Which Fuel is Best To Spin Fire With???

Daedra · Posted: Tue 13th Mar, 2007 12:56 am Post subject:

righteo, although can i suggest this site

http://www.inoxia.co.uk/rw/category/12.aspx

its a pyrotechnics chemical supplier i go on (all legal and stuff if your over 18 that is)

if you know your chemicles and need to get some then i think this site is very useful, although all i have done on there is get ingrediants for stinger rockets (soooo much fun!) and loads of lycopodium powder (dragon powder) for fire breathing

splinter · Joined: 06 Feb 2007 Posts: 133 Location: Dublin, Ireland

i use Parrafin all the time but i have used white spirits on occassion. it gives a larger flame but also burns at a much higher temp and can be more dangerous to wrap with...let me just say this..

ALL FUELS ARE DANGEROUS:

JUST BE SMART AND SAFE FOLKS

Tony Doodles · Posted: Tue 13th Mar, 2007 1:13 pm Post subject:

agreed.

Daedra · Posted: Tue 13th Mar, 2007 2:49 pm Post subject:

i second the notion grumble

Psychotic Neurotic · Posted: Tue 13th Mar, 2007 2:52 pm Post subject:

OHHH GOD now i have 'i second that emotion' stuck in my head
CURSE YE!!!!

Timmayx · Joined: 17 Sep 2006 Posts: 264

I third that notion. Although standing 10 feet away from someone doing a burn-off is a great way to get a bit of heat in you at this time of year :D

Also, had anyone here spun with brillo-pad cages?

Daedra · Posted: Tue 13th Mar, 2007 7:16 pm Post subject:

brillo pad cages? lol if you go to the gallery, and look up the photo i put in, thats me doing wire woll spinning in dover...god that day was fantastic! that won me photo of the month that did! and a set of fire poi! Rolling Eyes

ajclarke · Posted: Tue 13th Mar, 2007 7:54 pm Post subject:

Sweet :D

What did you do with them ?

Cut them up or just wrap them around your kevlar?

Daedra · Posted: Tue 13th Mar, 2007 8:11 pm Post subject:

it wasn't brillo pads although that could work also! but its a bit more of an expensive option i think

what you do is, go to a shop like B&Q or another DIY shop of the likes, buy a pack of medium of fine gaged steel wire wool.

for the cage i used chicken wire as it lets alot of air through and the sparks can fly out better i feel.

have your cage un rolled out on the floor, lay two strips of about 2.5 feet length wire wool on it, but they have to be side by side to ensure it fills the cage adequately, then roll up your cage and close it, to ensure safe closure i use cuts of copper wire to ensure the cage stays shut, this hasnt failed me yet *touches wood* and then securely fasten to your poi, and with this comes a warning.

wire wool can be very unsafe, if the cage flys off theres risk of injury if anyones around you!!

then soak the cages in your paraffin pot, shake off any immediate excess, light, wait for it to start cracking and spin for the godly life of you! then after a while the excess paraffin dissapears, when that happens, the sparks BOOM out and looks amazing

lots of variables can effect the spin time or the amount of sparking you can get, ie packing it in to tight so not enough air circulates through the wool, or not enough paraffin, then it just glows some and it fizzed out rather poorly lol so its best to try loads of combinations, i find that the two 2.5' lengths work best, but please try them out! and if you wanna be fancy, if you can get hold of copper and iron shavings, you will get varying in colour as it burns

DONT wrap them round your kevlar lol, its best if you have some cages made that can just clip onto your chains

Timmayx · Joined: 17 Sep 2006 Posts: 264

Daedra · Posted: Wed 14th Mar, 2007 4:29 pm Post subject:

thanks timmay! it did turn out spectacular in the end! thanks to my friend carl, what a genius!

blobtastic · Joined: 08 May 2007 Posts: 19 Location: falmouth, cornwall

that runty kid probably does have something to brag about if he can spin wiht spirits
and remain extenguished Very Happy

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