PIL Posted October 2, 2015 Posted October 2, 2015 (edited) I've experimented with many nitrate-based color compositions .10% of 40-80mesh titanium sponge is added to make silver tails but the results are poor.The tail seems to be short-lived . I guess the problem may be caused by a high percentage of magnalium and too little perchlorate(about 10% ).Titanium particles are trapped inside the cinder. I hope that someone would share some colored star with tail formulas with me. Perchlorate is hard to obtain, so 45% perch might be too much(I'm saving it for blue).No one sells flitter aluminum in my country.There's only atomized and bright flake stuff.Thanks Edited October 2, 2015 by PIL
rogeryermaw Posted October 2, 2015 Posted October 2, 2015 i used nitrate red formula but the titanium was more coarse. 20-40 mesh. it allows the star comp to burn faster than the titanium particles so they leave out in a trail.
Carbon796 Posted October 3, 2015 Posted October 3, 2015 Spherical TI will also hang longer, for a given size.
Mike Posted October 3, 2015 Posted October 3, 2015 Add 2 % charcoal to your starmto get a better burn.
Arthur Posted October 3, 2015 Posted October 3, 2015 The matrix has to burn more quickly to let the burning tail particles free. Larger particles of titanium would help a lot, they burn out in a longer tome which makes a longer tail.
Mumbles Posted October 3, 2015 Posted October 3, 2015 You may also need to pre-screen your metal. It may say 40-80, but you might need to find out for yourself. Small particles wash out the star color, and will shorten the tail a bit.
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