Gerry Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 Just bought some from China.Delivery estimated to be between 26th Oct and 4th Dec.Will let you know how usable it is when it arrives.CheersGerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigclive Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 Please tell me there's a bigclive video being planned now testing flash paper from china, europe and british manufacturers? Well I may have ordered some from China. It's usually shipped wet, so should be safe in transit. I have to be careful when I make videos about some things as it not only causes a sales rush and increase in price (and also good stock turnover), but sometimes it encourages the safety gestapo to bleat to eBay about listings of dangerous things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ojc123 Posted October 12, 2017 Author Share Posted October 12, 2017 Oh dear. What have I started? Hey, let's be careful out there. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam2 Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 The Chinese flash paper is unisex, how many UK suppliers offer unisex flash paper ? Consider the reductions in stockholding costs by not needing male and female flash paper ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigclive Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 My first pack of flash paper arrived, and rather disturbingly was not shipped wet. It was in a typical plastic peel-n-stick plastic pack. I tested a sheet and it burned much slower than desired, so I left a couple of sheets out in case there was the desired storage moisture. I then tried another and it too burned too slow to be suitable for many effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alistermorton Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 So that kind of makes sense - presumably it wasn't shipped wet because it's not true flash paper, evidenced by its slow burning even when allowed to "dry out". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigclive Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 I think it was supposed to be shipped wet, and the instructions with it mention keeping it damp for maximum life.It does burn like flashpaper, but not as fast until the flame gets to where it is sweeping up a large area and self feeds. Then it goes up with a more normal effect. It still works, but is just a bit slower than the stuff I'm used to. The flame is yellow and smoke and ash free. Hmm, hold on. I'll make a demo video of it burning. (Sets up camera on tripod and makes video.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alistermorton Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 IC - for some applications that might work better than "normal" flash paper IYSWIM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigclive Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 The slower burn definitely prolongs the effect duration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImagineerTom Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 That sounds exactly like "gone off" flashpaper to me. It's wet as a byproduct of the manufacturing process - once it is dried out the acids start degrading and it looses its potency and burns slower and slower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigclive Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 Second batch came very wet. I may have been impatient and not let it dry fully. It felt dry, but that's not quite the same as leaving it in a warm dry place for 24 hours or more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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