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hey all,

Used to own Hot Leads a while ago, and although Ive now lost the wallet, wondered if anyone uses lighter fluid in their effects. I wouldnt mind making an effect which I force a card, run a lighter over the backs of all cards, and the forced card catches, but im having trouble keeping the card moist with lighter fluid, and as soon as it dries it does not light. The prospects of putting a soaking card into a pack which will only wet the other cards, causing them all to burn in a magic trick gone horrificly wrong does not sound too tempting. Im using Swan extra refined lighter fluid, could this be affecting it?

Also - if anyone has any ideas for tricks with lighter fluid let me know.

Thanks,

Alex

omega fire is a good one but you need to buy it

good idea this would be really cool


..but when you force the card wont the spec feel its damp or smell the lighter fluid and get suspicious??

...do they make orderless lighter fluid?

I don't think so - odourless lighter fluid doesnt sound likely. Has anyone found a way of making a card flammable without it having to be wet? Mabey soaking it in lighter fluid for a long period of time???

Thanks,

Alex

yeah im gonna play around with this today...i have a few ideas i want to try..

ill let you know the results

I personally wouldn't force the same card on the spectator, but a duplicate. Just to be safe. In general it's not a great idea to give anything extremely flamable to your spectators to handle. And also they are much less likely to figure out your secret if they don't get to play around with it.

If you are continuing with the same deck after you may want to palm off the duplicate card so that they don't see it in the deck later and find it suspicious that they just saw that one burn.

Hope this helps
Giz

hey do you want the card to catch fire easily or burst up in flames

grum7n7 wrote:yeah im gonna play around with this today...i have a few ideas i want to try..

ill let you know the results

YES! Please do, im also going to play with fire and see what results i come up with.

krazy ace wrote:hey do you want the card to catch fire easily or burst up in flames

Either/or - by dousing the card in lighter fluid it does kinda catch easily and burst into flames. Did you have a suggestion to make?

Thanks

Alex

i've never needed to do it but it works with paper

if you bake it it drys out and lights easily but if it bursts into flames i don't know

Bake it?? You actually have to soak the paper and bake it, or can it dry out on its own if left in a dry place?

Alex

yeah i wouldnt to fond of putting something soaked in extremely flammable liquid in my oven anyway but maybe that just me..

Obviously has its risks, but im sure putting what would be effectively a piece of flash paper into an oven is not too dangerous, seeing as their made to withstand immense heats and there generally isn't much that could burn/light in there. Guess that'd be your home made flash paper gone though

Alex

no


just bake paper(tissue paper) it goes thin and catches fire in a flash


p.s it's close to flash paper but not as good

Ahhhh gotcha - will give it a go sometime in the future.

grum7n7 - did you get anywhere with the lighter fluid 'research'?

Alex