They arrived!

LifeJunkie · Joined: 10 Feb 2008 Posts: 129 Location: Kent

They actually arrived thismorning, i only ordered them yesterday!! shocked

..Me being me i couldnt wait to try them out. So i stole some of my mums parafin that she uses for her gerden lamps and soaked them and got spinning!!
It was amazing. The adrenaline rush for the first spin was immense. Then i got Fixat1oN round my house because hes also never spun fire before, so i let him have a few goes, then we went down and got some parafin and some lighters. Got a big 4litre bottle of parafin for just under £5 which is pretty good..

Got Fixat1oN coming round again later when it gets dark and another poi newbie. Its gonna be good!

Big hugs to RidRequiem & Daedra for helping me out, thanks for getting me obsessed and turning me into a pyromaniac guys Laughing

Simon

ajclarke · Posted: Thu 21st Feb, 2008 4:18 pm Post subject:

Erm. Im guessing you didnt let your poi soak for 24 hours then... :(

I hope they ont disintegrate like mine did.

LifeJunkie · Joined: 10 Feb 2008 Posts: 129 Location: Kent

ahhh, nobody told me to let them soak for that long...
they are a bit charred, but i guess thats normal considering they were on fire.. Razz

Daedra · Posted: Thu 21st Feb, 2008 5:10 pm Post subject:

Hey there LJ!!
So you had your first burn eh?! Nice one sir! Yeah it's such a rush when you burn your poi for the first time. God I still remember my first burn all those moons ago!!

It's always good to have people around you who are at your skill level. It makes learning that much more fun!

AJ, I think there's a right and wrong about the whole 24 hr soak thing to be honest. I don't think that not leaving them in soak for 24 hours is a major contributory factor in poi disintegration!

Other reasons include:

- Dropping them on concrete.
- Exposure to the elements (Rain, snow, frost, rusty water!! Etc).

- Letting the flames go out themselves rather than putting them out whilst still lit!!!

- Clashing.
- Unwrapping and re-wrapping them.
- Poor storage conditions.
- Consistent mixed use of different fuels.

If you take good care of your poi, trying not to do any of the above, then you should be fine!

Various tips on care of poi are:

- Extinguish the flame before it goes out by itself. If you smell them while their nearly out you can distinctly smell a burning smell rather than the paraffin smell we all know and love! That smell is when there's no paraffin left and just the Kevlar is left burning away.

- Soak them for an hour before use.

- After you've extinguished your flame. Make sure you duck your poi into your fuel. This dissipates the heat and smoldering which can damage the edges of the wick.

- After you've finished spinning. Put your poi heads into a sealed container full of paraffin. This makes sure that they're completely moistened through and adequately fueled for your next burn

- If your practicing with them unlit, shove an old pair of socks over them so if you drop them, they don't get damaged when they hit the ground!

The above should help prolong the life of your wicks!

LifeJunkie · Joined: 10 Feb 2008 Posts: 129 Location: Kent

cheers Daedra, once again :P
i didnt soak them for an hour first spin, about 15mins, and i put them out with a wet towel and then put them straight back into the fuel. they are a bit black and charred, but its all good, i dont intend on practising with them or anything like that, thats what the socks are for!!
might have to swap the tennis balls in the socks with bricks so they they are the same weight though!! Laughing

spinning again in like half an hour =] in addicted damnit!!
might have a go at trying to get some pictures.

Simon

ajclarke · Posted: Thu 21st Feb, 2008 5:36 pm Post subject:

Aye. Well I bought a set of monkey fists and used them the same night. Finished, redipped them, wrapped them up then came back the next morning to see them in a pile of ash.

Hadnt dropped them on the floor or exposed them to unnecassary elements.

Perhaps its more an issure with Monkey Fists due to the more delicate nature of them.

I havent even had a problem with my core based ones. Perhaps me and my friend were just unlucky.

LifeJunkie · Joined: 10 Feb 2008 Posts: 129 Location: Kent

Ahh, although we are only newbies, i thought i would post some pics anyways. Enjoy. Smile

Meee spinning:

Fixat1oN spinning:

Me messing about:

RidRequiem · Posted: Thu 21st Feb, 2008 10:46 pm Post subject:

hehehehhe welcome to the world of fire!!

you will love the smell of paraffin from now on !!
mummmmmmmmmmm paraffin

and yes it is very addictive!!!!

now dont forget to take it easy!!!
(hahahahaah im mother of the group!~)

hugs for the nice photos !!

and my first poi were monkey fists and i havnt taken much care of them but they are still in great working order ( I LOVE THEM ) but its best to look after them!!

anyhoo huge hugs and ill send you a well done cookie!!

ps love the smile you can see on the photos big cheesy yayayayas how good is this smile!!!!!

LifeJunkie · Joined: 10 Feb 2008 Posts: 129 Location: Kent

yano, i would be smiling in my photo, but i was consentrating on trying not to get hit!!

Hugs back, its awesome =]

RidRequiem · Posted: Thu 21st Feb, 2008 11:05 pm Post subject:

hahahahahaahah just relax and let it flow!!

you will get hit at some point and when i does happen generally if you have the right clothes on! not much happens you will just smell a bit of a burn and it will singe what ever it hit, it stinks when you get your hair!!
but do have wet towel just incase !!

hehehehe glad you had a good first burn huge massive huggles xxx

RidRequiem · Posted: Thu 21st Feb, 2008 11:18 pm Post subject:

just on another point.....

DONT get drunk

and have the "oh wouldnt it be great to do fire" idea!!!!!
make sure, if you think you will be tempted hide them we do not want any accidents!!!!!

sorry to be all thing.. but dont want peeps to hurt themselves

enjoy my fiery friend!!!!

hugs

Tony Doodles · Posted: Fri 22nd Feb, 2008 9:34 am Post subject:

hey guys apparently the 24 hour kevlar soak thing is an urban miff and not essential. An hour should be fine... once the wick has absorbed its capacity it's absorbed its capacity if you catch my drift.

Fixat1oN · Joined: 30 Jan 2008 Posts: 93 Location: Daan Souf

hi all,

just reinfocing what LJ says, fire is such a rush its brillient!! looking to get a pair myself soon as possible.

LJ urge me on to do a corkscrew with the fire and i totally forgot how to come out of it into the bw 3bt and nearly set my head on fire! haha such a rush

after fire, socks and tails feel so camp Laughing

hugs

Daedra · Posted: Fri 22nd Feb, 2008 11:10 am Post subject:

Camp? Camp!? hehe:P

Back into this discussion are we?!

I've come to the point now where tails don't do anything for me! Socks are just plain amazing because they make spinning much easier to do more technical tricks than with chains.

But fire is just so cool that just the sound and the pretty visuals makes up for the chains! (^_^)

Ahhh so it IS an Urban Miff!! I knew it! Muahaha!

But seriously tho guys just make sure your careful wen you're doing your tricks. Have an hour or so warm up first with them unlit so you can get a good feel for the weights and how to do your tricks etc! Can't emphasize that enough!

Fixat1oN · Joined: 30 Jan 2008 Posts: 93 Location: Daan Souf

i do agree socks are still immense and tails are getting annoying for me now..although they can look pretty cool..

tht does sound logical, mite try tht next time, scary trying a trick they your not 100% sure with with em lit..

hugs

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