firetech Posted March 3, 2009 Posted March 3, 2009 Many of us know of the small plastic shells we find very cheap at gas station and roadside called which i call dragon eggs. The ones i get crackle as expected but have 2-3 green or red stars per shell. As i dissect these eggs the stars are round and about .75 mm in diameter. They are also coreless as expected. Passfire has an article on coreless stars but i cannot access it as i am not a member. If anyone could provide a method of making strong sturdy micro rolled/round stars please let me know.
FrankRizzo Posted March 3, 2009 Posted March 3, 2009 If using water-bound comp, you can spritz very small droplets of water into an excess of comp. The wet balls are then sieved out, dried, and later sorted by size. Dragon eggs however are not usually bound with water, so this technique would not be used. Instead, most Chinese factories use star plates with extremely small pins (~2.5mm) to create little pumped stars. The stars are then tumbled in a star roller with prime, which rounds out the cylindrical shape.
firetech Posted March 4, 2009 Author Posted March 4, 2009 Thanks Rizzo. Have you tried the bismuth subcarbonate dragon eggs that skylighter suggests?
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