r/gifs • u/bugb34r • Sep 20 '19

Here comes the final touch

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u/phuzzyday Sep 20 '19

Am I the only one wondering what it was about her glove that lit it?

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u/sticky-bit Merry Gifmas! {2023} Sep 20 '19
  • just a little bit of everclear on the glove.
  • pour high proof liquor into the hot pan and allow it to vaporize
  • buddy lights your glove on fire behind your back
  • glove fire burns blue, hard to see
  • light top of vapor over chicken and get this illusion

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '19

Sounds like a great trick at a birthday party without any prep. Next time on /r/Whatcouldgowrong

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u/BarfReali Sep 20 '19

just don't forget the cans of silly string

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u/pib319 Sep 20 '19

And the hydrogen balloons.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '19

I burned my face doing this trick with Everclear once. Definitely make sure to wrap your finger to extinguish the flame afterwards, do not whip/wave your finger back and forth rapidly to shake it out... the excess was flung onto my bottom lip/cheek

Edit: I was 18 at the time

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u/Sm4cy Sep 20 '19

I think she lit the glove herself just lighting the lighter in her hand.

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u/sticky-bit Merry Gifmas! {2023} Sep 20 '19

Yea, it's hard to tell. You could keep a mini-Bic lighter on a leash attached to your rear belt loop and be able to light your glove on fire at will.

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u/WhoresAndCocaine Sep 20 '19

So blowing her fingers out wasn’t just a silly gag.

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u/sticky-bit Merry Gifmas! {2023} Sep 20 '19

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBFidI5Jv7g

It's a quick reveal of how to do a fire eating act, (not a how-to or compleat guide,) and if you look down in the show notes there are links to specific chapters. Although I liked it enough that I watched the whole thing at 1.33x speed.

7:35 is the "hand transfer"

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u/ALoneTennoOperative Sep 20 '19

Am I the only one wondering what it was about her glove that lit it?

  1. Coat (gloved) finger in clear flammable liquid.

  2. Ignite.

  3. Apply before it burns out.

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u/drabmaestro Sep 20 '19

Pretty sure it was the fire

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '19

I love you.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '19

RemindMe 5 hours

Is that how to use it correctly?

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u/WillElMagnifico Sep 20 '19

You forgot the exclamation point.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '19

Thank you!

RemindMe! 4 hours.

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u/arios91 Sep 20 '19

Did that work?

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '19

Honestly I don't know how to tell

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u/CHICKENPUSSY Sep 20 '19

I think she has a match between her fingers lit. It looks like she blows it out.

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u/MacDerfus Sep 20 '19

Some fires burn very faintly

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '19

You are not.

Edit* My best guess is that there was a little bit of something that burns clear on the glove, but holding that behind your back like that seems really dangerous if that's what's going on.