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How do you make your own smoke flare or smoke signal for wilderness or boating emergencies?

March 19th, 2007
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How do you make your own smoke flare or smoke signal for wilderness or boating emergencies?

Looking for an alternative to the Orion Smoke Flares. I want to make my own smoke flare or smoke signal that I can use in emergencies when I go into the wilderness. I don’t care what color the smoke is but would prefer a non-natural color like orange, green, or purple so if people see it they don’t think it is a campfire. I know I can make smoke bombs out of salt peter and sugar but will this mixture create the amount of smoke that I am looking for? The main thing I am looking for is a good volume of smoke.

Jean

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  1. DJ
    March 21st, 2007 at 05:41 | #1
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    I found this for you…use at your own risk and be careful of starting fires….

    THE ORIGINAL SMOKE BOMB RECIPIE
    ——————————-

    OK, this isn’t “THE” original but it was the first that got
    excesivily popularized…

    FROM “STEAL THIS BOOK” BY ABBIE HOFFMAN

    “Sometimes it becomes strategically correct to confuse the opposition
    and provide a smoke screen to aid an escape. A real home-made smoke
    bomb can be made by combining 4 parts sugar to 6 parts saltpeter
    [Potassium Nitrate -Editor's note] (available at all chemical
    supply stores). This mixture must then be heated over a very low
    flame. It will blend into a plastic substance. When this starts
    to gel, remove from heat and allow the plastic to cool. Embed a few
    wooden match heads into the mass while it’s still pliable and attach
    a fuse.”

    PERSONAL EXPERIENCE W THIS RECIPIE
    ———————————–

    Do the cooking with a kitchen oven, candles DO NOT work at all,
    and camping stoves are better but hazardous (as Spartacus and
    The Data Controller will testify). Filmcans work, but arn’t the
    best because of the plastic and the small size. The best
    container seems to be small glass jars. Fuses are probably the
    hardest part, if you can use bought fuses. If not the best is to
    pour sterno over the top and light it, this will have an
    unpredictable time delay.

    COLORED SMOKE BOMBS
    ——————-

    Allthough it has been claimed that adding food coloring to the above
    would change its color here are the ingredients for “real” colored
    smoke bombs…

    BLACK SMOKE RECEPIES
    ——————–

    Ingredient Percentage

    Magnesium powder 19
    Hexachloroethane 60
    Napthalene 21

    Magnesium powder 20
    Hexachloroethane 60
    Napthalene 20

    Hexachloroethane 55.8
    Alpha Naphol 14
    Athracene 4.6
    Aluminum powder 9.3
    Smokeless powder 14
    Naphthalene 2.3

    Black powder FFF 50
    Potassium nitrate 10
    Coal tar 20
    Powdered charcoal 15
    Paraffin 5

    WHITE SMOKE RECIPIES
    ——————–

    Potassium chlorate 44
    Sulfur flour 15
    Zinc dust 40
    Sodium bicarbonate 1

    Zinc dust 66.37
    Hexachloroethane 33.33

    Zinc dust 28
    Zinc oxide 22
    Hexachloroethane 50

    YELLOW SMOKE RECIPIES
    ———————

    Potassium chlorate 25
    Paranitraniline 50
    Lactrose 25

    Potassium chlorate 30
    Naphthalene azodimethyl anline50
    Powdered sugar 20

    Potassium chlorate 21.4
    Naphthalene azodimethyl anline2.7
    Auramine 38
    Sodium biocarbonate 28.5
    Sulfur flour 9.4

    GREEN SMOKE RECIPIE
    ——————-

    Potassium nitrate 20
    Red arsenic 20
    Sulfur flour 20
    Antimony sulfide 20
    Black powder FFF 20

    RED SMOKE RECIPIE
    —————–

    Potassium chlorate 20
    Lactose 20
    Paranitraniline red 60

    Potassium chlorate 26
    Diethylaminorosindone 48
    Powdered sugar 26

    Potassium chlorate 27.4
    Methylaminoanthraquinone 42.5
    Sodium bicarbonate 19.5
    Sulfur flour 10.6

    Potassium pechlorate 25
    Antimony sulfide 20
    Rhodamine red 50
    Dextrin 5

  2. uncle frosty
    March 24th, 2007 at 06:34 | #2
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    saltpeter and suger will make a lot of smoke if you make a big enough cake (caramelize the sugar) You can get away with a 50/50 mix but err on the side of more saltpeter. WARNING when this stuff burns it gets really hot. You can’t weld with it but it will oxidize aluminum. If it is a cold day the smoke will go straight up. The smoke is a white color. Don’t bother with a fuse just light a corner of the cake. Cooking this stuff is also dangerous if this crap lights in your kitchen you will be lucky if it doesn’t burn down your house.

    PS Don’t be a *******. If you try to get cute with this stuff you will start a fire and go to jail.

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