Exactly, I tried that mix as cut stars and the tail was fair, I did switch to 30 mesh instead of the AF and binder and there was more of a spritzel effect so that formula can be experimented with in several ways, Like Rich mentioned with lamp black I got poor results because they where not as long vs. the same size cut star with the charcoal, I learned a lot from Lloyd Scott Oglesby book on Glitter the Chemistry and Technique, there are some nice flitter vs. glitter formula’s that are awesome to see and there are some unique techniques used for tiger tails by adding less than 15% max. of an atomized aluminum to the charcoal, I have used this with good results: potassium nitrate 60% charcoal 11% sulfur 19% atomized aluminum 10% The formula does produce a nice glitter tiger tail than the same aluminum and meal powder or hand mixed 15,2,3; naturally it is advisable to increase the charcoal to compensate for the fact that the formula assumes the charcoal to be pure carbon. This base fire is the same as was found for Sienko Hanabi.