constantin

[constantin]

thank you

I will try to use accelerants to keep the tobacco burning

 

[constantin]

thank you

This will take 2 weeks: one week to find the accelerator, and another week to ferment the tobacco with the accelerator. I have time, I'm not in a hurry.

 

[constantin]

When ignited, natural tobacco leaf should smolder briefly, then go out spontaneously. Commercial cigarettes contain accelerants to keep the tobacco burning, even when you are not puffing on it. If you are using your own, home-grown tobacco, and not adding any chemicals to it prior to stuffing it into the cigarette tubes, and you are packing it densely into the tubes...

...then I suspect that your commercial, cigarette tubes are creating the problem with dropping ash. Try a different brand of tubes, or start with plain cigarette papers, and hand-roll them to experiment.

Bob

I'm thinking of finding potassium citrate.

 

[deluxestogie]

What I was suggesting was that you seek to avoid accelerants.

Bob

 

[constantin]

thank you

I understand, but I want to do a test, then compare the effects of the chemical products with the holes in my pants made by cigarette ash.

 

[WormHerder]

then compare the effects of the chemical products with the holes in my pants made by cigarette ash.

haha sorry for laughing, but you are a mad scientist. you really should find a mechanical solution, not a chemical one.

 

[constantin]

What I was suggesting was that you seek to avoid accelerants.

Bob

sorry for the inconvenience (I don't know how to enter the forum except through "reply")
I did the fermentation with potassium citrate (https://patents.google.com/patent/CN116849392B/en) but I didn't notice any improvement in the burning of the tobacco

 

[ShiniKoroshi]

The commercial cigs I smoke use a small flake and will drop out unless I tamp the cigarette to pack the tobacco. It also helps with consistent and smoother burn. A cigarette roller and papers as Bob suggested will make for a better cig for a little extra work. Also, the tobacco when in small flakes will feel very dry at 13% moisture. Getting the moisture right is a challenge.