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Make Firewood Burn In Colors

Make firewood burn in colors. This is a really neat project. You can take some of your fire wood and soak it in a bucket of water to which you add a chemical agent. After letting it soak and then dry out, when you burn it it will burn in the color that corresponds to the chemical you added to the soak. Depending on which agent you use your fire could be red, green, blue, white, orange or purple. Life Hackings shares how to make your firewood burn in color. These are NOT TO BE USED FOR COOKING. The color burning wood is only for looking, not cooking.  They actually sell products that are all ready to use to make a colorful fire. You can get them at these links…

Mystical Fire Campfire Fireplace Colorant Packets 12 Pack

Seymour Mfg. 30-525 Color Flame Crystals, 16 ounce

 

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Or you can make your own with chemicals, some of the chemicals are pretty common and some you might need to get from a hardware store. “The List of coloring chemicals are.

Color = Chemical

Carmine = Lithium Chloride

Red = Strontium Chloride

Orange = Calcium Chloride (a bleaching powder)

Yellow = Sodium Chloride (table salt) or Sodium Carbonate

Yellowish Green = Borax

Green = Copper Sulfate ( from a hardware store ) or Boric Acid (poison)

Blue = Copper Chloride

Violet **Will smoke a ton** = 3 parts Potassium Sulfate 1 part Potassium Nitrate (saltpeter)

Purple = Potassium Chloride

White = Magnesium Sulfate (Epsom salts) “

Try some of these this winter and show the kids, they will get a nice science lesson and you can all enjoy the colors.

 

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Paige Raymond
Paige Raymond
Raised in rural Montana and educated in Mechanical Engineering and Sustainable Development, Paige Raymond combines a practical mindset with a passion for self-reliance and sustainability. With expertise ranging from mechanical solutions and food preservation to emergency preparedness and renewable energy, Paige is a proud author with more than 5000 published articles.

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