Dear readers, in this book, I write in detail the

processes that I have personally undertaken for the preparation of

colors, effects among various formulations, said to be used in the field
pyrotechnic, these formulations are directed at the pyrotechnic guild with
educational fines.

I have decided to write this book in order to help everyone.

colleagues who lack knowledge in this regard however
the professional pyrotechnician can also take a look at this volume and
can gather information from experiences, different formulations or
any other type of tips, which can serve as an experience
more.

I remind all my reader friends that the materials here

mentioned, they can change according to their distributor or type of
elements remember that the material is not always the same, without
you can modify the formula to your liking and in an appropriate way of
according to your used material.

WARNING
The materials that are written below are hazardous and in some
poisonous cases, sensitive in mixtures with some oxidant or some others
they can be sensitive to humidity we are not responsible for the damage
management of the same, it is recommended to use the appropriate tools and the
safety utensils for personal use, remember to mix in a clean place
free of contaminants (materials or waste) that is why we recommend
follow the following safety measures:

Always avoid friction or impact on whistle compounds; it is recommended.

use a press or simply use pressure filling.
For filling sources, sparklers, or the compression of some devices
always use materials made of wood, porcelain, bronze, or anti-
spark.

Use anti-static download bars or grounding as well as clothing.

suitable since when stirring the chemical elements that
we use it to produce static electricity.

Avoid the use of elements with magnetic emissions or other elements

electronics mainly the mobile phone.

Always use your nets, fabrics, or clean strainers. Try to have one.
exclusive for ammonium perchlorate, nitrocellulose and another for your chlorates

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Dear reading friends, first of all, I want to thank you for...

acquire this book that has been the greatest adventure and the best for me
experience, I'm glad that you are interested in it and can
learn some secrets and techniques so that your effects or colors come out
excellent, the purpose of this book is not to harm anyone; on the contrary, I want to
help you develop your knowledge, just like you I went through several
years trying to discover those secrets of how to develop that effect so
wanted and had to travel, pay outrageous amounts of money for a
formula, I came across people who believed they were gods of pyrotechnics, without
In this book, you have all my experiences; I am not the best teacher.
I am not a pyrotechnician, nor the best chemist, but I do have the experience and I want to share it with you.

share.

I recommend that you use the strictest security measures, cleanliness

it is the most important thing, do not rush and do not despair if at first your
formula does not want to stay remember that the materials change with
frequency, only use high-quality materials, first create a quantity
small.

The most important thing in all of this is that you enjoy doing what you know how to do.
respect your work as a fireworks artist, follow your dreams, don't give up if
when you stumble try not to fall and if you fall get up, be humble do not try to prove
be better than the others, you are the best with yourself remember that if the
Plans fail, change the plan but don’t change the goal.

The content is written to my expectations and exactly as I acquired it.

formulas.

Colors
Let's start with our colors, these colors are the basis of everything.
our formulas and of course we are going to use these colors mainly in
light, or luminary as you wish to call it, remember to use only high-quality materials
quality the following formulas are expressed in kg (kilograms) and in g
grams

Green Red
1kg barium nitrate 1kg strontium nitrate
120 g of magnesium 150 g of magnesium
100 g potassium chlorate 110 g potassium chlorate
160 g PVC (gloss) 140 g PVC (gloss)
Orange Blue
500 g barium nitrate 1kg perchlorate of
potassium
500 g nitrate of
140 g PVC (gloss)
strontium
100 g of potassium chlorate 150 g magnalium

150 g magnesium 180 g copper oxide

black
150 g PVC (glossy)
Yellow
25 g of copper oxide
600 g barium nitrate
black
400 g nitrate of
strontium
50 g of carbonate
football
150 g potassium chlorate
150 g PVC (shine)
175 g of magnesium
White
700 g of potassium nitrate Purple
300 g barium nitrate 700 g nitrate of
120 g potassium chlorate strontium
300 g of perchlorate
150 g of magnesium
potassium
140 g PVC (gloss) 150 g PVC (glossy)
50 g of parlón
160 g magnalium
350 copper oxide
black

Rose Water
700 g nitrate of 600 g barium nitrate
strontium 200 g of perchlorate
300 g of perchlorate of potassium
potassium 150 g magnalium
150 g PVC (gloss)
150 g PVC (gloss)
160 g magnalium
200 g copper oxide
250 g copper oxide black
black

Remember to use nets or fine sieves, a good measurement would be 60 x 60.

the thinner your mesh is, the more consistent your color will be when you have
pass your mix through your sieve 2 more times so that the materials
stay well unified, for your safety and as a recommendation, heal your
magnesium or magnalium with 10% linseed oil per kilogram of
magnesium or magnalium an example would be 1kg of magnesium for 100 milliliters of
flaxseed oil this will help repel moisture remember that the
magnesium decomposes upon contact with water.

These colors are made for lights and do not need any type of
extra lighting, what we mean by this is that the colors are already ready
to load them into your cartridge and cover them with your gunpowder mix
smooth, you save time by not having to add extra lights to make it
Make your composition.

It is investigated that different pyrotechnic teachers add to the formula close

100 grams of shiny aluminum to add more shine to the color here in Mexico
It is shiny aluminum country, but you can also use FFF or glitter, but without.
I did not use aluminum for these formulas as they do not need it.
Forcibly, I have noticed that with aluminum the skylight emits more smoke,
but if you want to add it, it's your decision, now if you are going to add the aluminum you
I recommend that to make your preparation more secure, add between 15 to 20.
grams of boric acid well mixed and this will make your formula safer for
work since aluminum, which is a metal, in contact with oxidizers, can
decompose the formula and start warming up.

I remind you again that the materials change quite a bit, it may be that when
First attempt, it works the color as you need it or it may not, however
you have the ability to improve or adapt your color to your liking
according to your needs.

Below I summarize the use of each chemical element in the

aforementioned formulas.

Nitrates: oxidizers and coloring agents

Potassium chlorate: oxidizer (we use it in these formulas to give it a

safe ignition, meaning for it to ignite safely your color.

Potassium perchlorate: oxidizer (we use it as a safe option for substitution

the potassium chlorate.

Magnesium: it is a fuel and in this case we use it for intensity in the

flame and strength of your luminary.

