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How to Get Colored Lighter Flames

Lighters come in all colors and shapes. However, if you are bored with your current refillable lighter, you can change the color of the flame. To get colored lighter flames, you merely need to add different minerals to your lighter fluid. Minerals react with heat to produce different colors, a concept that is often used in fireworks. Although the minerals will change the colors of the flame, they will not result in the explosion and danger caused by actual fireworks.

Things You'll Need

Lithium carbonate powder
Butane lighter fluid
Glass jars
Glass stirrer
Small funnel
Barium chloride powder
Copper chloride powder

Instructions

Red
- 1
  Pour 1 gram lithium carbonate and 2 cups butane liquid into a glass jar.
- 2
  Mix the solution with a glass stirrer.
- 3
  Remove the protective sponge of the lighter to expose the fuel container.
- 4
  Pour the solution into the fuel container using a small funnel.
- 5
  Strike the flint of the lighter to watch the flame burn red.
- 6
  Store any remaining solution for future use.
Green
- 7
  Pour 1 gram barium chloride powder and 3 cups butane liquid into a glass jar.
- 8
  Mix the solution with a glass stirrer.
- 9
  Remove the protective sponge of the lighter to expose the fuel container.
- 10
  Pour the solution into the fuel container using a small funnel.
- 11
  Strike the flint of the lighter and watch the flame burn green.
- 12
  Store the remaining solution for future use.
Blue
- 13
  Pour 1 gram copper chloride powder and 2 cups butane liquid into a glass jar.
- 14
  Mix with solution with a glass stirrer.
- 15
  Remove the protective sponge of the lighter. That exposes the fuel container.
- 16
  Pour the solution into the fuel container using a small funnel.
- 17
  Strike the flint of the lighter. The flame burns blue. Store the remaining solution for future use.

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