Sure, you’ll save some money this October with your compact machine made of recycled parts, but the real joy of this DIY lies in the way a little smoky fog will heat up even the simplest Halloween display! And now, with your very own fog maker close at hand, you’ll never have to haunt the seasonal sale section again. Once you get the computer fan whirring and the dry ice starts reacting with the hot water, thick fog should come pouring out of the hose. With your fog machine hard at work outside, the gray haze settling over the yard will make your front walk feel like a graveyard after dark. The fog is created when the solution is heated to the. Then put on a pair of thick work gloves so the ice does not come into contact with your skin, drop the dry ice into the can, and replace the lid. Step 1: Make your fog juice by mixing a solution of one part glycerin to three parts distilled water. Pour the heated water into your coffee can, and hook up the battery clip to the fan so your machine is ready for action. Want to test out your handiwork before the big day? Pick up some dry ice at your local big-box store, and heat up some water on your stove. A hole cut through the side of the can-Kipkay used metal shears and his Dremel to get the job done-and a few drops of hot glue will ensure a snug fit for the hose. This machine uses a section of a pool hose, but don’t be afraid to get creative! Use whatever you have around the house even a gutter downspout or a long vacuum attachment will do the trick. (The process of tracing the fan onto the lid, cutting along the outline, and fitting the fan in place so that the air flows into the can is strikingly similar to the structure of that DIY air conditioning unit we discovered this summer.) With its wires connected to a 9-volt battery clip, the computer fan has enough juice to operate for up to two hours.įinally, Kipkay attached a hose to serve as an exit for the billowing fog. He chose a large, emptied-out coffee can for the base and, to dispense the fog created by the melting ice, attached an old computer fan to the lid of the coffee can through a cut-to-fit hole.
Drop it into hot water, and the temperature difference turns the solid into water vapor, or “fog.” With this chemistry trick in mind, self-described tinkerer and Instructables user Kipkay rummaged through his recycling bin for materials he could use to build a contraption that could fog up his walkway. You havent said anything smart or witty.The secret ingredient in a homemade fog machine is dry ice, the solid form of carbon dioxide. You're inabillity to properly determine what is actual "risk" doesn't instill confidence in your wisdom or intelligence. Did your parents let you go outside when you were a kid? There are way more riskier things done by a production company that can affect the wellbeing of event goers than mixing a predetermined, easy formula. Do you know whats in your water, your food? Asking me if i know whats in my glycerine is like asking that. No one is going to get hurt by glycerine when properly measured.
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I dont expect you to able to comprehend how loose and free things are in the cooporate world. I guarntee you if I commercialized my haze fluid it would pass and be included in their "study" You said one thing about unions, which i dont even deal with. The part i agreed with you has nothing to do with health, safety, or even law. But if you are very short on budget and can do extensive maintenance on the machines later, use it carefully.Īlright dumbass. If you take care of the equipment, for safety and insurance reasons, the commercial liquid is better. Damage to other lights and sound equipment, glycerin residues are very hygroscopic (they absorb water from the humidity of the environment, at a party it is a lot) Formation of Acrolein, it is a yellow fluid that remains as a residue and is very corrosive, it damages all the pipes of the machine. Durability, glycerin degrades when in contact with water, it is so safe and non-toxic that germs can grow. The viscosity, glycerin has difficulty flowing, which ends up destroying the pumps, the commercial liquid mixes with other compounds to avoid it. The most important is that the flashing point of glycerin is close to 160☌, and a fog/hazer machine can reach above that in its core. But the rest of the components help a number of things: Fog liquid is mostly glycerin and water, that's true.
I've done some testing over the years and can give you advice.
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