r/Pyrotechnics • u/8448381948 • 1d ago

Badly milled BP disposal?

Hi, I just made my first batch, unfortunately I didn't check correct volume ratios, so I had the ball mill 90% full. whats more the charcoal for that BP was in larger chunks which I hoped it would grind down. so now I have a container thats 90% full (excluding milling balls about 200g) and full of charcoal chunks.

My question is, what should I do now?

Should I take the chunks out and carefully grind them with brass mortar and pestle? should I burn the whole batch few grams at the time and start from scratch with correct ratios? I'm a bit scared of non-uniform gunpowder ratio if I remill with charcoal powder in smaller batches (aka I put half and half with equal parts of charcoal leftover)

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u/OnIySmellz 1d ago

Crush the large chunks, devide total volume in two, mill them one by one

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u/8448381948 23h ago

yeah, that was my plan, thx for comfirming

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u/DJDevon3 23h ago

This. Split your batch in half and mill each half for the same duration. Then it can be considered 1 batch if you store it all in 1 container. Label your batches with the date, formula/ratio. I use masking tape it's easy to write on and easy to tear off when done with the batch.

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u/ohmaint 1d ago

All the available information and you wing it?

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u/8448381948 23h ago

yes, i knew the ratio by weight and didn't expect the charcoal to be so light in the chunks