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BUY SAFETY FUSE, TIME FUSE, STICKY MATCH, BKNO3 BORON/POTASSIUM NITRATE IGNITION PRIME, ELECTRIC IGNITER KITS, NITROCELLULOSE/POLYESTER FUSE COATING, NICHROME WIRE & ELECTRIC MATCH HEADS
The items listed in RED on this page are hazardous and ARE subject to hazardous fees if shipped by UPS. Safety fuse, both Chinese and American made CAN be shipped by US Mail with no hazmat fee. Safety fuse, both American and Chinese may be shipped by the US Mail (domestic ground service only) with no hazardous material fee. It is your choice which delivery service we use, however, we ship safety fuse by US Mail to save you money unless you specifically ask for the faster UPS service, which is subject to hazardous fees.
Note: 1/4" Time Fuse and Oxral Electric matches are regulated by the ATF and therefore require an ATFE Permit to purchase them. We require a current Signed In Ink copy of your ATFE with your order. These items also require proper storage in your magazine. Note: For instructions on using the shopping cart, click here. Color Coding:
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IGNITION PRODUCTS & SUPPLIES FOR ALL APPLICATIONS
Note: Due to the Injunction (See Home page for more information) you are limited to 25 ft of fuse per year unless you have an ATFE license. Can be shipped by US Mail with no hazmat fee.
CHINESE MANUFACTURED - Moisture resistant, flexible, varnish coated safety fuse with a burn rate of approx. 30-35 seconds/foot. Diameters are according to manufacturer, representing average OD's. Powder cores increase as diameters increase. **Minimum order is 100ft, which requires an ATFE license to purchase. Shipped hazmat free by Mail.**
CHINESE QUICKMATCH - IGNITERCORD (1.4G) Imported paper coated match in 100 ft rolls. Fierce burn, used for firing sequential aerial shells and other display pieces. Shipping class 1.4G - cannot be shipped by UPS or US Mail. Must be picked up at our warehouse or at the PGII / WPA conventions we attend.
STICKY MATCH ® IGNITION TAPES: Used like quickmatch for igniting lancework, display sets, aerial shells, etc., Sticky match is a moisture resistant tape that eliminates piercing! Simply stick one tape to another - simple! Saves 60% in labor costs. Two products to choose from: Fast - burns 80-100 ft per second
Boron/Potassium Nitrate Ignition Granules, 10-60 mesh [BKNO3] - Stock # C124BKNO3 - FS Boron, used extensively in thermic ignition compositions because of its extremely high heat of combustion, is combined with potassium nitrate (75%) and Ethyl Cellulose (1%) granulated into a flowable ignition mixture with a heat of reaction much higher than most any other ignition prime. It is used in many military devices, automotive gas air bag cartridges and other industrial uses. This commercially produced igniter composition is 24% Boron for reliable ignition of most any pyrotechnic mixture. With boron prices being what they are, you cannot make it yourself at a lower cost than this, nor will you find it anywhere else at any price! Easy to use, simply press the granules into place or they can be mixed with nitrocellulose lacquer and applied. One pound goes a long way! Weight wise, there is 7000 grains in a pound. It takes as little as 5 grains per device for ignition. That means you will be able to reliably prime up to 1400 devices per pound of BKNO3! Reliable ignition for less than 2¢ each! While supply lasts. . . . .
ELECTRIC MATCHES, COMMERCIAL - OXRAL W/2 METER LEADS (6.5 FT) - UPS Shippable - A Federal ATFE permit is required to purchase this product. Oxral matches have a removable protective plastic sleeve that protects the head and concentrates/directs the flame forward toward the ignition surface or device to be ignited. Rated firing current is 0.5 amperes. Series firing current is 0.8 amperes per series. Resistance is 2 ohms and no fire current is 200 milliamps (0.2 amps). Out of stock.
 MAKING YOUR OWN BLACK MATCH, QUICKMATCH THERMALITE, ETC...........
Used for applications requiring slightly stronger, heavier plys, this
cotton/poly blend is just right. May be used for black-match, quickmatch,
ignitercord and other fusing and for stringing shells. Uncoated for better
chemical absoption when making match, etc. Approximate feet per cone listed.
Cotton 70% / Poly 30%, leaves a slight ash when burned.
This is the same untreated, non-mercerized 100% cotton string used by the
major safety fuse manufacturers such as International, Longhorn, Meremac,
American Visco, etc.. It comes on 7 oz spool bobbins
spinning weights, 16-2. With a
tensile strength of approx 2-3 lbs. For comparison, note the final
counter-wrap on visco safety fuse which is generally the 16-2 weight. Clean
burning, leaving no ash - 100% cotton. Use it for all your ignition
requirements; spinning safety fuse, blackmatch, piped match (quick match),
Thermalite, Flying Fish fuse and other special effects fuse, etc.. Firefox will
be offering professional fuse spinning machinery in the Fall of 2010 Ask us!
