insutama Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 I am placing a order at a pottery supply store and i want to make sure i get everything i will need for coloured stars can you guy tell me if im missing anything this is what i have so far.Barium Carbonatecalcium carbonatestrontium carbonate is there any im missing that id be able to get at pottery supply store ?
pyrokid Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 Some stores with extensive stocks may carry various nitrates, although this may not be the case in Canada. I was at a pottery store a few months ago and they had cryolite, copper oxide, sodium oxalate, and other things. If shipping is cheap, buy some powdered bentonite. In my experience the stuff sourced from pottery stores is better than kitty litter.
insutama Posted July 11, 2015 Author Posted July 11, 2015 (edited) im gonna be ordering from a american website because there is no pottery stores close to were i live so i may as well order from the states its better priced than the ones in canada http://www.axner.com/raw-materials.aspxthis is the site i was looking at Edited July 11, 2015 by insutama
ddewees Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 I do like powdered bentonite, but it's kind of a pain to work with. Messy, sticks to the inside of the tube and is difficult to measure precisely. Kitty litter, or granulated bentonite is so much easier to use. Plus it's basically everywhere.
ddewees Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 The dextrin, copper carbonate and copper oxide would be useful too. Iron oxide should be something you have too.
insutama Posted July 12, 2015 Author Posted July 12, 2015 i use ground kitty litter and it works finei already have copper oxide
insutama Posted July 12, 2015 Author Posted July 12, 2015 heres my list so farbarium carbonatebentonitecalcium carbonatecopper carbonatecryolitestrontium carbonatepotassium dichromate any more ?
Sparx88 Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 (edited) Sculpy brand pottery clay if they have it. Stars to make with it; Orange/Red starSource: rec.pyrotechnics archive. Posted by Greg Deputy <gdep@gemstar.gemstar.comComments: Sculpy is a PVC based modelling clay - "FIMO" will also work, but is more difficult to mix.Preparation: Strontium nitrate.................................35Potassium perchlorate.............................40"Sculpy"..........................................22Fe2O3.............................................2Salmon color starSource: rec.pyrotechnics, post by Greg A. Gallacci <psygreg@u.washington.eduComments: Sculpy is a PVC based modelling clay. The result is a salmon-berry (reddish-orange) color.Preparation: Warm the sculpy slightly, to make it more mixable and mix it with the ammonium perchlorate without using solvents. Screen it several times and make pressed stars. The stars can be baked in an oven at 135 C for 20 minutes, which will result in much harder, more ignitable, more intensely colored stars. Heating the stars is not recommended though, since it could cause the stars to ignite.Ammonium perchlorate..............................75"Super Sculpy"....................................25 Edited July 12, 2015 by Sparx88
Arthur Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 My local pottery store sells things for most sorts of modelling and sculpture so there are some metals for use as fillers in resin casting, Really it's up to you to see how much you can find in their catalogue that may be useful. Some of our esoteric catalysts are available as pottery glaze colours. What they will not sell you are the oxidisers that tend to be 50+% of everything.
DaMounty Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 Are you sure it's cheaper with the exchange rate sitting around 1.30?
Arthur Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 (edited) Buying things locally usually attracts least attention and breaks fewer transport and customs rules, BUT sometime you will need to source the difficult oxidisers. Edited July 12, 2015 by Arthur
insutama Posted July 12, 2015 Author Posted July 12, 2015 well i have all the oxidizer i could possibly want its just the carbonates i need now.and i have yet to find a canadian pottery site that comes anywhere close to the prices of this website plus i only want to buy a pound of each lots of site have like 2.5kg min order and thats way to much but if you know of a good canadian website that compares with this place please link me cause i would much rather buy locally and save on shipping and less chance of customs stopping it
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