Magnalium: combustible, we use it just like magnesium. In my opinion

from a personal point of view, it is used as a bleaching agent in some oxidizers such as the

nitrates

PVC or gloss: fuel and we use it to intensify our color, of course

which can also be used as a binder for our mixture, in the
presentation that is more fluffy.

Calcium carbonate: retardant and antacid, we will only use it in the formula
to give the yellow color since it colors the flame a bright yellow, without
I do not recommend adding more than 50 g per preparation as it can
make your light bulb burn excessively slow and with a very weak flame
small.
Okay, we finished with our colors which we are going to use in different
preparations, such as those for the stars of our bombs, in a sparkler or
source, but with some extra elements.

SPARKLING OR COLORED FOUNTAINS

Now I will show you the formulas that I use in color sparkles for your
wheels or figures or for whatever you need, these spark plugs are solely
for outdoor use:

Green Red
1kg barium nitrate 1kg strontium nitrate
150 g magnesium 150 g of magnesium
150 g potassium chlorate 150 g potassium chlorate
100 g PVC (glossy) 100 g PVC (glossy)
100 g of aluminum 100 g aluminum
atomized atomized
450 g shiny aluminum 400 g shiny aluminum
country country
80 g of parlón 80 g of parlón

Orange
Yellow
500 g barium nitrate
600 g barium nitrate
400 g of nitrate of 500 g strontium nitrate
strontium 100 g potassium chlorate
100 g aluminum 150 g of magnesium
atomized
150 g PVC (glossy)
150 g potassium chlorate
25 g of copper oxide
150 g PVC (glossy)
black
150 g of magnesium 100 g atomized aluminum
500 g shiny aluminum 450 g shiny aluminum
country country
50 parlor
Rose White
700 g of nitrate 700 g potassium nitrate
strontium
300 g barium nitrate
300 g of perchlorate
potassium 120 g potassium chlorate
180 g PVC (gloss) 150 g of magnesium
160 g magnalium 140 g PVC (glossy)
250 g copper oxide 50 g atomized aluminum
black 100 g titanium sponge
80 g of parlón
250 g shiny aluminum
100 g aluminum country
atomized
400 g shiny aluminum
country
Purple
700 g strontium nitrate
300 g of perchlorate of
potassium
Water 150 g PVC (gloss)
600 g barium nitrate
50 g of parlón
200 g of perchlorate of
potassium 160 g magnalium
150 g magnalium 350 black copper oxide
150 g PVC (gloss) 125 g of atomized aluminum
200 g copper oxide 250 g shiny aluminum
black country
200 g aluminum
atomized
150 g titanium sponge
Blue
1kg of perchlorate
potassium
180 g PVC (gloss)
150 g magnalium
180 g copper oxide
black
500 g shiny aluminum
140 g aluminum
atomized
200 g titanium sponge
These sparkler formulas are the ones I use for my castles or other devices.
for outdoor use, it is recommended to add to any preparation of
20 grams of boric acid per preparation are loaded into a tube of
Cardboard here in Mexico is known as tube for 8.2 start or tube.
for half turn but 10cm long.

Let's seal one end of our tube with clay or mud, remember that
It should be damp, the measurement of the clay block must have the same
measure as the diameter of your tube, for example: if the tube has a width of 1 cm
the measurement of clay in the taqueo must be 1 cm.

The needle we will use to tack our tube has to be 5mm wide.
This will allow more color output and better splatter; it will also help us to...
our spark plug does not misfire since the mixture is somewhat strong.

When we finish and our coating is completely dry, we will add...

both sides soft gunpowder, to allow our sparker to burn, of a
one side we will call ignition, which is where we have our tracking, and on the other

we will call it a discharge which is where we will start filling our

fuse, a black powder wick in the hole of our fuse
it would secure our ignition more.
The gunpowder should be wet with a solution prepared of 50% water and 50%
denatured alcohol, remember after moistening your powder, pass it
through a mesh to eliminate clumps or small stones of gunpowder that can
harm our filling, one more tip you can use your own measure of
gunpowder, for the first shot so that your sparklers light up more evenly.

The recommendation for loading is under pressure, however the presses

Hydraulics for some of us is something difficult to acquire since they are
quite outside of our budget, but I recommend charging under pressure
with the appropriate anti-spark tool do not do it with hammers or with any
Hammer just presses what is required with your own hands and not hits.

Try to fill in small amounts, in Mexico we call it 'llenada'.

for socket, only charge your spark plug by adding a socket under pressure, or
Well, you can take a measure to start filling up, for safety, don't have too much.
amount of powder when filling, I advise you to have a quarter and keep the rest away
wherever you are charging your sparkler
At the end of your filling, remember to cover the other end with mud or clay, if you are going to

Use your lighter as a female or pass fire simply by covering the other end.
with gunpowder

Alright, we finished our sparklers, you have the final say on how you are going to
finish the firecracker, that is, the presentation and how you are going to use them.

Powder for extinguishing or delaying light

The extinguishing or delayed powder has many uses in the industry.
pyrotechnics, as in the wick, in the light or lamp, or sometimes in the same
stars of the bombs. Here I am going to mainly teach you for the light or
luminary.

Have you asked yourself how the figure of ``change`` is made in castles?
when a cover lights up and suddenly changes its shape, it is something
Amazing, right? Or have you wondered how to make the whirlwinds or flying ones?
up and down? Well, here it is next, we are going to turn it off.

12 kilos of potassium nitrate These elements will be ground inside

from a powder mill or barrel, and
800 g of charcoal (preferably pine) we are going to grind them for 8 hours

This will be our base powder to make the extinguishing agent, when we have it ready.

Our base grinding, we are going to pass it through a mesh to remove residues.
of coal and impurities and of course so that we have a finer powder, which will be
the fineness is essential to work better on our appliance.

Now we are going to carry out the following preparation:

6 kg of base powder We are going to pass all the compounds through a
thin mesh a good size would be 60x60
250 g of coal ash
I recommend that you go through it at least twice.
250 g copper sulfate so that your elements are well placed
integrated.
750 g antimony

Now let's try your light, turn it on, it must light up without a flame.
slowly consuming your cartridge, depending on which one you use, I use one.
made of bond paper, if your flame has a small white color
bleached add a little more ash to extinguish that flame since
The moment of lighting our figures can take away some of the nuance.

