Is this what moms are up to on Pinterest these days?
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I’m not saying “Don’t do this.”
I would recommend if you do do this you do so out of doors and have fire precautions in place. Potassium Nitrate, aka: Stump Remover is a powerful oxidizer. This means it causes things to rust, or more likely BURN, very very quickly.
It’s also worth mentioning that commercially available Nitrates are tagged with chemical markers that can survive high heat and detonation so they can be later analyzed by law enforcement. Here in the United States we have the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, who are notoriously unamused by home-made incendiary devices.
One final note: Potassium Nitrate and other related chemicals are popular with another market: pipe bomb manufacturers. Yeah, this stuff is a precursor to actual explosives that maim and kill people. And I’m sure you don’t need much imagination to understand how dangerous a pipe bomb can be, but just in case I suggest you google pictures of pipe bomb injuries. (No link, y’all are adults and can search that shit yourself.)
In short, this is a very dangerous video and someone IS going to be hurt by it now that it’s in the wild. I can’t really keep that from happening, but maybe we can keep the injuries to a minimum with a little bit of information.
Knowledge is Power. Knowledge is Safety. Keep cool out there, y’all.
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