With bath foam, I have something to go with water; my other chemical hobby has the opposite end covered: fireworking. Fireworks had long interested me, but it wasn't until I went to a friend's house over 30 yrs. ago that I realized making fireworks was an organized hobby. Anybody here into that?
The first serious fireworks I made just made a big boom, because that one's pretty easy. I moved on from there to fountains, then to lancework (for forming words & pictures in fire), then spinning works, then roman candles, then star mines, then aerial shells. Now I'm working on what I consider the most difficult of the commoner types of works: sky rockets. I wish I had enough space to experiment more; as is, I tend to try to move on to the next challenge just as I'm perfecting my art at the last.
The first serious fireworks I made just made a big boom, because that one's pretty easy. I moved on from there to fountains, then to lancework (for forming words & pictures in fire), then spinning works, then roman candles, then star mines, then aerial shells. Now I'm working on what I consider the most difficult of the commoner types of works: sky rockets. I wish I had enough space to experiment more; as is, I tend to try to move on to the next challenge just as I'm perfecting my art at the last.