Re: Black powder
- From: tincan39@xxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:44:07 -0700 (PDT)
On Mar 28, 11:56�pm, tinca...@xxxxxxx wrote:
If I make some BP using air flote charcoal [ball milling 4 hr.] the
stuff turns out nice and black. I didn't like the mess with loading
and weighting out the air flote so I used 80 mesh charcoal. After 4
hr. in the mill, it turned out a gray color. I'm at a lost as why this
is happened. �I would think that ball milling would turn the 80 mesh
into air flote and it would end up the same as using air flote in the
first place.
Well I made another batch today. Using the same method, I ended up
with a grayish powder. I now believe that I didn't get enough charcoal
in that first batch using the 80 mesh. My scale shut down in the
middle of weighting and I think I messed up my weight. The rice hulls
I coated with that batch sure looked funny, The one I coated with
todays batch are nice and black. So lesson learn is, make sure you got
enough stuff ready or get a scale that doesn't shut down in 40
seconds. Thanks for info.
.
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