How To Make a Cheap Fog Machine 10 Times More Powerful
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2021
- DISCLAIMER : DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK. HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF GLYCERIN OR PROPELENE GLYCOL CAN BE TOXIC AND COULD DAMAGE YOUR MACHINE.
If you know the reason why commercially available fog liquids use so much water, please let me know in the comment section below, I would love to read your suggestions!
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"the crappiest and cheapest fog machine i could get" => proceeds to unpack the same fog machine I bought
Lol thinking the exact same thing. (Though i unpacked mine a couple of weeks ago)
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Don't feel sad. We all started like this.
😂😂😂😂
Same. But good enough to make my 7 and 11yr old get excited. Happy Halloween!
"We're nearly reaching the end of October" *nervously checks calendar....*
I'm a little ahead of time 😁
@@NicolasSalencPBP Marty McFly here, Doc needs your Help! :)
@@beaviswashere8009 you need help pouring the propylene and glycerin mixture into the bottle? You a little shaky?
"Hello?! McFly?!"
he meant September...
fun idea: replace the smoke mixture with compressed butane/propane to have some more fun :)
Sounds like a plan
probably Would freeze( jus not the heated bits)
Hopefully no one starts smoking near it
Why not diesel in the fog machine with a pilot flame in the front
I like the way you think wet mouse
*realizes a couple of minutes in that he's making vape juice*
He forgot the nic tho, lmao
Yup. pg/VG +flavor and nic=. Vape juice
VAPE NATION ✌️
VG for clouds, pg to make it less viscous✌
Oh no
I made some fog liquid out of a mixture of 25% distilled water, 25% vegetable glycerin and 50% propylene glycol. When I tested, using more VG or more PG did nothing to increase the density, and even more water could be used, up to probably 35-40% without much noticeable difference. The reason the fog liquids are mostly distilled water is first, it's cheaper, but second, PG can be highly irritative for the lungs and eyes, and some people even have adverse reactions to VG.
Here in the US, you can order a gallon of USP/food grade VG for around $20-$25, and a gallon of USP/food grade PG for around $30, or medical grade for a bit more.
Using too much VG will eventually clog the heating elements and destroy the pump. Because it's vegetable based, it burns and solidifies more easily. PG on the other hand acts more like a cleaning agent and will help to keep the elements clean, but it's still a fairly viscous fluid as compared to water.
Did you notice much buildup from the VG when using your mixture?
@@NordicDan Not too much, no, but I haven't used it more than a couple of nights a year (we do 80's reunion parties for what was a local dance club here in Louisiana)
Then again, the machine only needs to work less than half as hard, because it's making more than twice the amount of fog. It's give and take. With the water and PG content, it should stay fairly clean, but if it doesn't, just run a mixture of 80 water/20 PG through it and that should clean it right up.
As as heavy and knowledgeable e-cig user (basically a miniaturized fog machine) I can confirm using too much VG in the mix can clog the heating element and produce carbon build-up; a small amount of PG can help cleaning and also wicks better, but also too much PG can irritate lungs and eyes (PG is used to enhance flavor and give some throat hit). The general consensus for good cloud density is 70% VG and 30% PG or 70% VG, 10% distilled water and 20% PG.
You bullshit your way through that impressively.
@@sacordovaplata Some e-juice recommend adding vodka, as it thins out the liquid, but doesn't affect the vapour production as it evaporates much quicker than water.
For a smoke machine one could just use lab grade ethanol as one is not drinking it.
The water in fog juice is there for 2 reasons:
1. It helps the manufacturers 'cut' the juice so it costs them less overall to produce per volume of liquid. It's hard to tell a difference between 30-50% water and 0% water in the fog output.
2. It expands to like 1200% of its initial volume when it becomes steam which helps push the glycerine-based fog out faster and keeps the heating tube somewhat clean inside.
what would happen if the fog were to be generated by using aan ultrasonic humidifier circuit instead of by heating it?
Having worked in the entertainment industry, and having to deal with both foggers and hazers, I think the big reason for the distilled water is to ensure that the bulk of the glycol is flushed out of the heater to prevent clogging. Glycol tends to build up right at the coolest part of the heater element (usually intake / output areas) and can for a crystalline plug (looks kind of like pitch) and will destroy the element as it's nearly impossible to dissolve out again.
