I know It's been tried before but with any luck I'm going to either hook up a thrift store umbrella or rig an umbrella structure later this week and give it a whirl. I've seen people place wick sticking out from the joints, I'm hoping to use my excess 1/4" wick and wrap the actual structure. The flames should be pretty small and not long very lasting but show the shape of the umbrella in fire.
If it works I'll try it again at some point with a heftier structure and thicker wick to get some better flames.
Anyone have experience with fire umbrellas and parasols?
If it works I'll try it again at some point with a heftier structure and thicker wick to get some better flames.
Anyone have experience with fire umbrellas and parasols?
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04/14Hola, Yawfren!
I've played with a flamming umbrella.....applied white glue to the ends, wrapped twice around with white glue soaked cotton cloth, then tied way skinny kevlar rope in a tight hang-man's noose like wrapped around and around knot around the cotton cloth. I learned this technique from Benji in making wands. The cloth soaks up extra fuel to extend the burn plus helps the rope not slide off. It's WAY fun to spin, twirling the handle while spinning my body in 360's and turning the umbrella in figure 8's and other craziness!
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04/17Unifire has used the flaming umbrella in the past. Hint, if you are gonna wrap the whole umbrella(that's a lot of fire, but will look awesome) be sure the umbrella is strong enough to take a good shaking so you can get off excess fuel. You definitely need to be careful about flaming excess fuel dripping on to your body... I am learning to tap with fire shoes of death, wouldn't the flaming umbrella be a nice addition with a little "singin' in the rain " bacground music. By the way, one time I didn't shake off the flaming battle axe of death and fuel dripped onto my bare back. Still have this weird scar which puzzles my massage thearapist, along with the fact that parts of my arm hair appear to be shaved. Give us some video footage of you with the umbrella of death. Just thought of this...Have you guys tried opening the freshly dipped umbrella really fast to get a burn off? Guess that would violate the guideline I mentioned earlier. Oh well, guess that is why they make leather. -
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05/02My wife and I are cuurelty in the process of making a flaming umbrella as well. We found a patio umbrella frame that looks and feels a little stronger for about six buck at Big Lots, though they are all over the place now. It has round wire struts, not the bent metal that normal umbrellas have, which feels a little weak to me. I have been trying to figure out how to shoot something out of the top middle of it, either fireworks like roman candles or a lava pot or something; or pressurized liquid fuel (if that could rain down like fire rain on a fireproof cloth umbrella, that would be ideal); or gas like a butane grill lighters or something. It would need a remote ignitions system and could make a fantastic finally. -
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05/11That is a very good idea you have. They make some fireworks with showers of sparks that might look like falling rain. Fuel might get dangerous and slippery. -
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06/13This is so weird. I just built one from the ground up. I hated all the melty plastic parts of rain version umbrellas, and ended up building one from scratch. -
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06/26Damn you! I got too busy dancing and you beat me to it. :P
I've got about all my metal materials but need to get wick and time. -
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06/26Heheh, I have pictures up in the bearclaw tribe if you need tips... :)
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