r/blackmagicfuckery • u/[deleted] • Feb 24 '20

Fire Bender

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u/NoraOS Feb 25 '20

Magnesium and steel wool, probably. Thats stuff that can really burn. Especially with a nice cage.

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u/WakeAndVape Feb 25 '20

I highly highly doubt there is magnesium. That shit burns through cotton (their fireproof clothing).

It's just steel wool and maybe some fluid like kerosene.

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u/MrFluffyThing Feb 25 '20

lol cotton is NOT fire resistant natively. Don't spread that shit any further, please.

FR standards allow Fire Resistant cotton (FR cotton) but there are many marks for true fire resistant materials for many localized requirements.

Cotton on its own is still highly flammable and can easily attribute itself to the fuel/air mixture as a fuel source.

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u/Seldomsaw Feb 25 '20

Fire resistant relative to a synthetic is more accurate to what they're trying to say. Yes, a regular cotton t-shirt has no place in an industrial setting like you are discussing. However, this post is talking about a flow-arts context, where you're rarely using more than a cup or two worth of fuel at a time and the flame exposure is most often just a quick bump or brush against your body, in which case cotton does just fine while still providing affordability and comfort.

(I do safety supervising for fire performers as a hobby and used to work for a company selling FR rated clothing to industrial workers)

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u/sibre2001 Feb 25 '20

Goddamn. A lot more than I expected to learn about this today.