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help for smoke screen effect, thx
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2004 9:39 pm
by etellier
Hello, here is my problem
im into a project, that is askin me to create smoke screen on demand.
The heat source will be a muffler exhaust.
I tought about throwing some liquid on the exhaust to get the white smoke im lookin for.
My main consideration is that, I want that smoke to be non toxic or the less toxic possible, I tought about prestone, We all seen it smokin at a certain point on certain car... but I am wondering if something else would give me a great white smoke and not toxic
thx for your time
Eric
etsi@videotron.ca

Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2004 9:52 pm
by Michael Pajaro
For all my non-toxic smoke-on-demand needs, I use Fog Juice from American DJ. I use it with a fog machine, but there may be other ways to activate it or similar products to use.
http://www.americandj.com/
BIG DISCLAIMER: If you don't know exactly what you're doing, do NOT play around with your car's exhaust system or smoke-producing products.
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2004 11:05 pm
by jup
I like the idea of the fog machine hooked into the auto's electrical system.
I was also pondering the use of dry ice for your effect.
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2004 11:26 pm
by Benjamin Knight
Michael Pajaro wrote:For all my non-toxic smoke-on-demand needs
LOL... Thats funny... Yep DJ smoke is the best way you can do it easly. And with out a big drain on your wallet.
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2004 12:27 am
by neps
I just wanted to comment on this image, the car looks amazing in the snow. The bumper looks funky, but I'm guessing thats from the limit of the 256 color pallette of a gif. Very cool! How does it handle in that?
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2004 12:43 am
by Katt
Yes! Cool conversion!

Is it yours?
Hmm, the nose oddly looks like it's sliding off.

Re: help for smoke screen effect, thx
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2004 4:24 am
by Tony
etellier wrote:Hello, here is my problem
im into a project, that is askin me to create smoke screen on demand.
The heat source will be a muffler exhaust.
I tought about throwing some liquid on the exhaust to get the white smoke im lookin for.
My main consideration is that, I want that smoke to be non toxic or the less toxic possible, I tought about prestone, We all seen it smokin at a certain point on certain car... but I am wondering if something else would give me a great white smoke and not toxic
thx for your time
Eric
etsi@videotron.ca

Like Mike said. use a fog machine. it's cheap and non toxic
I was thinking of doing that in my replica.
How long have you had your replica?? is it a complete replica or
just the exterior?
You may see my KITT at
http://www.knightregistries.com/registry/sam
Tony
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2004 10:20 am
by 86chvs10
yeah cool car etellier. it looks like it could also use a paint job.
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2004 1:15 pm
by knightimmortal
That is sorta rude....
KI
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2004 3:00 pm
by neps
As I mentioned before, I'm not so certain it is a bad paint job, it may be the limitations of a gif image which only allows a certain number of colors (256 to be exact) Also, I'm begining to wonder if the bumper is a photoshop job, because it seems to be such a seperate shade then the rest of the car.
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2004 4:24 pm
by 86chvs10
ok i am shuting up my mouth.and they said the bumper looks like it's coming off. don't reply to this please.
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2004 4:53 pm
by neps
Why? No one is asking you to shut up your mouth. Your intitled to think that the bumper looks the way it does, but just realize that you are making a comment on work that someone has put alot of work into, so just becareful with how you phrase things. Alot of different variables can explain why the image looks like this.
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2004 5:15 pm
by 86chvs10
oh no no no i never met that i know that he put a lot in to by making a replica. a great replica. i don't know it could just be the picture. because the that shows the car with bumper looked like it needed paint but it could be the picture or the snow.i don't know.
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2004 1:43 pm
by scotia
Don't know if this was mentioned already, but this link might be of interest :
http://www.smokescreem.com/
It was posted on the Knight Registries forum some time ago, don't know if it works as well as the pictures demonstrate but it looks pretty cool.