#Homemade fire ball trial

I didn’t take any photos of the “during” process for a few reasons: sweating my butt off, frustration trying to keep it from sliding all over, South Florida 90 degree weather, and did I mention sweating my butt off? So with that being said, I might have put plaster on the ball, made a positive mold, and then transferred to a negative version of it. So if you apply too much pressure the rest of the ball bulges and you see material moving. Also the material feels very odd if you have worked with concrete before, the perlite makes it extremely light, airy and you feel the need to try to “compact” to the wall and the BALL gives and moves. The top held, and the bottom/ sides up about 4 inches, any higher it would just slide down and thicken the bottom.

But once I started to carefully add the material it just could not support itself going up the sides of the form. I even made a gauge to ensure proper thickness. The thing I didn’t like is that I had planned everything out including the dome thickness and wanted to keep it at 2 inches. If I were to do it again, I say this now, but at the time it seemed like a lot of extra work, I would have NOT used the ball as a form. If you add too much water you can always throw some additional dry into it. Don’t forget that once you have water in your mix, add very little water carefully a little goes a long way. Once it was mixed well, I added about a half bucket of water and kept the hose close to sprinkle additional water as needed. I hope that over use is not overkill that’s going to be an issue later. I purchased 10lbs so i figured about 4 lbs should be plenty. Then I added the SS needles, i saw online that someone said about 5% SS needed. I started with 2.5 buckets of perlite and a half bucket of Portland Cement. I used a wheel barrow and your standard hoe with a chop chop action. I also added stainless steel needles for (fiber) strength. Once the mold was ready or when you think it is, it’s time to just say go for it and mix up the concrete.Ĭoncrete mix and molding to the top dome: So the mix I went with was Perlite/Portland Cement. Then it dawns on you, about the weight and awkward shape you have to support from underneath.

When you’re messing with it, pretty much anything can hold it while you play with it. Also I never thought it through until I was about to put concrete on the form, supporting the plywood/mold.

#Homemade fire ball trial

I had some trial and error on some things, like the white legs you see under the platform, they sucked and fell apart. Take your time to make those things fit better. Just like a lot of things that you create that translates to many stages later in a project, the devil is in the details. I wanted to be able to pull the ball or deflate the ball from underneath so I wanted to pull out the door mold as well. So with my dome height of 12.5 inches I went with a door height of 7.875 high, remember the ancients, trying to aim for a 63% ratio. Then it was onto the door mouth entrance. I never used the bungee cord and I just simply inflated the ball slightly more, essentially wedging it. I had a fear of laying concrete on the top and the ball slipping through. I cut out my circle, inserted the ball and boom – inside dome created.įYI – There is an image that shows a bungee cord around the bottom of the ball. After a high school flash back, you take your CIR measurement divided by pi 3.14, and it gives you the diameter. Top dome mold build: So after inflating my wife’s exercise ball, I measured the circumference to figure out the diameter for the circle cut out. 3 x5 x 1/2″ Cement Backer Board Durarock/Fireboard.

Or even when some of my not-so-favorite football teams are playing…(that would be you, Patriots).Īs with most jello shots, they are great party time-savers since you can make them in advance and keep them in the refrigerator until you need them.Īnd they are oh-so-tasty, which has made them one of the most popular fireball jello shot recipes at my parties. I like to serve them with blue jello shots for the 4th of July, with green jello shots at Christmas parties in December, with purple and green Jello shots for Halloween, and whenever my favorite football team (Go Falcons!) is having a big game. (Red Hots have always been one of my favorite candies so it’s no wonder I like these jell-o shots so much!) The sweetness of the cherry-flavored jello helps to balance out the cinnamon taste from the Fireball whiskey and makes for a winning combination that tastes just like the Red Hots candy. When you need some red jello shots with a bit of a kick that are easy to make, this fireball cherry jello shots recipe can’t be beat.