Winokur's Glitter compositions

Winokur #1

Pinkish magnalium glitter. Hygroscopic, but possibly useable.

Chemical	Quantity %
Potassium Nitrate	35
Strontium Nitrate	15
Charcoal Airfloat	13
Magnalium Granular -200 mesh	12
Sulfur	10
Antimony Trisulfide, Chinese Needle	10
Dextrin	5

Winokur #2

Pinkish magnalium glitter. Hygroscopic, but possibly useable.

Chemical	Quantity %
Potassium Nitrate	40
Strontium Nitrate	10
Charcoal Airfloat	13
Magnalium Granular -200 mesh	12
Sulfur	10
Antimony Trisulfide, Chinese Needle	10
Dextrin	5

Winokur #3

Pinkish magnalium glitter. Hygroscopic, but possibly useable

Chemical	Quantity %
Potassium Nitrate	50
Magnalium Granular -200 mesh	12
Antimony Trisulfide, Chinese Needle	10
Sulfur	9
Charcoal Airfloat	8
Strontium Carbonate	6
Dextrin	4

Winokur #4

Pinkish magnalium glitter. Hygroscopic, but possibly useable

Chemical	Quantity %
Potassium Nitrate	50
Magnalium Granular -200 mesh	12
Antimony Trisulfide, Chinese Needle	10
Sulfur	9
Charcoal Airfloat	8
Strontium Oxalate	6
Dextrin	4

Winokur #5

Pinkish magnalium glitter. Hygroscopic, but possibly useable

Chemical	Quantity %
Potassium Nitrate	40
Sodium Nitrate	10
Charcoal Airfloat	10
Antimony Trisulfide, Chinese Needle	10
Sulfur	9
Magnalium Granular -200 mesh	9
Strontium Oxalate	8
Dextrin	4

Winokur #6

A white glitter with a rather high percentage of antimony trisulfide. This typifies some of the traditional white glitter formulae. The high antimony content probably makes it too expensive for regular use today

Chemical	Quantity %
Potassium Nitrate	53
Antimony Trisulfide, Chinese Needle	16
Charcoal Airfloat	13
Sulfur	9
Aluminium Flake Bright -325 mesh - 36 micron	4.5
Dextrin	4.5

Winokur #7

Gold glitter that uses sodium oxalate to enhance the glitter without the use of antimony trisulfide. Sodium bicarbonate may replace the oxalate with similar results. It is probably too hygroscopic for ordinary use.

Chemical	Quantity %
Potassium Nitrate	35
Barium Nitrate	20
Sulfur	14
Charcoal Airfloat	10
Aluminium Atomised Spherical 120 - 325 mesh - 20 micron	9
Sodium Oxalate	8
Dextrin	4

Winokur #8

Reasonably good white Mag/Al glitter that uses iron oxide and sulfur to replace antimony trisulfide. While the effect is inferior to antimony, the formula is still useable.

Chemical	Quantity %
Potassium Nitrate	37
Barium Nitrate	15
Sulfur	15
Magnalium Granular -200 mesh	13
Charcoal Airfloat	10
Iron (III) Oxide Red	6
Dextrin	4

Winokur #9

A reasonably good white glitter that uses barium nitrate as both the oxidizer and the retardant.

Chemical	Quantity %
Potassium Nitrate	35
Barium Nitrate	20
Magnalium Granular -200 mesh	12
Charcoal Airfloat	10
Sulfur	10
Antimony Trisulfide, Chinese Needle	9
Dextrin	4

Winokur #10

Excellent white glitter with long tail, and fine grain. Flashes are dense and of the asymmetrical type.

Chemical	Quantity %
Potassium Nitrate	35
Barium Nitrate	20
Sulfur	17
Aluminium Atomised Spherical 120 - 325 mesh - 20 micron	14
Charcoal Airfloat	10
Dextrin	4

Winokur #11

Excellent white glitter with long tail, and fine grain. Flashes are dense and of the asymmetrical type.

Chemical	Quantity %
Potassium Nitrate	40
Barium Nitrate	20
Aluminium Atomised Spherical 120 - 325 mesh - 20 micron	14
Sulfur	10
Charcoal Airfloat	10
Dextrin	5
Iron (III) Oxide Red	1

Winokur #12

Excellent white glitter with long tail, and fine grain. Flashes are dense and of the asymmetrical type.