I make soap with glycerine regularly. I wonder if an alkaline solution run through the pump would clear it out by saponifying the glycerine. Zero idea what that would do to PG or the pump internals, though.
Now imagine that crystalline plug forming in your bronchioles, and you'll never want to vape.
Pure glycerine is probably very irritating as it absorbs moisture pretty well. Adding the water at the beginning, instead of letting the fog absorb it from mucus membranes, may mitigate this effect to some degree.
yeah. if you got shows 5 nights a week and need the haze/fog machine to work and keep working reliably the added water makes a difference
"Everything is a fog machine if you use it wrongly enough" - Mahatma Gandhi
LOL, Ive got some magic smoke from electronics!
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I thought Abraham Lincoln said that :-)
@@BrilliantDesignOnline he did, i was there
Use an old PC with a Pentium CPU and make it run Doom Eternal. You'll get a fog machine and a fireworks show
You had a perfectly good pool there, and you didn't run a hose from one of the fog machine ends into the water of the pool for super sweet fog bubbles. There's your next video.
Getting subway tommorow what should I get?
right? that would look amazing! I hope he sees this!
And put some sope on it!🙏
@@dona2985 pulled pork with BBQ fritos on it. They used to have that, anyways
@@dona2985 a bag of bbc lays and a chocolate chip cookie
I worked with all sorts of fog machines for 25 years in any size venue. Using fog machines causes sticky residu to stick to the entire rig, specially near the machine. I can imagine that the water makes machine last longer. Pretty sure the water also helps to diffuse the fog better (called granularity, an oil cracker/hazer has much lower granularity for instance). I checked bottles and the fog with higher granularity rating have less water percentage. In clubs you usually also add a fan for better area coverage. Oil based fluids give long lasting effect, water based is short lived but doesn't trigger a fire alarm.
depending on the firealarm, the optical firealarms are super sensitive to any kind of smoke compared to the older radioactive firealarm which will take way longer until it pops off, that is why there is no firealarms in bathrooms on hotels as it would give a false alarm every time someone took a shower there
@@Coinfindr proper alarms are usually both infra red as optic, however when using oil based smoke from smoke machine (not oil cracker), they still trigger the infrared due to higher exit temperature.. (340 Celsius) make sure to check type of alarms against your method of smoke (heat,pressure,glaciator) whenever you are in any venue. With oil based smoke from heat method smoke machine, you can be up for nasty surprise otherwise. The video does not show any oil based fluids..
will store-bought Fog juice leave a slippery residue on the ground? Like glycerin soap leaves a slippery residue on your hands.
@@dianamccandless7094 no, it will not, it will be on the rig near output of the fog machine
@@dianamccandless7094 Believe me it sticks to Everything and if you have anything with a cooling fan it also gets inside along with dust until it all goes up in Smoke! Weaker the mixture the better!
Glycerin is used in vaping products as the main ingredient, so it makes sense that the cloud is so dense.
Edit: Ok I should have kept watching...
the takeaway i got from this is to just spend $10 more on the 700w fog machine and put the larger pump for another $15 or so and do the 50/50 mix for the most efficient cheap "diy" fog machine. awesome video!
hmmm... okay...
Heat up the liquid before putting it in the fog machine so the heating element wont cool off as easily
I dont remember him specifying that the 700w machine was actually able to keep up with the volume either. Did he?
The issue of the modified fog fluid cooling down the coil a lot (after changing to a bigger pump)... you can use a small heating pad wrapped around the bottle. This will help preheat the liquid before it enters the pump and heating coil, which will help the coil retain more heat for longer periods of time before cooling down and dribbling liquid.
Bro, this was bad ass! I've been in or around the clubbing business most of my life and I was also someone who, installed, operated and purchased a lot of lighting and fogging equipment and I never though of something like this. Some of the fog machines I purchased or used were upwards of $1000 dollars and now seeing that it could have been as simple as using a cheap Wal Mart fogger and doing a few simple and inexpensive modifications makes me think of all the money I could have saved. And to think just the simple fog fluid formula was about 80 percent of the key to making a more effective fog effect... wow! This was enlightening!