You can modify this formula as you see fit; if you add more antimony, it will
It will remove strength from the composition and if you add more carbon, it will increase.

force to composition

Now it's your turn to match your colors with this off, the colors that before
I introduced you to those that almost burn the same and will work for your purposes, you

I recommend that you take the measurements in which your colors are burned for
pair it like this, that is, when your figure lights up, it turns off.
pair your light at the same time and turn on your second figure
adequately.

I use an 8 cm cartridge for my first time and for my second time

a 12cm cartridge, that is to say the 8cm one, I fill it completely with color and its
tapa powder while the 12cm one has 8cm of color at the bottom and in
the top part 4cm of extinguish with its cap powder, when ignited
together the 8 cm will be burning the color while the 12
it will be burning the off, and when the 8 cm one finishes burning, it will be
I have consumed the one at 12 cm and it will start to ignite the color.

It's worth mentioning that you can make your lights at different times.
I'm going to give you an example to give you an idea of how to fill your lights or
Lighthouses, and remember that each color has its strength and they don't always end.
it is the same as saying from the moment it starts until it ends.

A
P
A
G
U
E
Covering powder A
P
A A
P G
A U
G E
U
E

8 cm 12 cm C 16 cm 20 cm
C C O C
O O L O
L L O L
O O R O
R R R
CLAY MUD CLAY CLAY

1st half second half third time 4th time

It's just an example, you will take your measurements for the impeller of the
swirls or flying is the same process only with a smaller amount of
Turn it off, this depends on how you want to make your propeller.
It is recommended not to have more than 2 power-off sequences since this power-off is to

burning something greasy can clog your impeller causing a

explosion, remember that for the boosters you also have to get your
measures, I advise loading this type of impeller with strong powder in dry and
use a needle with a thickness of 3.5 mm.

The task of manufacturing extinguishing boosters can be difficult, but over time
and with practice you can perfect this type of 'rise and fall' effect
 Stars or paste for bombs or
chrysanthemums
For many, this process will already seem easy, and the techniques for polishing
For some they will be familiar, for others not, I am going to show you some of the techniques that

I acquired in different places of our Mexican country.

The tools that will be used can be with some plastic case, pot,
industrial pot, simple pot, canvas etc... With whatever you have at hand, if you have already
developed pasta, you will know the safety measures and those that are not
next:

If you have a pot with a motor, make sure the motor is far away from where
you are working, a wall between the pot and the engine will help, remember that when
the materials we use release vapors that are
highly flammable.

If you have any type of manual pot with a plastic case or plastic tub,
replace with one made of fiberglass since when manually shaping it
produces large amounts of static energy.

The area where you are working the boleo must be clean and for exclusive use.
for the task, only with the staff who will carry out this task.

If you have an electric pot, make sure to have a grounded connection to your pot.
To download static, a wall between the pot and the electric motor will help.
quite a bit.

Use only the necessary materials when rolling, do not have excess material.
be patient, don't rush.

Do not have your mobile phone nearby or any other electronic device.

Always use a facemask, gloves, and safety goggles.

Have purified water on hand in case it is necessary

Always work in the mornings so your dough will be dry by the afternoon and
you can store more securely.
Let's get started, the colors we will use for your pastes are the
the same ones I provided you at the beginning, only we are going to increase 20 g of

boric acid in each color.

You can add more PVC and magnesium to improve strength and color.

We are going to prepare the following solutions:

Dissolve 500 g of shellac gold in 4 liters of denatured or industrial alcohol.

stir until the rubber dissolves

Dissolve 350 g of acacia gum in 4 liters of water and let the solution sit for 24 hours.

to ensure that the gum arabic is completely dissolved

ATTENTION: prepare only the solution that we are going to use as the
Arabic gum tends to ferment and become acidic, the estimated time of
fermented for 72 hours

We will use ammunition soup, you can find it in any market or

shopping center.

For each pouch of ammunition soup, which is approximately 200 g, we are going
to use 2.5 kg of color of your choice, also depending on the size
the color to use is whatever you want to give to the pasta.

Empty the ammo soup pouch into your container, we are going to spray with the
solution of industrial alcohol and shellac gold, just a little until achieving
soak the entire soup, a sprinkler or atomizer can help to spray,
remember just a little since this solution is somewhat sticky.

Immediately add just a pinch of color, only the necessary portion that
I managed to cover all the pimples, and keep going like this until achieving the
desired size of the shot, as a recommendation you should have gun cabinets for

different calibers to match your dough and to extract the dough that
it doesn't stick to us, try hard so that the pasta doesn't stick since it's going to

prevent our dough from rising evenly, all our dough has to be
you will achieve the same size with the gunsmiths.

You have to have all your rolls almost the same size to achieve that
our bomb will open symmetrically
The solution of industrial alcohol and shellac is quite safe in the polishing.
it is quick-drying and does not require exposing the dough to the sun for a long time

When you finish growing your dough, spread it on a paper or canvas to leave it.
drying, it is not necessary to let it dry for a long time as it is estimated that at
contact a good sun, the dough will be ready and dry in 1 hour, remove it from the sun and
let it cool, when your colored paste is ready, we will start to cover our
strong gunpowder color or you can use soft gunpowder, I remind you that
no additional lighting is needed for our color as this
lights directly with gunpowder.

We continue covering with gunpowder and spraying with alcohol and glue until we achieve the

desired size, after having our dough ready we will let it dry with a
good sun for 1 hour.

After our dough has dried, we will knead it again while dusting it.
with strong gunpowder this time we are going to use the water and glue solution
arabic to moisten, we are going to add about 2 layers of wet powder
with water and gum arabic, at the end do not wet the dough simply spray it
dry powder and let it stick to your dough on its own stop soaking it with
dry gunpowder when it no longer sticks to it.

Now let your pasta dry for the rest of the day, do not take your pasta out in the sun.
when there is strong sun, remove the paste when it is in the shade and has cooled down
to be able to store.