Used as an outer counter-wrap on homemade imitation thermalite for ignition and rapid propagation. Supplying only one wire will double the burn rate of the ignition cord. Two would create explosive reactions.
MAKE YOUR OWN PROFESSIONAL ELECTRIC MATCHES SUPERRIOR TO COMMERCIAL!
CYCLONE™ RC ELECTRIC MATCH PRODUCTION SET - LOW VOLTAGE
LIQUID ELEMENT™ CONDUCTIVE ELECTRIC MATCH PRIMER/PYROGEN
Make your own electric igniters for a few pennies each using our pyrogen and any number of DC powered heating elements. Simply solder nichrome wire, tinned copper wire or printed igniter "chips" to 22 or 24 gauge twin lead wire, dip in the pyrogen and use. The pyrogen comes in 1/2 oz bottles that you mix a small amount of Acetone to make a thick batter for dipping - enough for 50 to 90 igniters. Comes with instructions. Why pay over $1.00 each for commercial igniters?! We recommend our Firefox Custom Chips (Stock# F515F instead of the Davey Clones 51 awg) or homemade elements using resistance wire diameters between 35 and 45 awg for best ignition. SECSQUIB -
1/2oz BOTTLE - FS Non-hazmat shipping- No ATFE required to order.
Our Pyromag magnum™ pyrogen has a higher combustion temp and burns longer (typically 2 to 3 seconds) than other pyrogens and because of the molten product and superheated sparks, it is capable of igniting the most difficult of applications. It should be used as an overcoal with a primer such as ELV or Liquid Element for reliable ignition. This professional secondary pyrogen is used extensively by special effects and rocket enthusiasts for positive ignition! SECPMAG -
1/2oz BOTTLE - FS Non-hazmat shipping- No ATFE required to order.
METALLIC H3 ELECTRIC MATCH PYROGEN SECMH3 - Non-hazmat shipping- No ATFE required to order.
E.L.V. NON-CONDUCTIVE ELECTRIC MATCH PYROGEN™ Designed to be used as the primer/ booster to initate the main pyrogen (secondary, which is coated over it), the ELV primers ignite easily at lower temperatures and combust (rather than pop) at a pre-determined rate at very high temperature to reliably ignite other pyrogens and metal mixtures used as an overcoat (optional). Using zirconium and other exotic metals, we have designed two different types - conductive and non-conductive. The conductive type requires no bridge-wire so there is no soldering and ignites with as little as a 9 volt transistor battery. Simply strip 3/8" of insulation from leads, dip the tip 1/8" into the primer, dry and dip it again in a pyrogen of your own making or use our Original Blend™, Pyromag Magnum™ or Metallic H3™ for results that will have other match-makers drooling at their sight! The non-conductive type is applied to the element wire (bridge-wire) only followed by an overcoat of another high energy pyrogen. It will ignite using as little as a AA (1.5 volt) battery. Using these primers, positive, inexpensive electric ignition is easily obtained! Each type comes with enough primer to make several hundred igniters (up to 500). Do you need smaller igniters for small black powder type motors? use the conductive ELV primer alone on 26 gauge twin lead wire with the final coat of NC or CA lacquer! Works great alone!
E.L.V. CONDUCTIVE ELECTRIC MATCH PYROGEN™ Designed to be used as the primer/ booster to initate the main pyrogen (which is coated over it), the ELV primers ignite easily at lower temperatures and combust (rather than pop) at a pre-determined rate at very high temperature to reliably ignite other pyrogens and metal mixtures used as an overcoat (optional). Using zirconium and other exotic metals, we have designed two different types - conductive and non-conductive. The conductive type requires no bridge-wire so there is no soldering and ignites with as little as a 9 volt transistor battery. Simply strip 3/8" of insulation from leads, dip the tip 1/8" into the primer, dry and dip it again in a pyrogen of your own making or use our Original blend™ Pyromag Magnum™ or Metallic H3™ for results that will have other match-makers drooling at their sight! The non-conductive type is applied to the element wire (bridge-wire) only followed by an overcoat of another high energy pyrogen. It will ignite using as little as a AA (1.5 volt) battery. Using these primers, positive, inexpensive electric ignition is easily obtained! Each type comes with enough primer to make several hundred igniters (up to 500). Do you need smaller igniters for small black powder type motors? Use the conductive ELV primer alone on 26 gauge twin lead wire with the final coat of NC or CA lacquer! Works great alone! SECELV/C - Non-hazmat shipping- No ATFE required to order.