Back in my day…
(NZ High School in the early 80s) we used a 50/50 mixture of glycerine and water, atomized onto a frying pan with a potplant sprayer, and fanned with a Maths folder. Worked a treat!
I found that exact model pump in a larger 1200W fog machine. :)
The thread is G1/8, which is fairly common for pneumatic fittings and stuff (like, the one on 3d printer bowden tubes), perhaps that'd be an even easier way to connect to the tube of the heater, with a cute little PC2-G1/8 quick connector.
This is the exact kind of evolution that makes me as happy as a very happy child.
I used to be the special effects person for our school play. One of the nifty things I had for the fog machine was a cooler that had a metal grate inside where you put ice on top. PVC pipes coming out two ends, one to shove the fog machine into, the other for it to beautifully pour out and set over the entire stage.
As a lot of car shops we also use a smoke machine to detect leaks inside a system like for example a combustion engine. I keep struggle to get enough smoke in the engine because of its size( we work on big engines for busses). This could potentially be the beste tuning guide i found so far to tackle this problem. thanks!
Thank you so much for creating this highly detailed video, it's very informative and has put me in the direction I want to go in for better smoke results...
I decided to watch this video to actually see if the ingredients used in a fog machine is the same as e-liquid to see if I could make a nice smelling fog machine. I was very surprised to see that you actually tested my idea for me!! Thanks!!😁😁
Remember, "clear vinegar" or "white vinegar" "acetic vinegar" etc. does not really mean anything unless you define the percentage of actual acetic acid you mean and have in your specific bottle. It is hardly pure and normally already mixed with lots of water, because a 50/50 mix of pure with water leaves 50% and you don't want to be in the room then and you do not want that on you. Commercially available in 2%, 4%, 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, 24%, rarely 30%, and very rarely a few others depending on country. In Northern Europe 24% is standard in grocery stores but there are normally a few bottles 12% standing just next to it on the shelves. In the U.S it is Usually sold as just 4-7% acetic acid and 93-96% water, but varies up and down, so well you see how many hundreds of percentages the difference can be. Be careful with spirit of vinegar/ättika/white vinegar/clear vinegar. Pure it has a pH of 2.5 and should be treated with respect.
Your profile looks like someone I can trust this knowledge from
As chemists we use the term vinegar to be an estimate of 4%-12% acetic acid to water. A reason why we do this is it is faster to say vinegar than "dilute acetic acid". There isn't a single person watching this video that is going to use concentrated acetic acid thinking that's what he meant when he said vinegar. No one is going to use glacial acetic acid on their machine; Even if they had it and understood how to use it they wouldn't waste the money using glacial acetic acid when vinegar works just fine.
I love when I find videos of people doing what I think of doing and never do...thanks!
always a pleasure to watch your videos nick
Holy cow what a difference! If I can squeeze one into my budget I'll be doing this for this Halloween with a chiller! As far as losing heat from the block, maybe a timer set to kick the fogger off once you get an idea how long it takes to start seeing unevaporated juice come out, cool for however long is needed (again after finding the ideal time it takes), then kick back on, rinse, repeat....
Did you end up trying with the chiller? Does your chiller use ice or dry ice?
@@MikeKolcun I haven't been able to spare the money to do it this year, but once I can build up a setup and experiment around with it, my plan will be to use dry ice
Big LOL moment when you ignited the flame with a tazer.... 🤣
Where have you been all my life? Thank you so much for going over all of this!!
Thanks once again, ive just done what you said and absolutely brilliant, cheers for the time posting it. 👍👍👍
From the Vape side:
PG is the carrier substance for the aroma (and the nicotine)
VG is required for the fog.
However, the fog that you see is mostly just water vapor. VG is hydroscopic, it attracts water. So it makes sense to add water to a fog fluid.
You could try a mixture of 80% VG and 20% water
Isn’t the correct term hydrophilic
@@tdawg719 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygroscopy
Not in this case.
