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- Title: Irritant Gasses
- editor: The Pyromaniac
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- There are several eye and nose irritants on the market which can be easily
- duplicated. A good irritant is formaldehyde. Better known as embalming fluid, it
- smells horrible, hurts the eyes and nose, and upon exposure to the air it
- vaporizes, making a room uninhabitable for hours. It can be squirted from a
- water pistol or nasal inhaler, poured on the floor or vaporized by a bomb.
- Formaldehyde can be bought at the drug store under the pretext of wanting it to
- preserve mice or other lab specimens.
- The irritant mailmen use against dogs and which is sold widely for self
- defense is oleoresid capsicum. Capsicum is the hot essence of red peppers.
- Oleoresin is the process for extracting it. To extract the Capsicum, grind up
- four ounces of red pepper seeds in a blender or with a mortar and pestle. Red
- pepper seeds are bought in the grocers's. The dry, ground seeds are then put
- into a coffee percolator in which there is about 16 ounces of alcohol,
- preferably with the water distilled out. The seeds are then percolated for about
- a half hour. The alcohol is then distilled off until there are only a couple of
- table spoons of red liquid left in the flask. The red liquid is then added to a
- half pint of light mineral oil, bought at a drug store.
- These can be sprayed from a nasal spray or another good way is with a window
- cleaning sprayer bought at any dime store. The tube of the sprayer is cut to fit
- in a two ounce medicine bottle. This way you have enough of the goody to last
- through a whole demonstration, no matter which side you're on. It is also nice
- to keep by the door to repel intruders. Before using, the container should be
- given a few shakes. Under laboratory conditions all the oil is extracted from
- the seeds. But with my Mickey Mouse method a lot of oil is left in so the
- residue is quite potent. Just be sure you strain out any larger bits so the
- sprayer hole is not clogged.
- The ground seeds left in the percolator are dried and saved. They are great
- for throwing into the faces of people in a mob. If you really want a laugh,
- throw some broadcast from a theater balcony during the death scene in "Love
- Story".
- The goody called MACE is probably only acrolein. If not, it works just as
- well as MACE and is simple and fun to produce. It is the same product as
- described on pages 104 through 106 of the ANARCHIST COOKBOOK. Mine however,
- is broken down and simplified.
- Acrolein is not toxic but causes horrible pain in the nose and copious tears,
- and irritates the skin. A shot in the face from a water pistol or some other
- sprayer will put anyone out of the game for at least half an hour. Acrolein is
- best made an ounce at a time. Put in the flask 2 1/2 ounces of glycerine and 3/4
- ounce of sodium bisulfate (Sani-Flush), both of which can be bought at any
- grocery store. The still is set up with the outside tube connected as the fumes
- are bad. Then the mixture starts to bubble it must be watched constantly to make
- sure it does not bubble up into the neck of the flask. If it starts for the neck
- of the flask, remove the lamp until it settles down. If the lamp is too hot, the
- tin can is raised on small blocks until the right heat is obtained. Distill off
- an ounce of acrolein and take away the lamp. An ounce is all this size batch is
- good for. Let the flask cool for an hour before opening and cleaning. Pour the
- residue down the sink and put your face over the drain to get a sample of the
- vapor. Then cap the receiving bottle and wash everything the acrolein was in
- contact with.
- The best squirter for the three irritants above is a water pistol. Most water
- pistols leak badly so they must be transported barrel up so the goody won't ooze
- out around the trigger. It will leak when you use it so it is best to put in a
- plastic sandwhich bag with the opening held around the barrel with a rubber
- band. If the pistol has a trigger guard it should be cut off and then it can be
- used just as easily in a plastic bag as otherwise.
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