# NEVER PLAY WITH FIRE **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [January 8, 2006, 1:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/never-play-with-fire/6561 "2006-01-08T13:11:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![NYSFF](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nysff/32/7353_2.png) [@NYSFF](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NYSFF)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 3:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/never-play-with-fire/6561/21 "2006-01-08T15:18:18Z")
Tonight on News 4, Kid blows the fuck outta his parents house cause some idoit posted how to on [NYSpeed.Com](http://NYSpeed.Com). ---
**Author:** ![Freek](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/freek/32/7357_2.png) [@Freek](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Freek)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 3:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/never-play-with-fire/6561/22 "2006-01-08T15:29:04Z")
> [@NYSFF](#): > > Tonight on News 4, Kid blows the fuck outta his parents house cause some idoit posted how to on [NYSpeed.Com](http://NYSpeed.Com). on that note a good oxadizer is always the key good to a good explosion 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![NYSFF](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nysff/32/7353_2.png) [@NYSFF](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NYSFF)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 3:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/never-play-with-fire/6561/23 "2006-01-08T15:31:37Z")
I have a bunch of rocket engines here. I was Hoping to build something off the wall this spring and fire it somewheres ---
**Author:** ![Freek](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/freek/32/7357_2.png) [@Freek](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Freek)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 3:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/never-play-with-fire/6561/24 "2006-01-08T15:34:06Z")
> [@NYSFF](#): > > I have a bunch of rocket engines here. I was Hoping to build something off the wall this spring and fire it somewheres let’s make a hampsternaught 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RedGoober4Life](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redgoober4life/32/7610_2.png) [@RedGoober4Life](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedGoober4Life)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 3:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/never-play-with-fire/6561/25 "2006-01-08T15:41:11Z")
And actually if memory serves: air and acetylene: 2200C oxygen and acetylene: 3050C nitrous oxide and acetylene: 2955C Nitrous oxide with hydrogen would be too hot for anything useful (you’d ionize the metal!) Hydrogen and oxygen is about 2800C ---
**Author:** ![Freek](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/freek/32/7357_2.png) [@Freek](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Freek)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 3:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/never-play-with-fire/6561/26 "2006-01-08T15:43:21Z")
> [@RedGoober4Life](#): > > And actually if memory serves: > air and acetylene: 2200C > oxygen and acetylene: 3050C > nitrous oxide and acetylene: 2955C > > Nitrous oxide with hydrogen would be too hot for anything useful (you’d ionize the metal!) > > Hydrogen and oxygen is about 2800C whose talking about using it as a torch … were talking about big bada booms ---
**Author:** ![RedGoober4Life](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redgoober4life/32/7610_2.png) [@RedGoober4Life](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedGoober4Life)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 3:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/never-play-with-fire/6561/27 "2006-01-08T15:48:45Z")
Who is talking about using it as a torch? An open flame is commonly used to find the amount of metal in a substance (calcium in an analgesic tablet, zinc in urine, etc). Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy. ---
**Author:** ![audios](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@audios](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/audios)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 4:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/never-play-with-fire/6561/28 "2006-01-08T16:07:49Z")
when i was in highschool my dad and i were preparing for a party we were having…filling up baloons etc. we always have welding stuff from the shop at our house so we can always do some work around the house. well, my dad brought me to the acet. tank and we filled up a baloon a lil bit…then put it over an open flame with a pool skimmer pole. poof. so that was fun, lets try some more. bigger poof. one more. oxygen this time too? ok. big poof, pretty colors. more. more, bigger poof and more colors. at this point my step mom walks away shaking her head, she doesnt like it at all but my dad an i are giggling like girls at a backstreet boys concert. now keep in mind my dad has been a welder his whole life. since he was a kid in my grandfather shop…so he knows better than to do any of this. so he asks me if i want to try a really big one. i say of course. he fills it with oxygen first. and just like on all the other balloons the nozel isnt seating properly and we arent getting all of the gases into the balloon, it is just venting around us. start to fill with acet. and all of a sudden there is a huge flash (we are in our shed ont he back of our garage which is like a lean-to) holy fuck i started to run and so does my dad. i cant hear a fucking thing. my face hurts, and all i can think about is i wish we hadnt gone for another balloon. my dad runs back to shut the bottles off, my step mom runs out and tried asking us if we were ok, but we couldnt understand. we couldnt hear at all. now here is the best part. my dads shirt is in tatters. he was wearing an oxford shirt. blue and white stripes. they are about 1/16 inch wide and run vertical…picture what i mean? well all of the white stripes are gone. his shirt is all blue stripes from the bottom buttun to his shoulders where the shirt is still in tact. wall we can figure is that one of the gases was attracted to a dye or something in the white stripes. his body was slightly burnt, all in stripes as well. fuck thats funny. but very dumb. do not attempt ---
**Author:** ![Bucker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bucker/32/7379_2.png) [@Bucker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bucker)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 4:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/never-play-with-fire/6561/29 "2006-01-08T16:53:33Z")
oxygen and acetylene: 3050C Yeah, I could definitely feel the heat, and there was a friggin shockwave! We created a freakin shockwave. Well, we are thinking that we are going to start smaller (Coffeecan) for now. Ill update. If I dont post at all for a couple days, presume i died trying. ---
**Author:** ![RedGoober4Life](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redgoober4life/32/7610_2.png) [@RedGoober4Life](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedGoober4Life)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 5:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/never-play-with-fire/6561/30 "2006-01-08T17:23:59Z")
You’re going to hurt yourself. I really think if you want to get into this stuff you should go to school for it. It is true that chemists \> chemical engineers when you consider the fun factor. Although, really, figuring out the absorption spectra of toluene isn’t all that interesting. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![Bucker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bucker/32/7379_2.png) [@Bucker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bucker)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 5:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/never-play-with-fire/6561/31 "2006-01-08T17:28:51Z")
Lol… yeah, ill hurt myself eventually, but ive accepted that. Hell, I accept that every time I drive my car, too 😉 ---
**Author:** ![RedGoober4Life](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redgoober4life/32/7610_2.png) [@RedGoober4Life](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedGoober4Life)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 5:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/never-play-with-fire/6561/32 "2006-01-08T17:34:43Z")
I’ll worry when you find a block of sodium. ---
**Author:** ![Bucker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bucker/32/7379_2.png) [@Bucker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bucker)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 5:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/never-play-with-fire/6561/33 "2006-01-08T17:42:05Z")
LOL, already been done. swimming pool. 2 grams of sodium. fun times. not. ---
**Author:** ![MiniSRT4](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/minisrt4/32/7225_2.png) [@MiniSRT4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MiniSRT4)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 5:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/never-play-with-fire/6561/34 "2006-01-08T17:44:07Z")
> [@HotRodKid](#): > > lol … dumb ass … thats a great way to get killed … ive seen ow far it can launch even a small cofee can or a paper cup … at least we were responsible with the areosol cans, and especially that can of eether in the fire, o yea, and i remember almost blowing myself up at elmos too the day b4 beerfest, o man, what fun it is to play with fire ---
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 5:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/never-play-with-fire/6561/35 "2006-01-08T17:54:43Z")
> [@MiniSRT4](#): > > at least we were responsible with the areosol cans, and especially that can of eether in the fire, o yea, and i remember almost blowing myself up at elmos too the day b4 beerfest, o man, what fun it is to play with fire lol, i forgot about that … good times [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/never-play-with-fire/6561.md?page=1)