Introduction: Rainbow Fire
ok hey um im gonna show you how to make blue fire!!!
well to start off you need:
1.5 or so matches
2.sparklers that turn blue when lit{you can use normal ones just for fun, wont be blue though}
3.adult super vision,unless you are asking to get burnt
4.youreself
optionial:
thick paper
thin cardboard
diferent colored sparkelers
tape
Step 1: Matches!
ok so get the matches and cut the heads off like so.
then grind then up with knife or somin till made into a fine powder
Step 2: ***Blue***
now take th sparkler and break it up into little pieces
it will flre more when finely powdered
Step 3: Combine
now combine the two and light.
I AM NOT liable/responsible for anything you do with this illegaly
Step 4: Test
the smoke is the paper burning
Step 5: Colors
ok so now im going to tell you how to make you're flames cooler! now take you're blue powder and what not and get a whole bunch of different colored powder now this is important to make it gradually change collors take thin cardboard or thick paper{very smoky with paper} and wrap the different layers as shown. by gradualy i mean some what fast. you should also tear the paper into a small strip. fold down the middle.
Step 6: Fold-N-Roll
once folded roll into tubelike shape. fold and tape any open ends shut.
Step 7: Add the Powder
now add the blue powder. roll the tube up about half way. now add the red powder or what ever collor you have. roll the rest of the way and tape. youre final design should look like this
Step 8: Light
here is the final product , i had fun making it and i hope you do to.its kinda flamyish after it burns out so be carefull, and once again im not responsible for what you do. have fun
20 Comments
15 years ago on Introduction
im pretty sure salt would turn blue also... thats what i heard at least
Reply 15 years ago on Introduction
salt turns red. copper powder would turn blue.
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
ya i've had a continuing argument that copper burns blue or it burns green..
Reply 10 years ago on Introduction
copper burns green
Reply 15 years ago on Introduction
Actually table salt turns bright yellow. Copper compounds are greeny-blue, the only good red flames come from lithium and strontium which are hard to get hold of. Note that sodium chloride, copper sulphate and lithium nitrate are all "salts" in the chemical sense of the word, hence potential confusion.
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
Mmyeah, salt turns bright yellow.
As PKM said, Strontium chloride makes red, but there's also:
Copper chloride - blue
Copper sulfate - green
Potassium chloride - purple, and
Copper sulfate - green
And to make colored candles, just boil the metal shavings with water, then soak a wick in the solution. After that, just cover it with wax, and you got a colored candle!
15 years ago on Introduction
Hey! Theres a little somthing called... PROPANE! and... BUTANE!... and.. METHANE!!!.... They all burn blue! Even purple in the case of propane.
Reply 11 years ago on Introduction
And... ALCOHOL!
Reply 15 years ago on Introduction
yeah... untill you blow ur self up? then what u do???
Reply 15 years ago on Introduction
well, thats your fault. If you blow yourself up you're too stupid to be playing with propane in the first place.
Reply 13 years ago on Introduction
well a propane blowtorch is really easy to modify, i am inventing a new nossle for them and i found is relatively easy to modify a torch safely. ( i am using a welders mask and welding gloves, over-protective but safer). anyway things burnm in differnt colors based on chemical composition and flame intensity,
from least hottest to most
yellow-red-blue-light blue- white
(white is so hot it melts hardened flame-proof and (supposedly) melt-proof epoxy see here )
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
agreed!
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
when things burn really efficiently and complete they burn blue. Its just that it does look supprising, as that looks like a jet.
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
coke burns blue.
13 years ago on Step 4
diddent see the vid was taken down
15 years ago on Introduction
you got a ton of pics but not of the most important thing the fire
15 years ago on Introduction
why don't you call it a blue fire instead of a rainbow fire?
15 years ago on Introduction
There is no picture of a final project.
Reply 15 years ago on Introduction
k hope i fixed it
, i put on a video if not then heres the hyperlink
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H97D9edZ4I
Reply 15 years ago on Introduction
For some wierd reason I read it as rainbow knife. Don't ask me why. So yeah that's why I posted that.