0.06 atomized aluminum 4.8 ounces 0.04 dextrin 3.2 ounces 0.03 Magnalium (200 mesh) 2.4 ounces (I used dark-pyro antimony trisulfide, but Chinese-needle may be used. I used the 22 micron atomized aluminum from Skylighter. To make a 48 ounce batch of my homemade black powder meal, I simply screen 36 ounces of KNO3, 7.2 ounces of airfloat charcoal, and 4.8 ounces of sulfur, through a 100 mesh screen. Then I add enough denatured alcohol to make a damp putty ball, and screen the putty through a ¼” screen onto kraft paper. I allow the granules to dry and then screen them through a 12 mesh screen or a similar mesh screen, kitchen colander. I end up with a meal which ranges from fine dust through 12 mesh granules. I then screen the rest of the glitter ingredients individually through a 40 mesh screen and mix them together with the homemade meal. I shake the comp in a bucket with a lid to thoroughly integrate it, and then I spray on 5% water (4 ounces for this 80 ounce batch) with a trigger garden sprayer until the moisture is thoroughly mixed with the dry ingredients. The gold glitter stars were then pressed with star plate and hydraulic my ¾” press, as described in Skylighter Fireworks Tips #92, and they were primed as described in #93. For my inner petal, I have stars from another project which I some 3/8” red will use. These stars were rolled and sized very precisely before they were primed. This precise sizing helps to insure that a petal will appear round in the sky, and that all the stars burn out at the same time which keeps that round appearance through the end of the “flowers” display. Gold Glitter Outer-Petal Stars and Red Inner-Petal Stars ¾” 3/8”
0.06 atomized aluminum 4.8 ounces 0.04 dextrin 3.2 ounces 0.03 Magnalium (200 mesh) 2.4 ounces (I used dark-pyro antimony trisulfide, but Chinese-needle may be used. I used the 22 micron atomized aluminum from Skylighter. To make a 48 ounce batch of my homemade black powder meal, I simply screen 36 ounces of KNO3, 7.2 ounces of airfloat charcoal, and 4.8 ounces of sulfur, through a 100 mesh screen. Then I add enough denatured alcohol to make a damp putty ball, and screen the putty through a ¼” screen onto kraft paper. I allow the granules to dry and then screen them through a 12 mesh screen or a similar mesh screen, kitchen colander. I end up with a meal which ranges from fine dust through 12 mesh granules. I then screen the rest of the glitter ingredients individually through a 40 mesh screen and mix them together with the homemade meal. I shake the comp in a bucket with a lid to thoroughly integrate it, and then I spray on 5% water (4 ounces for this 80 ounce batch) with a trigger garden sprayer until the moisture is thoroughly mixed with the dry ingredients. The gold glitter stars were then pressed with my ¾” star plate and hydraulic press, as described in Skylighter Fireworks Tips #92, and they were primed as described in #93. For my inner petal, I have some 3/8” red stars from another project which I will use. These stars were rolled and sized very precisely before they were primed. This precise sizing helps to insure that a petal will appear round in the sky, and that all the stars burn out at the same time which keeps that round appearance through the end of the “flowers” display. ¾” Gold Glitter Outer-Petal Stars and 3/8” Red Inner-Petal Stars
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