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100% waterproofing sparklers?

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Gas Bag

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May 27, 2008, 12:48:09 AM5/27/08
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If you wanted to fully waterproof some sp*rklers so they would burn
completely submerged underwater (once lit), exactly how would you do
this? Just saying something like "Oh, just cover them in glue/paint
etc." is way too vague and non-specific. There are an enormous range
of paints, lacquers, varnishes, glues, etc at hardware stores.

What *specific* liquid would you use to coat them?
Do you spray the sp*rklers, or dip them?
Would you coat them individually, and then bundle them all together?
Would you bundle them all together, and then coat them?
Is there a minimum number required in a bundle?
Any other details?

Again, please be specific. Thanks.

Richard J Kinch

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May 27, 2008, 3:40:38 AM5/27/08
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Gas Bag writes:

> If you wanted to fully waterproof some sp*rklers so they would burn
> completely submerged underwater (once lit), exactly how would you do
> this?

Seal in thin aluminum foil.

MadD...@yahoo.com

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Jun 20, 2008, 11:13:27 PM6/20/08
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You'd need more than a coating.
You;d need something to produce a 'gas shield' to keep the water from
drawing off the heat from the flame so they keep burning.
I'd experement witha base coat nitrate based laquer mixed with an
oxidizer
and say ammonium carbonate, covered with an outer coat of straight
laquer
for water proofing.
Never tried it, but it's a shot.

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