Chemical	Quantity %
Potassium Nitrate	55
Aluminium Atomised Spherical 120 - 325 mesh - 20 micron	14
Charcoal Airfloat	11
Sulfur	8
Antimony Trisulfide, Chinese Needle	5
Dextrin	4
Strontium Carbonate	3

Winokur #13

Unusual “off-white” glitter with attractive lacy effect especially when viewed close up. Has debris laden flashes.

Chemical	Quantity %
Potassium Nitrate	50
Antimony Trisulfide, Chinese Needle	10
Charcoal Airfloat	9
Sulfur	9
Sodium Bicarbonate	9
Aluminium Atomised Spherical 120 - 325 mesh - 20 micron	6
Dextrin	4
Magnalium Granular -200 mesh	4

Winokur #15

Gold magnalium glitter. Large flashes, good delay and long tail if moving at slow speeds. Good terminal delay. 15 and 16 show the non-critical percentages for this sort of mixture.

Chemical	Quantity %
Potassium Nitrate	48
Magnalium Granular -325 mesh	14
Antimony Trisulfide, Chinese Needle	10
Charcoal Airfloat	9
Sulfur	9
Sodium Bicarbonate	7
Dextrin	4

Winokur #16

Gold magnalium glitter. Large flashes, good delay and long tail if moving at slow speeds. Good terminal delay. 15 and 16 show the non-critical percentages for this sort of mixture.

Chemical	Quantity %
Potassium Nitrate	48
Magnalium Granular -200 mesh	12
Charcoal Airfloat	11
Sulfur	9
Antimony Trisulfide, Chinese Needle	9
Sodium Bicarbonate	7
Dextrin	4

Winokur #17

White coarse grained glitter. Similar to Win 15 and 16 except white in color instead of gold. An excellent effect.

Chemical	Quantity %
Potassium Nitrate	47
Charcoal Airfloat	13
Sulfur	13
Magnalium Granular -200 mesh	12
Antimony Trisulfide, Chinese Needle	10
Dextrin	5

Winokur #18

White coarse grained glitter. Similar to Win 15 and 16 except white in color instead of gold. An excellent effect.

Chemical	Quantity %
Potassium Nitrate	50
Sulfur	15
Magnalium Granular -200 mesh	13
Charcoal Airfloat	10
Antimony Trisulfide, Chinese Needle	7
Dextrin	5

Winokur #19

Coarse gold glitter with short tail, moderate density, and good delay. The advantage is that it doesn't contain antimony trisulfide, making it a cheaper glitter comp.

Chemical	Quantity %
Potassium Nitrate	50
Sulfur	20
Charcoal Airfloat	10
Magnalium Granular -200 mesh	10
Sodium Bicarbonate	6
Dextrin	4

Winokur #20

Gold glitter similar to Win 19, with very long delay. Produces no very distinctive tail and tends to produce a “twinkler effect”, very large glitter flashes being widely dispersed giving a strobe like appearance.

Chemical	Quantity %
Potassium Nitrate	48
Sulfur	17
Magnalium Granular -200 mesh	12
Charcoal Airfloat	10
Sodium Bicarbonate	5
Iron (III) Oxide Red	4
Dextrin	4

Winokur #21

Medium grained dense gold glitter using baking soda as a burning inhibitor and glitter enhancer. Marginally better than #23.

Chemical	Quantity %
Potassium Nitrate	52
Sulfur	15
Charcoal Airfloat	10
Aluminium Flake Bright -325 mesh - 36 micron	6
Antimony Trisulfide, Chinese Needle	6
Sodium Bicarbonate	6
Dextrin	5

Winokur #22

Medium grained dense gold glitter using baking soda as a burning inhibitor and glitter enhancer. Marginally better than #23.

Chemical	Quantity %
Potassium Nitrate	50
Sulfur	18
Charcoal Airfloat	10
Aluminium Flake Bright -325 mesh - 36 micron	8
Sodium Bicarbonate	6
Antimony Trisulfide, Chinese Needle	4
Dextrin	4

Winokur #23

Medium grained dense gold glitter using baking soda as a burning inhibitor and glitter enhancer. Marginally worse than 21 and 22 due to the lack of antimony sulphide.

