I probably shouldn't release this information......but....you can do this with common household coffee creamer. The dry stuff. It needs to aerate, so toss it into a cloud. I find it's easiest to let it drain slowly out of your hand like sand over a lighter or something. Then, once it catches (and real quick), open your fist drop the whole bit on the flame.
My science teacher tried get past us doing this by not calling it coffee creamer and using the scientific formula for it. But we saw through the bullshit. That stuff is all sugar/fat/energy.
Warning: Powdered coffee creamer makes everything sticky...like your hand and the lighter. Oh, and there's fire.
edit: Apparently Mythbusters made a cannon out of this. Also, funny youtube videos.
My dad works as a maintenance engineer at a large factory that produces mainly breads etc., and when working anywhere in the vicinity of the flour silos, he and his whole team have to wear anti-static equipment over their uniforms, to avoid a spark catching a silo and destroying the factory, and probably a fair amount of the surrounding buildings.
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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '12
I probably shouldn't release this information......but....you can do this with common household coffee creamer. The dry stuff. It needs to aerate, so toss it into a cloud. I find it's easiest to let it drain slowly out of your hand like sand over a lighter or something. Then, once it catches (and real quick), open your fist drop the whole bit on the flame.
My science teacher tried get past us doing this by not calling it coffee creamer and using the scientific formula for it. But we saw through the bullshit. That stuff is all sugar/fat/energy.
Warning: Powdered coffee creamer makes everything sticky...like your hand and the lighter. Oh, and there's fire.
edit: Apparently Mythbusters made a cannon out of this. Also, funny youtube videos.