This wet technique with shellac and industrial alcohol is the best I have
used as it guarantees quick drying and you stop using moisturizers
water base that can decompose your formula to the point of heating up

The solution of water and gum arabic will help in two things, the first is that
your pasta burns partner that is to say that it ignites everything in sync

The second is that the gum arabic attached to your gunpowder will withstand more of the

impact of bursting in your pump possibly adding openings or bursts

extras to your bomb without the fear of destroying or breaking the dough making it difficult to

light them up.

This technique works for any type of paste for rockets or firecrackers or
also for mines and monotiros also for micromines since it does not leave
waste like embers or particles that remain fused when moistened with
water and they are the particles we see falling when turning on a pump because the

water can melt igniters made of aluminum and this makes it

slower its burning making it possible for them to fall to the ground.

You can moisten your preparations as well as your strong powder.

Before working with the shellac and alcohol solution, it will facilitate your polishing.
only dampen them do not wet them too much because otherwise it will be
impossible to bowl.

I also want to inform you that if you use this industrial alcohol solution and
goma laca gold, don't even think about washing your tools or mixing with water
I am messing around with this solution, as it will turn out to be harmful.
convert our solution into rubber, that is, into a sticky element which
it is impossible to properly clean our tool, use only alcohol

This other technique that I show you next is the most artisanal, of course.
We added some security methods that were shown to us by both Chinese people.
As Italians, you will get to know those methods next:

We will use our base colors again just like in the technique
Next, we will add 20 g of boric acid to the composition as well.
This method is essential that you already have your treated magnesium and magnalium.

with flaxseed oil for greater safety.

Of course, this method is cheaper because we will only use

water with some added elements.

We are going to prepare the following solutions:

Add 120 g of potassium dichromate to 4 liters of water and stir until dissolved.
the dichromate, WARNING potassium dichromate is highly toxic and
Carcinogenic, use gloves, face mask, and safety goggles at all times.

25% alcohol solution 75% water

For greater safety, it is better to use purified water if you can.

We will once again use the ammunition soup as the basis for our
pasta.
Add the packet of ammunition soup or 200 g of soup to our container in
wherever we go bowling, quickly spray a little solution of water with
potassium dichromate, a sprayer or atomizer can help to spray our
solution.

After we have our soaked ammunition soup, start spraying.

make your color in small amounts to prevent it from sticking, keep going like this until

grow our boleo to the desired size remember that the arneros are very
important to match our ticket, the more even it is, the better it will be.
manipulation in chrysanthemums or bombs when filling them will help us to
that the pastas are arranged without any problems.

It also helps us to make our pump start more symmetrically, that is to say more
round and that all our stars ignite at the same time and we achieve
better synchronization.

Once we have our polished color ready, we take it to dry in the

shade in case of having intense sun we will let it dry all day for
security we do not want to store our material still wet.

Ready our marbled color we are going to prepare the next cover

To 1 kg of strong or soft powder, we will add 40 g of dextrin, prepare the

Gunpowder that you will use only.

Having our colored paste ready and subsequently dry, we once again
we will empty into our molding container, this time we are going to use
our solution of 25% alcohol and 75% water, we spray until everything is moistened
our dough and we began to sprinkle with the preparation of gunpowder and
dextrin.

We repeat the previous steps by gradually moistening and dusting.

little by little, try to do this since if you add more solution it may
your doughs stick together and make it difficult to roll, making it impossible for
the shooting grows evenly.

List your pasta, we are going to leave it to dry for the rest of the day again.

Now that the drying time has passed, we are finally going to add our lid.
of strong gunpowder, this will be without dextrin since we are going to spray with the solution

from gum arabic, remember that this layer we are going to add will help us
Dear readers, in this book, I write in detail the
processes that I have personally undertaken for the preparation of
colors, effects among various formulations, said to be used in the field
pyrotechnic, these formulations are directed at the pyrotechnic guild with
educational fines.

I have decided to write this book in order to help everyone.

colleagues who lack knowledge in this regard however
the professional pyrotechnician can also take a look at this volume and
can gather information from experiences, different formulations or
any other type of tips, which can serve as an experience
more.

I remind all my reader friends that the materials here

mentioned, they can change according to their distributor or type of
elements remember that the material is not always the same, without
you can modify the formula to your liking and in an appropriate way of
according to your used material.
Second layer of wet gunpowder with

Solution of gum arabic and water

First layer of gunpowder

with dextrin

Colored star

Cotton seed for ignition and

opening of chrysanthemums or bombs

In Mexico, all pyrotechnic artisans use a lot in our

pump the cotton seed in order to ignite all our paste and to
Burst our bomb, I will show you the grindings and the process next.
What do I use to prepare cotton seed.

We are going to grind the following materials.

25 kg potassium nitrate

8 kg of coal

We will grind these elements for 15 hours in our mill with

intervals of 3 hours that is, mills for 3 hours, rest the mill for 3 hours, and so on
successively until we complete our 15 hours, as they are quite a lot
hours and we do not want to cause an accident by grinding continuously

After having our grinding, we are going to add 4 to all our grinding.
kg of sulfur, we are going to add this outside our mill we will add it and
pass through a super fine mesh so that our sulfur remains well connected to
the powder, I recommend passing through 2 times.

Having our sulfur powder ready, we will proceed to soak our

cotton seed.

In a large container, we are going to empty 5 kg of cotton seeds, and we are going to
moisten beforehand only with water, we will moisten until the entire seed
I got wet, later we are going to add 2 kg of gunpowder and we are going to
beat and stir, we will act as if we are washing clothes, carving our seed, a
once impregnated with gunpowder, we will give a small flick to all our seeds.
This is so that the gunpowder sticks completely to our seed, yes
since it still needs to be soaked in gunpowder, add a little more.

Once our seed is ready, we will remove it from our container and spread it out.
on a paper or canvas to let dry for the rest of the day.

This is going to help us for our 4, 5, 6, and 8-inch pumps.

used also in 3-inch pumps however I have noticed that I
rice husk works better than cotton seed, the husk of
rice is used in bombs with a smaller diameter, that is to say, like the
1, 2, and 3 inch pumps.

The process of grinding in the rice husk is different we will use the
same powder grinding that we have used in the cotton seed only
that we are going to carry out the following preparation:

To the 1 kg of gunpowder that we have previously ground, we will add 40 g of

dextrin.
We are going to wash our rice husk to remove impurities, in a strainer.
large adds the portion that can be introduced into your strainer and later
we add water so that it washes our rice husk.

