mabuse00 Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 (edited) I did some experimentation with large Magnalium.I added several sizes of MgAl to C8, and found - in this case - roughly spoken the larger the better.C8 + 10-15% 20-60mesh makes a great effect with long hangtime, the sizzling sound is comparable to W20. The coarse magnalium creates some kind of delay, most likely due to it's particle size. Some kind of glitter effect. The Magnalium was homemade by a fellow pyro.I also tried coarse magnalium in fountains, unfortunately I found it impossible to have magnalium ejected through a nozzle. Convergence makes no difference. No matter how large the particles are, they somehow seem to melt before reaching the nozzle, creating a blob of metal that would rather make the whole fountain blow than passing through. This does not change when very hot BP is used. The videos are not done very professional, sorry about that, but one can estimate how it looks like.All stars shown are 12mm pumped. +10% MgAl 20-60 mesh.avi +10% MgAl 40-80 mesh.avi +10% MgAl 100mesh.avi +15% MgAl 20-60mesh on 10mm bottle rocket.avi Edited February 23, 2015 by mabuse00 3
blp Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 When I click on the attachments, I get the message: Sorry, you don't have permission for that![#10171] You do not have permission to view this attachment. Can maybe anyone help me with this? Sorry for posting here, I checked the help documentation and wrote and email to the admin already without results..
dynomike1 Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 I haven't looked at all of them, but i like 20-60 better than 100.
kleberrios Posted August 25, 2015 Posted August 25, 2015 hI. What is C8 and W20 please? Thanks a lot...
Mumbles Posted August 25, 2015 Posted August 25, 2015 C8 is shorthand for Chrysanthemum 8 (from Shimizu), and W20 I believe is Winokur Glitter #20. http://www.amateurpyro.com/forums/topic/1767-compositions-using-only-kno3-charcoal-and-sulfur/http://www.amateurpyro.com/forums/topic/67-winokurs-40-glitter-compositions/ 1
dynomike1 Posted August 27, 2015 Posted August 27, 2015 When I click on the attachments, I get the message: Sorry, you don't have permission for that![#10171] You do not have permission to view this attachment. Can maybe anyone help me with this? Sorry for posting here, I checked the help documentation and wrote and email to the admin already without results..I have had this problem before. Sometimes you think you log in, but you really dont.
Mumbles Posted August 27, 2015 Posted August 27, 2015 Must have missed that one. It was because blp didn't have any posts. The not being able to view attachments thing is a side effect of one of our spam prevention measures.
Guest Posted July 17, 2021 Posted July 17, 2021 I think I just had the same problem. Hopefully it's fixed now.... Awesome site! The tube rolling info caused me to join. I just want to see the machines.
ronmoper76 Posted July 22, 2021 Posted July 22, 2021 I put 10/50 mesh magnalium in several star formulas and i also like the effect it gives. Has a nice crackle and spark to it.
Norsepyro Posted September 28, 2022 Posted September 28, 2022 I agree that coarse MgAl gives a nice effect in charcoal stars. Tiger tail or tiger willow with +10-15% 30-60 mesh mgal will give a long lasting sizzling brocade effect.
h0lx Posted October 30, 2022 Posted October 30, 2022 I love this effect, I recently lit a 3" mine, which had large cut C6 with 70 mesh MgAl and coarse Al flitter added in a 8:1:1 ratio, that was glorious, just look at it (0:55 if timestamp link wont work)https://youtu.be/7t0RNVgetlM?t=55
Edwin Posted July 29, 2023 Posted July 29, 2023 (edited) I did some experimentation with large Magnalium.I added several sizes of MgAl to C8, and found - in this case - roughly spoken the larger the better.C8 + 10-15% 20-60mesh makes a great effect with long hangtime, the sizzling sound is comparable to W20. The coarse magnalium creates some kind of delay, most likely due to it's particle size. Some kind of glitter effect. The Magnalium was homemade by a fellow pyro.I also tried coarse magnalium in fountains, unfortunately I found it impossible to have magnalium ejected through a nozzle. Convergence makes no difference. No matter how large the particles are, they somehow seem to melt before reaching the nozzle, creating a blob of metal that would rather make the whole fountain blow than passing through. This does not change when very hot BP is used. The videos are not done very professional, sorry about that, but one can estimate how it looks like.All stars shown are 12mm pumped.This reminds me of the Vulcan pixie dust willow effect. It's really neat.I've also seen this quite a bit in Japanese shells Edited July 29, 2023 by Edwin
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