Re: Light Painted Chand Sitara for 23rd March
Another idea (which I forgot to mention in my last post over here) is to add those chemicals in melted candle wax - And so re-cast it again as new candles. Also mix in a little aluminum powder, which can be easily obtained from car paint shops. Doing this will create a sparkling effect in the flame (just like a phool-jari).
If however the desired effect does not happen to the degree we had hoped, then also add a little potassium nitrate in the candle wax to spike it up - But only a little, not too much. Or it may become something like rocket fuel! :)
Only precaution over here is to wear some sort of a mask when handling powdered aluminium (because it can be very bad if it gets into the lungs)... And of course, always keep a fire extinguisher nearby. And remember, if you are using potassium nitrate in the wax - And if the fire goes out of hand. Then DO NOT use water to put it out. As potassium nitrate gives off it's own oxygen when heated. So either the water will have little or no effect, or worse, the fire may get so hot that water may split into hydrogen and oxygen, and then re-combine violently. There is a very little chance of this happening, but it the composition becomes like that of rocket fuel, then it can happen...
Another idea I had was to use different colored LEDs. These will be 100% safe (as they use very low voltage), plus the variety of colors will be a lot more then we would get from chemicals - But it still will lack the awe that only an open flame can provide! But then again, why waste chemicals if one is only practicing.
But I however an now curious about something else too. Which is, what do you guys think will happen with the LEDs? I mean, since they have no heat, the irritating pink glow that we get from hot fires (like that from lit coal) is because of the infra-red light that seeps through the digital camera's filter. LEDs will not have this! So perhaps the colors will be more vibrant if we take this route.
Any ideas???