Making Gun Cotton

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  • Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
  • Using common household items, we turn ordinary cotton in to gun cotton. This experiment is for entertainment purposes only. Be safe and don't try this at home. This is for entertainment purposes only.

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  • @DavidHey-vd5wn
    @DavidHey-vd5wn Год назад +74

    When i was a youngster i used to steal nitric acid and sulphuric acid from an electroplaing works a few streets away from where i lived in hunslet leeds and myfavorite trick was to pour nitric acid into sodium hyperchlorite (i think thats what i used!!- memory!!) and watch the reaction. i could get the acids but could never access glycerine which was just as well. the acid was stored in glass carboys in straw filled metal frames at the rear of the building out of the sight of prying eyes and using wire and test tubes to access the acid and when the wire eroded away use a newer piece of wire. My clothes were always disintigrating driving my parents mad and staining my hands which were constantly peeling. At that time you could buy potassium nitrate and potassium permanganate over the counter in chemists with no problem and sulpher from gardening shops and of course i did have a disaster mixing weedkiller(no fire retardent at that time) with suger and learning quckly of its ability to spotaneously combust ......there were other things.....Im now almost 80 and how iv got this far in years is beyond me.........

    • @Peasmouldia
      @Peasmouldia Год назад +9

      Aged about 11/12yrs, we would buy glycerin from the chemist ; "What do you want it for?" My mum has a cold, it's for glycerin and honey..'
      We would then put a little potassium permanganate (liberated from the school chem classroom) in a glass bottle with a solid screw top lid, drop a little glycerin in and chuck it sharpish...... very effective little grenade. BTW, we are of similar vintage.
      Ta.

    • @ProlificInvention
      @ProlificInvention Год назад +2

      I'm 43 but I caught the tail end of absolute freedom and was very similar in my interests and ability to acquire "interesting" -dangerous and contraband materials for lots of super risky testing.. Had some close calls, alot of fun, and never got really caught. Good times

    • @Anon-xd3cf
      @Anon-xd3cf 9 месяцев назад +6

      I hope to live a life like yours...
      I'm halfway there.
      But every year seems there a new law making fun illegal.

    • @bobbimega
      @bobbimega 5 месяцев назад

      You had access to nitric acid but not glycerol?😂

    • @DavidHey-vd5wn
      @DavidHey-vd5wn 5 месяцев назад

      Yes-13-14 years old !! There was also a railway siding which my friend and I used to frequent there were carriages with no doors (that I can remember and the access wass through the roof inside the walls were quilted with insulation and the
      Carriages carried large blocks of frozen carbon dioxide with sacking and bits of string also a deep breath as I knew carbon dioxide being heavier than air asphyxiation was possible gulp if air lower into the carriage quickly tie a string and manoeuvring with sacking climb out and drag to the nearby river air and dropping in as close to the canal middle as possible walking on large pipes slung on the outside of the suspension arms of the bridge I think the pipes carried gas but not sure about that. A few years ago I wanted to build an organic nitre bed but my offspring weren't going to have that happen as it involves manure wood ash and urine! Lots of urine!! I gave in to the protests !!! My last fling in chemistry! Gone!😂😂😂

  • @officialdirtmcgurt
    @officialdirtmcgurt 2 года назад +554

    No gloves, metal spoon to stir, I love the reckless abandon at which you operate Sir!

    • @SpiritedMaker
      @SpiritedMaker  2 года назад +153

      safety third or not at all.

    • @jackandy1736
      @jackandy1736 Год назад +49

      All kichen utensils are made out of stainless steel which doesn't react with sulphuric acid and does not oxidize
      However the glovelessness is inexcusable

    • @CLCasual
      @CLCasual Год назад +68

      Safety squints engaged!

    • @scinanisern9845
      @scinanisern9845 Год назад +45

      Somebody lemme know when he pushes his last video. I want to see what he was up to when he disappeared.

    • @jackandy1736
      @jackandy1736 Год назад +7

      @oddjobbob I don't know where you live, but where I live They sell all utensils made from the same shiny steel. I have used forks that I bought for a dollar each in electrolysis experiments to great results. Chances are if it's meant to handle food it will be made from stainless steel.

  • @tipofthespear7182
    @tipofthespear7182 Год назад +164

    When I was 12 years old a friend of mine introduced me to gun cotton which was easily purchased from a paint manufacturer that was just across the road. Still to this day don't know why they sold it to kids. Any way his first experiment was to fill an old paint tin with the gun cotton , put a small hole in the lid and put a length of fuse around 6ft long into it. He then had a hole around 5 ft deep and placed the tin at the bottom. Then covered the hole with a sheet of tin with fuse hanging out and covered the tin with sand and some old bricks . We then lit the fuse and rushed to the side of the house to watch. When this thing went off it was a real explosion that lifted the tin sand and bricks about 3ft in the air with the loudest bang I'd ever heard. Powerful stuff.🇦🇺

    • @SpiritedMaker
      @SpiritedMaker  Год назад +25

      That's awesome.

