Fog juice. Any musicians out there?

The modern stuff is not a fire hazard as it's water based.

 

Usually a mixture of glycerin and distilled water.   I have never tried it in a modern loco smoke unit.

 

If you do decide to try it, don't go for the cheapest stuff. The mixture of that cheap stuff leaves a slippery film on instruments...not good....

 

I don't have any right now, but I may try it and see what the results are.

 

We also use Hazers which are essentially fog machines that chill the fog as it leaves the unit causing it to stay low on the stage...like horror film cemetery effect.

 

Same stuff though.

Unique question. I'm interested in hearing the answers to this question!

Its water based, I doubt the smoke unit would be able to burn it.

Different flame points

I was thinking something along the lines of this stuff:

 

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Bl...og-Juice-1-Gallon.gc

 

The juice that is water based seems to be for the "haze" effect. Actually the "Steam Quick" fast dissipating variety looks very interesting! 

 

Rich

I don't know anything about "Black Label" brand fog juice. I have been using "Rosco" juice for over 35-years. Low odor...no residue. I'm no certain one would want to put this stuff in their engines. Penny wise...pound foolish comes to mind.

 

 

Click on it and it will take to a retailer...

I would if I had some, its only a smoke unit, not a timing chip from a Porsche 

 

Rich

 

Al my porsche's never had chips

And I was thinking the other way around.

 

Saw miniature fog machines in the Halloween stuff at Wal-Mart and instantly began to wonder if scented Mega-Steam would work in it!

Andy, fog machines, even those crappy little ones from wal-Mart and the like, are fairly thirsty. You would go through plenty of those bottles of Mega-steam in short order.

I find it somewhat amazing that folks will spend hundreds and sometimes thousands of dollars on an engine and then not use the recommended smoke fluid in them because it cost maybe $8 a bottle.  Sure every little bit helps but ruining your locomotive over a few bucks isn't worth it.

 

Just my opinion of course.

MartyE, I couldn't agree with you more.

The topic has come up before. I am fairly certain that the conclusion was that Fog machine fluid would not work in a toy train smoke unit. I am with MartyE on this one.

How can anybody worry about the cost of smoke fluid and still afford the trains themselves?

 

I'll quadruple that reply Marty.

 

In addition I don't understand the "reinventing the wheel" type topics on this forum. There are proven products for smoke fluid, track cleaner, etc.

 

O guage trains have been around for 100 years, I think folks have figured out what works safe and well.

 

The saying "penny wise, dollar foolish" comes to mind.