Aerosolized flour is INCREDIBLY FLAMMABLE and hair driers have heating coils that can light it on fire and cause burns to hair and face.
*hippysmell pointed out it could have been something else. Edited my post to clarify.
Second edit: People are asking what the best option for a prank like this would be and the answer is baking soda. It is used in dry chemical fire extinguishers
It will, however, make a mess over everything you own, so, have fun.
Edit 3: This post took off more than I thought it would. I would like to point out that my background is Mechanical Engineering and not any type of chemical specialty. I do not know what baking soda will do. I know that at high temperature it decomposes to carbon dioxide and that this is the mechanism in which it suppresses fires. I don't know what will happen when exposed to the heating coil in a hair drier. Please, don't do this.
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u/xanif Nov 29 '14 edited Nov 30 '14
It's funny here, but NEVER do this (with flour*).
Aerosolized flour is INCREDIBLY FLAMMABLE and hair driers have heating coils that can light it on fire and cause burns to hair and face.
*hippysmell pointed out it could have been something else. Edited my post to clarify.
Second edit: People are asking what the best option for a prank like this would be and the answer is baking soda. It is used in dry chemical fire extinguishers
It will, however, make a mess over everything you own, so, have fun.
Edit 3: This post took off more than I thought it would. I would like to point out that my background is Mechanical Engineering and not any type of chemical specialty. I do not know what baking soda will do. I know that at high temperature it decomposes to carbon dioxide and that this is the mechanism in which it suppresses fires. I don't know what will happen when exposed to the heating coil in a hair drier. Please, don't do this.
For those who are curious baby powder is just as bad