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Build orange smoke bombs A 2:49

This video tutorial will show you how to make a smoke bomb with simple household items.You can use this smoke grenade for cover and concealment for your mock military operations, or simply for a prank to freak your friends... you can eve use it for special effects in a cheap film, for a large cloud of orange smoke.

You will need:
-ping pong balls
-sugar
-baking soda
-potassium nitrate (KNO3)
-organic powdered dye

Creator's Site www.metacafe.com/channels/shootin...
Hosted by metacafe.com | Curated 2/13/09 | Views 109,634

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henry_nguyen (3) 3/1/09 5:45 AM
thank!
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wwsdewe (1) 3/5/09 12:00 AM
genial!
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fib3roptix (-11) 3/9/09 6:02 PM
Where do you get KN03 i think its illegal in MI
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fib3roptix (-11) 3/9/09 6:09 PM
Most funny at school because they think its a fire just use black dye.
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Hamer (-1) 3/19/09 2:26 PM
will fertilizer work instead of potassium nitrate?
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Jack V. Edwards 4/3/09 8:48 PM
Ya, I used "Spectracide" Stump-Remover, they have others with more KNO3 but i couldn't easly get my hands on it. I don't know about fertilizers for a "Smoke Bomb" but you can make one hell of a BOMB with a chemical fertilizer.
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leolon4 (1) 9/22/09 8:15 AM
lmao! nooo i tryed that it ruined my pan.. my spoon.. wasnt even flamabe..
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deankk 3/21/09 10:40 AM
Umm. Found the nitrate, got baking soda, got sugar, cant find dye, and where the hell do i find a firework fuse. Im under 18, cannot buy ingrediants. Any suggestions?
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v0lquete (14) 4/16/09 4:59 PM
fuse:cannonfuse.com or see the pull ring for smoke bomb vide made by this user

dye:art stores or hobby stores. it's optional to put dye in.
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dylantierney6 5/7/09 2:37 PM
use sparklers
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kitsune1912 12/1/09 7:41 PM
hobby shop
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Rabbits 7/27/09 9:09 AM
People under 18 homake your fyse by breaking match heads and mixing them eith water. The dip a thin peice of string in the mixture
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V13TC0NG 3/28/09 3:39 AM
Sweet! Good video
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divemastermike 4/3/09 11:11 AM
look on www.unitednuclear.com for missing ingredients...
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buttman80 (-2) 4/7/09 4:30 PM
it sucked
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18D00108 4/11/09 7:31 AM
AWESOME!!! it seems to make much more smoke than the other videos and ways to make a smoke bomb too.
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duckship 4/14/09 4:17 PM
will any dye do?
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v0lquete (14) 4/16/09 3:51 PM
thank you!!!!
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longbowsniper 4/17/09 1:27 PM
I would recomend more bakeing soda to make a slower burn it will produce the same amount of smoke just over a much longer period of time
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v0lquete (14) 4/21/09 3:26 PM
me and i friend tried this. everything went well, until we lit it up. fire shot out of the top and looked like a roman candle! awsome,but what did i do wrong?
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v0lquete (14) 4/21/09 3:28 PM
oh i bet its cuz we took off the top (we failed at making a pull-ring and it took off the top)
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guardianares (-1) 4/22/09 9:41 PM
I used Spectracide Stump Remover as well. According to the MSDS sheet for the Stump Remover, the ingredient is 100% Potassium Nitrate, if anyone was curious.