    • @max_headroom_1987
      @max_headroom_1987 Год назад +37

      You had a proper childhood 👍

    • @concernedaussie1330
      @concernedaussie1330 Год назад

      @@max_headroom_1987100%

    • @UpcomingJedi
      @UpcomingJedi Год назад +15

      You just described why children would buy it yet you dont get it? Merchants really didnt care what you did with it but now we have everyone suing them for their own stupid actions and judges agree.

    • @tomhubbard353
      @tomhubbard353 Год назад

      Back when screwing off like that got you experience, knowledge and entertainment unlike today gets you arrested for terrorism, bomb making or some other nonsense.

  • @donwyoming1936
    @donwyoming1936 11 месяцев назад +35

    Mix gun cotton & petroleum jelly, you get Cordite. Makes the gun cotton stable. But still goes boom.

    • @johnfernandez7468
      @johnfernandez7468 10 месяцев назад +1

      Danke

    • @nottellin1340
      @nottellin1340 7 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@johnfernandez7468DNT I think is used in the industry as a burn rate reducer.

    • @Max_Chooch
      @Max_Chooch 7 месяцев назад

      Didn't they originally use camphor?

    • @chemistryofquestionablequa6252
      @chemistryofquestionablequa6252 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@Max_Choochthat’s for celluloid plastic, like in high quality ping pong balls.

    • @SayaialahBeliau
      @SayaialahBeliau Месяц назад +1

      Bro just tell the recipe

  • @natew.5511
    @natew.5511 11 месяцев назад +13

    This is basically solid nitroglycerin. I was not aware potassium nitrate could be used in place of nitric acid (although I am aware potassium nitrate is used to manufacturer nitric acid. When I was a teenager we attempted to make nitroglycerin. I guess we were successful because it went off on us and luckily we were about 40 feet away from the reaction. Used a mixture of fuming nitric and sulferic acids and glycerin chilled in an ice water bath. Should have used dry ice because the reaction is not cooled sufficiently with ice water. In our case, the mixture went off as a fast burn like a rocket motor, did not explode. We were lucky! Made mercury fulminate too. Reckless as hell, and had a lot of fun with it. Made lots of it. It's a miracle I was not blown up and gives me the chills when I think about what could have happened. When you are a teenager you think you are invincible. Now I just realize me and my friends were just plain lucky, very lucky!

    • @SpiritedMaker
      @SpiritedMaker  11 месяцев назад

      Thanks for the info.

    • @donbaughhman3979
      @donbaughhman3979 11 месяцев назад +1

      been there, done that, luckily still have all my fingers LOL

    • @SpiritedMaker
      @SpiritedMaker  11 месяцев назад

      @@donbaughhman3979 me too

    • @Computski
      @Computski 11 месяцев назад +1

      And we couldn't understand why all the adults chastised us so much, like, what did they know?

    • @swarnamohanty3121
      @swarnamohanty3121 6 месяцев назад

      Where is glycerin??

  • @barnowl6807
    @barnowl6807 11 месяцев назад +37

    Back in the mid '60's you could by nitric acid easily. Among other things it was used as a copper etchant and cleaner. A nutty friend had a container of both nitric and sulfuric on a shelf in a back workshop. One day his dad bumped the wall with the tractor and both bottles fell to the floor and broke. Wood floor. They knew enough to cut out and replace that section which had become "pithy" and had a bad smell. It sat, leaning against the side of the house for months until they finally were burning some trash. They tossed the cut flooring on the fire and wound up stomping out burning trash hundreds of feet away. With neighbors laughing the whole time.

    • @SpiritedMaker
      @SpiritedMaker  11 месяцев назад +4

      Lol

    • @neafranklin7905
      @neafranklin7905 7 месяцев назад +1

      Can still buy nitric acid ... Is used in gold prospecting processes

    • @ChristopherJones16
      @ChristopherJones16 7 месяцев назад +2

      Kinda like how popcorn was discovered... Gotta love how man discovers some of the greatest things we have today.

    • @hernandovillamarinbuenaven7476
      @hernandovillamarinbuenaven7476 7 месяцев назад +1

      @barnowl 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @jeremylarson6267
    @jeremylarson6267 Год назад +27

    just a quick tip, if you are trying this at home, don't dry the cotton in a clothes dryer after rinsing, or if you do, make sure you have a fire extinguisher near by

  • @ODColon
    @ODColon Год назад +118

    A college friend was a physical chemistry major, would bring the two acids home from the lab, and was making gun cotton in his dorm room. He would entertain himself by setting a gun cotton ball on top of an incandescent light bulb, and it would go "pfffttt". One day, he came down to lunch with no eyebrows. He was doing some soldering in his room and got the soldering iron too close to a good sized batch of gun cotton.

    • @DIXIEMAFIA251
      @DIXIEMAFIA251 Год назад +7

      Thanks for this story of you and your Friend! You made me laugh hard! I can soo picture this happening! Hope all is well Brother! Stay safe! With love from Gulf Shores,Alabama!
      ~ROLL TIDE~

    • @JesusChrist_IsTruth-LoveForALL
      @JesusChrist_IsTruth-LoveForALL Год назад +1

      😂 got any pictures?

    • @billgausman5887
      @billgausman5887 Год назад +9

      @@JesusChrist_IsTruth-LoveForALL It was 50 years ago. I don't think my cell phone worked then.

