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Firebreathing

Firebreathing
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This is an simple and relatively safe method of firebreathing that can be learned and perfected in under an hour.



My other instructable on firebreathing is different in a few ways.

-First, and most noticeably, the method used in my original Instructable yields much more impressive results. Many of the fireballs achieved using the original method were 10+ feet long. Most of the fireballs created in this project average around two or three feet.

-The other, less noticeable difference, is in safety. If you screwed up using the original method, everyone you've ever loved or cared about would die a horrible painful death. Whereas using this method you are only putting yourself at risk.

-The materials are also much easier to come by than the things used in the original project. There are only two things needed, both of which can be picked up at your local bodegs.

Without further ado, here are 23 fireballs in 10.5 seconds.


 
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Step 1Materials

Materials
1. Lighter
2. Butane refill

(I bet you see where this is going)
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Apr 4, 2012. 1:24 PMkittensox says:
If you want to learn to breathe fire do not learn it from a website. Find some fire performers and ask them to teach you. If they are responsible they will have you learn to work safety spotting first and they will teach you about the right kinds of fuels and tools to use for different types of fire performance. They will have you practice with water until they feel you are ready. This is a serious SKILL, and not a trick, and so many things can go wrong. Do not use any fuel other than what is specified by a professional fire eater/breather/performer. Go to professional fire performer forums and ask questions, but please find real people. NEVER do fire manipulation alone or drunk. I am a fire performer of many years and it breaks my heart to see instruction like this.
May 23, 2011. 5:48 PMWin Guy says:
Lol. Y 'cuz I said so XD
Win Guy
Jan 25, 2009. 3:57 PMclemsonguy1125 says:
do not do this, its dangerous
May 1, 2011. 7:51 PMloy266 says:
do this every, day it`s fun
Aug 15, 2010. 5:44 PMartyman says:
Ditto
May 3, 2009. 8:56 PMmaster-of-chaos says:
Never would have guessed.
Jan 2, 2011. 9:21 PMTibicen_Linnei says:
Have any of you hateraters considered that the same carcinogens are found in cigarettes as well as in the air of heavily populated cities? We all breathe in some nasty stuff.

I think burners and fire tribes know what they're doing...it's their lives. I know families that make their living breathing, eating, and spinning fire. Don't hate.
May 23, 2008. 9:36 PMstasterisk says:
Smoke rings => flame rings?
Jun 19, 2008. 6:56 PMDandy in the Ghetto says:
yeah, that would be sweet.
Dec 31, 2009. 2:29 AMdla888 says:
Is that possible?
Jun 1, 2008. 4:57 PMjakee117 says:
why can't you just put rubbing alcohol in your mouth. I know people use that for mouthwash sometimes...
Jun 3, 2008. 7:44 AMshandar says:
Rubbing alcohol is liquid, butane is gaseous. Thus if something goes wrong the butane will burn in your mouth then go away while the alcohol will cling to your mouth and burn you.
Jun 4, 2008. 5:02 AMjakee117 says:
ahhhhh VERY big diffrence when it comes to pain...
Nov 21, 2009. 3:51 AMAlpvax says:
Who cares?? it will be worth it
Nov 20, 2009. 9:28 AMdillonere09 says:

my dad done this when he was younger

end result: singed eyebrows humans dont suit no eyebrows

instead try this:
 http://www.instructables.com/id/Fire-Breathing-With-Food-as-Fuel

