SAS Fire Starter. Potassium Permanganate & Chemical Fire.

[@johnhathaway7142]

Bravo! An honest demonstration with an honest commentary. Some other sites like to show an almost instantaneous result just for effect, anf that's not fair for first-timers.

[@markbailey2981]

Hi John, many thanks for watching and taking the time to comment 👍. I hope you are having a nice weekend mate, all the best, Mark 😀🔥🌲.

[@Zanzubaa]

I used this to make 'flash powder' when I was a teenager. Potassium Permanganate + aluminum. The aluminum filings where never fine enough though so it would not 'flash'. It made more of a silver fountain. Still pretty cool though. I would not recommend lighting it indoors! Yeah I did that once, the sparks went 5 feet high. It was on an Argus catalogue so did not burn the floor luckily. Childhood memories =)

[@luisalfredoacostaurgelles940]

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[@gangoffour6690]

Try potassium perchlorate + aluminum powder. Great flash powder but dangerous.

[@thespiritsafe]

I'm getting some of this to demonstrate chemical reactions for my son.

[@rodolfoplasencia9739]

Thank you! Great job!

[@kan-zee]

😎👍👍 3:11 LOL...Pheasants are having a BAD MORNING

[@stephenlittle7534]

Your way of starting a fire with that stuff seems to be a safer way of doing it. Thanks.

[@markbailey2981]

Hi Stephen, many thanks for watching and taking the time to comment :) Have a great week, all the very best, Mark :)

[@gangoffour6690]

Very nice demonstration

[@williampaylorjr9481]

Excellent information!

[@markbailey2981]

Thanks for watching William 👍. Take care, all the best, Mark.

[@jackleporter4627]

Brilliant mate cheers 😃🔥

[@maximaleffort]

Very cool. Thx man.

[@Intotheoutdoors69]

Your channels starting to turn into chemistry lessons 😂😂 great video I've actually learnt something today I never new you could get a fire going using sugar 😁👍

[@markbailey2981]

LOL, yeah I failed my chemistry GCSEs at school, at least I learnt something in later life. I love using this method. I was playing around with it at work yesterday, when we were burning all the old tree limbs that had blown down in the last storm. Take care Carl, have a great day, all the best, Mark :)

[@maniklalbakale4917]

Super boss, I am science student,,let me which chemical composition burns tourch light at a distance of two feet

[@markbailey2981]

Hi Maniklal, many thanks for watching. The only things that I know that burns bright is magnesium. We used to pinch it as kids from the chemistry lessons lol.

[@tracygriffin6205]

Looking sharp mate.

[@markbailey2981]

Hi Tracy, many thanks for watching and taking the time to comment :) Have a great weekend, all the best, Mark :)

[@howardgreen9718]

Thanks Mark beautiful video very informative 👍👍👍

[@markbailey2981]

Its a handy way of starting a fire. I learnt it when used to work with a few long distance canoers. They carried both ingredients in their first aid bag. One was used to stop the skin splitting on their hands and the other to help with athletes foot and other wet foot problems. They used to start their fires using this method in the evening whilst they were working on some of the big rivers in France. I also saw it years ago referenced in the SAS survival handbook. They used the potassium permanganate for first aid and disinfecting water as well as starting emergency fires. Thanks for watching Howard. All the best, Mark. :)

[@johndesade126]

NOTE: Potassium Permanganate works best around the temperature of 70 degrees Fahrenheit (21.1 Celsius); it will work at lower temperatures but the reaction takes longer!

[@thomasporter6123]

do you know roughly at what temperature is it too cold for the reaction to take place at all?

[@garrygreenfingers2784]

Here's another creative way potassium permanganate can be used to initiate kindling: incorporate the permanganate crystal grains into the fibre matrix of dry tissue paper or dry cloth or rag. The finer the crystals, the better: it helps if you pre-powder the permanganate to give crystal sizes equivalent to icing/caster sugar). You'll find that the tissue paper or cloth/rag gets stained a deep purple; this is a good indication that you have the permanganate crystal grains embedded into the fibres. What you now have is a potent tinder, which you can store in a steel tin. It will keep for a long time provided that it is kept bone dry (water tends to decompose the purple potassium permanganate to brown manganese dioxide when organic material is present). The purple-coloured 'permanganate tinder' readily takes a spark generated from a magnesium/ferrotitanium rod, flint rock or iron pyrite. Alternatively, and weather-permitting, this tinder may readily take fire when you use a magnifying glass or Fresnel lens to focus the sun's light onto it (obviously, this method of ignition works best on a sunny day!).

[@Mr.Cockney]

Permanganate + sugar = a kind of gun powder. Permanganate + aluminum/iron powder = for heat explosives (be careful, 2000° C can be reached! )

[@markbailey2981]

Hi Resetedbrain, many thanks for watching and for taking the time to comment :) Have a great weekend, all the best, Mark :)

[@CritterFritter]

Boy Scouts would have an evening campfire ceremony. Potassium permanganate and sugar in the center. Someone in an American Indian costume would pour water out of an animal skull into the middle, and a few minutes later a fire would spontaneously appear! Pretty cool at the time eh?