    • @JesusChrist_IsTruth-LoveForALL
      @JesusChrist_IsTruth-LoveForALL Год назад +2

      @@billgausman5887 😄 great story though!

    • @colemair5367
      @colemair5367 Год назад +1

      If he was using both acids He's lucky it didn't spontaneously combusted. Which is extremely common if not taking serious safety precautions

  • @theadoresmith2777
    @theadoresmith2777 Год назад +9

    For some reason, I can't help but think a Ren and Stimpy episode plot line could be made out of this ...

  • @mikegLXIVMM
    @mikegLXIVMM Год назад +14

    Not mentioned, but use baking soda in heated water to neutralize the remaining acids on the guncotton.

  • @ohari1
    @ohari1 10 месяцев назад +6

    I applaud your absolute disregard for safety, sir

  • @mweskamppp
    @mweskamppp Год назад +9

    In my city there is a company that makes this gun cotton. About 25 years ago it was on fire. The drums with the cotton inside were flying 60m or about 200 feet in the air. The blinds of the houses next to it melted. I dont know who was there first the manufacturing or the houses. It would not be allowed to build that close to it in this time.

  • @stevefridell4555
    @stevefridell4555 Год назад +8

    I got one for you- next time you're out roasting marshmallows slip a cotton ball on one of your drunk friends branch and watch the fun.

    • @augustm.moschera8646
      @augustm.moschera8646 Год назад

      🤣 That's funny right there!!!! I'm going to have to try that!👍

  • @WRWhizard
    @WRWhizard Год назад +188

    When I was a kid, my dad taught me the ingredients were nitric acid and sulfuric and you could use glycerine or cotton. The formula was in his Gilbert Chemistry set manual.
    The reason it's called 'Gun Cotton" or Nitro Cellulose is because it was the first replacement for black powder in firearms. Current smokeless powder is a mixture of nitro cellulose and nitro glycerine with stabilizers.

    • @bobdllewellin7602
      @bobdllewellin7602 Год назад +4

      ummm.... among other thingies!

    • @TubeRadiosRule
      @TubeRadiosRule Год назад +13

      Depends on if it's single-base powder (guncotton only) or double base powder (guncotton & nitroglycerine)

    • @jamesfowley4114
      @jamesfowley4114 Год назад +4

      A version is used for big naval guns, like 16-inch battleship main guns. Fast burning powders would destroy anything that big.

    • @djsnowman06
      @djsnowman06 Год назад +8

      Nitro guanidine is also added in triple base

    • @miguelcastaneda7257
      @miguelcastaneda7257 Год назад +7

      FYI urin also...fill a jar let it dry thr scale on side..nitric acid..years ago there were books improvised explosives

  • @maximusmeridius3380
    @maximusmeridius3380 11 месяцев назад +4

    Additional safety tip. Wear rubber gloves and eye protection while do this, and use tongs to light the sample. Not your fingers.
    You can also use concentrated nitric acid as the nitrating agent.

  • @terrylane1492
    @terrylane1492 Год назад +5

    I made gun cotton when I was a young chemistry student using nitric acid. Was much messier than this. Well done, thank you

  • @kennethmoles4643
    @kennethmoles4643 Год назад +11

    When I was visiting a history museum years ago, the fellow who was doing black smith demonstrations had some of that. He had something he'd toss in the forge and it'd flare up just like this. Interesting!

  • @MSmith-jf5wo
    @MSmith-jf5wo Год назад +7

    Also called 'Pyrocellulose", in the magic industry. Used to make it in Chemistry Class, back in '59 (Yep, I'm THAT Old...!). Lol

  • @redrum9612
    @redrum9612 Год назад +23

    Nice video. Don't understand why we had to watch the regular cotton burn lol

  • @KY-np6ow
    @KY-np6ow Год назад +11

    If I only had a metal tray…I know: I’ll use the access panel from my desktop computer! 😂

  • @mdforseth
    @mdforseth 9 месяцев назад +4

    A hemostat to hold the gun cotton for ignition would be a good idea. Also, watching a cotton ball burn for 00:01:20 will scare away viewers; it’s okay to fast forward that stuff.

  • @BerzerkaDurk
    @BerzerkaDurk Год назад +1

    The only thing that would have been better than the metal spoon and lack of gloves at the beginning would have been if you were smoking a cigarette while dumping the sulfuric acid solution onto the sodium hydroxide.

  • @davestambaugh7282
    @davestambaugh7282 11 месяцев назад +3

    They always taught me that it was disolved in nitric acid. It looks to me like you would need to disolve it in acetone before putting it in your spray gun!!

  • @bawdydog176
    @bawdydog176 Год назад +6

    I sense a Darwin award in the making.

    • @SpiritedMaker
      @SpiritedMaker  Год назад +1

      You should see my Rocket fuel episode... heh

  • @zackzimmer7167
    @zackzimmer7167 2 года назад +9

    If this video taught me one thing, it’s that tongs are over rated.

