Fireflies on Cocaine (or Flaming Shit Falls on You) by Bill Kimbrough
Chemical | Percent |
Potassium Nitrate | 46% |
Pine Charcoal | 44% |
Sulfur | 6% |
Magnalium, 30 mesh | 10% |
Barium Carbonate | 6% |
Starpol (subbed by Dextrin) | 5% |
Comments "I like to take the pine charcoal as it comes out of the yard grinder, and put it in the ball mill for 10 minutes. Sift out (remove) what doesn't fall through a window screen, and just use the mixed granulation of the charcoal--Better charcoal effect. I mostly roll mine with starpol as a binder, but I have made the formula into comets, firework stars, and even tried it in lances. Pump, cut or rolled firework stars, worked good for me, but never use starpol as the binder if it is to be the outside of a color change firework star, as it will surely cause a moisture problem.
The following Firefly aluminum firework star composition [all parts by weight][]
Firefly #1[]
Potassium nitrate 50
Charcoal (airfloat) 29
Charcoal (80 mesh) 10.5
Sulfur 6
Aluminum (firefly,flake) 4.5
Dextrin +5
Firefly #2[]
Potassium nitrate 45
Charcoal (airfloat) 27
Charcoal (80 mesh) 10
Sulfur 8
Aluminum (firefly,flake) 5
Dextrin +5
Firefly #3[]
Potassium nitrate 49 | |
Airfloat charcoal 29 | |
80 mesh charcoal 11 | |
Sulfur 9 | |
Firefly aluminum 5 | |
Dextrin +5 |
Firefly #4[]
Potassium nitrate 48
Charcoal (airfloat) 25
Charcoal (80 mesh) 10
Sulfur 8
Aluminum (firefly,flake) 4
Dextrin +5