Hexamine Blasting Caps
moose has not tried this: we only found it while looking for an ANFO detonator
Materials
Hexamine (Not the blue stuff, that's Trioxine. Hexamine comes in white pellets, Available at Gunshows and Military Surplus Stores )
Citric Acid (Avaliable at many stores that supply goods for canning foods)
Hydrogen peroxide (Drug store variants are too weak for this composition, Instead obtain at least 30-35% Hydrogen peroxide. This is used commonly to bleach hair, get it at a beauty supply shop)
Mortar and Pestle
Pint Jar with securely closing lid
Coffee Filters
Procedure:
1: Grind the hexamine with your mortar and pestle to a fine consistency then place 1 teaspoon of it in your pint jar
2: Add to this 2 teaspoons of of dry citric acid.
3: Add 1 ounce or about 4 and 1/2 teaspoons of hydrogen peroxide
4: Cap the pint jar and vigorously shake for 10 minutes to make certain you have a well mixed solution. Please do note that larger batches then what I have described can cause heat and detonation. So just keep to small batches and if you notice any heat in your small batch during shaking stop shaking the solution and place it under a steady stream of cold running water.
5: Place this solution in the refrigerator for around 8 hours. You should see white precipitate form in the bottom of the jar
6: Filter the Solution through a coffee filter, then wash the jar with rubbing alcohol and wash the collected composition with it.
7: Discard of the solution
8: While still in the pasty form scrape it off the coffee filter with a wooden tongue depressor. load into your cap casings, this recipe will make one cap of sufficient power to detonate most ANFO mixtures. If you must save the mixture in a dry form ensure you wet it down with alcohol before attempting to handle it. as it is shock and friction sensitive you don't want to become like Kurt *Stumpy* Saxon do ya ?
moose has not tried this: we only found it while looking for an ANFO detonator
Materials
Hexamine (Not the blue stuff, that's Trioxine. Hexamine comes in white pellets, Available at Gunshows and Military Surplus Stores )
Citric Acid (Avaliable at many stores that supply goods for canning foods)
Hydrogen peroxide (Drug store variants are too weak for this composition, Instead obtain at least 30-35% Hydrogen peroxide. This is used commonly to bleach hair, get it at a beauty supply shop)
Mortar and Pestle
Pint Jar with securely closing lid
Coffee Filters
Procedure:
1: Grind the hexamine with your mortar and pestle to a fine consistency then place 1 teaspoon of it in your pint jar
2: Add to this 2 teaspoons of of dry citric acid.
3: Add 1 ounce or about 4 and 1/2 teaspoons of hydrogen peroxide
4: Cap the pint jar and vigorously shake for 10 minutes to make certain you have a well mixed solution. Please do note that larger batches then what I have described can cause heat and detonation. So just keep to small batches and if you notice any heat in your small batch during shaking stop shaking the solution and place it under a steady stream of cold running water.
5: Place this solution in the refrigerator for around 8 hours. You should see white precipitate form in the bottom of the jar
6: Filter the Solution through a coffee filter, then wash the jar with rubbing alcohol and wash the collected composition with it.
7: Discard of the solution
8: While still in the pasty form scrape it off the coffee filter with a wooden tongue depressor. load into your cap casings, this recipe will make one cap of sufficient power to detonate most ANFO mixtures. If you must save the mixture in a dry form ensure you wet it down with alcohol before attempting to handle it. as it is shock and friction sensitive you don't want to become like Kurt *Stumpy* Saxon do ya ?