@@sidmagos the term you sent is hyGROscopic not hyDROscopic
@@tdawg719 oh come on, two positions on the keyboard. ;)
But still "hydrophilic" is also wrong
@@sidmagos hey man.. two positions is all it took to conceive you. Remember that
RTV: high temp silicone gasket would substitute for soldier. Used for engine gaskets. about $5 for a tube that'll last a lifetime
I just tried the 50/50 mix in a 400w machine and it´s awesome! Thanks!
Great walkthrough of the build/rework
Thanks for sharing :-)
Interesting video - The MPG / TEG / Glycerine all have different smoke (Fog) properties - one gives a very white smoke - one gives a more grey appearence - some have better "hang" times - The mix is very dependant on what the fog is to be used for... Different smoke fluid mixes therfore have different sweet spot temperatures for the fog machines, thats the real reason you shouldn't swap fluids between machines - eg glycerine based need about 350 degC but an MPG mix could be as low as 250 - so beware wet fog or burning the vapour.... Water is used to thin some mixes and help propel the smoke further.. some companies add a touch of ethanol to really make it pop... Regards Ady@ ConceptSmoke
Thanks for the great tips. I presume distilled water is used for the same reason its used in coffee makers, Keurigs and CPAP machines. The minerals have been stripped out so there's no mineral build up from the heating element. That tends to shorten the life of the equipment if its not properly cleaned. In the case of fog machines, distilled water likely helps flush out any buildup that glycol and glycerin would leave behind.
Exactly❤. I have a Keurig video on defective Keurigs. You almost always use distilled water when passing thru a pump in a mixed chemical setting.
Thank you for the video!
this channel is pure gold
My biggest gripe with cheap fog machines is the duty cycle. "Continuous" duty foggers are not only expensive, but the solution always seems to be higher power heat exchangers. That still doesn't solve the duty cycle issue. Yes, it may lengthen it, but ultimately a heat exchanger has a cool down period. Have you considered building a true continuous fog machine of your own? I'm thinking either two automatically-switched heat exchanger trains or a more sophisticated, 3 mode modulating control system on one larger capacity heat exchanger. I would think that would allow it to operate continuously at its sweet spot (maybe 67% or so?) for extended periods.
The other problem I have is the machine gumming up before the evening is through. If the controller were more sophisticated, it would be way cool to include an automatic purge cycle fed by a auxiliary reservoir of 50/50 vinegar/water mix. If there were two exchangers then the purge could be executed on the non-selected heat exchanger so that even with purging you never interrupt the production of fog.
You need to use better fog fluid. Of course, cheap fog machines probably won't have proportional heater control, so your heat control might be entirely digital (on/off, based on when a thermodisc opens and closes) instead of proportional. If it smells burnt, you're literally burning the sugars in the fluid.
The continuous duty machines have heaters capable of maintaining the required heat input. They also have closed loop feedback that monitors the temperature of the entire heater assembly with themocouples and adjusts accordingly with the duty cycle.
The Ultratec continuous machines have heat exchange coils made from 1/4" copper tube about three feet long that is flattened and in contact with about a 6" square, thick aluminum heatsink. The G3000 actually has two coils. They take about nine minutes to heat up because the aluminum heater block is so thick, but once up and running, it takes a LOT to get them to time out. They'll happily chug along for hours at lower output. They're expensive because they're professionally designed products, expensive to make, and have to contend with liability if they don't work correctly.
They're also easily rebuildable. It's only $60 for a Rapid Change kit and about thirty minutes once you get the hang of it.
Cheap fog machines will always be cheap.
what about true temp control and insulating the heat block.
That way the temp stays at one set number, or close to it to prevent overheating and the insulation would lose less heat to the environment allowing for less power usage, and a easier duty cycle for the heater.
Basically what we do with 3d printers and those suckers can run for weeks at a time.
The vape liquid that should be used in a vape like the one you showed should be a 70/30 vg/pg base. Large bottles of vape liquid like the one you showed are VERY rarely 50/50 so its most likely that the one you used in your smoke machine that smelled nice was at least 70/30.
vapers have been doing these kind of experiments for at least 7 years. vg gives the best cloud production but is thick and thus needs more power to be vaporised. pg is thinner, is good as a flavour carrier but produces a more pronounced " throat hit" which isn't pleasant hence the 50/50 or 70/30 ratios
Longer than 7 years, I can attest
Yeah and there's a lot of people who don't like the fog at all so you really have to play with your ratios friendly.
