In the interest of not hijacking
Chug's Water Rocket thread:
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Originally posted by magic_hat
im not sure really how that works......but i do know how you make a bottle blow up with some chlorine tablets and .....well i forgot the other ingredient but it makes a big bang!
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That reminds me -- Anyone ever make dry ice bombs? I've talked to loads of ppl who've never heard of it but we used to do it all the time. In "these uncertain times" you might get a lot more attention from the local police and concerned neighbors, but back in the day we'd go to the ice cream store, get a few pounds of dry ice, and have a blast (pun intended
) with 2-liters!!!
Note that this can be DANGEROUS and you should be very careful when doing this!!! Get the hell away from the thing once you make it. I sure wouldn't want anyone to get hurt. And
NEVER use glass containers or anything else -- only use plastic soda bottles!!
Now that that's out of the way here's how to have some good clean fun. What you need is several pounds of dry ice which you can get at any place that makes ice cream. You also need an icepick or brick or something else to break up the ice into chunks, gloves (
dry ice can burn you!), water, plastic 2-liter soda bottles with caps, and an airgun.
Break up the dry ice into chunks and jam them into the soda bottle. Use gloves. When the bottom if the bottle is covered pretty well, (a few inches maybe) pour some water in, no more than 1/4 - 1/2 way, screw the cap on *tight* and RUN!! The water melts the dry ice creating CO2 gas, which expands and
KABOOOM!!!! Man oh man is it
LOUD!!!! The explosion is unreal, if you make it right it's louder than a shotgun!!
If you mess up and make it wrong, you have to shoot it with the airgun. The 2liter expands so much that sometimes the BB will even ricochet off! It's also fun to get one of those contoured bottles like an Evian bottle and watch it expand like a damn balloon before it explodes. Have fun!