Flaming Dinner Guests!
UFO_Charlie
where you float flower-shaped candles in water. Further, I'd like to add
another touch of class by putting one or two drops of food coloring into the
water to give it a greenish color. (I've tried this before with flowers in a
vase-- it's a lovely effect.)
My concern is, is food coloring flammable? I don't want the table to burst
into flame suddenly just because I wanted some nice green accents around my
candles.
The particular coloring I have says it contains the following:
-Water
-Propylene glycol (Sounds dangerous!)
-FD&C yellow 5
-FD&C red 40
-FD&C blue 1
-FD&C green 3
-Propylparaben (As a preservative, according to the box.)
So, any fire hazards here?
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The Incredible Dutch Courage
>
>We're having a dinner party tonight,
I'll be right over. I'll bring that casserole with the gooey chicken inside
and the potato chips on top.
>and I want to do one of those things
>where you float flower-shaped candles in water. Further, I'd like to add
>another touch of class by putting one or two drops of food coloring into the
>water to give it a greenish color.
Well, if I'da known it was going to be that kind of party, I'd have stuck my
dick in the mashed potatoes!
>(I've tried this before with flowers in a
>vase-- it's a lovely effect.)
>
>My concern is, is food coloring flammable? I don't want the table to burst
>into flame suddenly just because I wanted some nice green accents around my
>candles.
>
>The particular coloring I have says it contains the following:
>-Water
>-Propylene glycol (Sounds dangerous!)
>-FD&C yellow 5
>-FD&C red 40
>-FD&C blue 1
>-FD&C green 3
>-Propylparaben (As a preservative, according to the box.)
>
>So, any fire hazards here?
Just a guess, but I figure something that's mostly water you add a couple
drops to a large quantity of water isn't likely to 'splode. Beer is 5% or so
alcohol, and it won't 'splode.
Are there going to be lotsa hot chicks at the party?
""IS HE MAN OR MONSTER OR... IS HE BOTH?"
UFO_Charlie
> I'll be right over. I'll bring that casserole with the gooey chicken
inside
>and the potato chips on top.
Neato. Oh, oh, oh...bring some of those cute little weenies. I *love* those.
> Well, if I'da known it was going to be that kind of party, I'd have stuck
my
>dick in the mashed potatoes!
No thanks. We like ours without lumps.
> Just a guess, but I figure something that's mostly water you add a couple
>drops to a large quantity of water isn't likely to 'splode. Beer is 5% or
so
>alcohol, and it won't 'splode.
True, true, true.
> Are there going to be lotsa hot chicks at the party?
Well, if you're wrong about the food coloring, there will be lots of *very*
hot chicks.
ctc...@my-deja.com
You mean before you dilute 10,000 with water, or after?
> The particular coloring I have says it contains the following:
> -Water
Safe
> -Propylene glycol (Sounds dangerous!)
You can get it to burn if you try hard, but when mixed with more
than 1 part of water or so, it's ain't going anywhere.
> -FD&C yellow 5
> -FD&C red 40
> -FD&C blue 1
> -FD&C green 3
> -Propylparaben (As a preservative, according to the box.)
None of these are a firehazard in the concentrations they would
be in in food coloring.
Xho
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Stephen
>inside
>>and the potato chips on top.
>
>Neato. Oh, oh, oh...bring some of those cute little weenies. I *love* those.
Homer: They come in that red sauce. It looks like ketchup, it tastes like
ketchup, but brother, IT AINT KETCHUP!!!
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Robert Goodman
On Sat, 13 Jan 2001, UFO_Charlie wrote in alt.fan.cecil-adams:
> We're having a dinner party tonight, and I want to do one of those things
> where you float flower-shaped candles in water. Further, I'd like to add
> another touch of class by putting one or two drops of food coloring into the
> water to give it a greenish color. (I've tried this before with flowers in a
> vase-- it's a lovely effect.)
>
> My concern is, is food coloring flammable? I don't want the table to burst
> into flame suddenly just because I wanted some nice green accents around my
> candles.
>
> The particular coloring I have says it contains the following:
> -Water
> -Propylene glycol (Sounds dangerous!)
> -FD&C yellow 5
> -FD&C red 40
> -FD&C blue 1
> -FD&C green 3
> -Propylparaben (As a preservative, according to the box.)
>
> So, any fire hazards here?
Certainly not with all that water in there.
But why not be more ambitious and color the flames? On rec.pyrotechnics
we recently had posts about coloring alcohol flames. I tried boric acid
in methanol and it does burn a nice green.
mike
"UFO_Charlie" <dj...@bigplanet.combobulate.com> wrote in message
news:97943388...@news1.bigplanet.com...
>
> My concern is, is food coloring flammable?
no, unless youre floating the candle in food-colored everclear.
ra...@westnet.poe.com
> We're having a dinner party tonight, and I want to do one of those things
> where you float flower-shaped candles in water. Further, I'd like to add
> another touch of class by putting one or two drops of food coloring into the
> water to give it a greenish color. (I've tried this before with flowers in a
> vase-- it's a lovely effect.)
> My concern is, is food coloring flammable? I don't want the table to burst
> into flame suddenly just because I wanted some nice green accents around my
> candles.
Sadly not, and especially not when diluted so. Try a smidge of petrol.
That will make for a nice flambe effect, one the candle get's low enough.
<snip list on non-flamable items>
> So, any fire hazards here?
None whatsoever.
But why don't you squeeze some out onto a bit of Al foil and touch a
lighter to it? What has become of the experimental spirit nowadays. It's
so sad.
John
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