In a container such as a plastic tub, we will add 400 g of gunpowder.

with dextrin (40 g of dextrin per kilogram of powder), and we are going to add 250
we pour in the container wet and clean rice husk
with gunpowder and let's act as if we are drawing circles this
we make it so that all our rice husk sticks to the powder,
when our rice husk is ready that is to say fully impregnated
we spread it on a paper or canvas and we are going to let it dry in the sun, this
it may take time to dry but preferably we will leave it for the rest of the
day, to let it dry completely.

This will be our opening for small diameter bombs.

In case you don't find or have rice husk at hand, you can
You can also use the canary seed; you can use the aforementioned technique just as it is.
It is the same process, only this one is not washed, just sprayed with a sprayer.
with water and ready, pour tualpisteen into your container with gunpowder and proceed

circular movements, when the gunpowder is adhered spread on a paper

or cloth and let it dry in the sun.

We are learning about different compounds that a pump carries or

Mexican chrysanthemum, these are the main elements that our
bombs that is the bone paste the colored stars, their ignition and opening
What is cotton seed, but there is still a very important element missing that
many of us use it so that our pump expands its diameter more that is
if you want your 3-inch pump to open like a 5-inch pump or even
6 inches we are going to make the following opening or burst this burst
it is also the basis for opening different devices such as bombs, rockets
including crossette comets, but we will see that later.

The blast is as follows:

500 g aluminum F200

1 ½ kg potassium chlorate

This is the burst you are going to use to open your bombs, however
remember that using gum arabic solution to cover your stars is
indispensable so that your stars withstand the impact when you open your bomb.

This explosion is almost certain, however remember that it contains chlorate of

potassium and is very sensitive to impacts please take excessive measures of
security.

We already have our breakthrough that will help us a lot, now we are going to
Let's assemble our bomb:

Assembly of bombs or chrysanthemums

 Camuro effect star

Of all the effects for bomb, there is one in particular that many of us
You enjoy it, when you make a good camuro bomb there is no doubt that your audience
you will be enchanted, I will show you my heavy one for the camuro, it is the following:

3 kg of strong gunpowder

4 ½ kg of pine charcoal

750 g of sulfur

500 g dextrin

200 g titanium sponge

Let's prepare the following solution:

Prepare 50% water 50% industrial alcohol

We will pass everything through our fine mesh, except for titanium, let's pass it twice.
so that our elements are well connected, we then add
our titanium and we stir.

Test a little of your preparation, it has to ignite very slowly, otherwise

light it up, add a little more strong gunpowder, but just a little, now
that our camuro effect has to burn very slowly, if it barely ignites your
Preparation should look like this since when you wet it and expose it to the sun
it takes the necessary strength to consume itself.

After this, we will use cottonseed, use only the necessary amount.
this preparation is for approximately 5 kg of cotton seed, let's go
to soak our seed with our solution until it's fully soaked
completely, we immediately dust with our camuro preparation,
try to dust all your cotton seed so that nothing remains unpowdered,
size as if you were washing clothes.

You will notice that when you powder your camuro, it will also pick up moisture and will

leave something muddy, but keep adding your warmth until your seed
I was filled with dust, dusting until your seed becomes dry.

After this, you are going to polish, if you have a pressure cooker, start polishing it.
otherwise in a container like a plastic tub it will spoil making
circles, this is so that our seed begins to take a round shape,
keep stirring and continue wetting and adding inside your pot or container
Camuro, we are going to roll until your seed is round, the size of the
camuro paste you define it, remember that it burns very slowly,
the bigger it is, the longer it takes to finish its effect.

Having our dough ready and round, we are going to roll it out in a
paper and let it dry for the rest of the day.

When our camuro is dry, we will add it inside.

container where we layer strong gunpowder and we are going to go
moistening with the solution of water and gum arabic that was previously already
we had learned to carry out, (remember that you have to create a new solution
since it tends to ferment during its storage and turn into acid)
We are going to repeat our past technique.

Okay, we finished with our camuro effect, you can also add a layer of
I burn your colored stars, just remember that it burns quite slowly.
You can conduct tests to get an exact measure to cover your colors.
with this effect.

Shooting star and worm effect

This star called rain can be made with different aluminums like the
FFF, flutter, brilliant country, however for the worm effect which consists of that
At the moment your bomb bursts, your stars ignite, running through the
irregularly sky, it can only be done with shiny aluminum country (known
I have previously tested this effect with aluminum in Mexico.
equivalents like fff, or flitter, however, I have not had results in
same working with different aluminums.

This is the composition for the shooting star:

1kg of Chinese potassium chlorate

1 ½ aluminum
brilliant (can be FFF or
Flitter
20 g of sulfur

100 g scale no. 0

50 g of dextrin

We sift everything through our mesh except for the scale, pass the sulfur through a
fabric that you have strictly for that use, mix everything well and with a lot
be careful to pass it through the mesh again, after this stir while adding the
scale.

Your compound is ready, we are going to use a solution of 50% water 50% alcohol.
this will be isopropyl.

First of all, you have to do this in the mornings so that your dough
completely dry out and not start to crack since you will have to wet it.
excessively to get the aluminum to start curling.

We are going to use a bag of ammunition soup or 200g of it, in

we're going to spray our ammunition soup into our bowl
we will spray our solution on the soup until it is completely covered
damp.

We will proceed to pour our mixture into the soup in small amounts.
until reaching the desired size.
After this, we spread it on a paper or canvas to let it dry for the rest.
be careful when taking out your dough as it will be very fragile and when you take it out
your container can break.

You will need to let everything dry for a whole day for your dough to be solid and 100%.

hard

Once our dough is dry, we return to our container to shape it into balls and
we will apply with 2 layers of strong gunpowder spraying with the rubber solution
Arabic.

ADVICE: the layers of gunpowder are up to you, and it depends a lot

for what pump size you need it, and if you are going to add extra blasting it
I advise you to add more layers.

Don't forget that almost at the end of your last layer, you no longer have to spray more.

to say wet, just add dry powder and stop flying until
stop sticking, it is very important for your pasta to cook evenly
to say to ignite on all its sides.

