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- BLACK POWDER:GRANDPAS RECIPE
- TEXT BY, EL PIRATA'
- IF YA WANT TO MAKE SOME LOW
- EXPLOSIVE BOMBS THEN YOU PICKED THE
- RIGHT CHOICE! FIRST OF ALL, THIS
- RECIPE WILL SHOW HOW TO MAKE BLACK
- POWDER IN A SIMPLE AND SAFE MANNER
- YET HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE SOME
- STRONG LOW EXPLOSIVE BOMBS.
-
- NOTE: THE BELOW AMOUNTS WILL YIELD
- TWO POUNDS (THAT'S 900 GRAMS FOR YOU
- METRIC USERS) OF BLACK POWDER.
- HOWEVER, ONLY THE RATIOS OF THE
- AMOUNTS OF INGREDIENTS ARE
- IMPORTANT. THUS, FOR TWICE AS MUCH
- BLACK POWDER, DOUBLE ALL QUANTITIES
- USED.
-
- MATERIAL REQUIRED
- -----------------
- LARGE WOODEN STICK
-
- CLOTH, 2 FT. SQ.
-
- FLAT WINDOW SCREENING, 1 FT. SQ.
-
- HEAT SOURCE
-
- WATER, 3 CUPS
-
- ALCOHOL, 5 PINTS (ANY KIND)
-
- SULFER, POWDERED, 1/2 CUP (FLOWERS
- OF SULFER, AT A DRUG STORE)
-
- WOOD CHARCOAL, POWDERED, 2 CUPS
-
- POTASSIUM NITRATE, GRANULATD, 3 CUPS
- (SALTPETER, AT DRUG STORES)
- 2 BUCKETS, BOTH 2 GALLON, ONE MUST
- BE HEAT RESISTANT
- .....................................
- .....................................
- PROCEDURE:
- ----------
- 1. PLACE ALCOHOL IN ONE OF THE
- BUCKETS.
-
- 2. PLACE POTASSIUM NITRATE,
- CHARCOAL, AND SULFUR IN THE HEAT
- RESISTANT BUCKET. ADD 1 CUP WATER
- AND MIX THOROUGHLY WITH WOODEN STICK
- UNTIL ALL INGREDIENTS ARE DISSOLVED.
-
- 3. ADD REMAINING WATER (2 CUPS) TO
- MIXTURE. PLACE BUCKET ON HEAT
- SOURCE AND STIR UNTIL SMALL BUBBLES
- BEGIN TO FORM.
-
- CAUTION: DO NOT BOIL MIXTURE. BE
- SURE ALL MIXTURE STAYS WET. IF ANY
- IS DRY, AS ON SIDES OF PAN, IT MAY
- IGNITE.
-
- 4. REMOVE BUCKET FROM HEAT AND POUR
- MIXTURE INTO ALCOHOL WHILE STIRRING
- VIGOROUSLY.
-
- 5. LET ALCOHOL MIXTURE STAND ABOUT
- 5 MINUTES. STRAIN MIXTURE THROUGH
- CLOTH TO OBTAIN BLACK POWDER.
- DISCARD LIQUID. WRAP CLOTH AROUND
- BLACK POWDER AND SQUEEZE TO REMOVE
- ALL EXCESS LIQUID.
-
- 6. PLACE SCREENING OVER DRY BUCKET.
- PLACE WORKABLE AMOUNT OF DAMP
- POWDER ON SCREEN AND GRANULATE BY
- RUBBING SOLID THROUGH SCREEN.
-
- NOTE: IF GRANULATED PARTICLES
- APPEAR TO STICK TOGETHER AND CHANGE
- SHAPE, RECOMBINE ENTIRE BATCH OF
- POWDER AND REPEAT STEPS 5 AND 6.
-
- 7. SPREAD GRANULATED BLACK POWDER
- ON FLAT DRY SURFACE SO THAT LAYER
- ABOUT 1/2 INCH IS FORMED. ALLOW TO
- DRY. USE RADIATOR, OR DIRECT
- SUNLIGHT. THIS SHOULD BE DRIED AS
- SOON AS POSSIBLE, PREFERABLY IN ONE
- HOUR. THE LONGER THE DRYING PERIOD,
- THE LESS EFFECTIVE THE BLACK POWDER.
-
- CAUTION: REMOVE FROM HEAT AS SOON
- AS GRANULES ARE DRY. BLACK POWDER
- IS NOW READY FOR USE!
-
- EL PIRATA'
-
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