How to Make a Stink Bomb

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Last Updated: July 8, 2024

Do you have a hankering for a smelly prank? Is one of your buddies just asking for you to get even with him? If so, you're in for a treat. Actually, someone else is in for a mighty smelly time. Read on for several different ways to make a stink bomb.

Method 1

Method 1 of 4:

Egg Stink Bomb

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Theoretically, the longer you let it sit, the better, but eventually the egg will dry out, so experiment to see how long to let it sit.
Once you think you've waited long enough, simply throw the egg (it should be intact except for the pinhole, remember!) wherever you want to stink, and enjoy.

Method 2

Method 2 of 4:

Hair Stink Bomb

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Place the heads of the matches into the hair.
Make sure not to bunch the paper too much, or else the stink bomb won't burn correctly. Make sure the match tips stay inside the rolled-up paper, too.
They should serve as fuses.

Method 3

Method 3 of 4:

Ammonia and Matches

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Set match heads aside and throw away or otherwise use the rest.
Cap the bottle and swirl.
Once unleashed, the smell will send shivers down spines and nightmares into heads. This stink bomb forms ammonium sulfide, (NH₄)₂S.

Method 4

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Onions, garlic, cabbage and burnt hair

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chop up some onions and garlic until they are finely diced. You can use use any kind of onions but green onions or leeks produce the best results as they are the most pungent. Shred up five large leaves of cabbage.
Get a pint sized clear glass jar with a lid and scoop the ingredients into it.
Add a small lock of either human hair or animal hair to the mix. The hair should rest on top of the mix and be intact as a bundle; this makes the next step easier. (Optional) For an even nastier stench, add one match head to the bundle of hair.
Close the lid on the jar and then poke two holes in the lid to allow oxygen to flow into the jar (this will make the bundle of hair burn better inside the jar). Next use a magnifying glass to shine a beam through the jar and onto the bundle of hair until it starts to smoke inside the jar. you want to burn as much hair as possible.If you went with the optional in the last step, shine the beam on the match head.
Put two pieces of tape over the holes in the lid and let the smoke filled jar sit in direct sunlight and leave it alone;this heats up the ingredients and lets them blend, and permeate everything in the jar. once the smoke inside the jar has settled, take the pieces of tape off the both holes This is to help the ingredients decompose inside the jar.
after about a week, open the jar and take a whiff to see if its stink has blended enough. Only do this outside, NEVER in your house or anywhere else you don't want to badly stink up. Remember, the longer you leave it, the more wicked it's stench will be. A good indicator that it's ready is being able to detect a whiff from a few feet away after two or three weeks.
Either open or break the jar in the area you want to stink and watch as people rapidly clear away from the obnoxious, haunting, suffocating stench. An alternative way of doing this is instead of using the whole jar, screen the rancid juice from the putrid mix with an old strainer into a small 2 Oz. pump spray bottle (one of those small clear plastic ones used for travel) and spray where you want to stink, just don't get caught and don't get any of this on you otherwise you will be in for a very smelly time.

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Why do I need hair for the fourth one?

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The hair is optional, but strongly recommended. It makes it MUCH more smelly.

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Can I make a stink bomb with vinegar, eggs and milk?

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Yes. Take a container, crack the egg and put the insides in the container. Then, add the milk and vinegar, put it in a plastic bag and leave it to sit. Open the plastic bag when it s ready.

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Is the egg boiled or raw?

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The egg should be raw.

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Experiment with your environment. Change it up a bit, time how long you let it sit and how long it stinks afterward, put it in different environments to find the best one... Maybe even use a needle to extract some of the egg and introduce a foul substance to it. Hydrogen Sulfide is the main chemical used in stink bombs. Perhaps you can rot the egg a little, extract some egg, introduce the hydrogen sulfide, and seal it with Epoxy.

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Cut potatoes into slices— it doesn't matter what size. Put the slices into a container of water and leave them outside for 4-5 days. Then unleash the trauma!
You might also try putting onions and water in a balloon. Then blow it up and throw it at something hard so it will explode.

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Warnings

If you leave it too long it may explode!

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Don't drop it somewhere you don't want to smell HORRIBLE.

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Don't put it near anyone's eyes.

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If you do this prank at your school you could get expelled.

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Don't drop on other peoples' personal property! You will get in trouble and they might make you clean it up as punishment (And NOBODY wants to deal with that smell!) Plus, you may damage the person's property!

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