We take out of our container and spread it out to dry, our is ready.
shooting star.

For the worm effect, this is the heavy one:

1kg of Chinese potassium chlorate

1kg shiny aluminum country

125 g of sulfur

50 g scale no.0

100 g dextrin

We repeat the previous steps, we use soup again.

ammunition 1 small bag or 200 g we repeat the previous mechanics we wet again
with the same solution.

TIP: The larger you leave your star, the longer it will run in the sky.
We removed it and let it dry in the sun until it is completely dry.
Our dough, now we are going to prepare the following powder:

2k of strong gunpowder

100 g dextrin

We spray our paste with a solution of 25% industrial alcohol 75% water

We are going to powder until we obtain the desired size, remember to leave almost of the

same size your pasta.

After finishing spraying with powder and dextrin, we will take it out of our container and

we extend it in the sun until our dough is completely dry.

Ready, we already have our worm effect star, you can also use it for
Dust star of color just remember that this one no longer carries wet gunpowder with
solution of water and gum arabic.

Remember that these stars are very fragile when spinning, when you are
shaking the composition, do not forget to be cautious when handling or the
you can break.

Diamonds or sequins

Let's check the name of the title diamond dust or sequins very well, for me it is
the same meaning, when asking different pyrotechnics teachers if it is the
same composition or was there any other that was sequin many said
What is the same and others that one drips more than the other in short. However
I analyzed the weights I acquired under different names but both contained
almost the same elements and the same effect.

We are going to do different weighings; for us Mexicans, there is one that...

which will not affect our wallet too much however this is very humid and
it has to be closed in your pump or in your rocket almost at the end of manufacturing it,
More than anything, you have to make it when the weather is suitable and of course that

already closed in your pump and our paste is quite dry

We are going to use a very well-known potassium nitrate in Mexico, and many already
it will sound familiar to many who know it as 'chocho's nitro' its name is
"Ultra Sol Nos 14040" is a fertilizer and comes in a 50 kg presentation.

This is the heavy one:

25 kg of ultra sol No. 14040 for 5 kg of coal preferably jaral or jarilla.

We are going to load these into our mill and we will grind for a period of 12.
Hours, remember to take breaks at intervals of 3 hours for safety.

Once our grinding is ready, we will prepare the following composition:

11kg of grinding

600 g of dextrin

1 kg of sodium sulfate

4 kg of sulfur

1.400 kg opaque aluminum country

We mix all our elements except for the opaque aluminum country,
remember to use an exclusive mesh for sulfur when you finish passing
You sulfur through the mesh before stirring, I recommend going to your energy bar.
anti-static since there is too much sulfur and you generate quite a bit of static when passing

through the mesh, I tell you from personal experience.

Having our elements ready, we are going to stir passing again.

all our elements without adding the opaque aluminum, after everything has passed
And once well mixed, we add the opaque aluminum and stir very well.

Our glitter is ready, it will only serve us for star of

bomb or as the first time of the colored star for bomb, but in
In hot times you can use it as a tablet in a candle or lantern.
We are going to prepare a solution 40% water 60% industrial alcohol.

Having our color ready that we are going to powder with this glitter we are going to
moisten it just a little WARNING it has to be little by little that is to say we moisten one

we sprinkle a little and so on since the glitter has

water excess melts our fuel which is aluminum and ruins it.
our effect, resulting in a very slow and insignificant dripping effect.

You are going to give the desired size to your star with glitter, you are going to spread it in

a paper or canvas and let it dry, when it is completely dry we will

cover only with 1 layer of strong wet gunpowder with water and gum arabic,
just remember to spray a little until your dough is moist and now yes
add the necessary gunpowder to cover our glitter and ignite with
success, do not wet again only in case some stars are missing
gunpowder.

You can also do this with ammunition soup, just remember not to get it wet.
more than necessary. Ready, we finished with our glitter

Next, I am going to show you another formula for high-quality glitter.

this will work for you in rainy seasons and if this lasts too long you can
use in jars or piles for candles, single shot, etc. Since you have to make it
with first-grade potassium nitrate, known in Mexico as nitromex.

7.600 kg of gunpowder

1.200 kg magnalium

600 g of antimony

1.200 kg of sulfur

500 g of sodium sulfate or

sodium carbonate

500 g dextrin

This is another formula of higher quality glitter, you can wet it with the
same solution mentioned before, and this one you can use in different
effects and even for sources or sparkler.
 Diamantina sparkler
With the aforementioned formula, you can make your sparkler, simply
load your spark plug as if you were loading a starter or ascent for a rocket, with a needle,

remember to have a spark-resistant needle, the longer your needle is the more
Your spark lasts, it also has to be a thick needle a measure
Suggested can be 8.2. I remind you not to monk too much.

Strobes
This effect is very popular in both bombs and lights or lanterns, let's
create strobes for both supplies.

White strobe Green strobe Red strobe

500 g barium nitrate 500 g barium nitrate 500 g strontium nitrate

60 g potassium nitrate 80 g barium chlorate 60 g potassium chlorate

50 g potassium chlorate 120 g magnalium 120 g magnalium

120 g magnalium 25 g PVC 25 g PVC

25 g of sulfur 25 g sulfur 25 g sulfur

10 g of magnesium

Yellow strobe Pink strobe

This is a combination of 500 g strontium nitrate

green strobe and red strobe for
let the yellow mix 70% 150 g magnalium
from green strobe by 30% strobe
red, you can improve it from 80 g of potassium perchlorate
according to the mixture of both.

10 g PVC
The red strobe could look better if you get strontium chlorate, to
replace the potassium chlorate, and thus it takes on a more reddish color, in the pink strobe

you can add a little potassium chlorate to pale the color and
of a more pink color, both red and pink look quite similar without
embargo, you can add strontium chlorate to your red strobe and that's it.
more reddish.

Spark
The spark is an effect related to the strobe, except that it is consumed.
more slowly due to its high sulfur content, with a small flame that when
to consume its contained chemical elements flashes once leaving a
very psychedelic color in our bombs.