I still have bubble gum vape juice in my fog machine from 10 years ago. My band comes out in a cloud of deliciousness.
@@DeAthWaGer Lost opportunity if the band babe name isn't Hubba Bubba
@@DeAthWaGer That's awesome. That's one way to get people familiar with you more than just sound and appearance but they smell it they smell you coming
thanks for all the useful info! Keep up the great work bud!!
Thanks for info!! Got small fogger that doesnt produce good fog...now i can modify it!😁👍
There are commercially available fog liquids called heavy, extra heavy or dense or so which will do more or less the same. They are containing way more glycerin/propylene glycol then the standard/cheap fog liquids. Also they are way cheaper then mixing it on your own. A 5 Liter canister will be somewhere between 20-35€, maybe even cheaper.
true i had a long time ago a little fog machine with lithing and i also got the really heavy duty fog for outside events but used it indoors with on big whoosh my whole room was completle smoked out
The fog juice he’s comparing it with is labeled Dense
Maybe in Europe. A quick search, I can get a gallon each of VG and PG for $68.50, giving me 2 gallons with no dilution at $34.25/gallon. a gallon of 'extreme high density' fluid is $34.50/gallon. Assuming there is NO dilution in the premade the pricing is equal. But I suspect there is some water dilution in the premade. Not way cheaper as you mentioned.
Do you know what brand?
im wanting to build a sign with one of these upgraded units inside, shaped like a giant Vape, with a random timer and motion activated, for a friends vape store. make for an impressive eye catcher
Damn I’d shop there all day, good luck with that!
I love it, bravo!
Pretty cool man. Thanks. I'm working on it right now.
I highly recommend using a water based fog like Froggys Fog…their Swamp Juice has ridiculous hang time and density without the Negative effects of glycerin and PG. Operating a FEC, I’ve never had any complaints from froggy’s products.
What are the negative effects of glycerin and PG?
@@railfan8895 Typically nothing super serious, just unpleasant - Eye and throat irritation mostly
Wonder how the run time would increase with pre-heated (below boiling) fog liquid?
Perfect, thanks.
Smart video!
Thanks maan 💯🤙
I’m about to buy a cheap fogger and with your hacks I’m confident of good results now 🏴☠🤙
The water is used to shatter the glycerine/propylene glycol into smaller droplets when it turns to steam givng more fog.
Interesting! I did test the glycerine at different concentrations and it really did seem like the water reduced the performance in a rather linear fashion (10x more water = 10x less fog density) if that makes sense...
Maybe smaller droplets allow the fog to stay visible for a longer period of time?
@@NicolasSalencPBP its probably also a cost cutting measure as you pointed out. I imagine it would only helps to small degree, be intrested to see a batch with maybe 5-10% water and see if that’s an improvement.
@@NicolasSalencPBP I think it may have to do with safety and temperature, remember these fog juices must work with all foggers. I think the water is used to regulate the temperature of the glycerin and glycol, the water will never surpass its boiling point unless it is under high pressure so mixing it in would keep the glycerin from making dangerous fumes.
@@sharpnesstherapy502 yes, and thats important! acrolein etc. ecigs use lower temps so there its no problem to use (nearly) pure pg/vg
@@y-o-u-b I believe acrolein forms at 290°C. I have never seen a machine that has a temperature sensor that cuts off the heater at a temperature higher than 260°C... However due to thermal inertia and the fact that the coil is way closer to the heater than the sensor is, the coil might get hotter than 260°C for a brief moment. Perhaps the water is used to absorb some of that extra heat?
"How To Make a Cheap Fog Machine 10 Times More Powerful"
193k people who most likely don't have a fog machine:
*Hmm yes yes let's find out*
That, Sir, is awesome work!
That was awesome! Well done Nicolas!😁👍🏻
Also, If you run the fog through a tube, then the tube Through a cooler with ice, then another tube where you want the fog to go, it will stay lower to the ground
Would pharmaceutical grade PG or VG be safe to inhale?