[@markbailey2981]

@@CritterFritter Hi Corn Dog, many thanks for watching and taking the time to comment :) Yes I bet it was good to watch. Especially if if you haven't seen it done before. I was talking to an English folk story teller at a show last summer, and he was showing me things that they used during the medieval times to embellish the stories that they told. He had bags of different powders and potions that they would throw onto the fire to make smoke and different smells etc.

[@debbiecurtis4021]

Technically, if you had a bag of Haribo sweets with a sugar coating, could they be used in conjunction with the PP to start a fire? I could also carry a sachet of sugar. Would sweetner work?

[@richhoule3462]

Some pheasants are having a bad morning...LOL

[@markbailey2981]

Hi Rich, I hope you had a great New Year!! Many thanks for watching and taking the time to comment, all the best, Mark :)

[@VonFowler-fw3yh]

Would alittle moisture cause the reaction NOT to work? ( heavy fog etc)

[@markbailey2981]

Hi Von, many thanks for watching and taking the time to comment :) If possible it is best to keep the Potassium dry if it is going to be used for fires. I have used the method in wet weather and it still works fine as long as the crystals are still dry. If wet it will turn into potassium permanganate solution which is used to treat skin infections and irritations. Thanks again, all the best, Mark :)

[@poedameron8198]

Brake fluid and pool chlorine powder will create the same effect.🔥🔥

[@feralgrandad4429]

Nice Mark, very nice :-)

[@markbailey2981]

Cheers FG, thanks for watching. ATB Mark.

[@thomasporter6123]

can i ask how cold it is roughly when you used this?

[@markbailey2981]

I can't remember the exact month, but it looks like autumn. So I would guess and say between 10 and 15 degrees.

[@sylviaelse5086]

If one has to carry something to start fires, why not just use matches?

[@peterharris6482]

A match is 50/50 this will work, as a survival tool it rocks, I knew of somethings but this is ok, thanks

[@MrRealdealdd]

awesome stuff mark. I almost got rid of my grandad's shed with aerosol and a lighter when younger lol. poor pheasants 👌

[@markbailey2981]

Thanks Dave.... LOL great minds think alike, it's so easy to get those sheds alight!! Good job were older and wiser! Have a great day mate, al the best Mark.

[@volkerfritzopitz]

Chromium trioxide and ethanol make a good fire as well.

[@markbailey2981]

Thank you for the info Volker Fritz Optiz…… I have never used Chromium Trioxide. Do you just mix it with the ethanol and stand back? Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment my friend. Have great weekend, all the best, Mark :)

[@volkerfritzopitz]

@@markbailey2981 Juts put the alcohol over the chromium trioxide in less then 30 seccond it will burn.

[@markbailey2981]

@@volkerfritzopitz Thank you for the information :) I will have to try and source some chromium trioxide and give it a go :) Have a great week, all the best, Mark :)

[@ekeminiumoette6566]

Is it corrosive to the health? Is it dangerous to health?

[@susanp.collins7834]

How MUCH permanganate? How MUCH sugar?

[@jinxjones5497]

if you grind the crystals into a fine powder it will cut down the time for the exothermic reaction

[@markbailey2981]

Hi JINX JONES, many thanks for watching and taking the time to comment :) Thank you for the tip. I noticed you can buy different types from the crystals to powders. I may try the powdered type next time. Thanks again, Mark. :)

[@jinxjones5497]

yes, a quick search on ebay and you find many cheap bulk buys. forget the 5 tiny plastic vials in a little tin when you can buy half a kilo for a couple of extra quid. Always impressed with youtubers that read and reply to comments _SMASHES SUB BUTTON_

[@markbailey2981]

Hi Jinx Jones, thanks for the info, I will check it out. I think I know which ones you mean in the tiny vials. I would go with your suggestion and go for a bigger bag- more fun then lol. Many thanks for the sub.... it is very much appreciated :) Have a great day, all the best, Mark.

[@jgventer]

You are SAS, right? In the field during daylight, you do not want smoke and at night you can cover it, but the sudden flash gives your position away. Maybe you guy's should have trained with the South African Recce's?

[@johnnyg6380]

When you blokes can keep your sheep quiet...😁

[@limabravo8782]

6:45 he's gonna burn his fingers

[@ianr5978]

SAS firestarter my arse... they dont mess about with stuff like this.. they just use a lighter or matches !!!..thats if they would bother at all ??? why do people always mention, SAS this, SAS that, just to try and impress people.. Pathetic really.

[@murffyslaw001]

too much chatting, gets distracting.

[@bussi7859]

Crap