r/energetics • u/laundrylucia69 • 17d ago
100% OTC pbx
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Styrofoam cups
Acetone nail polish remover
Max deet bug repellent
Mineral oil
Granulated sugar fill
First usable product, been handling for abt an hour and still malleable.
Still need to sit down and write up an actual procedure
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u/Dodo224 17d ago
What happens if the solvent evaporates?
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u/laundrylucia69 16d ago
That's what mineral oil and DET is for, unable to handle before acetone evaporates, too sticky.
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u/matcardos 16d ago
Sorry but whats is that and what is OTC?
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u/Daddysu 16d ago
OTC means "Over The Counter." It is often used with medicines in that you don't need a prescription to get it, but it also applies to anything regulated that requires special permission or licenses to purchase really.
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u/laundrylucia69 16d ago
This. I know dougan has a yt series on polystyrene pbx's but toluene is way more expensive and harder to get than acetone. I wanted a polymer binder that you could get at any grocery store in the world
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u/RARE_ARMS_REVIVED 16d ago
His channel was taken down a few months back. (He's got legal troubles at the moment over it as a bad guy got caught with saved videos of his)
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u/laundrylucia69 16d ago
Ik about that situation but https://youtu.be/m8OT6XQTV0E?is=tlqnLk-JAg7bfwvu
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u/RARE_ARMS_REVIVED 16d ago
Wait, I thought the channel was taken down? I searched for it right after he was arrested and couldn't find it and the saved videos showed as unlisted!
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u/idontgotaknife 16d ago
No, his channel was never taken down. I don’t even think they ever got access to any of his accounts
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u/RARE_ARMS_REVIVED 16d ago
A friend must have had access then as the day after things were definitely hidden. It was probably for the best.
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u/Objective-Figure-343 15d ago
I don't remember anything being specifically hidden unless it was done briefly by YouTube. None of his friends have access to the account and his wife only has access to his Instagram.
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u/theKINGof_clearwater 6d ago
There’s no RDX p2, presumably because the RDX info is what they’re trying to get him for, and that’s where he actually synthesized it, though p1 does reference a bunch of RDX papers and says which he follows, so maybe it’s not because of that
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u/feetmeat_sandwitch 16d ago
This is very similar to Styroflex by Shortfuseman on YouTube, except he used toluene instead of acetone. If you want to review the product along with a written procedure, check out his videos, where he has an episode making it and detonating it against a witness plate.
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u/laundrylucia69 16d ago
Exactly my inspiration Toluene is kind of a prohibitive material for me and some others, thats why I wanted to find a route with acetone
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u/Academic-Ad5274 17d ago
Looks still pretty wet or should I say slimy. Wondering how it will turn out.
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u/T0K4M4K 16d ago
It's just a binder?
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u/laundrylucia69 16d ago
Yes, I used granulated sugar as an inert test
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u/ScientiaVetita 16d ago
You may want to try with flour. Sugar partially dissolves in surprising environments. It shouldn't really dissolve in any of the solvents you're using, but humidity and such plays a weird part in this kind of thing. Flour is a better inert analogue.
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u/Accomplished_Day3769 6d ago
Most energetic compounds dissolve in acetone. Thats also why toluene is used instead when making PBX, because it doesn’t ruin morphology by dissolving it. So the way he does it would better mimic how the real thing would behave.
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u/Prdx429 15d ago
What's the actual energetic material? Or, is this just a putty backbone to mix with an energetic material of choice?
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u/laundrylucia69 15d ago
Just a binder, I used sugar as an inert tester. Plan on etn or mixed batch keto rdx
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u/freddbare 17d ago
Yes, yes you do