White spark Red spark Green spark

500 g sulfur 500 g of sulfur 500 g of sulfur

280 g barium nitrate 250 g strontium nitrate 180 barium nitrate

125 g magnesium 260 g of magnesium 100 g barium chlorate

20 g barium carbonate 25 g PVC 200 g magnesium

10 g of potassium nitrate 10 g dextrin 10 g dextrin

20 g bright aluminum
country

These sparks will work properly for you if we grain in a

not very thick or very thin sieve, and we are going to wet it with our solution
1 liter of water (preferably purified) per 30 g of potassium dichromate,
let's wet our spark until it's suitable for cutting (to pass through
we started to pass through our sieve and we rolled with
our bathtub, tarp, pot with the tool that you use, and we proceed to leave
We have to leave it in the sun for a full day to dry.
correctly, in order to put an additional ignition and ensure its
ignition.
The ignition with which we are going to spray to ensure the ignition of our
the spark is the following:
On
200 g of strong gunpowder We can add to this lighting
10 g of dextrin if you're going to use it for
200 g barium nitrate bomb with extra burst.

200 g potassium chlorate

Now that we have our dry spark, we will spray this ignition only.
a light layer and we are going to moisten with the solution of 75% water and 25% alcohol
industrial.
Ready, we have our spark, can you add a layer of gunpowder?
It can be strong or soft for the centers of your pump, it depends on you.
however you want to use it.

Glitter
We have arrived at one of the most coveted effects, I say coveted because we
It took a long time to figure out the reality of the famous glitters, and guess what, friend.
and the companion has always been within our reach, they just didn't want to
uncover this effect and glitter refers to shiny or sparkle effect, friend here
Do you have the glitter formulas and do you know which ones are the same as the ones I just mentioned?
providing for the strobe lights is the same, only the following is added:

White Glitter Green Glitter Red glitter

500 g barium nitrate 500 g barium nitrate 500 g strontium nitrate

60 g of potassium nitrate 80 g barium chlorate 60 g potassium chlorate

50 g potassium chlorate 120 g magnalium 120 g magnalium

130 g magnalium 25 g PVC 25 g PVC

25 g of sulfur 25 g of sulfur 25 g of sulfur

10 g of magnesium 10 g of boric acid 10 g boric acid

10 g of boric acid
Yellow glitter Pink glitter

This is a combination of 500 g strontium nitrate

green strobe and red strobe for
let it give you the yellow mix 70% 150 g magnalium
of green strobe by 30% strobe
red, you can improve it from 80 g of potassium perchlorate
according to the mixture of both.

10 g PVC
For this and our glitter you will
add 10g of boric acid
10 g boric acid

These are the glitters, if you notice we simply added boric acid, and this
we did because we are going to grain each color with our 1-liter solution of
water for 30 g of potassium dichromate to protect our heavy from some
decomposition with our metal alloys to our formula, such and
as we did with our spark, we soaked with our solution until
achieve the proper consistency for cutting, that is, to pass through our
sift and sort, you determine the size of the grain, our grains are now ready
we leave them to dry all day in the sun, you can use these for jars
for candle, or comet, if you are going to use them for comet, just prepare
1 kg of soft powder for ½ kg of strong powder adding 60 g of dextrin,
we moisten this composition with our solution of 75% water 25%
alcohol just needs to be slightly moistened, that is to say, it should be ready to

pack into your jar mold, do not add too much water because your glitter might
Once melted, to this already wet mixture you will add 200 g of glitter from your
favorite color and that's it, there you have your glitter.

Different types of Crackers

I'm going to introduce you to different types of crackers, such as the flower cracker, the

normal cracker and the cracker known as dry leaf, the latter is
it is known for its lighter crunch and its effect is wonderful in effects like the
palm pump, I present them to you one by one.
CRACKER CRACKER FLOWER DRY LEAF CRACKER

1k minio 1k minio 500 g copper oxide

black

200 g of copper oxide 250 g copper oxide 300 g magnalium

black black

300 g magnalium 350 g magnalium 110 g of dry nitrocellulose

100 g of sulfur 100 g of sulfur 50 g atomized aluminum

120 g fine titanium 20 g of dextrin

Procedures
The procedure for the normal cracker and flower cracker are almost the same only
that one has a spark and the other does not, and the dry leaf cracker gets wet
Different, let's check out:

CRACKER.- We are going to pass all our elements through a fine mesh.
several times, to thoroughly mix our ingredients for the cracker
we mix it very well until everything is super integrated, we are going to moisten it with the

next solution:

We bought 1 liter of 48% river lacquer at our nearest COMEX store.

nitrocellulose.

We also bought 1 liter of standard thinner from the same brand, this brand
it is the one that has worked best for me with the crackers that's why I suggest this one, without
If you would like to acquire another with the equivalent of the same, only you have.
the opinion I help you with what worked for me.

We are going to prepare a solution of 400 ml of lacquer for 100 ml of thinner.

standard, simply our solution has to be thick, stir

well until it is completely integrated with the thinner.

Let's soak our cracker until it becomes like a dough, stir.

fast since it tends to dry very quickly, having it already ready and completely
wet our cracker, we are going to grind it, pass it through a sieve, not too coarse
neither too thin, or it already depends on what you want to use it for, you are going to let it dry in

the sun for the rest of the afternoon and that's it your cracker is ready try it and listen to the

a booming sound that this cracker will leave it very good

WARNING: IF YOU MOISTEN MORE THAN THE CRACKER THAT IS TO SAY

If you make it mud, some granules may not burn you.

CRACKER FLOUR: we mix all our ingredients, passing them through a

thin mesh several times so that our materials turn out well
unified, except for titanium, ADVICE: titanium gauges depend
a lot of how you want your cracker to drip, that is, if you put in extra fine titanium
it would last very little and if you use thick titanium the cracker might not reach you
to ignite all the thick titanium, you can add fine, medium, and thick to
that your cracker flower looks fantastic, that is to say, when reaching 120 g of titanium

You can add 40 g of fine titanium, 40 g of medium titanium, and 40 g of titanium.

thick and you will see how your cracker flower will sparkle very spectacularly.

