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Boom! The classic potato gun harnesses the combustion of flammable vapor. Show us your combustion spud gun and discuss fuels, ratios, safety, ignition systems, tools, and more.
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My brother and I each built a mini last weekend for fun. they should be self explanatory from the pictures. they are extremely powerful, I put a piece of tater through a piece of paper at like 2 feet away. :P

Anyways, mine is the bigger one with a bbq sparker sticking out and my brothers is the smaller one with a sparker stolen from a little lighter attached.

The spray is something I cant brag about enough, it outperforms any hairspray or deodorant I have come across. It also works better than static guard. Its called "3-2-1 Dry!" Salon Nail Dryer. I found it at Walmart in the female section for like 2.50. If you use arasole for propellant, check it out. Its top 3 ingredients are Butane, Propane, and SD Alcohol 40-B, in that order.
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Wed Feb 06, 2008 5:54 am

Yup, they look nice :)
That spray is quite interesting.
It leaves no sticky mess right?
Till the day I'm dieing, I'll keep them spuddies flying, 'cause I can!

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yeah, no sticky mess at all. Its designed to be sprayed on fingers, beautiful painted fingers.
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jook13 wrote:yeah, no sticky mess at all. Its designed to be sprayed on fingers, beautiful painted fingers.
Treat your cannon like a lady, eh :D
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haha, naw, I don't try to feed my cannon smirinoff ice till it looses inhibition. :shock:

I kid, I kid... i joke.
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jook13 wrote:haha, naw, I don't try to feed my cannon smirinoff ice till it looses inhibition. :shock:

I kid, I kid... i joke.
Lol leave out the further details please :S
There are limits you know.
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i just got into combustion cannons but i cant find a grill igniter do you know where i can buy one? :?:
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try home depot, sears hardware, lowes, any hardware store would probobly carry them. look in the section that contains grills and grilling accesories.
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Nice little mini's.

I have to try "3-2-1 Dry!" But people might stare watching men buy nail polish dryer...

Is the one with the orange cap a Flintstones vitamin conatainer?

Actually......using a vitiamin container would be smart because they have child lock...hmmm.....ideas....ideas....
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haha, yeah, thats a flintstones vitamins container. it does lock nice.

poeple stare when i buy that stuff, but then i tell them its for my feet, if it were for my hands that would be fruity.
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ive tried 3-2-1 dry it works well all it leaves is a baby powder smell and makes the sides of the cannon smooth with some sort a oil but gives great power
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damn, I thought I found something no one has tried before...
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Tue Feb 26, 2008 5:46 am

Cool i just finished my 1st combustion cannon and i use harispray but that one is extremly wet i shooted some unions with it its smell badly in the chamber xD making soon too a mini pure fun :P
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Its funnny, i made one like that one time way before i really got into spudguns. I sprayed carb cleaner into it, blew up into a million pieces was loud as hell but still the funny, the potato still went about 50 feet .
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