Corn starch
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Corn starch
Ever try adding corn starch to the water? In a small scale test from a syringe with about 1 mm tip diameter, I could shoot through a quarter at 15 feet whereas with just water the stream was about 5 inches across. I'm not sure how much the bare minimum is, as the mixture I used was about 75% corn starch, but it is effective, however costly. Perhaps more can be got from the discovery.
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This just shows how effective an increase in viscosity is. Corn starch is a solid, and solids still have viscosity. Viscosity is just the measure of resistance to flow, and solids obviously are resistant to flow. With 3/4 of the substance being corn starch, 3/4 of the viscosity comes from the high viscosity corn starch. And since this substance is basically a solid, range would increase dramatically.
In my opinion, this really is not water gunning because most of substance is not water. It would also not be practical to put this into a water gun because it would really clog up the internals too.
In my opinion, this really is not water gunning because most of substance is not water. It would also not be practical to put this into a water gun because it would really clog up the internals too.
The Drenchenator, also known as Lt. Col. Drench.
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