Happy Fourth of July! and how did this thread start? Petro wrote:
I'd also suggest using a water extinguisher, the kind you can refill/recharge yourself. There are some out there, the big silver kind where you can unscrew the top and fill with your liquid of choice, then presurize with a tire pump. As an aside, one _could_ fill these with a combination of gasoline and a gelling agent to make a short range flame thrower, not that that would be a smart or safe thing to do (really, there wouldn't be much to keep the flame from wandering back up inside the cylinder, and haveing it explode in your hands would make it very hard to type...).
Actually these things are usually inverted so that the liquid is fed out from the bottom so the hose probably won't act like a fuse. At least until the liquid runs out and there is a combustible pathway into the container. If you try this one could you get someone to videotape it from a safe distance? It would make a great AVI for an 'anarchists on the web' site. At least mention nitrogen or helium. But COMPRESSED_AIR + GASOLINE? Are you one nut short of a matched pair? Gasoline scares the hell out of me. It should you. You don't live anywhere near me do you? You should try baking bread instead. Don't you think this conversation should be continued on some AOL forum? egads, Mike