Thread: Powder question

Originally Posted by Cordite

Put it into a hole and light it, you will see it's very powerful stuff. Something has changed in it and likely altered the burn rate in an unknown way.

The fire will be quite impressive. Here is a cinema storeroom of spare nitrocellulose film being burnt off, I hope it was not developed and we are watching priceless footage of the battle of the bulge going up. But go up it does. Now who really wants to be a fireman??? (-:

Be careful with it. I burned some in a 44 gallon drum once, having placed it in other rubbish and lit the rubbish.

I stood well back, and when it did go up it was really fast and hot, and impressive.

If I'd been looking in the drum at the time, I'dve had me face scorched pretty bad.

Originally Posted by Max Headroom

Be careful with it. I burned some in a 44 gallon drum once, having placed it in other rubbish and lit the rubbish.

I stood well back, and when it did go up it was really fast and hot, and impressive.

If I'd been looking in the drum at the time, I'dve had me face scorched pretty bad.

Yes definitely in a dug HOLE, in case something unpredictable happens involving a very fast burn rate.

That IS one scary fire though, is it not? Can a fire give you the shivers???

Originally Posted by Cordite

Yes definitely in a dug HOLE, in case something unpredictable happens involving a very fast burn rate.

That IS one scary fire though, is it not? Can a fire give you the shivers???

At the end, yeah. Being a projectionist in a cinema with a smoking habit must've been fun in the old days......