  • @subzero-em5br
    @subzero-em5br 3 года назад +70

    I know when making gun cotton you need Sulfuric acid and Nitric acid. I'm thinking the Potassium Nitrate turns into Nitric acid in solution with the sulfuric acid. I would be very careful what time of gloves you use because Nitric acid reacts violently with nitrile gloves. Like it literally makes the glove light on fire. Man when you were stirring the solution I was getting very anxious for your fingers. XD Glad you didn't get any on yourself. I was going to say next time you do this I would have a little baking soda water solution on stand by just in case you need to neutralize the acid.

    • @SpiritedMaker
      @SpiritedMaker  3 года назад +33

      I had a good sized tub of baking soda and water near by... :)

    • @polishnope5609
      @polishnope5609 2 года назад +6

      It isnt fuming nitric acid it does not react with nitrile gloves like that + sulfuric acid isn't that bad unless its hot

    • @rickt10
      @rickt10 2 года назад +3

      @@polishnope5609 A kind of fuming nitric is made by nitric acid with added sulfuric--creates nitronium ions IIRC. So adding sulfuric to nitrate produces the same thing--you just need a bit more sulfuric. And like you said, it does not react to nitrile gloves like that.

    • @beargillium2369
      @beargillium2369 Год назад

      Water is better to dilute acid

    • @oliverbullmann6176
      @oliverbullmann6176 Год назад

      The best is in gloves and a Bittners water in case that the Acid gets in your Skin !

  • @brycesstuff
    @brycesstuff Год назад +17

    10:17 flash cotton be damned, I want some of that magic dissapearing cotton you have there 😂

    • @Graeme_Lastname
      @Graeme_Lastname 11 месяцев назад +1

      I'd look to letting it soak for a while longer. That was pretty slow burning and left a lot of residue.

  • @John-ir2zf
    @John-ir2zf Месяц назад +1

    And to think... you only needed to add about 30 grams of erythritol to the nitration mixture, keep the temp low, and stir for several hours to produce stuff with some really punch 🤷‍♂️

  • @geeder9086
    @geeder9086 3 года назад +19

    I love the test burn table -- old PC lids make the best burn tables -- LOL

    • @SpiritedMaker
      @SpiritedMaker  2 года назад +1

      As a PC tech... I have them in abundance... lol

  • @nickaschenbecker9882
    @nickaschenbecker9882 Год назад +4

    The fact it put the candle out is amusing to me for some reason. It reminds me of how they put out fires in oil wells by dropping dynamite down in them.

  • @_L0KI.
    @_L0KI. 8 месяцев назад +1

    It would have worked much better if instead of "rinsing" it with water, you neutralized the solution by adding baking soda to it and letting it sit for 20 minutes before taking the flash cotton out of the solution. You can then take the cotton out and let it sit and dry. It would combust even faster

  • @occasionalyirasciblegit4084
    @occasionalyirasciblegit4084 11 месяцев назад +1

    Tickles my chuckle nerve.No protectives, exothermic reaction, chilled water, acting on a container constructed using one of the most common, efficient, (very efficient), insulation materials, (that will incidentaly disintergrate readily into potentially lethal shrapnel), one living, breathing, crash tester Have you used up all of your medical insurance cover yet? We have the national health, get rolled in, bagged out, wheeled out, or walk, no exit charge to either survivors or succesors.

  • @JugglesGrenades
    @JugglesGrenades 11 месяцев назад +3

    Sometimes when I watch the news, they have stories about some random house in the suburbs blowing up. The authorities like to say it was a "gas leak". Now, I am not so sure. 🤔

  • @herbertsmith6085
    @herbertsmith6085 11 месяцев назад +5

    In the early days of aviation we used cotton cloth, and painted it through with celliose nitrate, ( nice clear finish) , when the engine backfired, you landed right where you are, even at 1000 feet of alt

    • @jakelandry5645
      @jakelandry5645 11 месяцев назад

      Do what???

    • @floorpizza8074
      @floorpizza8074 Месяц назад

      @@jakelandry5645 Early aircraft had cloth covered wings and fuselages instead of aluminum skin.

  • @PenDragonsPig
    @PenDragonsPig Год назад +4

    Don't forget gauntlets, respirator, and eye protection.

  • @thatoneguy454c
    @thatoneguy454c Год назад +2

    You shoud have golves and an acid gas cartridge respirator. You can absolutely destroy your lungs if you breathe in those fumes.

  • @bekindandrewind1422
    @bekindandrewind1422 Год назад +7

    If you didn't do the "wash", what would happen? Since both components are soluble in water, wouldn't that mean the "wash" is dissolving or taking some of the reactants away?

    • @DudeInWalmart
      @DudeInWalmart 11 месяцев назад +4

      It whould spontaneously combust.

    • @_L0KI.
      @_L0KI. 8 месяцев назад

      You don't have to wash it. You just add a little baking soda to the mixture and let it sit for 20 minutes before pulling the cotton out to dry

    • @_L0KI.
      @_L0KI. 8 месяцев назад +1

      It's much safer and effective

  • @senseisecurityschool9337
    @senseisecurityschool9337 9 месяцев назад +1

    It burns a lot faster if you fluff it up.

  • @johnceglarski9460
    @johnceglarski9460 Год назад +1

    A short spoon and no gloves. I'm sure you probably didn't bother with those silly safety glasses either, right?

