Bottle Bombs

Bottle Bombs
Fun and fairly safe bombs, with easy to get ingredients.
 
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Step 1Get the Ingredients

Get the Ingredients
I got everything for a dollar at Piggly Wiggly But almost any store should have these.

Vinegar
Baking Soda
Box of Tissues
Any bottle with a screw on lid
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Jan 11, 2011. 8:25 AMemanelk says:
insead of using baking soda and vinagar, i use tinfoil and hydrochloric acid (75%-100%) it works A LOT better, and no tissue needed
Oct 11, 2011. 7:30 PMilpug says:
that is a felony.
Oct 11, 2011. 8:45 PMilpug says:
I bet.
Mar 18, 2008. 11:30 AMawsome says:
I would pay anyone to develope an "exploding bottle" without using vinigar/baking soda.
Nov 15, 2010. 4:59 PMpain_expert_rob says:
The Works and tin foil balls into a bottle look it up... look up The works bomb
Sep 21, 2009. 9:49 PMlance mc says:
dry ice is loud 2L- bottle, water, and dry ice big bomb pay me ha ha
May 30, 2009. 9:23 PMknoxarama says:
use little balls of aluminum and fill it up to 1\7 of the bottle with them. then you add 'the works' or any other toilet cleaner, shake, make sure its air tight, and watch it explode. noted, the gasses flooding out from the bomb is a whole lot of hydrogen. it came from the reaction between aluminum and the fluids. the bottle also becomes very hot.
Sep 19, 2009. 9:23 AMiamlopainus says:
toilet cleaner or just muriatic acid, which is the same thing, hydrochloric acid
May 2, 2009. 9:30 PMEl Mano says:
They're called "Dry-Ice-Bombs". You can replace vinegar and baking soda with water and lots of Alkaseltzer (Alcaseltser?, Alcaseltzer?) and/or fizzy bathbombs. Also, I've read that making a Coke-and-Mentos prank bottle, replacing a Mento with a chlorine tablet and the Coke with a little bit of gasoline, makes quite the bomb.
Jun 3, 2009. 12:29 PMThe Red Button says:
no. a dry ice bomb uses dry ice. this is works bomb. bit different. i hear the works bomb can burn/melt you.
Dec 19, 2008. 5:51 PMjacobzman says:
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Dec 19, 2008. 5:53 PMjacobzman says:
coke + mentows
Apr 25, 2008. 8:36 PMbop96 says:
all you have to do is put "The Works" (toilet bowl cleaner)in a bottle then wad foil up (that will fit in the bottle) then put the foil in the bottle and screw the cap on. it takes 2-3 min.but it makes a bigger boom
May 30, 2009. 7:37 PMM4industries says:
HCL at pool supplies stores is a much better substitute.
Feb 21, 2009. 9:27 PMThe 4th Doctor says:
That makes hydrogen gas right? so do that near a small fire for a fiery explosion!!
Feb 6, 2010. 2:58 PMM4industries says:
I have never tried this, but from what you said, this is what I would do...
 
I would plant a sparkler a few inches down wind of the bomb (Where the white cloud travels) Then I pour it in and cap it.
May 29, 2009. 7:23 PMsolux says:
Supposed to make a weak to mild acid too. Illegal in some parts of Kentucky .
Apr 20, 2008. 4:24 PMredb1rd says:
Hey u know what I already have!! It's a little thing called dry ice + water in bottle.
Aug 16, 2008. 12:36 AMyeerk21 says:
LOL
Apr 18, 2008. 10:13 PMmonkeywithawrench says:
take a 2 leter coke bottle and brake up and squish small dry ice chunks through the opening. when your ready to set it off put about 1 teaspoon of water in it and close the lid QUICKLY!!! you can throw it or just set it down. BUT MAKE SHURE TO RUN. OH YEA, YOU MIGHT WANT TO COVER YOUR EARS. ITS LOUD. watch this video first. its important if you want to keep your fingers!
ps. i didnt make this video. i haven't recorded any of mine
Apr 24, 2008. 11:45 AMladiesman247 says:
yah right that soudn for the first bomb.sounds fake.... liek one of those BOOM!!! 's in wsar movis by tanks....
Apr 18, 2008. 9:51 PMmonkeywithawrench says:
how about a dry ice bomb? its cheeper and more powerful than a drano bomb. the one madhops0620 is reffering to is called a drano bomb because they were originally made the same way, but you would use Drano brand pipe cleaner and pipe uncloger. the Drano was stronger that "the works" brand stuff. try a dry ice bomb.
Apr 3, 2008. 3:21 PMmadhops0620 says:
If you take scraps of tin foil and put them in the bottle so it covers approximately 1/4 to 1/3 of the bottom, and then take "the works" brand toilet bowl cleaner and put it in the bottle and cap it, it will make a HUGE explosion it jakes take 3 or 4 minutes to go. What happns is that a chemical reaction takes place and it forms a gas and it gets hot so it will turn white and bubble up right before it explodes
Apr 7, 2008. 11:38 AMawsome says:
so is this one good for throwing or just plop it down and run?
Apr 7, 2008. 7:42 PMmadhops0620 says:
ive only ever sat it down and watched. Theres so much pressure though and it gets so hot that i wouldnt weanna through it in case it went off in my hand. Or if youre talking about throwing like in this one then i still wouldnt want to becausethe chemicals can burn your skin if theyre on their for awhile but its fine if u just get a little on you and wipe it off
Apr 18, 2008. 9:41 PMmonkeywithawrench says:
it forms hydrogen gas. is you do that and put a big balloon over it, you can fill the balloon with hydrogen. leave the balloon duck-taped to the bottle, it gets huge, but if your careful it won't pop. tie nylon string to it and run. its more fun that way because you get a HUGE fireball!!!! also the liquid left in the bottle is acid and WILL kill grass. your parents will get Pist Off!!!
Apr 10, 2008. 11:38 AMawsome says:
That happend to my friend...It hurts to be burned.
Apr 7, 2008. 5:14 PMJames (pseudo-geek) says:
its far more powerful than a baking soda bomb, it you get a strong bottle.
Apr 3, 2008. 1:23 PMladiesman247 says:
get a bottle and put sparklers inside them about 10-20 sparklers. and light them and hurry up and screw on the bottle cap,before all spark is gone. adn it explodes. now you were saying. money?1 eh..... lol! heh (im 12 btw) k that was kinda random
Apr 26, 2008. 7:31 AMladiesman247 says:
yah i jsut found that out... waht do i do?
Apr 24, 2008. 3:34 PMmonkeywithawrench says:
also, it will melt the bottle
Apr 18, 2008. 9:44 PMmonkeywithawrench says:
that would be a sparkler bomb. look it up on youtube. your making it wrong.
Apr 7, 2008. 11:40 AMawsome says:
sorry...I'm broke(for now anyways) But, how would you fit 10-20 sparklers in 1 bottle.and could you substitute the sparklers?they outlawed fireworks where im from.
Apr 14, 2008. 12:02 PMladiesman247 says:
erm... srry dude thts the only way i hav dun it! i dont really no an other way. btw.... im 12 s o i dont really no ,much about thsi and am jsut beginning to take an interest
Apr 15, 2008. 11:09 AMawsome says:
OK...Sparklers don't explode...do they?
Apr 16, 2008. 7:47 AMladiesman247 says:
no not really. but bcus of all the gases and stuff make the bottle expand so much the bottle cant take it, so it explodes and goes BOOM!
Apr 3, 2008. 1:28 PMladiesman247 says:
em after u put the lid on after u put the sparklers on on i suggest u throw unless you want to donate a hand to heaven! (or hell) lol
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