How to make fireballs

[Krug]

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1029494/how_to_make_fire_balls/

No I haven't tried it. The flame is at the top which is why supposedly you won't burn yourself..

Edit: Some people think it's fake. I'm still on the fence about it...

 

[trancejeremy]

I think there has to be some sort of trick to it.

He's using lighter fluid, Naphtha, which burns at about 675 degrees C. Cotton catches on fire at 200 C or so. Wicks (like for lighters.lamps) have to be specially treated to not burn up, they don't just use plain cotton.

Maybe he's done something to reduce the burning temperature?

 

[werk]

I think it's pretty much the same reason why Bic lighters don't melt even tho they are cheap plastic...heat rises.

Very neat!

 

[trancejeremy]

Bic lighters are butane gas. And the top of a bic light does actually get hot, which is why they are metal.

 

[werk]

Check out Big Dave's firehawk last Friday night!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6PGuIakIvg

yeah, he has burns on his head and hand...stupid hurts.

 

[Relique du Madde]

Check out Big Dave's firehawk last Friday night!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6PGuIakIvg

yeah, he has burns on his head and hand...stupid hurts.

Some day YouTube will have a video worthy of a Darwin Award... and that guy came alarmingly close..