i need some formulas

[tedbayly]

i am very interested in this pyrotechnics stuff but i'm struggling to get started, the biggest problem i am running in to is the fact that i am australian. it's much harder and somewhat more expensive to get your hands on chemicals down here that along with the fact that i don't have that much money means i can't buy many chemicals.

 

so i was hoping someone could suggest some formulas for things like stars and colored fountain that don't uses chemicals that are hard to get or maybe places to get them.

 

thanks ted

[leedrill]

for a coloured fountain tou will need an oxidiser could be of a barium or strontium compound such as srno3 or bano3 or you could use a carbonate of those compounds or copper carbonate or oxide a chlorine doner and a fuel such as charcoal and red gum , that will give you green, red and blue

but so many options if you want deeper or brighter colours or both

have you made any bp before it sounds like you are just starting out best to master bp and get a respect for it along with charcoal based stars such as tiger tail and some of the chrysanthemums

 

just plain charcoal based fountain comps with a bit of titanium look pretty cool hope any of this helps

[tedbayly]

thanks

 

i am going in to try and master the BP ones i get my hands on some kno3, do you have any suggestion on were to get some. the other problem is the charcoal i think its best to make it but the fire ban might not like that. i guess i have sulfur

[Sammikins]

Go check out the pyro compositions page, you and can find easy to make red and green stars. I suggest start with tiger tail stars and get that down first. It is one of the most simplistic comps, but when it's done right, it looks beautiful.

 

Sam

[mike_au]

Not to discourage you too much but pyro isn't cheap. and it only gets more expensive (especially in Australia) when you start talking about colours.

 

As others have said, start with BP and charcoal based comps they are about as cost effective as you are likely to find (after the initial setup costs).

 

What state are you in? City or country?