Originally Posted by
2TM101
Indeed so, I suspect mostly because Golden Powder was not even really discussed in forums like this until mere weeks ago, it has been the tool of fireworks makers who have learned to not talk about how to make explosives online. Most of the people I know who use this have been making fireworks with it for years in an environment where it being corrosive, exceeding a certain pressure or doing other things just gives you a different looking product because you WANT it to blow up and destroy the container it is in. I could document in detail just what temperature, duration, quantities etc. to use, and someone doing whatever they wanted to would have an explosion, claim they were following my instructions and try to sue me.
Golden powder is safe to make but too weak for cartridge gun applications. Crimson powder IS good enough but its practically a two person operation to make it because someone has to be standing there with an infrared thermometer to tell you when to stop.
I mean at the pyrosouce instruction page for it it says "Be careful not to heat too much or spontaneous ignition may occur". Well that certainly does not inspire confidence.
In fact I am probably going to make a small batch of crimson powder, leave it on the stove and keep taking temperature readings until it goes off so I know where that is.