Sensible Sythesis, or dangerous dud?

[sbovisjb1]

I was cruising bombshock and I came across this topic. http://bombshock.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1339. It states that you can make a plastic explosive from bleach. My first reaction was that of horror. Could anyone tell me if this would be safe or dangerous to do?

[nbk2000]

Technically, you can make a 'plastique' from bleach by using that as a percursor to make a chlorate salt (sodium or potassium) as an oxidizer, and mixing that in with a fuel like vaseline, which makes it into a moldable putty.

This is a very low power explosive, with a DV of about 3,000M/s or so.

Oh, and your failure to UTFSE to see all the previous discussion on this thread earns you a short ban. That, and mentioning anything from BombShit.

An easy two word search (chlorate AND vaseline) brought up 38 threads, with 10 of them having obviously relevant titles. :rolleyes: