: static electricity will not buildup in a metal container. I
have several of the old metal 35 mm film containers with screw on
caps, that I use. If you can't find metal film containers, some
novelty shops have decorative metal containers that could be used.

Can't the friction of the screw cap cause problems with the fine dust?
I've
always avoided screw caps for that reason. Of course I've never dealt wit
quantities over an ounce total.

Bob Kaplow

By the way, how is black powder sold? {that would be one of them
retorical
type of questions...}

it's sold in metal cans with metal screw cap lids.

AlMax wrote:

it's sold in metal cans with metal screw cap lids.

Not always. The last pound I bought came in a metal can; the pound
before that came in plastic, from the manufacturer.

"Kevin Trojanowski" <troj@cox.bogusbits.net> wrote in message
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AlMax wrote:

it's sold in metal cans with metal screw cap lids.

Not always. The last pound I bought came in a metal can; the pound
before that came in plastic, from the manufacturer.

I assume like the smokeless powder cans kevin.

what brand was it, just being curious.

I assume like the smokeless powder cans kevin.

what brand was it, just being curious.