    • @dlmsarge8329
      @dlmsarge8329 Год назад

      I was thinking the same thing given his overall lack of concern over safety.

  • @Computski
    @Computski 11 месяцев назад +1

    Wow, at first i thought, yeah but I can't buy these ingredients in Australia.... Sulfuric acid is available as pool cleaner and yup, a company here will ship you potassium nitrate as stump remover, which BTW can be used to make black powder with sulfur and good quality charcoal.... not that anyone should try any of this.

  • @Parasclepius
    @Parasclepius 6 месяцев назад +1

    I'm watching this specifically to elevate the blood cortisol levels of my FBI agent.

  • @Artorius19631
    @Artorius19631 10 месяцев назад +1

    "...just a few household chemicals mixed in the proper proportion." ~ Colonel Hannibal Smith

  • @stephenembrey883
    @stephenembrey883 Год назад +6

    It's got a whole lot more oomph than black powder. I've seen people shoot it in their cap and balls and then the 357 magnum I'm sure it's got a hefty pressure spike. I'm gonna make some more, but this time I'm gonna try activated charcoal instead of cotton, no idea what that'll do😂😂

    • @PhycoKrusk
      @PhycoKrusk Год назад +2

      Sounds like a blast

    • @floorpizza8074
      @floorpizza8074 Месяц назад

      Nothing. Gun cotton is nitro cellulose. The cotton balls are the source of the cellulose. If you made your charcoal correctly, there won't be any cellulose left, just carbon.

  • @Chelovik_NZ
    @Chelovik_NZ Год назад +3

    I'm glad you were using a bionic hand to hold the gun cotton when lighting it

    • @SpiritedMaker
      @SpiritedMaker  Год назад +1

      lol

    • @rogergadley9965
      @rogergadley9965 Год назад +1

      He couldn’t find his tweezers.

    • @rogergadley9965
      @rogergadley9965 Год назад +1

      By the way, I have fine hair on the backs of my hands. Do you? Perhaps you could use a taper or one of the long nosed lighters (the kind most people use to light barbecues) to touch off the guncotton.

  • @nancyhainline2517
    @nancyhainline2517 Год назад +1

    Ignore detractors. I enjoyed it. Just glad my sons are grown and didn't see it in their young and crazy days.

  • @ralphhernandez3521
    @ralphhernandez3521 Год назад +3

    Yes, I like the reckless abandon that you create your concoction with, but really can we do something about the background music from John Travolta‘s 1970s dance movies?

  • @tomfile3131
    @tomfile3131 Год назад +3

    "Don't do this at home." "Do this in a well-ventilated area." LOL

    • @DavidFMayerPhD
      @DavidFMayerPhD 11 месяцев назад

      Better yet, don't do this AT ALL.

  • @poolshoesandrandomscrews1156
    @poolshoesandrandomscrews1156 4 месяца назад +1

    You know if you just add charcoal to this instead of cotton balls you have…

  • @jonduggan7433
    @jonduggan7433 Год назад +44

    Dollar stores , yard sales and flea markets are great places to find old pyrex pots and pans.
    LONG handled wooden or bamboo spoons and tongs would be useful too.
    Get stuff you can just throw away when you are done.
    You DEFINITELY don't want to have someone come along later and try making mac and cheese in the brew pan.

  • @glennhouse3553
    @glennhouse3553 Год назад +1

    Reminds me if 8thgrade. 1968.good old days

  • @randallmarsh446
    @randallmarsh446 Год назад +2

    put a tablespoon of glycerine in with a teaspoon of ammonia an dthen put your cotton bals in and let it sit for a couple hours .lo

    • @1SmokedTurkey1
      @1SmokedTurkey1 Год назад

      Why? What’s the purpose of doing that?

  • @MrGrxxx123
    @MrGrxxx123 7 месяцев назад +1

    Is this how Walter white got started???!!😂😂

  • @celestecohn3484
    @celestecohn3484 7 месяцев назад +1

    There was a waste of 15. Minutes I’ll never get back

    • @SpiritedMaker
      @SpiritedMaker  7 месяцев назад

      I waste time on the internet daily... :D

  • @barrymayson2492
    @barrymayson2492 Год назад +3

    To make fuses i make a saturated solution of sodium nitrate and soak butcher string in it for a few hours or overnight. Then hang up tp dry. I used to use filter paper but would burn to quick.

  • @Chipr62
    @Chipr62 Год назад +4

    You needed to rinse the cotton more in water until they rinse clear.

  • @briankerr4512
    @briankerr4512 10 месяцев назад +1

    why are you holding the gun cotton in your hand when lighting it ?

    • @SpiritedMaker
      @SpiritedMaker  10 месяцев назад

      Why not? Magicians do it all the time with flash paper.

  • @Preyhawk81
    @Preyhawk81 Год назад +2

    if its in alcohol soluble its only collodium wool. its an test how high you have nitratet it. but when i see the remains its only kollodium high nitrated burns much faster. highnitrated burns in an withe flash.

  • @blg53
    @blg53 Год назад +2

    Your gun cotton leaves some carbon residue after it burns. Is that because the ingredients are not pure enough?

