How to make Smoke Bombs

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heres a video that i made
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im going to make another video in the spring that show me actualy cooking it. then i will post it here. heres my tip-use plastic bottle caps to measure your powders, (2 parts sugar, 3 parts kno3) i cook mine in a tuna fish can and mix it with a popsicle stick constantly. good luck
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Another easy way to make mini ones is get a little lump of KNO3 and melt it, then sprinkle in sugar.
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I've read that adding fine saw dust makes even more smoke. Has anyone tried that?
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ahh the power or sugar. well you can turn it into a rocket if you put it into a schamber with a small opening and some guidence fins, with the right amounts of fuel that is.
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Thanks, it's the proof that you dont need to mix them to get a nice smoke :)
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Yeah but melting them makes a thicker smoke, whiter too.
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i wonder if there is a way to make it burn colder so it can be more safly used in airsoft/paintball
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There isn't. If you are playing in an area where there is a fire risk (The vast majority of fields) then you will have to go with chemical smoke, or carry a small extinguisher, and use some common sense. (Please, don't light something on fire and throw it into a field of dead wheat during 75mph winds.)
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BC Pneumatics wrote: (Please, don't light something on fire and throw it into a field of dead wheat during 75mph winds.)
Instinct tells me that you learned that the hard way?

Question: Could the wick light from a combustion cannon?
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Your instinct is very, very wrong. I am not a moron.

It depends what you mean by 'wick'
Some fuses would, and some wouldn't. You could saturate a wick with an oxidizer and it may, bu black match would probably be better.
Of course, shooting incendiary ammo is a felony in the US, and anything burning at the temp of black powder while leaving your barrel will scar it up very badly over time.
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