This is a cheap, easy, and more effective alternative to the M8 Smoke Grenade the US Soldiers use in tactical ops. Do the cooking with a kitchen oven, candles DO NOT work at all, and camping stoves are better but hazardous. Filmcans work, but aren't the best because of the plastic and the small size. The best container seems to be small glass jars. Fuses are probably the hardest part, if you can use bought fuses. If not the best is to pour sterno over the top and light it, this will have an unpredictable time delay, below is a video of a quick howto on making a simple orange smoke bomb.

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Adding Color:
Allthough it has been claimed that adding food coloring to the above would change its color here are the ingredients for "real" colored smoke bombs:



BLACK SMOKE RECEPIES
(Ingredient Percentage)

Magnesium powder 19
Hexachloroethane 60
Napthalene 21

Magnesium powder 20
Hexachloroethane 60
Napthalene 20

Hexachloroethane 55.8
Alpha Naphol 14
Athracene 4.6
Aluminum powder 9.3
Smokeless powder 14
Naphthalene 2.3

Black powder FFF 50
Potassium nitrate 10
Coal tar 20
Powdered charcoal 15
Paraffin 5

WHITE SMOKE RECIPIES

Potassium chlorate 44
Sulfur flour 15
Zinc dust 40
Sodium bicarbonate 1

Zinc dust 66.37
Hexachloroethane 33.33

Zinc dust 28
Zinc oxide 22
Hexachloroethane 50

YELLOW SMOKE RECIPIES

Potassium chlorate 25
Paranitraniline 50
Lactrose 25

Potassium chlorate 30
Naphthalene azodimethyl anline50
Powdered sugar 20

Potassium chlorate 21.4
Naphthalene azodimethyl anline2.7
Auramine 38
Sodium biocarbonate 28.5
Sulfur flour 9.4

GREEN SMOKE RECIPIE

Potassium nitrate 20
Red arsenic 20
Sulfur flour 20
Antimony sulfide 20
Black powder FFF 20

RED SMOKE RECIPIE

Potassium chlorate 20
Lactose 20
Paranitraniline red 60

Potassium chlorate 26
Diethylaminorosindone 48
Powdered sugar 26

Potassium chlorate 27.4
Methylaminoanthraquinone 42.5
Sodium bicarbonate 19.5
Sulfur flour 10.6

Potassium pechlorate 25
Antimony sulfide 20
Rhodamine red 50
Dextrin 5

While some of these chemicals are common and can be found in a kitchen many are fairly rare (when was the last time you heard of "methylaminoanthraquinone" lol?). The place to get them is obviously a Chemical Suppy place or you learn how to picklocks and take some from your school's chemset.

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