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Vinegar/Baking Soda Bottle Bomb

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Nov 2, 2010. 11:32 AMkyle91984 says:
my son just did this experiment and is now facing bomb manufacturing charges with the possibility of getting 2 class c felony charges. he is 13 and has never got into trouble before this
Sep 20, 2007. 9:50 AMjamesflanagan4 says:
if you wont to do it better all you have to do is add alkacellzers the little circle pills u take when u r sick and crush them up and put that in there with your ingredients and if u wont to do damage put sharp light parts of glass and make shore they are real small no longer then a 1/2 a inch that is a simple granade im telling u this cauze i dont know how to post it i also no how to make bombs that can explode massively.
Oct 17, 2010. 5:46 PMladieslilman98 says:
so he says
Jan 10, 2008. 11:53 PMiinstructables 1 says:
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Jan 28, 2008. 6:50 PMPyroMonger says:
in your attempt to correct jamesflanagan4 you yourself have made errors in the text. I'm not gona corect it because this isnt a site about grammar or language its about instructables! some of the greatest inventors in history had their flaws, whethere academic or not i.e Albert Einstein never combed his hair and always wore the same clothes but he had many pairs of them.
Jul 22, 2010. 10:19 AMBlackonyx2234 says:
lol
Jun 17, 2010. 8:49 AMikeike40 says:
my instructable is alot like this but doesent use baking soda vinegar
Jun 3, 2010. 8:02 AMpaperboat101 says:
i used baking powder and vinegar and it wold have worked but it didntcome out of the bag fast enough so most of the compressed air was coming out before i even put the lid on and it nearly shot thru my hand cuz there was some still n there and i opened the bottle and sounded likle a gunshot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  XD XD 
Jun 3, 2010. 7:12 AMTheLordCustard says:
K so like I threw it up in the air after waiting a few seconds... it comes down, and doesnt blow. i wait to see if itll just explode on the ground and nothing happens. I walked up and it was totally pressured, almost all the lines in the side of the bottle were gone. I threw it again and BANG. sounded like our 12G shotgun. XD
Apr 16, 2010. 4:44 AMqwertyty says:
i made one but with half a pack of soda in it.BOOM BOOM
Feb 23, 2010. 10:35 AMbackyardmunitionist says:
Good job man. I used to do this with my brothers except I would fold the baking soda up in a couple of paper towels. Looks like your method is much easier to control. I did manage to get it to work with 20oz soda bottles I don't remember the ratios though (probably 'cause I never measured anything).
The best thing about using these 2 chemicals is that if your a little close when it goes off they won't hurt you except maybe stinging your eyes a little.
Mar 30, 2008. 11:52 AMnkk07 says:
want more time to run? squeeze the bottle b4 shaking.
Dec 5, 2009. 9:57 AMImakeitgoboom says:
good idea thanx. my little bro will love to here this he gets scared of them =P
Jun 25, 2008. 4:31 PM~FIRE says:
man, I am stupid. I used baking powder so it didn't explode...
Dec 5, 2009. 9:57 AMImakeitgoboom says:
I tried baking powder and it wors better than baking soda i dont know what kind you used...
Dec 1, 2009. 4:59 PMmeowmixmowmix says:
Thank you for this X3 you're awesome :D
Nov 23, 2009. 8:04 AMmeat grinder says:
rock salt + coke = omfgwtfbbq
Nov 9, 2009. 9:46 PMGEEK1 says:
glue pennies to the cap and throw it up so the cap hits the ground to let the bottom of the bottle blow off!! :D
Sep 20, 2009. 2:11 PMaldawg31 says:
ouch! I tried this and I almost blew my hand off!
Oct 29, 2007. 6:02 PMkillroythepyromanic16 says:
Me and my lil bros me these all the time.We tried puting air soft bb's in them but that didn't work. .I think we need to glue them on the out side.20oz soda bottles are better.