Chemical	Quantity %
Potassium Nitrate	50
Sulfur	20
Charcoal Airfloat	10
Aluminium Flake Bright -325 mesh - 36 micron	8
Sodium Bicarbonate	8
Dextrin	4

Winokur #24

Produces a good gold glitter with excellent color and good delay. Unfortunately, it is quite hygroscopic. Somewhat less hygroscopic than the same formula with sodium nitrate substituted in for the sodium chloride

Chemical	Quantity %
Potassium Nitrate	52
Sulfur	21
Charcoal Airfloat	10
Aluminium Flake Bright -325 mesh - 36 micron	6
Sodium Chloride	6
Dextrin	5

Winokur #25

A gold glitter with similar characteristics to #26. Appears to be quite sensitive to the amount of moisture used, no more than 8% water should be used when mixing. The low usage of expensive metals makes this a very cheap formula ideally suited for comets.

Chemical	Quantity %
Potassium Nitrate	52
Sulfur	17
Charcoal Airfloat	10
Aluminium Flake Bright -325 mesh - 36 micron	6
Sodium Bicarbonate	5
Iron (III) Oxide Red	5
Dextrin	5

Winokur #26

An excellent white glitter with fairly large flashes and a medium short tail when moving at high speeds. Not a very fast burning mixture. Gives a long tail when free falling, and is well suited to willow type effects. Cheap and non-hygroscopic. The low usage of expensive metals makes this a very cheap formula ideally suited for comets

Chemical	Quantity %
Potassium Nitrate	52
Sulfur	21
Charcoal Airfloat	10
Aluminium Flake Bright -325 mesh - 36 micron	6
Iron (III) Oxide Red	6
Dextrin	5

Winokur #27

A delicate, fine grained, “off-white” glitter that produces small but symmetrical flashes of moderate density and delay. Fallout with this formula is large enough to pose a potential problem. Slightly hygroscopic, but usable. Inferior to #28-30

Chemical	Quantity %
Potassium Nitrate	50
Antimony Trisulfide, Chinese Needle	10
Charcoal Airfloat	9
Sulfur	9
Aluminium Flake Bright -325 mesh - 36 micron	9
Sodium Bicarbonate	9
Dextrin	4

Winokur #28

A delicate, fine grained, “off-white” glitter that produces small but symmetrical flashes of moderate density and delay. Slightly hygroscopic, but usable. Dark aluminium is added to solve problems with fallout and increase flash density. Substituting sodium oxalate for sodium bicarbonate results in a similar effect but noticeably less fallout. #28, 29, and 30 are all very similar.

Chemical	Quantity %
Potassium Nitrate	50
Antimony Trisulfide, Chinese Needle	10
Charcoal Airfloat	9
Sulfur	9
Sodium Bicarbonate	9
Aluminium Flake Bright -325 mesh - 36 micron	6
Dextrin	4
Aluminium Dark Flake -325 mesh	3

Winokur #29

A delicate, fine grained, “off-white” glitter that produces small but symmetrical flashes of moderate density and delay. Slightly hygroscopic, but usable. Dark aluminium is added to solve problems with fallout and increase flash density. Substituting sodium oxalate for sodium bicarbonate results in a similar effect but noticeably less fallout. #28, 29, and 30 are all very similar.

Chemical	Quantity %
Potassium Nitrate	50
Antimony Trisulfide, Chinese Needle	15
Charcoal Airfloat	10
Sulfur	10
Sodium Bicarbonate	7
Aluminium Flake Bright -325 mesh - 36 micron	7
Dextrin	4
Aluminium Dark Flake -325 mesh	1

Winokur #30

A delicate, fine grained, “off-white” glitter that produces small but symmetrical flashes of moderate density and delay. Slightly hygroscopic, but usable. Dark aluminium is added to solve problems with fallout and increase flash density. Substituting sodium oxalate for sodium bicarbonate results in a similar effect but noticeably less fallout. #28, 29, and 30 are all very similar.

Chemical	Quantity %
Potassium Nitrate	50
Antimony Trisulfide, Chinese Needle	10
Charcoal Airfloat	9
Sulfur	9
Sodium Bicarbonate	8
Aluminium Flake Bright -325 mesh - 36 micron	6
Dextrin	4
Aluminium Dark Flake -325 mesh	4

Winokur #31

Excellent, cheap white glitter with medium sized flashes. Moisture exceeding 8% produces inferior results.

Chemical	Quantity %
Potassium Nitrate	45
Aluminium Atomised Spherical 120 - 325 mesh - 20 micron	12
Barium Nitrate	10
Charcoal Airfloat	10
Sulfur	10
Dextrin	5
Iron (III) Oxide Red	4
Barium Carbonate	4

Winokur #32

Excellent, cheap white glitter with medium sized flashes. Fierce burning. Moisture exceeding 8% produces inferior results.

