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Fire Extinguisher super-soaker! (can be modded to make flamethrower)

Fire Extinguisher super-soaker! (can be modded to make flamethrower)
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this is how to refill a basic cheap-o disposable fire extinguisher, and turn it into a super-soaker/flamethrower.

you will need:

-Plastic-head disposable fire extinguisher
-compresser w/ special nozzle (pic will be shown later)
-electrical tape and something to cut it with
-water
-someone to soak with this after your done building it!
-garden hose to clean it out with...sink will do
-trash can to dump old excess powder in


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Step 1Clean it out

clean it out
spray any remaining powder in the extinguisher into a garbage can (watch your eyes - and nose....this stuff isnt good to breath).
take the garden hose and rinse it out, including the pipe and nozzle.....thise can be done be holding the lever down and spraying the hose into it.


it should look something like the picture below
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Feb 11, 2012. 5:41 AMallmercy says:
On Ebay I sell them seller ID Allmercy just do the advanced search by seller and put my ID in and buy one or two or ten.
Oct 6, 2011. 7:19 PMpyrogreasemonkey says:
gasoline also combusts under pressure, much less in fact, but it must be mixed with air.
Oct 6, 2011. 7:17 PMpyrogreasemonkey says:
also since there is oxygen being pumped in from the compressor it could fire back into it and explode, basically a pipe bomb
Oct 6, 2011. 7:12 PMpyrogreasemonkey says:
no fuel will auto detonate under pressure unless mixed with oxygen and compressed quickly enough that it heats up a lot. diesels work on the principle that when you compress a gas it heats up. in a diesel the air pressure goes from ambient to 500 psi in a fractoin of a secound, not enough time for it to cool so when the fuel is injected to the hot compressed air it ignites instantly. when you fill a flamable gas cylinder, first off there should be no oxygen in it, but the pressure should rise slowly so it doesnt heat up a lot.
Sep 7, 2008. 5:16 AMneardood says:
please do and tell me
Mar 21, 2009. 11:15 AMThe Musicman says:
i hope that was sarcasm.. he might die
Jan 11, 2011. 5:30 AMC.D33 says:
diesel combusts under pressure only with heat with the right fuel air mix, and with much higher pressure. Nitroglycerin would probably explode under the forces mentioned, as would acetlyene gas...
Oct 6, 2011. 10:55 AMdidgitalpunk says:
aytylen gas bottles are filled with acetylene dissolved in water, itself disolved in rock.<>
Mar 23, 2011. 1:10 PMm5industriesinc says:
not acetylene...... they put much greater pressure on acetylene when they put it into cylinders...
May 21, 2011. 6:36 PMsnowluck2345 says:
Are you sure, it dissolves pretty quickly so the pressure may be much less.
May 29, 2011. 3:05 PMsnowluck2345 says:
acetylene is unstable, even at room pressure, it is dissolbed in acetone in acetylene tanks if i remember currectly and the tanks are aroudn 500psi, but the pressure is being exerted directly on the gas
Mar 26, 2011. 8:51 AMC.D33 says:
Like wtf i didnt even write this i think ive been hacked :/ i dont even no what tht m,eans lolzys
Dec 7, 2008. 5:59 AMmj10021 says:
Could you fill it with butane or propane instead if gas
Apr 15, 2009. 1:41 PMThelonelysandwitch says:
You can fill with anything that is flammable and wont explode under pressure (i.e. diesel, jet fuel, etc.)
Aug 23, 2011. 8:07 AMs.lucero says:
Any fuel will auto ignite at a certain pressure.
Aug 23, 2011. 8:05 AMs.lucero says:
It should be noted that ALL FUELS will auto ignite once a certain pressure is attained. Not just diesel.

Apr 21, 2009. 11:59 AMtwocvbloke says:
Did someone say flamethrower?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gjf-2lHFHAc

>:D
May 29, 2011. 4:21 PMDelo97 says:
Dead video D:<
May 29, 2011. 5:09 PMtwocvbloke says:
Yeah, that's what happens when cyberbullies circumvent the law and attack someone for something they did 20 years ago and get their perfectly legitimate videos removed without any good reason...
Jan 2, 2011. 9:57 AMgodoggie says:
Not sure if anyone knows, but if you take the head off of a fire extinguisher, is it 3/4" threads that attach the head assembly and the tank together?
Aug 14, 2010. 6:36 PMMistaStokes says:
It keeps telling me that the image is not found. Does the compressor fit in there nicely or do I need a special nozzle?
Jun 27, 2010. 8:00 AMHaveFunWithIt says:
Flamethrower! You have to be kidding me! This has to be the stupidest idea I have ever seen posted ANYWHERE. I wonder how many kids are going to set themselves on fire because of your post and the other extremely dangerous posts in the comments here. My God think before you post something like this. Please remove anything in your post related to a flamethrower and save a few kids from a life of pain and disfigurement or death.
Jul 23, 2010. 8:25 AMBobthewrecker says:
Ha, I think it's kinda funny that your name is "HaveFunWithIt" but you discourage a child's ultimate playtoy: THE FLAMETHROWER!
Jul 23, 2010. 10:44 AMHaveFunWithIt says:
OK I guess in my old age I have a fear of seeing someone get horribly hurt. Maybe I am being over protective. You go ahead and make one. I assume you or someone close to you will know the number for 911. Have FunWithIt.........
Oct 20, 2008. 8:15 PMcchang13 says:
wats the glue for?
Jul 8, 2010. 8:36 PMBrettfett1 says:
stop fuel from leaking out and setting u on fire :)
Mar 18, 2010. 8:32 PMEnigmaMax says:
use kerosene instead.
Jan 19, 2010. 12:28 PMColonel88 says:
The Fire Extinguisher is pressurized... So if you start to open it foam will fly out and it will/may explode...
Aug 20, 2009. 1:40 PMaudio8448 says:
how do you unscrew the nozzle part from the tank
Jun 1, 2008. 7:41 PMbuffy says:
do you think its possible to try this with a 5lbs dry chemical and the operating pressure for 5 lbs. is 195 psi do you think it can be succesfull at this operating pressure of 195 and do you think I could fill it almost to the top with water ??? and do you think i could use duct tape instead of electrical tape????
Aug 6, 2009. 12:53 AMMulgen says:
mine dosent have a white tip, but it does have a "barrel" looking thing that looks like it was attached on the end..i can see the scheme...do i cut that off?
Jun 25, 2009. 9:59 PMJoelsefur says:
What is that nozzle called?
May 5, 2009. 12:42 AMJr Hacking kid says:
is that a plastic head or a metal head cuz i got a platic head and it dosent have a brass garment on it
Dec 25, 2007. 7:01 PMHOMEPIE64 says:
are you a pyro ??????i am it is fun.... FLAME ON!!
Apr 17, 2008. 5:46 AMMisterHankie says:
A true pyro maniac actually gets turned on by fire.
May 26, 2008. 9:22 AMhuldumadurin says:
That is a pyrophiliac... Big difference.
Feb 19, 2009. 11:02 AMsadunpererarules says:
thought that was someone that has sex with fire....um....not that i am (shuffles away)
Oct 15, 2008. 12:00 PMjj32x says:
me to:-D
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