These chips are duplicate designs of the famous DaveyFire® match, which you solder to
your leads. No bridgewires to solder, they are already soldered in the small end
of the chip. The Davey Clones
contain a 51 gauge element for low firing amps and multiple low voltage firing and the Firefox Custom chips contain a 38
gauge element for low voltage to heavy duty use (higher firing amps) and/or use
with higher ignition point pyrogens. Packaged 100 chips per packet. Note:
strip off 1/8" of insulation from leads, dip in Ruby Fluid® flux, insert
the large end of chip between copper leads, tin your pencil point soldering tip
and aply to the copper lead. Repeat for the other side of chip. Solder the leads
to the wide end of the chip only.
ELECTRIC IGNITER CHIP CONSTRUCTION & LOW COST PORTABLE FIRING SYSTEM For those of you who wish to make their own electric match chips such as those listed above, we have the manual for you. Written by Gary W. Purrington, this 8 1/2" X 11" professionally bound book is loaded with illustrations, black & white and full color photos and step by step instructionws showing every detail of the manufacturing process to make thousands of chips in your spare time, all at a fraction of the cost of commercial chips. Photographic details show the construction of low cost tooling such as a winding frame, chipboards and winding, soldering and tinning the boards, cutting into chips, soldering the leads and finishing the igniters by dipping in pyrotechnic match pyrogen - formulations included. Charts are also included with information on various resistance wire, firing leads, various solders and fluxes and soldering techniques. Make up to 128 chips per strip of chipboard 3/4" wide X 6" long in about twenty minutes. As a bonus, we have included information and detailed photos of an inexpensive protable firing system you can easily make that will fire any electric match at most any practical distance - including conductive slurry matches containing no bridge-wire! MUCH MORE! TRELCHIP - MATCH CHIP CONSTRUCTION &
LOW COST FIRING SYSTEMS - 50+ pages - $32.50 - 1 lb ship wt.
SOLUTIONS FOR MIXING & BINDING PYROGENS, SEALANTS FOR PROTECTION & COATINGS FOR FUSE AND IGNITERCORD
Nitrocellulose/Polyester Fuse Coating, NC/PE thick butyrate in various colors (see stock #'s for corresponding color), Looking for a better safety fuse coating agent for use with our fuse machines, Firefox researched, experimented and came up with solutions to a couple of potential problems that standard Nitrocellulose lacquer has when coated on safety fuse. As most of us have experienced, NC lacquer can burn off ahead of the burning fuse powder core making it dangerously liabel. I have had premature device ignition caused by the flaming lacquer before the burning fuse core actually made contact with the primary composition, thus effectively eliminating the essential delay. Secondly, some NC lacquers become brittle in prolonged storage. This is most likely caused by insufficient or a complete lack of a stabilizer added to the lacquer. Aging brittle fuse will crack when bent allowing moisture in and ignition failure, especially when using in moist atmospheres or underwater. The answer is our field tested Nitrocellulose/Polyester Fuse Coating. We start with a high solids loadings NC lacquer, blend in a soluble polyester resin which improves flexability, aging and effectively reduces lacquer burnoff. Then a nitro group stabilizer is added to gaurd against decomposition and increase shelf life almost indefinately. This NC/PE lacquer is viscous and dries rapidly so it only has time to soak into the cotton fibers of the fuse and not the powder core. Can also be used to coat blackmatch, quickmatch, homemade Thermolite Ignitercord, as an electric match overcoat and similar useage.
Nitrocellulose, Solid 12% Nitrogen, 25% water - [C6H7N3O11] Stock #C163/NCS - FS
Our nitrocellulose lacquers are used to seal safety fuse, electric igniters, ignitercord, etc., as well as an excellent pyrotechnic binder for unlimited applications. It burns clean without smoke of its own and does not interfere with color flames or increase ignition points. Completely moistureproof, pliable and dries in seconds. The high solids loadings (16% using 12% Nitrogen NC) make the slurries very viscous and can be thinned many times for use, depending on application. As an example, »24% NC solids loadings using our NC (listed above) is closer to a gel than a lacquer, taking several days to completely dissolve the NC rather than an hour or two for 16% solids. Other types of NC make thinner slurries per solids loadings than our 12% Nitrogen type. Judge available lacquers by their viscosity rather than the solids loadings, their are differences. Tie your own flies? This makes an excellent head cement. Hundreds of uses! Compare our prices! Our NC lacquers come in colors as well as clear and are thick concentrate, true »16% solids butyrates (thick syrup) that can be thinned a number of times, at less than half the price of our competition!! We use acetone only as the solvent. No alcohol is used to thin or cut costs. Methanol may be added to thin and lengthen the drying time slightly if required.
