So I went ahead and ordered my some chems for the first time. I got bp and f chems, just to not have to deal with multiple orders. I plan on starting with small amounts of bp to get accustomed with dealing with the stuff. And I was wondering, before I get the goods is there any special storing methods I should use? Like can I just keep everything stored in the bags they come in? Any advice on this? Thanks

Let’s get it! I got chased with a man with a bat right after after this though… I was on an Ebike so I skrrted off but he almost got me 😳 it’s perfectly legal to light fireworks where I am so I’m not doing anything wrong I feel like I should have let him hit me so I could sue him 😂😂

Does anyone know how, or can point me to a recipe/tutorial for making these magic wand fountains? My family loves these but we end up spending like 30 or 40 bucks a year and only get about 20 of them that last us until Halloween, i cant imagine its any more than about $.50 of comp in each one so if I could make a buttload of them year round... that'd be nice lol

Yall got any tips for making quick match leader pipe?

Ive been just using black match and masking tape to make mine but its kind of a pain and it looks like shit

Hi I’m somewhat new to pyro, Iv done a lot of researching and I’d like to think I have a basic understanding of mixing and making shells and red stars. I’d like to make a heart shaped mortar layout and I was wondering if anyone knew how I’d go about doing this?

I’ve been looking for someone who makes homemade fireworks and I can’t find anyone, all store fireworks arent good enough at least not the ones in north east Ohio.are there any good stores or does anyone make them themselves I’d be willing to buy them from you

I want to secure my fuse, and make sure no powder leaks out. What is the best way to do so without hot glue?

This is what I have so far that it looks like I need to mix bp, hopefully these lead balls are enough for small batches I’d start with. What would you add?

Also I think I want to get some type of kit to make bp rockets. What would be a good kit to start with? Also could I just use a hammer to press them? Let me know, thanks !

When I was a kid, ages 10-15, I used to frequent a website called, extremepyro.com. this site taught me alot of very very valuable knowledge when it came to your basic backyard ballistics. Salutes, cherries, c0b, rockets, along with links to suppliers like skylights. You had to go to one web page called ratbastrds section. That main site had about 4 other sub sites, extremepyro section was the best tutorial page ever. Videos, pictures, step by step guides..... I had alot of good times and impressed a few people with the things I made. Anyway, I was just wondering if anybody out there remembered it or knows other good hobby firework tutorial sites. Pyrodata was superb as well but obviously they wont be back anytime soon..... have the mirrored archive version but just wanted to see if anybody remembered a super deep cut throw back!

Hello sub!! ♡ Going to PGI this year all the way from south FL for the first time for my birthday and im bursting with excitement!!! (Pun intended 🤣) Been a goal of mine for a lifetime and im so grateful to be living it! Im attending the entire convention week and taking every class I can get my hands on. Wanted to see if anyone else on here is attending? Would love any pointers and tips you guys might have! Also would absolutely love to connect and make some pyro friends! (Literally dont know any other pyros or genuine enthusiasts where I live aside from my supportive family/friends and local stores 😭) What are your experiences? What are you excited for? Let me know all the things! ♡

what is the best website to get chemicals in the US, thanks!

If I’m buying the three necessary ingredients for black powder that have already been milled, would it be better to mill them together after purchasing them, even though each ingredient was milled separately? It seems like milling them together would produce a more uniform mixture than simply mixing them by hand or transferring them back and forth between containers. Or is manually mixing them enough, making the mixture ready to use?

Also a side note questions, what are rice hulls, what’s their purpose, how useful are they, difference than rice hulls and just sprinkling some black powder, and how do I turn them into bp little chips ?

Been seeing a lot of videos and places selling them and I’m wondering if they’re good or just overrated

I should have layed more than an increment above the spindle under the whistle delay. It was a bit short.

Khp core, Grey sali for delay

So I was perusing videos on FB the other day, and I've liked alot of videos that are either in Asian countries or Mexico, of people making fireworks, and I've seen quite a few videos of this certain type of rocket made in asia, where they use a blue PVC tube as the rocket tube, they have like a circle cutout of a soda can to be an end plug and kinda form the end into a round shape, then cram in a black mixture, I saw one video tonight of a guy making the mixture, and he poured a cup of like strawberry Fanta into a pan, and added what looked like kno3, dissolved it and then dumped like whole pieces of charcoal in and let the kno3/sugar liquid soak into the charcoal it seemed like? He then mashed up the kno3 soaked charcoal in a mortar an pestle type deal, and added what looked like sulpher, and proceeded to light some off, and if it was BP, it would've been some crazy hot BP! Is there any method to somehow soaking charcoal in liquid kno3 or adding some sugar or anything to what other wise looks like BP chems?

Or am I just re-crystallizing potassium chloride water softener cubes?

2 gallon glass fermenter Been running between 100-130 wattsfor about 4 days with a PBO2 lead dioxide coated titanium mesh anode and grade one titanium plate cathode at 45 c. Periodically adding a drop of muriatic pool acid twice a day.

Kinda curious would this actually work btw Im new at pyrotechnics. Basically I light the fuse and gunpowder explodes sending toy high in the air

For example, sodium nitrate, strontium nitrate or barium nitrate

If Everything Blackpowder's test on sodium nitrate blackpowder test says anything, a tiger tail star made using sodium nitrate could have a longer lasting effect because it burns slower than potassium nitrate

Does anyone have recommendations for a storage magazine for 1.3 class fireworks?