Fireworks

Fireworks were introduced by Droughtman to celebrate the 4th of July.

Powder Colors

By mixing various dusts sold in Droughtman's Travelling Emporium-on-Wheels, you can create a variety of colored powders to be used in fireworks.

Dust 1	Dust 2	Dust 3	Final Color
Blue	Blue	Blue	Blue
Blue	Blue	Red	Violet
Blue	Blue	Silver	Sparkling Blue
Blue	Blue	White	Royal-Blue
Blue	Blue	Yellow	Sea-Green
Blue	Red	Red	Maroon
Blue	Red	Silver	Sparkling Purple
Blue	Red	White	Lavender
Blue	Red	Yellow	Brown
Blue	Silver	Silver	Shimmering Blue
Blue	Silver	White	Sparkling Sky-Blue
Blue	Silver	Yellow	Sparkling Green
Blue	White	White	Sky-Blue
Blue	White	Yellow	Light green
Blue	Yelow	Yellow	Lime Green
Red	Red	Red	Red
Red	Red	Silver	Sparkling Red
Red	Red	White	Rose
Red	Red	Yellow	Dark Orange
Red	Silver	Silver	Shimmering Red
Red	Silver	White	Sparkling Pink
Red	Silver	Yellow	Sparkling Orange
Red	White	White	Pink
Red	White	Yellow	Light Orange
Red	Yellow	Yellow	Golden
Silver	Silver	Silver	Sparkling Silver
Silver	Silver	White	Shimmering White
Silver	Silver	Yellow	Shimmering Yellow
Silver	White	White	Sparkling White
Silver	White	Yellow	Sparkling Yellow
Silver	Yellow	Yellow	Sparkling Yellow
White	White	White	White
White	White	Yellow	Light Yellow
White	Yellow	Yellow	Canary
Yellow	Yellow	Yellow	Yellow

Black Powder

Mix 1 part crushed charcoal with 10 parts oil. Dry the result, and then crush the black lump into black powder.

Sparkling Wands

Components

• 3 colored dusts
• 1 mixing canister
• 1 sticky wand

Proceedure

1) Mix three dusts in mixing canister, at least one of which must be silver.

2) CLOSE and SHAKE the canister.

3) APPLY the resulting powder to the sticky wand

4) LIGHT the wand to set off.

Sky Rocket

Components

• 3-9 colored dusts
• 1 mixing canister
• 1-2 sticky parchment
• 1-3 doses of black powder
• 1 hollow cylinder
• 1 dose of naphtha
• 1 wax stopper

Proceedure

1) Mix up between one and three powders, each requiring three sets of dust.

2) APPLY black powder to the sticky parchment

3) APPLY colored powder to parchment

4) TURN the parchment over if a second color is desired (optional)

5) APPLY black powder to the sticky parchment (optional)

6) APPLY colored powder to parchment (optional)

7) ROLL parchment into a taper

8) Repeat steps 1 to 6 (optional)

9) PUT taper into an unrolled parchment 2

10) POUR naphtha into hollow cylinder

11) PUT taper into cylinder

12) APPLY wax stopper to cylinder

13) LIGHT cylinder to launch

Projector Cone

Components

• 3-18 colored dusts
• 1 mixing canister
• 2-12 doses of black powder (made from CRUSHed flint)
• 1 hollow cone
• 1-6 dose of naphtha
• 1 wax stopper

Proceedure

1) Mix up between one and six powders, each requiring three sets of dust.

2) POUR naphtha into hollow cone (optional)

3) APPLY black powder to the cone

4) APPLY black powder to the cone (optional)

5) APPLY colored powder to parchment

6) Repeat steps 2 to 5 up to five additional times (optional)

7) LIGHT cone to set off

Varying the black powder amount and inclusion of naphtha will change the effect that is produced with that layer's color.

Also See

• Droughtman's Travelling Emporium-on-Wheels (2)
• Droughtman's Travelling Emporium-on-Wheels (3)

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