I came into work today and found that my ball mill was still running after its weekend Stress test!

I got excited, and am trying a mix. Three tests. With each one, my dissolving of the nitro cotton into the organic solvents improved.

We shall see tomorrow or Wednesday if they blend out on the ball mill. The old salsa blue lidded jar I added some tube bits to to sort of act as agitator balls and help stir the cotton chunks in.

Gosh the cotton really thickens up the mix when enough is added. Thicker and stickier- leaving the cellulose coating everywhere- which is perfect!

I gotta bring in a scale and get all the chunkies out before adding phosphors. Very excited!

Still have one more chemical to add in too... but I am curious to see the results without adding it.

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