insensitive and slow BP

[Foguete]

On 1/7/2025 at 3:16 PM, dgsh009 said:

so what it need?

What kind of charcoal are you using? I mean the tape of wood.

[dgsh009]

9 hours ago, Foguete said:

What kind of charcoal are you using? I mean the tape of wood.

hi, i use lime wood charcoal

[Zumber]

For faster bp use light weight wood.

[Foguete]

3 hours ago, dgsh009 said:

hi, i use lime wood charcoal

Lime is not a good charcoal for black powder. If you dont use apropiate materials you will never achieve the results you need.

[Foguete]

3 hours ago, dgsh009 said:

hi, i use lime wood charcoal

Willow and vineyard in my experience are among best charcoals, of course these are light weight woods like pine, hemp, balsa , etc.

You can hace very puré chemicals but the charcoal is very important, good charcoal = good powder.

[dgsh009]

thanks my friends. that was my first BP making try.
What kinds of wood have good results for bp and spark generator?
Do you test pinecone charcoal ?

Edited Tuesday at 12:20 PM by dgsh009

[Almostparadise]

22 minutes ago, dgsh009 said:

thanks my friends. that was my first BP making try.
What kinds of wood have good results for bp and spark generator?
Do you test pinecone charcoal ?

Softwoods (conifers) in general, some better than others. Since you mentioned pine cones. Species of pine, cedar, even juniper.  If you have access to pine cones you must have access to the trees they grow on. I don't know what species you have but I would try making some charcoal from them. There's a good chance that would at least put you in the ballpark and maybe better.

Edited Tuesday at 12:43 PM by Almostparadise

[dgsh009]

17 minutes ago, Almostparadise said:

If you have access to pine cones you must have access to the trees they grow on. I don't know what species you have but I would try making some charcoal from them. There's a good chance that would at least put you in the ballpark and maybe better.

picecones usually fall on the ground and is dry enough to make charcoal, but for pine wood , must cut pine sticks and they are not dry
and also we shouldn't hurt trees😉

Edited Tuesday at 12:45 PM by dgsh009

[Almostparadise]

7 minutes ago, dgsh009 said:

picecones usually fall on the ground and is dry enough to make charcoal, but for pine wood , must cut pine sticks and thry are not dry
and also we dont hurt trees😉

You should be able to find more than enough on the ground already dead. No one said anything about hurting trees . Are they a type of pine? They're really good at shedding branches, I don't think you'll have a problem. You don't need anything real heavy. See if you can gather an arm load as if you were gathering wood for a small campfire. It takes very little to fill a 1 gallon paint can. This could finally be what you've been looking for! Pine cone charcoal by the way is good for spark effects but makes poor BP.

Edited Tuesday at 12:52 PM by Almostparadise

[dgsh009]

15 minutes ago, Almostparadise said:

You should be able to find more than enough on the ground already dead. No one said anything about hurting trees . Are they a type of pine? They're really good at shedding branches I don't think you'll have a problem you don't need anything real heavy. See if you can gather an arm load as if you were gathering wood for a small campfire. It takes very little to fill a 1 gallon paint can. This could finally be what you've been looking for.

yes finding and gathering the falled & dried pine sticks is good idea , but it need some walking and suitable time around

Edited Tuesday at 12:55 PM by dgsh009

[Foguete]

43 minutes ago, dgsh009 said:

thanks my friends. that was my first BP making try.
What kinds of wood have good results for bp and spark generator?
Do you test pinecone charcoal ?

No but you should try not the cone but the pines wood for making charcoal. Pines wood charcoal works good, dont waste Time no the Cones.

[Almostparadise]

1 minute ago, dgsh009 said:

yes finding and gathering the falled & dried pine sticks is good idea , but it need some walking and suitable time around

Yes of course. Probably a good idea to gather a little bit extra. If you're successful then you will already have some extra wood to make more charcoal with.

[dgsh009]

thanks to all my friennds. I will try

[dgsh009]

hi to all friends
My bp ignite by BM easily but with direct flame not easy, what is the reason?

[Zumber]

Again you are repeating same things frequently. This is your fourth post on insensitive BP to flame.

If you carefully read all replys you will get answers of all your questions.

"Get right charcoal and invest in ball mill."

Use commercial charcoal powder if you are facing difficulty in finding right wood for bp. Technicians are using commercial charcoal, it can make good bp, lift, fuse ,stars , primes and so on. If you want to learn how to make charcoal you may continue your progress.

I will again highlight answer to your question .

Use of finely powdered ingredients, purity of ingredients,right charcoal for bp, homogeneous mixing / screening & ball milling can make good BP.

 

[Almostparadise]

🤔

Edited Thursday at 09:23 AM by Almostparadise

[Zumber]

5 hours ago, Almostparadise said:

🤔

Same question which already has answered is being repeated again and again.

[dgsh009]

16 hours ago, Zumber said:

Again you are repeating same things frequently. This is your fourth post on insensitive BP to flame.

If you carefully read all replys you will get answers of all your questions.

"Get right charcoal and invest in ball mill."

Use commercial charcoal powder if you are facing difficulty in finding right wood for bp. Technicians are using commercial charcoal, it can make good bp, lift, fuse ,stars , primes and so on. If you want to learn how to make charcoal you may continue your progress.

I will again highlight answer to your question .

Use of finely powdered ingredients, purity of ingredients,right charcoal for bp, homogeneous mixing / screening & ball milling can make good BP.

 

Thanks. Citrus wood is good for bp ?

or pinecones

[Foguete]

3 hours ago, dgsh009 said:

Thanks. Citrus wood is good for bp ?

or pinecones

No, none of them are good.

Use willow, hemp, balsa, pine wood or vineyard.

[Almostparadise]

6 hours ago, dgsh009 said:

Thanks. Citrus wood is good for bp ?

or pinecones

 🤔

Let us pretend,

You are forced to make a guess. Which kind of wood will you collect to make good bp? Doesn't need to be the best, just good. If you guess wrong, your toilet will clog and overflow every day for a week. If you guess right, you will have quality black powder.

Using only the information you have up until this moment, which kind of wood will you use to make the charcoal from?

Edited yesterday at 03:26 AM by Almostparadise