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Right on man. What's your recipe?
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75% potassium nitrate
15% charcoal
10% sulfur
(all by weight)
The pot nitrate came from the local feed store. They sell it in bulk.
The charcoal I made from cooking red cedar fence board. I crushed it up then in a ball mill for 2 hours.
The sulfur is again from the local feed store. Bulk again and I got the powder sulfur.
I mixed by weight 19.2 oz pot nitrate, 3.7 oz charcoal and 2.7 oz sulfur. Then into a homemade ball mill for 2 hours. YOU MUST DO THE MILLING OF ALL 3 INGREDIENTS TOGETHER IN A REMOTE SAFE PLACE. My ball mill works real good. Built it by the book. A good gallon size jar with 62 cal lead balls. I belong to the APC forum which gives you a wealth of info.
Then I measure out by weight 6 oz milled powder. I add 1.5% homemade SGRS. Then in a mixing bowl spray in enough water to work the mixture into a clay like consistency. I then screen it thru 8 mesh. I find lightly grating it gives smaller grains. I dry it out then screen it thru a window screen mesh. What fall thru I shoot what stays will be used for fireworks.