-It would?
That’s what I’ve been inhaling for 8 years from my vape. Really makes you question why our government is banning vaping while allowing cigarettes to be sold.
Please question the government.
Unfortunately Altria’s got a lot of investors and the like
Probably because they make more money from allowing cigarette sales, while they can act like they care by banning vaping
There's a quote about how those who love the law or sausage should not inquire too closely as to what goes into making them...
There's no such thing as a "government" as a single monolithic entity. There are people fighting, working sometimes together and other times at cross - purposes, agreements that shift and change, equipment, paper (so much paper) and buildings.
I suspect that vaping (which does after all add a new chemical to what you are breathing) had less entrenched support than tobacco, which has been around for hundreds of years.
Because it needs more regulation. For health: There are cases of cheap juice containing compounds that are very dangerous, and cheap ecigs that heat even normal fluid beyond the point where glycerin starts producing the dangerous gas. Like this stuff will drop you quick. And for tax: When you can't regulate the flow of products, you can't effectively tax them. In Australia only nicotine juice is illegal. This covers both parts of this reasoning since nicotine is a poison and again, unregulated production and sales means many juices have _insane_ amounts of nicotine in them. It also would eat into their _massive_ tax on tobacco. They might not care about your life expectancy, but not many governments want their ppl falling over immediately thanks to unregulated Chinese goods - like, that's kind of a bad look. You want to be seen to be addressing that. These people still had many more years of being taxed on their tobacco, too.
@@UnitSe7en Wow a lot of misinformation in that post. More regulation? Like what the FDA did? They have not approved 1 PMTA application for any vapor product. Which means any vapor product being sold right now has to be taken off the shelf. They waiting on applications from Juul, Vuse, and Blu. So any vapor that gets approved will be from Big Tobacco. That’s not sensible regulation.
The temperatures we vape at are no where near the dangerous levels that you describe. Any study that proves that they over heated the coil, as in a dry hit. Vapers don’t go around all day long doing dry hits.
The tax issue. They should heavily tax the scientifically proven deadly product to discourage smoking and not tax the 95% safer product!
And finally, yes Nicotine is a poison. But it’s the dose that makes it a poison. Pure nicotine is 1,000 mg. 3-50mg is what’s in juice. Plenty of studies proving nicotine is as safe as caffeine. Smokers die from the tar, not the nicotine.
Good to see you back. Thanks for providing us with the extra research. Looking forward to pimping my machines. Happy halloween
This great and always cool to see how these things work. I can't wait for Halloween
Couldn't you just preheat the juice reservoir to a higher temperature, but still below the flash point to not cool down the heating element as fast when the liquid passes through it?
Good idea... That would also reduce viscosity, which should be helpful. Some insulation of the bottle and lines could help.
Glycerin and glycol are essentially sugars, and would turn into gum when heated, which would explain the clogging issue. Hence the need for water.
Yea, use vape juice and get hella nic'd out!!
Great Nicolas !
Thanks for the info.
When you use one of these indoors and the fog dissipates, it isn't vanishing, much of it is settling on all the nearby surfaces, so you are coating everything with a fine layer of glycerin and/or propylene glycol.
The same happens outdoors but over a much larger space so the coating is correspondingly thinner.
This. I'm livestreaming in my garage-sized studio and I don't want all my electronics and gear covered in that sticky coating (which then has dust settling on it too). Also, filling a room with a higher concentration fog will definitely be noticeable to anyone breathing it. Maybe not the most pleasant sensation haha
Lost my tv to this :(
why does vape smell stick to my breath but not clothes
Over thirty years ago while at work we had access to a pulse jet smoke machine. Of course I used the opportunity to crank it up and generate a huge thick dense cloud; which promptly drifted a short distance away on settled on a busy freeway bridge. Fortunately there were no crashing noises and I learned a lesson about big thick clouds.
I followed along this whole video didn’t pause it once thanks for the tutorial.
So cool! :D Thanks for the lot of info!
Unscented is fine for those who are allergic/have a toxic reaction to fragrance chemicals.
