Controlled Pyrotechnics

rhys · Post by **rhys** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 6:26 am

Hello,
In a recent thread someone told me to put some ashes/fire on the ground, how can i do this controlled, on cement and in a city?

UFProductions · Post by **UFProductions** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 7:08 am

That's not pyrotechnics, that's taking a metal bucket, filling it with crumpled newspaper, then setting fire to it. Feed it paper unti you have enough ash then dump it onto the ground using a pair if leather gloves if you can't take the heat.

rhys · Post by **rhys** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 10:53 am

but i want to light a fire on the ground!

ctbullet · Post by **ctbullet** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 12:51 pm

well roll the paper into .....rolls and light it

UFProductions · Post by **UFProductions** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 7:04 pm

rhys wrote:but i want to light a fire on the ground!

I already wrote:dump it onto the ground

It's not about controlling the fire literally, it's about being in control of the situation. I you're worried about setting soemthing on fire have stuff on hand to put it out. Four levels of safety is a good way to start. (bucket of water, garden hose, wet blanket, fire extinguisher. If you cant put it out with that, then: (A) Have a phone standing by to call the Fire Dept., and (B) You've got other issues regarding intelligence quotient.

jackbauer24 · Post by **jackbauer24** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 10:43 pm

If you want to set fire to the ground. pour some lighter fliud on the ground and drop a match in it. but be careful because it can jump and have a fire extinguisher with you. if you do this and hurt someone or yourself i am not liable. have your dad there

Grant · Post by **Grant** » Mon May 01, 2006 1:37 am

jackbauer24 · Post by **jackbauer24** » Sat May 06, 2006 4:59 am

what is that a picture of?

UFProductions · Post by **UFProductions** » Sat May 06, 2006 5:48 am

Grant being a total badass, AKA: his leg is on fire.

essexgunner2003 · Post by **essexgunner2003** » Sat May 06, 2006 6:20 am

jackbauer24 wrote:If you want to set fire to the ground. pour some lighter fliud on the ground and drop a match in it. but be careful because it can jump and have a fire extinguisher with you. if you do this and hurt someone or yourself i am not liable. have your dad there

I have tryed the above but i forgot my dad lol
anyway when i used petrol it went up well, but there was alot of smoke, when i tryed to put it out however it was not as easy as putting water on it as water and petrol are not the best combination lol. I did have a small foam sprayer thingy and that did not work either lol.

My advice is to use small amounts and make sure you have lots of sand, its the best safist way to put out this sort of fire without having the fire dept on standby.

jackbauer24 · Post by **jackbauer24** » Sat May 06, 2006 4:44 pm

thats his leg on fire?? it looked like some weird liquid was being poured out of some container on his leg. thats pretty sweet

Grant · Post by **Grant** » Sun May 07, 2006 2:13 am

I am amid wreckage, there are actually fires everwhere. Here is me having a rest during a shoot lol. Fires are slightly snuffed by now lol

In the foreground is a bottle of fake blood

Firestorm · Post by **Firestorm** » Sun May 07, 2006 2:53 am

I remember a sunday school teacher of mine who made stuff where he could stick his hand in it and then light his hand with a match and let it burn for a while before he put it out. It was really cool--he wouldn't give us the recipe, but I'm sure it's what they use in a lot of movies, at least for fires on people...

ctbullet · Post by **ctbullet** » Sun May 07, 2006 8:31 pm

someone made a tutorial on setting yourself on fire, it'll be on here somewhere,

i don't no whay lot you care so much about safety, if a fire gets out of hand you run your a$$ off! works all the time, woo

Firestorm · Post by **Firestorm** » Sun May 07, 2006 11:30 pm

run your a** off? bad advice. stop, drop, and roll haha.

well i mean, move away from the fire and then stop drop and roll. you get the idea though.

ctbullet · Post by **ctbullet** » Mon May 08, 2006 1:24 pm

thinking more of a bonfire, not actually setting yourself on fire, but setting yourself on fire, yes roll, it aways works......

smokeythebear · Post by **smokeythebear** » Thu May 11, 2006 9:56 pm

the fire thing is on nova productions website!!

Bocca · Post by **Bocca** » Thu May 25, 2006 2:54 pm

as your 13, i wouldnt recommend using chemicals/petrols just yet. Apart from getting hold of them, which would be difficult at your age anyway, there are a lot which have pretty dodgy fumes/reactions.

Instead, dig a small hole in the ground to contain the fire, then roll up newspaper and fill the bottom of the hole. Add dried twigs & grass & leaves (depending on how much smoke you want, add more leaves for more smoke etc.) then light it at either end with a lighter/match.

Feed it, and you could use some coal too if you need it to be burning for a while. Just have quite a lot of kindling material ready, because it burns quick.

(small pieces=larege surface area=quick burn)

ctbullet · Post by **ctbullet** » Thu May 25, 2006 3:19 pm

Bocca wrote:as your 13,

aren't you 15?

Bocca · Post by **Bocca** » Thu May 25, 2006 3:24 pm

ctbullet wrote:
Bocca wrote:as your 13,
aren't you 15?

Im 16, but Rhys is 13...right? Im sure i read that in another thread...

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