Cheap Portable Smoke Machine!

March 31st, 2014
Well, relatively inexpensive anyway...

-$50 to $70 for the propane insect fogger. YES, INSECT FOGGER
-$5 for the propane (camping propane works fine)
-$5 for the Mineral Oil.
-$1 lighter

I have a plug-in fogger and it works great with "Fog Juice, but I wanted something portable to use on-location. That's when I bought the insect fogger. I started out using "Fog Juice" in the insect fogger, but it was a failure. And by failure, I mean that it was only sufficient if you just needed enough smoke to take pictures of action figures, but certainly not enough smoke for real people.

At this point, I thought I just wasted $60, but I started searching YouTube and was amazed when I found out that Bee Keepers use this with Mineral Oil for their bees- and the amount of smoke was amazing!

What is "Mineral Oil" you ask? I'm glad you asked! Well, not really. It is a liquid laxative! I know, this sounds like a bad joke, but I am being honest. You can purchase this at any pharmacy or most places that sell laxatives. Don't worry, inhaling the fumes didn't have any effect on my digestive system :)

Here is a video clip from my very first experience with the mineral oil:
http://youtu.be/S9lYy82N_1g

And here is an example of a photo (all of the fog in this photo was from this one fogger and mineral oil- none of the fog is photoshopped)




The foggers range in cost, but I opted to go with one that had high ratings. This is the one I purchased for $60 (which apparently has gone up in price $10 because it's Spring)

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000HMA7OK/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

But let me also add, this is a propane fogger, so it is a heat source. Don't get burned! (people that know me will think it's ironic that I am saying that)

Anyway, I thought this was too amazing not to share. If you try this, be safe and let me know what photos you take with this setup!

March 31st, 2014
Thank you for sharing. That is awesome info=D
March 31st, 2014
fabulous!!! thank you again for sharing! you are very generous.
March 31st, 2014
Great work Dale!
April 1st, 2014
pretty cool!
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