  • @GabbyBillNumberOne
    @GabbyBillNumberOne 2 года назад +3

    Suggestion: Use a long handled Iced Tea spoon, to keep your hand farther away from the acid.

  • @utahknifeworks5443
    @utahknifeworks5443 Год назад +3

    You've got the chemistry working for you, but I agree with everyone else who has chided you for your unsafe procedures. Spraying pressurized water into the acid bath to wash the cotton, right next to your legs? Igniting a whole ball of the cotton in your hand? Everyone else has already said it, but I hope nobody out there tries this procedure the way it is shown here. You're asking for some injuries. Anything done with strong acids like this, especially nitrating processes, should be done with every basic high school chemistry safety measure.

    • @SpiritedMaker
      @SpiritedMaker  Год назад +2

      I survived ... :)

    • @utahknifeworks5443
      @utahknifeworks5443 Год назад +2

      @@SpiritedMaker I've said that many times myself :) But there's always the next time. I've been doing this stuff for 40 years, and I count myself lucky that I have all of my fingers and eyes still. I've got scars from shrapnel, and burns from reactions that happened unexpectedly. I wasn't always careful, but now it terrifies me to work with dangerous explosives like this. I'm much more careful. Just sayin' so you don't get hurt, man.

    • @SpiritedMaker
      @SpiritedMaker  Год назад +2

      @@utahknifeworks5443 Thanks my friend, after my rocket fuel disaster (there's a video) I have actually taken thing more seriously... thanks for watching out!

    • @utahknifeworks5443
      @utahknifeworks5443 Год назад +3

      @@SpiritedMaker I've made plenty of sugar rockets myself, and had a couple of them blow up because the nozzle hole was not large enough. It's no fun having a rocket turn into a plastic pipe bomb, especially if you're standing fairly close. Keep all of your chemicals separate in plastic containers with lids. And if you mix any rocket fuel or flash powder, only make enough to use right then. Don't store volatile mixtures for any amount of time. Think about how important your eyes and hands are, and always wear protection, especially on your eyes. I'm 60 now, but started messing with chemistry when I was 16. Luckily I made it this long without any serious injuries, but I must have a whole crew of guardian angels around me 😂💥

  • @BEDavisBrown
    @BEDavisBrown Год назад +2

    I found a formula for making a plastic explosive back in the 60's using gun cotton and something else I forgot so I never made any.

    • @SpiritedMaker
      @SpiritedMaker  Год назад

      Probably for the best. :)

    • @BEDavisBrown
      @BEDavisBrown Год назад +2

      @@SpiritedMaker Then most kids were putting saltpeter, sulfur and charcoal together without getting it to a fine powder and getting the same slow burn and it wasn't till later I had the idea to put some in an used model rocket engine with nichrome wire on leads and set it off with a battery and it worked only to well but I was to close and caught some in my cheek and that was the last time I did anything like that and setting here with all my fingers I think of all the teenagers and younger that suffered a lot more than I did just for the thrill of making explosives.

    • @UNoBugMe1
      @UNoBugMe1 Год назад +1

      We would buy full boxes of matches, 50 packs to a box for 25 cents at the local supermarket when we were kids in the 70s. Collect all the match heads and make really cool things with them.😂

    • @BEDavisBrown
      @BEDavisBrown Год назад

      @@UNoBugMe1 Were those the strike on the cover or strike anywhere?

    • @UNoBugMe1
      @UNoBugMe1 Год назад +1

      @@BEDavisBrown on the cover

  • @anthonytroyrussell8179
    @anthonytroyrussell8179 Год назад +1

    I jumped when you lite them like I was doing it myself lmao 😅

    • @SpiritedMaker
      @SpiritedMaker  Год назад

      I think most people were expecting me to just blow up my shop.... heh

  • @peterfreeman7369
    @peterfreeman7369 Год назад +3

    You missed that gun cotton explodes when hit with a hammer

  • @BobbyOfEarth
    @BobbyOfEarth Год назад +1

    I thought I saw a few flaming hairs. One looked like it went east, then a trail of smoke going north. LOL

  • @Johnpao215
    @Johnpao215 Год назад +1

    Bare hands is much safer than having gloves in nitration reactions. :) Use non-nitrile gloves, if you can find any.

  • @JoeMicalizziMPC
    @JoeMicalizziMPC Год назад +1

    I'm guessing this formula could be used to make magician flash paper.

  • @madd-mattmitchell917
    @madd-mattmitchell917 11 месяцев назад +1

    Where is your bucket of baking soda solution for "just in case"!

  • @catman4644
    @catman4644 Год назад +6

    Ok I got tired of reading the replies from the safety "officers" and didn't see what I was looking for and yeah I know I am a year too late to the party also. However I noticed that unlike most gun/flash cotton this leaves a bit of ash and I was wondering if this ash could be eliminated (or mostly eliminated) using the same method and chemicals but with a few modifications such as maybe a longer soak time? More thorough rinsing? Maybe a different ratio of the chemicals? Or are we just stuck with needing fuming nitric acid and the traditional methods to make ashless flash cotton/paper?
    In any case an extremely interesting video and if I am going to have to just put up with a bit of ash then so be it, it's worth it to not have to go to the hassles with obtaining and using concentrated nitric acid, thanks al lot!

