[/quote]not a good idea i think,to give the recipe fer the ones we used to make.
May your right but I don't think the yobs of today would know where to access carbide. None of the stuff we could get in the old days is now available. Try buying Saltpetre, Sulpher, Sodium Nitrate, Sulphuric Acid or Nitric Acid.
Used to make loads of fireworks using them, well over 60 years ago, but no one is allowed to sell them these days.
Retlaw.