Absolutely Everything About Making Fireworks (Kinda): From Silver Sparklers to Colored Smoke!

LabCoatz July 12, 2025
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LabCoatz is a science and engineering-based YouTube channel dedicated to bringing you amazing projects and scientific content that is hard to find on video anywhere else. We've filmed several YouTube-firsts (like its first look at both thioacetone and resiniferatoxin: the stinkiest and spiciest chemicals on Earth, respectively), and we don't intend to stop any time soon! This channel was founded on the idea that people shouldn't have to scour the whole Internet for the information they seek: they should have it all in one, concise video. Information should be easy to get, and fun to watch! And speaking of fun, we don't do your typical vinegar-and-baking-soda science here. Our science is a little more...mad! Boundaries were meant to be pushed, and this is the channel to push them! To advance, one must have full knowledge on how to advance. Knowledge is power. Those who possess knowledge have its power. And those who use that power can change the world.

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Fireworks are amazing, but buying them from a stand can be a bit limiting. So, how hard could making your own be? This 4th of July, I decided to find out, by making every conceivable non-explosive firework and pyrotechnic composition. This honestly turned into a pretty long project, resulting in possibly one of the most all-encompassing firework-making videos on YouTube, so let me know if it was worth it! Be sure to check out @PyrophoriaYT and his videos on various color compositions, as well as @TechIngredients for his videos on high-performance smoke devices! Also @Nighthawkinlight has some older videos that helped me with my star mines! Wanna help support LabCoatz? Feel free to donate or join my Patreon using the links below! https://www.patreon.com/LabCoatz https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/labcoatz Want a high quality lab coat? Check out ‪‪@geniuslabgear through my affiliate link (this is basically as close as I can get to offering regular channel merch): https://geniuslabgear.com/LABCOATZ 0:00 I love fireworks 0:38 Can you make them? 1:16 This is all legal (ahem...YOUTUBE) 1:47 Making snake fireworks 3:40 Smoke balls (white) 4:49 Colored smoke 6:01 Fuses and a special powder 8:25 Making sparklers 9:33 GIANT silver sparkler! 12:30 What are stars? 12:57 Making red stars 13:39 Lots of orange and yellow 14:47 Making green stars 15:28 Making (good) blue stars 17:16 Making purple or violet stars 18:20 Crackle mix and dragon eggs 19:04 Glitter stars (or glitter tail) 19:38 Star tails (tiger tail, willow, and silver) 20:20 Flying fish 20:42 Putting it all into a fountain! 21:49 So...can you make your own fireworks?