    • @TheFireGoose
      @TheFireGoose Год назад +2

      Yeah the ash can be reduced/prevented by simply doing this but more carefully. Make sure the nitrate salt is fully dissolved, let the,cotton soak for longer, wash very very well, and dry well too. All This can improve the final quality of the NC

    • @ralphkoch6652
      @ralphkoch6652 Год назад +2

      not completely nitrated. to make nitric acid with Potassium Nitrate, you need to distill the acid off the solution. Just mixing H2SO4 with KNO3 as in this case still leaves the Potassium present

  • @mw10259
    @mw10259 11 месяцев назад

    YOU DID EVERYTHING RIGHT, EXCEPT YOU DIDN'T WASH IT GOOD ENOUGH. THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE RESIDUE AND A SLOW CRAPPY BURN RATE

  • @harapalb3521
    @harapalb3521 8 месяцев назад +1

    By passport,already retired,
    By occupation,still child….😂

  • @josephdupont
    @josephdupont 8 месяцев назад +1

    When I take the cotton and blend it in the blender

  • @aos7194
    @aos7194 Год назад

    After watching this video i earlize I am alive today because the internet wasn't available to me in the early 80s

  • @ramzezcerberus1417
    @ramzezcerberus1417 Год назад +2

    HOLY HELL DAWGGY...time lapse my friend...I wanna watch the important bits...ur really jus gonna make me watch u stir something..what's next a riveting video of paint drying?? Shit man I thought we was friends. ..

  • @morningstarsci
    @morningstarsci Год назад +2

    If only metal spoons could be nitrated... 😂
    In all honesty, the stabilizers in the drain cleaner likely keep the spoon from being attacked too much.

  • @ArminSchnur
    @ArminSchnur 10 месяцев назад +1

    Sulfuric acid is banned in Europe, and you're not even allowed to own battery acid here. Not to mention making explosives...
    Potassium nitrate is subject to a tax code and may not be sold freely...
    If you made a video like this, you'd have a special task force in the building by tomorrow...
    Gruß aus NRW, DEUTSCHland.

    • @SpiritedMaker
      @SpiritedMaker  10 месяцев назад +1

      well, that sucks. Big brother always watching you huh.

    • @SpiritedMaker
      @SpiritedMaker  7 месяцев назад

      Sounds restrictive. :D

    • @ArminSchnur
      @ArminSchnur 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@FernandoCapeletti-wr1xw
      That's exactly what it looks like. But it also appears that this progress is on the verge of dissolution.

  • @filker0
    @filker0 11 месяцев назад +1

    Gun cotton and flash paper; lots of fun to make. One important thing is to not let the mixture dry in the glassware with the cellulose in it; getting it out is... difficult. Well, that's a lie, getting it out and keeping the glassware intact is the challenge. I was soaking tissue paper to make flash paper, left it in the mixture with a beaker full of water holding the tissue in the solution to soak, then got busy doing something else. When I got back to it, it was a dry glass/nitrocellulose/glass sandwich. The rest I leave to your imagination.

  • @deanallman2506
    @deanallman2506 8 месяцев назад +2

    Is it ok to lick the spoon when you're done?

  • @stephenalexander6721
    @stephenalexander6721 11 месяцев назад

    I think this is what Victor Barbicane used to go from the earth to the moon.

  • @idontknowmyfirstname69
    @idontknowmyfirstname69 7 месяцев назад

    Mixing it like that when its being chilled while the nitrate salt will be fully disolved it will take some heat to get it converting to nitric. I've read that heating to 70°c is sufficent. I simply just warmed the sulphuric acid up to temperature and add the saltpeter you'll lose a fraction through decomposition into Nox gas but its negligible and is the fastest method to make the nitric you need. Kinda the dame goes for the gun cotton.. chill it in ice over night... Or just do it at room temp just keep an eye on the solutions temp or if it gets too high itll start melting the cotten or possibly have runaway nitration. But this way 10 or 15m nitrating is sll it requires. If you really want to give it some more kick. While the cotton is still in the solution instead of taking it out, pour in another equal volume of frest solution. You do it right instead of cellulose trinitrate as you would have from the first pass in the solution, to cellulose hexanitrate after double nitating it... Think if that like cellulose try nitrat's bigger stronger angrier, less stable older brother

    • @EmilNemat
      @EmilNemat 4 месяца назад

      You can not hexanitrate cellulose,you can barely trinitrate it😂😂😂😅

  • @rexclay2231
    @rexclay2231 6 месяцев назад +1

    No , nitric acid and sulphonic acid ???

  • @richardphillips8475
    @richardphillips8475 5 месяцев назад

    Work it into a tight string. Wrap it around something wooden, a pencil maybe, wrapping it in a spiral then ignite it.

  • @kenibnanak5554
    @kenibnanak5554 Год назад +1

    If I esd editing this video I would edit out some of the pauses and drop the music. :) That said, great video. Now, how do you decide how much is needed to duplicate some of the old British rifle loads?

  • @rolandmenero6490
    @rolandmenero6490 Год назад +1

    I bet your Mom and Dad were glad when you moved out of the house. Their homeowners and family health insurance probably was cut in half.

