.Getting chemicals. -=The Firestarter=- In the last few issues of SWAT Magazine, I have said stuff like use potassium permanganate, black powder, gun powder etc. Well now I'm going to tell you where to get it all (and the obvious stuff as well) Black powder.............Model rocket engines, Jet-X engines, Fireworks Camping gas..............Outdoor shop. Charcoal.................Art store Gun powder...............Shotgun shells, buy it from a gun shop Glycerine................Chemists. Lighter fluid............Newsagents. Magnesium sulphate........Garden center, chemists (called Epsom salts). Matches..................Newsagents. Potassium nitrate........Nick it from a lab. Potassium Chlorate.....Pet shops - Fish tank airing tablets Potassium permanganate...Chemists. Sodium Chlorate..........Sodium chlorate weedkiller, garden store. Sugar....................Shop (Supermarket, corner shop). Sulphur..................Nick it from a lab. Note that some of these products have age restrictions to buy but as far as I know you don't need a license to buy any of the products listed with the exception on shotgun shells.