I've done this one:


Basically you get a glass jug and pour a bit of isopropyl alcohol (93%) or an equivalent in, slosh the alcohol all around to get a good bit of vapor in there, pour out the remaining alcohol and set the jug back down. Light a match and watch the pretty show.

Great one to do for your friends if they've been smoking a bit of weed.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Thu 9 Aug 2012, 22:45, 11 replies)

ace!

( mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Thu 9 Aug 2012, 22:57, closed)

That is pretty cool
What happens if you don't pour the alcohol out before you light it?

Fancy candle or explosion.
(OTT, Thu 9 Aug 2012, 23:05, closed)

Nothing, really.
The limiting factor on the fire is the supply of oxygen. It just sits there.

I just pour out the excess because it's neater when you recharge the air inside (I usually just blow into it, or maybe insert a straw into the bottle and blow through that). The benefit is that the next time the glass is already warm, so the alcohol vaporizes easier.

You can do this with a wine bottle, I might add.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Thu 9 Aug 2012, 23:23, closed)

Awesome
Your comment about the glass. Wing warm second time round reminded me of my dad rolling a nearly empty bottle of metaxa to vapourise it then doing the same thing. Seem to remember it whisteling :-)
(OTT, Thu 9 Aug 2012, 23:43, closed)

You have a potential to make
ketones, aldehydes, monoxide? My A-level chemistry is a bit fuzzy. All a good recipe for a headache anyway.
( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Thu 9 Aug 2012, 23:34, closed)

^^ What they said ^^

( The Mock Turtle ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Thu 9 Aug 2012, 23:15, closed)

I gotta do that in low light and photograph it, innit.
Thanks sir :-)
( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Thu 9 Aug 2012, 23:22, closed)

I very much like this :D

( Infidel , shit and wrong, Fri 10 Aug 2012, 0:50, closed)

Same friend I just answered QOTW about
Did this with white spirit and several matches. Nothing happened, nothing happened, then it caught with a roaring jagged blue flame which took both his eyebrows off.

Good times.
( Turquoise Hexagon Sun has just dropped acid on, Fri 10 Aug 2012, 11:44, closed)

beautiful!

( ferret -> twitter.com/syfyautocorrect <-, Fri 10 Aug 2012, 14:32, closed)

That's hypnotic

(thefuckestuppest cheapened this, on, Fri 10 Aug 2012, 16:46, closed)