Nitrocellulose Lacquer, Blue, visco, 16% butyrate - thick concentrated solution - [C6H7N3O11] +[CH3COCH3] Stock #C163A - ORM
Nitrocellulose Lacquer, Red, visco, 16% butyrate - thick solution - [C6H7N3O11] +[CH3COCH3] Stock
#C163B - ORM
Nitrocellulose Lacquer, Clear, visco, 16% butyrate - thick solution - [C6H7N3O11] +[CH3COCH3] Stock
#C163C - ORM
Nitrocellulose Lacquer, Yellow, visco, 16% butyrate - thick solution - [C6H7N3O11] +[CH3COCH3] Stock #C163CY - ORM  
$16.00/quart (ship wt 3 lbs)
Added to pyrogen mixture for coating cotton string or wire wrapped cotton string for making Imitation Thermalite™ and other thermic Ignitercords. It is a modified nitro-plastic based slurry that coats easily and when dry, leaves the ignitercord pliable enough to bend without breaking, ignites easily and burns at high temperatures all by itself. Added to a pyrogen, it makes ignitercord hot enough to ignite raw thermite. Concentrate can be thinned with MEK if needed for use. Makes thousands of feet of ignitercord. Instructions and equipment for making Imitation Thermalite™ is in our manufacturing set FIREFOX TABLETOP MATCHMAKING STAND Stock #TSMATCH.
Non-hazmat shipping by UPS or US Mail.
Polypropylene Resin Solution - Stock #C165BB - ORM
Polystyrene Resin -
chips, dissolves in toluene to make solutions - Stock #C165B1
This is the same material used for constructing printed electronics/computer circuit boards. It comes in various thickness supplied here for use in making conductive slurry "strip igniters" as well as electric match head "chips" as explained in the book "Match Chip construction & low cost firing systems" listed above. For chips we supply the material in two thickness for a variety of match firing resistance measurements. The most commonly used of the two is the 1/32". The 1/16" is used for slightly higher resistance and/or routing the edge slightly before wire wrapping to make chips similar to those incorporated in the construction of the Atlas® Match. Each 6" X 6" board will make 800 to 1024 igniter chips as per the instructions in the (optional) book listed above.
NICHROME (NICKEL CHORMIUM) NON-PYROTECHNIC FLASH POT IGNITERS - 6" These wire igniters are made from a six inch lenght of non-insulated Nichrome resistance wire for use in AC stage effects flash pots for ignition of non-concussion type mixtures. The wire, passed through the composition, burns completely with a snap when power from 120 volt AC outlet is applied to both ends operated through a switch. We supply this wire in a 6 ft continuous length. Cut and use only what you need - less waste!
36 GAUGE TINNED COPPER IGNITION ELEMENT WIRE Used as an outer counter-wrap on homemade imitation thermalite for ignition and rapid propagation. Supplying only one wire will double the burn rate of the ignition cord. Two would create explosive reactions.
MAGNET WIRE - 26 & 28 AWG VARNISH INSULATED Besides the obvious applications, this fine varnish insulated wire is used by special effects pyrotechnictions to make electric squibs for body/ bullet hits and other applications. The fine wire bends easily to form any shape and is easily concealed in hemlines, wall cracks, etc.. Electric match chips are easily attached by twisting two lengths magnet wire together. The two leads are dipped 1/8" into molten solder to tin them and burn the insulation from the wiree at the same time. The match chip is then soldered to them by tinning the pencil point tip and applying it to the magnet wire contacting the chip. This is repeated on the other side as well. The chip is then dipped in pyrogen or a small explosive slurry for bullet hit/blood bladder activation. Can be reused many times by cutting the fired chip off and replacing it or they may be used as an electric match by cleaning the chip and dipping in Firefox Liquid Element™ (see write up on Liquid Element™ and other pyrogens located in ignition section of catalog). Many similar applications! Price per 50' roll.
Bare nickel chromium wire used for making electric squib/igniters, heating elements or
for heat cutting wire as used in arrow fletching, cutting saran wrap & plastic film,
etc. Uses AC & DC power sources. Can be easily soldered by using the Ruby fluid® liquid
flux listed in the wire section of the catalog and silver based solder (not lead
based). The smaller the diameter, the
higher the resistance and the less power
it takes to heat red hot and burn through. 30 ga or finer is used for electric igniters.
45 guage or finer is used to make electric match "chips" as explained
in our book "Electric igniter chip construction & low cost portable
firing systems" listed above.
COPEL (NICKEL COPPER) RESISTANCE WIRE - IGNITER BRIDGEWIRE This ultra fine Advance bare resistance wire has heating properties similar to Nichrome yet slightly lower resistance with one major difference - it is much easier to solder than Nichrome! Lead based solder may be used with Copel resistance wire, however, silver based solder is also recommended here. Excellent for use as igniter bridge-wire - simple and rapid production! Sold in 10 ft coils per size, continuous lengths for larger jobs. 45 guage or finer is used to make electric match "chips" as explained in our book "Electric Igniter Chip Construction & Low cost portable firing systems".
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Ready To Use Ignition Granules