Well, we mix very well to then integrate our titanium, we are going to
continue stirring very well having our composition ready, we are going to
prepare a solution of 400ml of lacquer with 50ml of standard thinner
our lacquer will be thick, we moisten very well and proceed to cut and
fly our cracker, expose it to the sun and when it is completely dry you will
add an ignition for this which is the next one:

200 g of gunpowder

200 g potassium chlorate

200 g of barium nitrate and 10 g of dextrin

We are going to soak our floral cracker with this lighting so that it
Now all our grains, just a small layer, we moisten it with
our solution of 75% water and 25% industrial alcohol, having this
We are going to sunbathe it again so that it dries completely.

Our dry cracker is ready, we are going to add the next dark or off ingredient:

800 g of black powder

200 g ash

200 g red floor paint

oxide

300 g chlorate

200 g of barium nitrate

150 sulfur

50 g dextrin

This is the dark one that we are going to put into our flower cracker for effects

Aerials, remember to pair your cracker with a sieve before impregnating.

with this dark layer, for our effect to crack evenly, we are going to
wet with our solution of 75% water 25% alcohol, add the dark one that
you want depends on what you will use it for, after this we are going to again
to dry, once our cracker with the dark is dry, we add again
a spark plug cover that I already provided to you, in the same way with the
same solution, moisten the ignition with just a light layer and take it out in the sun and

Ready, when it is completely dry you can use it as you wish.

You can add color, or simply gunpowder for the effect you are going to have.
occupy it,

This cracker also works for a sparkler just like you made it, only that
you will have to add a layer of wet gunpowder with gold shellac and
industrial alcohol, the same as I provided you, must remain in granules.
small ones, the tube to be used for the spark plug has to be 1 inch and the
the diameter of the taqueo must be 1cm for the hole, with one kilo of soft powder,
my gunpowder with cane alcohol before adding your cracker, pass it through
a mesh so that your powder is completely well mixed and remove
impurities, with this kilo you are going to integrate 200 g of cracker, remember
It must have its first ignition, the dark one, and its second ignition.
a light layer of gunpowder moistened with shellac, gold, and industrial alcohol
On the contrary, if you don't do this, your sparkler may pop and not have the desired effect.
What do we want to do? If you have any doubts, remember that I am at your service.

partner.

DRY LEAF CRACKER: you are going to prepare this cracker just like mix your
Pass the elements through the mesh more than twice except for atomized aluminum.
To ensure your mixture is well combined, after this add the aluminum.
atomized, you are going to soak it with the following solution

Add 100 g of gum arabic to 1 liter of water and simmer.

remove from heat when it is boiling, wait for it to cool and you will incorporate
this solution to your mix of dry leaf cracker, to this cracker you will have to
prepare it very early so you can leave it for the rest of the day and not
damp warehouses, you're going to feel it get a little warm for you, but,
with the tests we have conducted, it has never exceeded the limit of
warming, however prepare it in a secluded place where you are
alone, a chemical element called additive for cracker has just come out here in
Mexico, you can buy it and you can add 10 g before wetting so that
our cracker is safer when wet.

Okay friend, here you have these crackers, they are 100% proven that
They work, try them out and tell us your expectations, and you can do it yourself.
improve.
Cold sources or sparklers made of
nitrocellulose and ammonium perchlorate
Friend and pyrotechnic companion, in these formulas we will use elements
chemicals, which cannot be mixed primarily with any chlorate
of potassium or its derivatives since these mixtures are highly
sensitive to blows or friction, prepare at a workstation
exclusive for its manufacturing and storage, I recommend that you only
Make what you are going to use: Friend, take your necessary measurements of
security we are not responsible for its mishandling

Indoor lighter based on ammonium:

We are going to prepare the following weighing:

800 g ammonium perchlorate

200 g gold shellac

10 g of baking soda

100 g fine titanium

We are going to mix the perchlorate and the rubber along with the bicarbonate in a
exclusive strainer for his own use and the thinnest one you have
pass them more than 2 times, then add the titanium and stir very well until
Let it be completely unified in the mixture, we are going to use a tool.
anti spark to charge your spark igniter, in a tube for rocket or starter of 7.2
we are going to use a number 4.3 needle known here in Mexico, that needle
we are going to cut it to 1 cm which you will tack with a measurement of
mud or clay, which will cover your needle to 7 mm and we are going to add a
small measure of soft powder with some titanium that will be ours
to light this you need a sleeve and a solid (known tool)
in Mexico) for our sparkler I present it to you below:
Cañuela and massif

Tube 7.2 x 4.3

Cavity with a mixture of gunpowder

Cavity with mud

Needle of 7.2 x 4.3

When you have your mix ready, try loading a spark plug, remember, first
mud with reed and needle then gunpowder with reed and needle and at the end
we start filling with our mix of cold sparkler with solid test one
lighter, if it lacks strength you can add more shellac and if it lacks dripping
you can add titanium, this mixture is very productive, super productive, with so much
You can only make a spark for 10 seconds with 2 plugs, when you are ready.
your preparation and you get ready to fill let's moisten this preparation with
cola drink... yes, of course, the soft drink we call Coke.
Cola, leave it in the sun for a while so that it caramelizes, this will help us.
our mixture compact well remember to fill under pressure, the risk from here
It's already yours...

Nitrocellulose primer

500 g of dry nitrocellulose

150 g of perchlorate of
ammonium

100 g of fine titanium

10 g of baking soda

10 g PVC
With this spark plug, the safety measures are the same; it is the same process.
It's just that this one is loaded as if you were loading boosters for wheels or blades.

you cap your tube depending on the caliber you use, the thicker it is
the thicker your point, the more it will sparkle; you should not wet this
with nothing since it uses PVC as a binder, if you need more strength
increase the amount of ammonium perchlorate, but be careful not to add
too much because your spark plug can blow.

Nitrocellulose cake candle

On this occasion we are going to prepare 2 compositions that are as follows:

500 g of perchlorate of
ammonium
10 g of barium nitrate

10 g of baking soda
sodium

After preparing this composition, you are going to add 100 g of this composition.
500 g of completely dry nitrocellulose, and we are going to add extra titanium.
fine the finest you have and Ready our composition is already for our
candles, if it feels too soft, keep adding more ammonium composition
10 g little by little, and if it becomes too strong, add more nitrocellulose.
dry, with this composition you can also make a waterfall for indoors,
just change the extra fine titanium for fine and medium titanium.