Sep 26, 2008. 9:26 PMbuster27 says:
dOING THAT THING WITH THEM INSIDE WORKS FOR ME JUST GET A CHEAPO BOTTLE. PS DONT GET TO CLOSE IT STINGS AND STINKS
Sep 9, 2009. 7:11 PMstruckbyanarrow says:
thank you
Dec 13, 2008. 3:05 PM2k4u says:
These things don't always explode, meaning it's kind of dangerous to go right up to one that hasn't gone off. It's fun to shoot them with a pellet gun right before they pop, it makes a loud bang too.
Sep 9, 2009. 7:08 PMstruckbyanarrow says:
i shake em up and set the in the middle of the street and shoot them with my scoped pellet gun... pretty fun
Mar 13, 2007. 8:33 PMIlluminatedAntichrist says:
Chlorine and Alchohol works a lot better and makes a louder "boom", however it is also a lot more dangerous than baking soda and vinigar.
Mar 15, 2007. 7:26 AMve2vfd says:
Please do NOT mess with chlorine concoctions! We really hate having to suit up to go pick up half dead kids who got a lung full of chlorine gas. :(
Apr 27, 2007. 12:16 AMgunmanx says:
yea we dont want any one to end up like thiskid
Sep 9, 2009. 7:06 PMstruckbyanarrow says:
i want french frys now....
Apr 17, 2009. 8:04 PMNetworkNinja says:
We dont wanna end up like the kid covered in ketchup? Yeah guys, you just gotta not lose those condiment wars...
Mar 24, 2007. 7:50 PM{PSk8Ricci} says:
why do you worry about getting busted really? just go rob a bank and get the stuff and make one then post the "instructable" and go eat some fattening donuts from 7-11(every day and knite)...
Jun 3, 2009. 2:13 PMEDZERF says:
do you have to leave the cap a little open
May 5, 2009. 5:15 PMEl Mano says:
Does this work as well as a Dry-Ice Bomb?
Feb 1, 2009. 10:24 AMboxingdog123 says:
i do this all the time i mastered it....i just started intructables but when i get mine up....check my vingere and baking soda one out....you will like it this is my second bomb result
Apr 13, 2007. 7:01 PMpeanutbordeux says:
i wonder if a plastic egg would work for this...........i wanna try it :)
Sep 28, 2008. 5:09 PMskim1 says:
my and my friend tried this with kinder suprise toy package things and we shook it a little and threw it up and it kinda looked like a grenade :)
Sep 26, 2008. 9:28 PMbuster27 says:
ME TO
Jun 19, 2007. 4:01 PMchickenliver123 says:
if the local police is near, your dead, anyways good instructable
Sep 13, 2008. 11:36 AMSora_1_2 says:
Hehey! Speaking of local police, one of my neighbors in my alley is a cop, and without realizing it I threw it right in his driveway. The sound resembled that of either a shotgun or a real bomb.
Aug 4, 2008. 7:55 PMcubester808 says:
hate to ruin this cause its so fun but i got some news: my friends and i were doing these and my mom wanted to see them work. i threw it and my mom was only a couple feet away and the bottle hit her chest hard and ripped a hole right through her shirt. the bruise looked like a high powered paintball gun. all im saying is keep ur distance and be really careful...otherwise these are harmless.
Jul 21, 2008. 7:28 PMbutthead95 says:
Actually if u hit the cap hard enough the bottle will be propelled in an unknown direction.
Jun 17, 2008. 1:00 PMdebobpe says:
One blew up on my and I got vinegar in my face.Its so harmless!Safe,and Fun!
Apr 16, 2008. 4:41 PMdarkanima93 says:
i had one blow up in my hand once. it was funny but if u want more use a vinager bottle u can throw it in the air and hope the cap hits the ground. Everytime i did this the bottom was blown off it looked like it was cut off.
Feb 16, 2008. 6:36 PMsacco95 says:
wat im gonna do is get a bottle fill it wath vinegar and some food coloring(for colorful effect)get a sealed bag filled with baking soda and put it in with the vinegar and add some thumbtacks close the bottle and when ur ready just shake and throw
Jan 12, 2008. 4:09 PManarki121 says:
I TRIED IT! IT WAS AWESOME. except my parents sain notto do it again. (so never do this if your parents are home
Dec 18, 2007. 2:23 PMbrainspater says:
wheres the video?????? Oh god no! its happened!!!! "Doon doon dooooooooon!"
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