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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 1: Materials

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1. Lighter
2. Butane refill

(I bet you see where this is going)
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kittensox says: Apr 4, 2012. 1:24 PM
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.
Vladamier in reply to kittensoxJun 13, 2012. 4:25 PM
Ditto.

No, seriously, ditto. I was performing at a graduation party about a week ago and afterward, someone came up to the stage to say that they were going to learn how to breathe fire, and they were going to do it online, and I could not stop them. *eyeroll*

There's nothing wrong with wanting to learn how to breathe or eat fire, but find an actual teacher. Don't think text instruction is good enough; even a teeny tiny mistake and maim or kill you.
Win Guy says: May 23, 2011. 5:48 PM
Lol. Y 'cuz I said so XD
Win Guy
imthatguy1125 says: Jan 25, 2009. 3:57 PM
do not do this, its dangerous
loy266 in reply to imthatguy1125May 1, 2011. 7:51 PM
do this every, day it`s fun
artyman in reply to imthatguy1125Aug 15, 2010. 5:44 PM
Ditto
master-of-chaos in reply to imthatguy1125May 3, 2009. 8:56 PM
Never would have guessed.
Tibicen_Linnei says: Jan 2, 2011. 9:21 PM
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.
stasterisk says: May 23, 2008. 9:36 PM
Smoke rings => flame rings?
Dandy in the Ghetto in reply to stasteriskJun 19, 2008. 6:56 PM
yeah, that would be sweet.
dla888 in reply to Dandy in the GhettoDec 31, 2009. 2:29 AM
Is that possible?
jakee117 says: Jun 1, 2008. 4:57 PM
why can't you just put rubbing alcohol in your mouth. I know people use that for mouthwash sometimes...
shandar in reply to jakee117Jun 3, 2008. 7:44 AM
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.
jakee117 in reply to shandarJun 4, 2008. 5:02 AM
ahhhhh VERY big diffrence when it comes to pain...
Alpvax in reply to jakee117Nov 21, 2009. 3:51 AM
Who cares?? it will be worth it
dillonere09 says: Nov 20, 2009. 9:28 AM

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

freshprincem217 says: Sep 28, 2009. 6:59 PM
lol look at your teeth
J@50n in reply to freshprincem217Nov 15, 2009. 11:04 AM
 thats probly what the butane does to them :)
tongme says: Aug 23, 2009. 4:43 AM
isnt that dangerous? the can thing says poison
wakojako says: Mar 20, 2009. 9:49 AM
hairydevil in reply to wakojakoJul 17, 2009. 12:18 PM
iv done that it is pretty safe. i hope.
rustlabs says: May 3, 2009. 9:53 PM
you are doing it wrong.
finnrambo says: Apr 18, 2009. 9:58 PM
friggin awesome
thechick_101 says: Feb 5, 2009. 12:01 PM
Apparently him..
awang8 says: Jan 15, 2009. 7:55 PM
Oh YUCK! Who would put butane in their mouth?
A.C.E. in reply to awang8Jan 24, 2009. 8:09 PM
people who want to breath fire..
awang8 in reply to A.C.E.Jan 25, 2009. 2:56 PM
Uhh... Ok...
A.C.E. in reply to awang8Jan 26, 2009. 8:03 AM
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.
awang8 in reply to A.C.E.Jan 27, 2009. 9:20 PM
A.K.A blowing up your mouth and being seriously bad for your health?
zota says: May 23, 2008. 6:29 PM

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.
mazeka.14 in reply to zotaDec 4, 2008. 5:18 PM
are you a professor??
Tetranitrate (author) in reply to zotaMay 24, 2008. 7:26 AM
That is why you do not inhale it.
unjust in reply to TetranitrateMay 27, 2008. 1:44 PM
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.
AndyGadget in reply to TetranitrateMay 24, 2008. 9:07 AM
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.
the antichrist in reply to AndyGadgetJun 6, 2008. 1:00 PM
do you really need to abbreviate?
kenprush says: Nov 29, 2008. 4:04 AM
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!
NinjaFreak102 says: Nov 15, 2008. 6:16 PM
Only 1 thing to say you've done it agian Tetranitrate
twenglish1 says: Nov 12, 2008. 7:22 PM
haha thats cool im definitely going to try it. my friend did something similar with the busen burner gas in science class
pindalanderz says: Oct 12, 2008. 12:45 PM
this is cheaper and cooler and safer.
strikew3st says: Sep 14, 2008. 5:08 AM
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.
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