Wire Wool Safety

:off topic:

but as this is pretty much the only sparkler poi thread on hop

if you uppsed the size of teh Wire wool container, gave it a restriced exit poit, would teh burn last longer or a shorter amount of time

Hi im Bryce im new to the site

Ive always wanted do dool Wire wool
Wats it like i plan on doing it when the fire ban is of as i live in Perth

Come to South Perth this Wednesday and bring some fine Wire wool and you might luck in.

South Perth this Wednesday and if you ask around for me I will be able to help you with anything you want to know about Wire wool.

I'm one of the regulars who use it all the time.

Fire water
aka pegasol 3440, shellsol T, isopar G... there are a few different chemicals which are essentially the same stuff but made by a different oil companys. Fire water is one of those specific chemicals but re-bottled and priced at about 500% the cost... easy money. The stuff is pretty much aorund about as toxic and carciogenic as kerosene, there havent been enough studies to show that one is more dangerous than the other... both will harm you. They are not solvents but are classified as light oils which do not get broken down or easily removed by the lungs, or so I've been led to believe. If you can get any of the above chemicals for a reasonable cost go for it, sure as hell beats kero (parrafin).

I saw that somebody wanted something on 'sparkly poi', so I'm bumping this

*BUMP*

ok... i'm from brasil... and I want to know more details about this Wire wool, 'cause i didnt find a "translation" to this word, so im having difficults to find out what it is. i thought about a similar thing we use to clean saucepans, is it???
im a real newbie, and i havent fire spinning yet, im practicing fot that, and ive already got my fire poi. im just not confident enough to light it up!!! ill wait... ill practice...

thanx!!!

Wire wool is the same as Steel wool, and can be used to clean things: however, they can also be lit and when spun in cages, create a fireworks-type effect. In my gallery, there's a pic of 2 ppl spinning at the same time.


However, I don't recommend it if you're not confident, especially if you're inexperienced.

i love Wire wool, esp when getting rust off things it's funny. i never thought of spinning with it before though,it sounds extremely fun, but dangerous

I'm proud to say that my girlfriend and I both spin poi and we always spot for each other. Saftey first.

fire water is great, the flame is alot brighter than most fuels and is also alot bigger, the other bonus is that it is odouless. Way worth picking some up from juggle art... im not sure other places stock it. It is more expencive than kero and campers tho.

just a link to a thread by mintsauce thats specifically for Wire wool and is in the "technical discussion" board

REALLY GOOD SAFTY POINTS

safety around burning metal is a goooooooooood thing

so now the circle is complete

Thanks to FnI, everyone else and Mint Sauce - Steel wool link - for the info. I've linked this post to a myspacegroup (sorry if that's swearing!) for others to read and learn from as I've been asked about this and have no other information.
Cheers folks
Dogma