  • @madd-mattmitchell917
    @madd-mattmitchell917 11 месяцев назад +1

    2/3 the way into the video I see you have baking soda on hand as well as a bottle of vinegar. Good on Ya!

  • @KY-np6ow
    @KY-np6ow Год назад

    Gloves? We don’t need no stinking gloves!

  • @rayday007
    @rayday007 4 месяца назад +1

    This guy is winging it! Nice!

  • @billrivenbark8983
    @billrivenbark8983 7 месяцев назад +1

    Hey Einstein, some Hemostats would be a good way to not cook your fingers!

  • @tonybarnes3658
    @tonybarnes3658 Год назад +11

    Think possibly if your water bath had been colder and cotton left in the acid longer the results would be even better. Faster and brighter flash and virtually no ash. Using fuming HNO3 works better but may raise some eyebrows on purchase if indeed you could get it! Gloves, and a glass stirrer may also be recommended!!

    • @SpiritedMaker
      @SpiritedMaker  Год назад +1

      Yeah, I knew little and rushed this for entertainment purposes.... I would like to try again and make some good flash paper.

    • @tonybarnes3658
      @tonybarnes3658 Год назад +2

      @@SpiritedMaker you will! There's at least one more video on yt on this subject. Can't quite remember his name. Schell....or something like that

    • @tonybarnes3658
      @tonybarnes3658 Год назад +1

      Schel Sullivan?

    • @pascaledits7219
      @pascaledits7219 Год назад

      Normal gloves will just be trouble.

    • @natew.5511
      @natew.5511 11 месяцев назад +3

      In the 1970s got a 10 pound full bottle of Mallinckrodt fuming nitric acid out of a locked science lab via the five finger discount. Dummys who built the building installed the lab door with the hinge pins on the outside. Removed the hinge pins and lifted out the door. We had a lot of fun making stuff with it.

  • @grendelsstepmother7624
    @grendelsstepmother7624 11 месяцев назад

    The guy who made this video apparently has the self-preservation instincts of a balloon in a cactus garden. He repeatedly feeds chunks of guncotton into a flame BY HAND with no containment vessel of any kind, no evidence of firefighting equipment, and containers of hazardous chemicals sitting right where they can be easily breached if something goes wrong. I pray for this man's children, who at one point were heard talking to him - they were right beside him while he was handling acids and making explosives. Jesus wept.

  • @Brandon-Kraemer
    @Brandon-Kraemer 11 месяцев назад +1

    Gordon's tree stump remover and tsp in proper proportions... paired with a cap will make a loud noise

  • @abelflores3752
    @abelflores3752 Год назад +1

    That stuff would be good to have in a survival kit

  • @bigsmiler5101
    @bigsmiler5101 Год назад +3

    at 2:45-minute point, you show "Crystal Drain Opener." (lye) Is that just irrelevant background noise or some secret ingredient we should know? And at 7:20, did you forget to mention SODA to neutralize the acid? I sure Wish you aren't disposing of acid in a silly way. 8:54... the vinegar? 10:49!!! OMG. hey everyone, notice he said, "don't try this at home." I would add, "... OR ANYWHERE." -->SAFETY

  • @occasionalyirasciblegit4084
    @occasionalyirasciblegit4084 11 месяцев назад +2

    11:17 How about a REALLY big piece? Look! No hands!

    • @johannlangner289
      @johannlangner289 15 дней назад

      Lol, yeah, even before he tried the gun cotton, I was like, woaw! Stop, get away from other chemicals, outside and use a stick or wire to put it in the fire, not your freak'n hands 😂

  • @intellectualiconoclasm3264
    @intellectualiconoclasm3264 Год назад

    Y'all, your home doesn't suffice for well ventilated. You're releasing nitric acid fumes. Even if you aren't harmed, your property will be. Picture rust on your stainless pipes and cookware. That's just the beginning of your issues, so take it outdoors!

  • @leemcgann6470
    @leemcgann6470 Год назад +1

    Didn’t mention “kids dont try this at home!”

    • @SpiritedMaker
      @SpiritedMaker  Год назад

      I have in the description not to try and this is for entertainment only.

  • @leemcgann6470
    @leemcgann6470 Год назад +1

    Hasn’t he heard of tongs or something to get it out of his hand???

  • @DIXIEMAFIA251
    @DIXIEMAFIA251 Год назад +2

    Great video! Imma try this! I wanted to say, I think u are so damn funny! because I can tell when u get an idea to do something,You always make this funny ass sound “HHHMMM” almost like (Homer Simpson). I am your newest subscriber! Hope you create more content! I would also like to donate to your channel if that’s possible. With love from Gulf Shores,Alabama!
    ~ROLL TIDE~

  • @springbloom5940
    @springbloom5940 11 месяцев назад

    Add nitrate to room temp acid in three parts and completely cover the cotten with the hot acid mix for 30min. Results will be as good or better.

  • @alexjason7741
    @alexjason7741 11 месяцев назад +1

    I suggest you to use a pincerz next time, preventin u from burn))

  • @andrewbrady3139
    @andrewbrady3139 11 месяцев назад +1

    One of these days I’m going to try that.