As for why corproations don't just use the two ingredients, you answered in your comments: HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF GLYCERIN OR PROPELENE GLYCOL CAN BE TOXIC. It does coat the lungs after all.
Damn I've been vaping high concentrations for years and feel fine. It's almost like glycogen is in a life of things!
A word of caution some cheap fog machines do not have a separate metal tube in the aluminium heater block for the fluid instead a gallery is moulded in the aluminium . If the themostat fails and the failsafe fuse isnt positioned snugly you will pump a stream of molten metal across the room.
Wow! Such an insane video!!
This makes me happy.
They don't use that concentration due to the film that is left behind on EVERYTHING!...walls, ceilings, EXPENSIVE ELECTRONICS!!
... lungs
Hi, I work as a service engineer and repair similar machines and stuff for scenes. You have a smoke machine in the video somewhere around 60 W, you can take a car for 1500 W, but unfortunately it is much more expensive. There is also a problem with liquid for smoke, pumps or regulators may fail and the heater clogs up due to the liquid. But small cars were still brought in with faulty pumps
Yes, the pump seems to be the weak spot of most fog machines. I have owned a few crappy Chinese models in the past and the pump is the component that failed every single time. I'm hoping Nespresso machine pumps are better quality...
Out of interest, how would you go about cleaning a heating block? My old DIY machine is filthy and could use a thorough cleaning and diluted vinegar just won't cut it x)
@@NicolasSalencPBP hydrochloric acid in any concentration does not damage copper, only eats the debris inside the copper tubing - but it etches aluminium quickly and makes steel rust instantly
Looking to add fog to my alarm system, great info!
I did this before for a product video after running out of fog juice had my room smelling like cookies from the vape juice loved it
I really hope people that freak out about vape juice having "the same thing that's in antifreeze" learned something 🤣
Brilliant, need one for drain testing and this is a brilliant video 👍👍
holy smoke, this is amazing, thanks for sharing
Great video!
This is some brilliant and valuable information. Thank you sir.
Thats rad good work
Thanks for releasing the first video in a while
the last part was amazing, you need to throw a party with these
wow! that sure is one heck of a wall of organizing drawers! nice
Thank you for sharing
Outstanding Performance Bravo
Great idea.
You r crazy man! Thank you! Awesome work!!!!
Some really good info here. Thank you. Whats really interesting is how easy it is to buy Gallons of propylene glycol for less than a few dollars. The Veg Glycerin is a bit more expensive, but not prohibitive.
I have been in the garage making all kinds of things for Halloween out of old Styrofoam, and other salvaged bits, it never occurred to me to tinker with my Crappy 400w cheapest possible Fog machine (from Walmart). Not that Im going to tinker with it, until 'necessary' but I will certainly play with the Fog juice aspect.
Also, knowing that Im using just propylene glycol and a simple thinner means I feel safer having it around the aforementioned Styrofoam without risk of Melting. :)
So. if you wanted atmospheric fog, Glycol, or if you wanted low laying (cooled) fog, Glycerin.
A beast diy vape mod. Thanks dude, now all my buddies can get a buzz simultaneously
Well played sir! Keep up the great work.
I have a portable insect fogger I use for photography effects, while not super safe you should check out mineral oil. It is a much denser fog and looks a lot like your 50/50 mix. I am absolutely going to give your mix a try.
I like your brain keep up the good videos
Very cool!
Great video Dude
Super vidéo continue comme ça !
I really enjoy thia video and it was VERY INFORMATIVE thank you for this project hope to see more from u
I think you were right on with the waters purpose. Additionally it may be to keep the heater cooler, idk to keep the lines clean and to keep the heater thermally stable?
Wow! What a FANTASTIC VIDEO!! OMG, so thorough! I appreciate it so much!! Thank you :-)
That Was An Awesome Video and Idea. Thanks Nicolas. 😊
Thanks for watching!
@@NicolasSalencPBP Your Welcome. Happy Halloween. 🎃👻
Add a length of tubing long enough to be placed in the water of the swimming pool for a bubbly foggy good time
I would love to see that ! Thanks for the great vid.
Thanks! That's a great way to get more bang for the buck.
Love it!!