Zombiepocalypse Crafts: Flammable Gel

Hello my friends!  I hope you are enjoying your lovely lanters.  Well, if you were unlucky enough to not have candles, I have a recipie for you that will help you light your way, keep you warm (ok, not really) or help cook some of that food you might have.

On your next recon or scouting patrol, hit up the local drug store and pillage, er I mean, aquire the following ingredients:

• antacid tablets - must contain at least 1000 mg calcium carbonate per tablet
• vinegar (weak acetic acid)
• isopropyl alcohol (rubbing alcohol) - 90% or higher is recommended* (70% isopropyl alcohol will work, but you will need to allow let the mixture from step 3 evaporate until it is a little more concentrated to make up for the extra water in the alcohol. )

Prepare the Flaming Gel

1. Crush 5 antacid tablets into a powder.
2. Stir 50 ml (~10 tsp) of vinegar into the powder (10 ml per tablet) to make a slurry.
3. Allow the slurry to evaporate until it is less than half its original volume. This could take about a day. If you accidentally evaporate all of the water, you can reconstitute the slurry by stirring in a small amount of water.
4. Fill a container with about 2x the volume of however much antacid slurry you have at this point.
5. While stirring, slowly add slurry to the alcohol to form a thickened gel. Do this slowly: If you add too much slurry, the mixture will liquefy and you won't get a gel. So, once you have a gel, don't add any more of the calcium tablet slurry mixture.
6. Place the gel into an airtight container for future use. 
7. Scoop up a ball of the gel and ignite it.

That's it for today kids.  Stay tuned for the next exciting craft!!!

(If there is anything you would like to see in future posts, feel free to suggest!!!)