Chemical	Quantity %
Potassium Nitrate	38
Barium Nitrate	14
Sulfur	13
Aluminium Atomised Spherical 120 - 325 mesh - 20 micron	12
Charcoal Airfloat	10
Iron (III) Oxide Red	8
Dextrin	5

Winokur #33

Excellent, cheap white glitter with medium sized flashes. Fierce burning. Moisture exceeding 8% produces inferior results.

Chemical	Quantity %
Potassium Nitrate	43
Barium Nitrate	13
Aluminium Atomised Spherical 120 - 325 mesh - 20 micron	13
Charcoal Airfloat	10
Sulfur	10
Iron (III) Oxide Red	7
Dextrin	4

Winokur #34

Excellent, cheap white glitter with medium sized flashes. Fierce burning. Moisture exceeding 8% produces inferior results.

Chemical	Quantity %
Potassium Nitrate	40
Barium Nitrate	16
Aluminium Atomised Spherical 120 - 325 mesh - 20 micron	12
Charcoal Airfloat	10
Sulfur	10
Iron (III) Oxide Red	7
Dextrin	5

Winokur #35

Excellent, cheap white glitter with medium sized flashes. Moisture exceeding 8% produces inferior results.

Chemical	Quantity %
Potassium Nitrate	36
Barium Nitrate	16
Sulfur	13
Aluminium Atomised Spherical 120 - 325 mesh - 20 micron	12
Charcoal Airfloat	10
Iron (III) Oxide Red	8
Dextrin	5

Winokur #36

Excellent, cheap white glitter with medium sized flashes. Marginally longer delay than #35-38, but with noticeably lower density and some significant fallout. Moisture exceeding 8% produces inferior results.

Chemical	Quantity %
Potassium Nitrate	38
Barium Nitrate	16
Aluminium Atomised Spherical 120 - 325 mesh - 20 micron	12
Charcoal Airfloat	10
Sulfur	10
Iron (III) Oxide Red	10
Dextrin	4

Winokur #37

Excellent, cheap white glitter with medium sized flashes. Moisture exceeding 8% produces inferior results.

Chemical	Quantity %
Potassium Nitrate	40
Barium Nitrate	14
Aluminium Atomised Spherical 120 - 325 mesh - 20 micron	12
Sulfur	11
Charcoal Airfloat	10
Iron (III) Oxide Red	7
Dextrin	4
Barium Carbonate	2

Winokur #38

White glitter with medium size flashes. Charcoal is the burning retardant. Excellent star with long tail and large flashes. Moisture exceeding 8% produces inferior results

Chemical	Quantity %
Potassium Nitrate	40
Barium Nitrate	13
Sulfur	12
Charcoal Airfloat	12
Aluminium Atomised Spherical 120 - 325 mesh - 20 micron	12
Iron (III) Oxide Red	7
Dextrin	4

Winokur #39

Unusual and peculiarly attractive effect. Produced dense white, fine trained tail with asymmetric flashes. The delay is quite long, as is the length and duration of the tail. Most flashes are long lasting and have long curved trajectories. The jetting flashes result in particularly elegant effect. Originated from the Jacob’s Ladder formula potentially made by Pain’s in Britain

Chemical	Quantity %
Potassium Nitrate	51
Charcoal Airfloat	19
Antimony Trisulfide, Chinese Needle	12
Aluminium Atomised Spherical 120 - 325 mesh - 20 micron	8
Barium Carbonate	5
Dextrin	5

Winokur #39J

Use 2% barium carbonate for first prime layer. Use 6 to 6.5 percent moisture for comets and crossettes. A modification of Win39 made by Tom Rebenklau.

Chemical	Quantity %
Potassium Nitrate	51
Charcoal Airfloat	19
Antimony Trisulfide, Chinese Needle	12
Aluminium Atomised Spherical 120 - 325 mesh - 20 micron	9
Barium Carbonate	5
Dextrin	4
Magnalium Granular -60 mesh	+2.5

All credit goes to Mr. Robert Winokur for providing the firework community with a range of wonderful glitter compositions. Note: Many of these glitters have been posted incorrectly throughout the internet. These compositions have been checked and changed accordingly and have had extended descriptions added that were taken out of the original book. They were then cross referenced with Passfire to ensure accuracy.

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