Also, I spent about $6.95 for 1 lb of granulated crystals at Lowe's Home Improvement. I also found it at www.skylight.com for $.40 cheaper per pound, minus shipping.
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Wrench (14) 4/27/09 12:11 PM
Sweet, perfect for paintball.
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Bolt15 (1) 5/13/09 12:10 PM
will it harm you if you breath it in?
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blackmagic1937 (2) 5/16/09 4:59 PM
is it harmful to ur lungs?
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blackmagic1937 (2) 5/16/09 5:00 PM
and or eyes
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killersson (3) 5/18/09 8:49 AM
woooooooow! that was cool! id better to try it!
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T-B-B 5/20/09 2:40 AM
fark yeah!
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zfacter8 5/26/09 7:57 PM
im under 18, where should i buy the pottasium nitrate, and is there anything else that will work?
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zfacter8 5/26/09 8:13 PM
oh and would food coloring work?
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phyroguy (1) 5/30/09 12:51 AM
really cool! the first time i heatet it to much and it was being black, but the second time it worked!!
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boat2231 6/2/09 3:48 AM
Great
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ryanemma42 (6) 6/10/09 8:47 PM
cool
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HeadMeat 6/14/09 5:12 PM
Honey, u r soooo hot!
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xeither 6/14/09 8:42 AM
That would work fairly well if you were lost lol
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darkaryan (2) 6/22/09 1:15 AM
Genius!!! I am off to do one!! Just genius!!
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wingersoll 6/23/09 9:48 PM
real good
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Eric_the_Viking 6/30/09 9:40 AM
will someone please answer the question as to whether the dye has to be organic? are there any suitable substitutes?
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Eric_the_Viking 7/7/09 3:58 PM
so i gave up on the dye factor. but i did experiment with the sugar. i found that powdered sugar (same weight as regular) melted into a peanut butter consistency more easily. it also gave off more smoke then using regular granulated sugar.
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Williambmx 7/21/09 9:22 PM
I got all the ingredients, did the first step (cook the sugar and pottasium nitrate together on low heat) and no matter how low the heat was the pottasium nitrate always goes up in flames. Help?
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Wrench (14) 12/3/09 12:20 PM
You might want to try indirect heat (like a BBQ smoker), you still get the heat but not right where the coils are, it is more evenly dispered through the water instead, allowing for a constant and even tempture. First off put water into a large pot, then mix your ingrediants in a smaller pot that will fit in the large one. Make sure it can't tip over though, that would ruin the whole batch. This should stop your batch from lighting afire.
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retso_one 7/26/09 5:48 PM
will koolaid work as a dye ?
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blackmagic1937 (2) 7/31/09 11:56 PM
its dangerous to breath in,
no need for dye, but if wanted (as far as my knowledge) as long as its powdered it should work,
I want to know if koolaid works as well
also props to eric for the powdered sugar find, bet it will make making fuses better also
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blackmagic1937 (2) 7/31/09 11:57 PM
oo also I'm underage and got everything I needed, saltpeter is sold as stump remover
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freshboy_cute19 8/21/09 9:10 PM
nice to join us terorist
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imapyromaniac (-1) 8/23/09 11:56 PM
makes a great airsoft flare
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PotatoAssassin (5) 8/30/09 12:32 AM
coolness.
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airphoto (-5) 9/1/09 1:21 AM
This will be so awesome for paintball and airsoft games! Cheap fourth of july fun also. Just need to check out the laws on making fireworks in my state first. Looks great! Thanks for the awesome video
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jaco1996 9/4/09 9:23 PM
I need optassium nitrate is it salt like it is on the video or some thing different
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Silentsniper247 9/12/09 11:49 AM
is there water in the potasium nitrate sugar mixture
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Wrench (14) 12/10/09 11:38 AM
I doubt it, even if there were, it would evaporate during the cooking/mixing process because of the heat.
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pac1414 9/19/09 2:22 PM
hey can i use baking powder instead or something else cause i cant find it!!??????
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jimmyhopkins1 (2) 9/21/09 7:41 AM
hey, if i make them small can i use them for halloween to raise some hell!
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manutea 9/21/09 12:37 PM
Terrific !! -thank you very much !
Potassuim nitrate & dye are very expensive in my country-will seek for substitutes
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keff 10/1/09 5:26 AM
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keff 10/1/09 5:31 AM
Hey guys! Me and my friend tried this it looked alright when we made it but it didn't ignite at all. We used a pull ring which worked well but still no ignition. Me and my friend were wondering if it could be cos of the Kno3 were cone formed (small small balls). Anyway i was just wondering if anyone of you know some way to make the bomb ignite easier. Thanks alot
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birdram 10/11/09 2:17 PM
little holes through out smoke bomb should do the trick. mine it made it double smoke and halved time
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italianstallionof85 10/12/09 5:59 PM
hey was that baking soda he used? i tried it and it puffed up like a marshmellow.... took a lot of stirring to try to counteract it but still never looked like what he has
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italianstallionof85 10/12/09 6:48 PM
also when it burned it did very quickly and spit a good sized flame out of the top. i had it wrapped pretty tight but i'm not sure what i'm doing wrong. it was 60/40 mixture, and mine wouldn't even begin to melt unless on medium heat (electric stove, not gas). i tried on low for an hour and it wouldn't even begin to combine together that's why i turned it up slowly.
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italianstallionof85 10/12/09 6:53 PM
i keep watching the video and i don't understand why his mixture doesn't turn into a foam-like substance as soon as he mixes the baking soda like mine does.....
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knutfreddy (8) 10/15/09 6:04 AM
now THAT'S a #$%@ load of smoke!
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bruno0826 11/21/09 6:03 PM
Mine just keeps flaming up really bad, how come its catching fire so bad when all the video's examples don't ?
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jaguar7076 (-1) 11/21/09 10:00 PM
OK, so we just tried this out, and we must have overcooked it or something, because the second we took it off the stove it started hardening, and when we tried to take the pen out an hour later after it cooled, it was completely stuck, we ended up breaking the pen and taking out the insides to add the fuse. Also, when we added Baking Soda it puffed up too, and the smoke was black, even though we had yellow dye powder in it. And finally, as the smoke was going out, the whole thing suddenly burst into flames.

