Star Recipes

Star Ingredients

Stars are made in a Star Rack. Max Batch size is 100.

• All stars need a binder:
  • Beeswax - for Comet and Ball-type stars, which diffuse in 'pulses'.
  • Cactus Sap - for Comet, Ball, and Line-type stars, all of which diffuse in either pulses or as a straight line.
  • Clay - for 'popper' stars, which diffuse all in one burst at the end of their fire.
  • Tar - for 'sparkler' stars, which diffuse in sparks throughout their runs.
• All stars need some quantity of Sulfur and Charcoal.
• All stars need some variety of Metal Salts.
• Some stars also need Aluminum Powder.

Available Recipes

For this table, please use the cost of producing a batch of TEN (10) Stars

Star Name	Star Type	Color	Region	Binder Type	Binder Amt	Sulfur	Charcoal	Salt Type	Salt Amt	Al Powder
Squat Canary	Pulsing	yellow	Common	Cactus Sap	13	3	15	Aluminum	9	0
Flying Frog	Pulsing	green	Common	Cactus Sap	15	5	10	Zinc	6	0
Silver Trail	Pulsing	light blue	Shabbat Ab	Cactus Sap	14	4	48	Silver	29	0
The Tickler	Trail		Shabbat Ab	Beeswax	5	1	35	Tungsten	6	0
CU-ler Than Others	Pulsing	red	Queens Retreat	Cactus Sap	13	7	26	Copper	12	0
Trail of Love	Cone	orange	Queens Retreat	Beeswax	19	21	16	Iron	24	0
Red Pulsar	Pulsing	red	Sinai	Cactus Sap	12	5	39	Copper	12	0
Borealis		pink and green	Saqqarah	Beeswax	19	3	59	Platinum / Zinc	9 / 13	0
Real Teal Deal	??	light blue	Saqqarah	Cactus Sap	13	7	11	Titanium	16	0
Sunrise Shimmer	Sparkler	Yellow	Saqqarah	Tar	11	19	72	Aluminum	17	72
Akakios	To be tested	red	Heaven's gate	Cactus Sap	8	1	19	Gold	17	0
Purple Stardust	Sparkler		Meroe	Tar	7	22	30	Silver	71	30
Tail meanie	??		Adn	Beeswax	20	13	48	Titanium	46	0
White Light	Cone	white	Adn	Cactus Sap	6	4	24	Titanium	11	0
Blue Streamer	Trail	blue	Adn	Beeswax	6	3	99	Silver	48	0
Sun rising	???	yellow	Adn	Beeswax	9	22	21	Aluminum	25	0
Blue Wonder	Pulse	Blue	Stillwater	Cactus Sap	16	7	35	Tungsten	91	0

For Star Type, please use one of the following:

• Pulsing - these have a strong glow on the first star, and usually leave a simple trail. There is considerable variability in the size of the star, and the length of the trail. The basic frog and canary designs are this type.
• Cone (comets) - Have a strong glow at the front, and diffuse into a short 'cone' shape.
• Bomb (poppers) - These are often hard to see, since they fly their lifetime unignited, and then explode at the end. Single poppers are useful as near-invisible platforms for delivering other stars, while showers of many poppers can be an impressive finale.
• Trail ("Thin Red Line") - Long thin trails of light, often used for spirals and geometric shapes.
• Sparkler - These are typically crowd favorites. They leave a shower of sparks as a trail, usually but not always in the same color as the head of the star.

See Also

• Test of Pyrotechnics
• Pyrotechnics Guides
• Portable Star Lab