On Wed, 6 Jul 2011 08:23:40 +0100, anon and off wrote:

You will need a large vat and several pounds of cotton wool. Fill
the
vat with one part nitric acid to three parts sulphuric acid; when
fully
mixed, add the cotton wool.

DO NOT EVEN JOKE ABOUT MAKING NITROGLYCERINE.

That isn't nitroglycerine but guncotton, different things.

IN ANY CASE, YOU WILL BE COMMITTING A SERIOUS CRIMINAL OFFENCE IF YOU
ATTEMPT ANY OF THE ABOVE.

Criminal?

--
Cheers
Dave.

Martin wrote:
On Wed, 6 Jul 2011 08:23:40 +0100, "anon and off"
wrote:

"Ian B" wrote in message
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You will need a large vat and several pounds of cotton wool. Fill
the vat with one part nitric acid to three parts sulphuric acid;
when fully mixed, add the cotton wool. Leave for 24 hours.
Remove the cotton wool from the acids and place in a bath of water;
then wash thoroughly in running water. Now dry it thoroughly- an
unventilated steel shed is ideal for this. When it is thoroughly
dry, have your least favourite child pack the cotton wool into the
wasp nest hole and then apply a naked flame at arms length.

DO NOT EVEN JOKE ABOUT MAKING NITROGLYCERINE.

Ian B was giving instructions for the manufacture of gun cotton, which
is safer that nitroglycerine.

People are so touchy these days. I thought the bit about the child might be
thought off colour, but nitrocellulose is just schoolboy chemistry. At least
it was when I was a schoolboy


Ian

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"Roger Tonkin" wrote in message
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says...

I got rid of one last week, by waiting until almost dark, and spraying a
generous ammount of wasp & fly spray from the supermarket into the hole
at the bottom.

One could read this as your having sprayed from the supermarket into the
nest - what a good shot.

Honest I know what you meant.:-) :-)

Bill

Roger T

700 ft up in Mid-Wales

Maybe as I live in Wales, I could claim that my English isn't my best
language, but that would be telling porkies!

I did fail English Lit at O-Level though!

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Roger T

700 ft up in Mid-Wales

On 06/07/2011 08:23, anon and off wrote:
"Ian wrote in message
...
You will need a large vat and several pounds of cotton wool. Fill the vat
with one part nitric acid to three parts sulphuric acid; when fully mixed,
add the cotton wool. Leave for 24 hours.
Remove the cotton wool from the acids and place in a bath of water; then
wash thoroughly in running water. Now dry it thoroughly- an unventilated
steel shed is ideal for this. When it is thoroughly dry, have your least
favourite child pack the cotton wool into the wasp nest hole and then
apply a naked flame at arms length.

DO NOT EVEN JOKE ABOUT MAKING NITROGLYCERINE.

He wasn't. The ingredients of nitroglycerine include *glycerine!!

Doing it on such a large scale is rather dangerous though.

Gun cotton or nitrocellulose is relatively forgiving. Early film base
and synthetic snooker balls were typically made of nitrocellulose. In
bulk if provoked and constrained it will detonate but in free space and
small amounts it just burns very very quickly. Magicians flash paper is
nitrocellulose based.

However, it is a bad idea to try it these days. When I was growing up it
was not uncommon to make small pyrotechnics. Teachers were even allowed
to demonstrate interesting exothermic reactions in class....
It meant that some students were interested in science lessons.

ISTR Even then it was technically illegal.

THE MIXING PROCESS OF THE ACIDS ITSELF IS HIGHLY DANGEROUS IF
THE TEMPERATURE RISES.

DO *NOT*, I REPEAT *NOT* FOLLOW THIS GUIDANCE.

IN ANY CASE, YOU WILL BE COMMITTING A SERIOUS CRIMINAL
OFFENCE IF YOU ATTEMPT ANY OF THE ABOVE.

Almost certainly true - although the risk of losing fingers or limbs is
probably more to be feared than any sanctions the state may impose.

Regards,
Martin Brown

"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message
ll.co.uk...
On Wed, 6 Jul 2011 08:23:40 +0100, anon and off wrote:

You will need a large vat and several pounds of cotton wool. Fill
the
vat with one part nitric acid to three parts sulphuric acid; when
fully
mixed, add the cotton wool.

DO NOT EVEN JOKE ABOUT MAKING NITROGLYCERINE.

That isn't nitroglycerine but guncotton, different things.

IN ANY CASE, YOU WILL BE COMMITTING A SERIOUS CRIMINAL OFFENCE IF YOU
ATTEMPT ANY OF THE ABOVE.

Criminal?

Yes! Guncotton is an explosive and when fired it detonates- i.e. it burns at
a rate of more than 1000m per second. It is thus classed as a type 1
explosive and to manufacture it you need a 'mixing license'. To manufacture
it without a license is a criminal offence. Black powder (gunpowder) and
fireworks burn at a rate below 1000m per second and do not detonate (produce
a shock wave) but deflagrate and it is not illegal (although not advised) to
produce them.

Phil
(retired explosives engineer)

"Roger Tonkin" wrote in message
...
In article ,
says...

"Roger Tonkin" wrote in message
...
In article ,
says...

I got rid of one last week, by waiting until almost dark, and spraying
a
generous ammount of wasp & fly spray from the supermarket into the hole
at the bottom.

One could read this as your having sprayed from the supermarket into the
nest - what a good shot.

Honest I know what you meant.:-) :-)

Bill

Roger T

700 ft up in Mid-Wales

Maybe as I live in Wales, I could claim that my English isn't my best
language, but that would be telling porkies!

Cymru am byth !


Bill

"harry" wrote in message
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On Jul 5, 8:59 am, Terry Pinnell wrote:
There's a wasps' nest in my garden - a hole (maybe two, close together) on
a sloping section of rough lawn. On two visits to Homebase a fortnight
apart they had no stocks of their 'Wasp nest killer', £5.99, or indeed
*any* wasp destruction product. Meanwhile it struck me that there must be
several ways I should be able to do this myself. So I'm here to seek
suggestions please.

My own initial thoughts a

1. Put a plastic bag and a something heavy over the top to suffocate and
prevent entry.

2. Pour fine sand or similar into the hole, with same objective.

3. Position a hose over the hole and trickle water into it to drown
inhabitants and presumably make re-entry of others unlikely, even after
hose switched off and water drains away.

4. Stuff some dry newspaper into the hole, douse it with paraffin and
light it, with similar comments to #3.

--
Terry, East Grinstead, UK

Best left alone, they are benificial, eat lots of garden pests.

Tch. Pour petrol down the hole and block it off. DON'T set on fire.

I remember many years ago a friend of mine was the pest controller of the
local Urban District Council and on my days off from work I used to
accompany him on his rounds. On this particular day he was called to the
back garden of a property to deal with a wasp nest beside the path. He had
this large pump up sprayer filled with pesticide and asked me to drive a
spade into the entrance while he sprayed the stuff in to
it...........................BIG MISTAKE!!! a few seconds after carrying out
the operation the sky was black with rather angry wasps and my mate dropped
the sprayer and proceeded to run down the garden path in one direction while
I ran in the other covering the distance to the upper hedge in a speed Usain
Bolt would find difficult beat! Standing there panting and wheezing I felt
something behind my ear followed by a sharp pain and realised one of the
little blighters had chased me all the way up the path and wreaked his
revenge! So needless to say I leave wasp nests well alone now and recommend
getting someone to deal with it that knows what they're doing (not my mate
who went on to become a chief inspector in the police!)

H D