Long story short, this worked, but not as it was supposed to. We are going to make a few more, see if we can perfect it, but I would love some of the original poster's tips.
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jaguar7076 (-1) 11/21/09 10:01 PM
Oh, forgot to mention, the KNO3 mixture was as hard as a rock after the hour, but in the video it looks to still have some movement to it. Again, any tips would be much appreciated!
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urielmascorro (-1) 11/22/09 4:54 PM
DO NOT DO THIS!!!!!! WHILE I WAS WATCHING THIS VIDEO I WAS MAKING IT AT THE SAME TIME AND ALMOST BURNED DOWN MY HOUSE!!!! I AM SO SCARED GOOD THING I HAD A FIRE EXTINGUISHER NEXT TO MY SOVE, I GOT LUCKY TO BE TELLING YOU THIS, I ALMOS BURNED MY FACE.PLEASE DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME!!!!!!!
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Tosan 11/23/09 10:59 AM
man i cant wait to try this. is there anyway to thin the smoke so u can c through it a little. im thinking about using it for drama. abso-F***ing-lutly awsome.will be great to replace the smoke machine.
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bruno0826 11/25/09 6:50 PM
Jaguar7076 mine is doing the exact same thing, let me know if you get it right, i'll be sure to post it if i figure it out...
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Dirty247 (3) 12/18/09 1:31 PM
Nice
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samuraijordan 12/24/09 1:48 PM
i just wat t make an explosion :/
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sharpie6590 1/4/10 11:15 AM
i think we need a better explanation of the making of this because ive tryed it like 5 times now and everytime i do it when i add the baking soda it turns to the marshmellow substance and then gets really hard and when lit acts as a propellant. i had the right 60/40 everytime its just when i add the baking soda is the problem do you take it off the heat as soon as it starts to caramelise?
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woolnut 1/7/10 7:24 AM
anyone tell me what soda that was? bicarbonate?

and where to find pottasuim nitrate?
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zafro817 (-2) 1/10/10 4:51 PM
that is awesome! i love these vids and this website cause of dis #$%@. but warning though, mixing that #$%@ is EXTREMELY dangerous!! beware 12 yr old n00bs tryin to be cool in the kitchen.
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lilSavage (1) 1/15/10 4:04 PM
i am so fukin doin that!! xD
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Invincible 2/1/10 12:35 AM
I tried it. when I put KNO3 It exploded. Either I baked sugar in high warmth, or u'r adding something for safety. I dunno Can any1 help me?
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