Smoke Bomb

Mix Sugar (40%) with Potassium Nitrate (AKA Salt Peter, 60%) in a saucepan.
(40g Sugar to 60g Potassium Nitrate is a good trial batch)

Heat the mixture slowly, over a low heat.
(Heating too quickly or at too high a temperature can cause the mixture to turn black and ignite)

The mixture should start to melt and will soon look like caramel.

The mixture should be scrapped into a suitable container, or simply onto a hard clean (non-porous) surface and allowed to cool. If you have a fuse insert it before it cools completely.
(Scraping the mixture into cardboard containers can make it easier to use later, as the mixture, even when cool, will always remain sticky)

Even a small (icecube sized) bomb can be quite powerful, experience will teach how much is required for any given situation.

Additional Notes:

• Adding Baking Soda supposedly retards combustion.


• Adding powdered dye can colour your smoke, experimentation with different dyes would be required. Certain colours (orange, pink, blue) work better than others, allowing your bombs to be used for signaling as well as screening.