Sep 28, 2009. 6:59 PMfreshprincem217 says:
lol look at your teeth
Nov 15, 2009. 11:04 AMJ@50n says:
 thats probly what the butane does to them :)
Aug 23, 2009. 4:43 AMtongme says:
isnt that dangerous? the can thing says poison
Jul 17, 2009. 12:18 PMhairydevil says:
iv done that it is pretty safe. i hope.
May 3, 2009. 9:53 PMrustlabs says:
you are doing it wrong.
Apr 18, 2009. 9:58 PMfinnrambo says:
friggin awesome
Feb 5, 2009. 12:01 PMthechick_101 says:
Apparently him..
Jan 15, 2009. 7:55 PMawang8 says:
Oh YUCK! Who would put butane in their mouth?
Jan 24, 2009. 8:09 PMA.C.E. says:
people who want to breath fire..
Jan 25, 2009. 2:56 PMawang8 says:
Uhh... Ok...
Jan 26, 2009. 8:03 AMA.C.E. says:
lol im just kidding with you. i wouldnt want butane in my mouth either... OR KEROSENE, you hear that tetranitrate?? when a liquid changes to a gas, it wants to occupy sometimes more than a thousand times as much space as the liquid form took up.
Jan 27, 2009. 9:20 PMawang8 says:
A.K.A blowing up your mouth and being seriously bad for your health?
May 23, 2008. 6:29 PMzota says:

Neurotoxic Effects from Butane GasSome inhalants change cardiac physiology and increase the risk for cardiac failure. For example,butane (from cigarette lighters), freon (from aerosol propellants) and toluene (from glues) hypersensitize cardiac cells to norepinephrine, the neurotransmitter that stimulates cardiac contractions. Inhalants interfere with the transport of oxygen by interfering with the binding or release of oxygen by red blood cells. The resulting hypoxia also causes cardiac cell hypersensitivity to norepinephrine. Norepinephrine sensitivity and hypoxia can cause cardiac muscles to defibrillate or begin contracting randomly. A syndrome called Sudden Sniffing Death (SSD) occurs without warning, and discontinuation of breathing the inhalant does not reverse the sequence of events. Victims of SSD often appear to sense that something is wrong, and run away from the source or site where they were inhaling, before collapsing and dying.

Neurotoxic Effects
Permanent cerebral and cerebellar neurological disability is the most well known toxic effect of chronic inhalant abuse. Long-term abusers are at significant risk for a neurological syndrome consisting of memory loss, cognitive impairment, sleep disturbance, depression, anxiety, and personality changes. Permanent cognitive disorders are also well described in patients who chronically sniff gasoline. Long term occupational chemical exposure (e.g., painters) may result in the development of cerebral atrophy and abnormal EEGs.
Dec 4, 2008. 5:18 PMmazeka.14 says:
are you a professor??
May 27, 2008. 1:44 PMunjust says:
don't have to. it's heavier than air, and can settle into your lungs... where it can mix with O2 to sustain a burn down into your lungs. firebreathing is dangerous, but this is recklessly so.
May 24, 2008. 9:07 AMAndyGadget says:
Tetranitrate - A question. How many 'ibles have you seen where someone has commented and their comment has made it clear that they have not properly read, or have totally misunderstood the 'ible? Kids read this site. They see a video of you blowing fireballs and go straight to their dad's lighter refill. Yep, you breathe it in and blow it out - obvious. Very hypothetical, but would you want to be responsible for just one injury directly inspired by your 'ible. I'm not a health and safety fanatic - far from it. I've made explosives. I've made fireworks, I know the smell of my own burning hair, but some things are just too dangerously stupid to try and get others to copy.
Jun 6, 2008. 1:00 PMthe antichrist says:
do you really need to abbreviate?
Nov 29, 2008. 4:04 AMkenprush says:
And another amazing instructable by tetranitrate....think I'll try this too. And I'm looking through all of your stuff, and what a wonderful Pyro you are!
Nov 15, 2008. 6:16 PMNinjaFreak102 says:
Only 1 thing to say you've done it agian Tetranitrate
Nov 12, 2008. 7:22 PMtwenglish1 says:
haha thats cool im definitely going to try it. my friend did something similar with the busen burner gas in science class
Oct 12, 2008. 12:45 PMpindalanderz says:
this is cheaper and cooler and safer.
Sep 14, 2008. 5:08 AMstrikew3st says:
Sweet trick, it is a little more hit-the-ground-running than the "proper way" Instructable. And for everybody having a coronary and pointing out the implicit and impending doom, I think they're as likely to drown on their own Haterade than a responsible burner is to get laryngo-spasms or spontaneous snorting disorder or whatever point is trying to be made.
Aug 29, 2008. 4:09 AMlostinmymind says:
dude, this instructable is sweet!
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