How Do You Make A Colored Smoke Bomb?
The classic smoke bomb is a great project for the home or lab, producing lots of safe smoke, with purple flames. If you get dye and consider the shape of your creation, you can make a smoke bomb that billows clouds of brightly-colored smoke. This project is easy and safe enough to do at home. Adult supervision is required. • Mix 60g potassium nitrate with 40g sugar in a saucepan over low heat. It’s a 3:2 ratio, so if you don’t have a method of measuring grams, use three tablespoons of potassium nitrate and two tablespoons of sugar. • The sugar will carmelize and brown. Stir the mixture continuously until it resembles smooth peanut butter. • Remove the mixture from heat. • Stir in a spoonful of baking soda (rounded teaspoon is fine). The baking soda is added to slow down the combustion when the smoke bomb is ignited. • Add three large spoonfuls (3 tablespoons) of powdered organic dye. Blue dye and orange dye are said to produce better results than the other colors. Stir to mix well. • C
