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How to Make Your Own Pepper Spray

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Making your own pepper spray is easy and surprisingly effective. In countries like Canada and the United States, pepper spray is useful for personal self defence, which is why police carry it. On the other hand, in less democratic countries it can be essential to prevent all manner of crimes.

Everyone should carry a bottle of pepper spray with them. You never know when things could go sour!

How Pepper Spray Works

When you're sprayed, the pepper spray irritates your throat, eyes, and stimulates nerves in your face. This causes you to begin coughing, your eyes will swell and close shut, massive tearing starts, and you end up with a runny nose.

This continues for several minutes until the tearing finally clears out the pepper spray in your eyes and you're able to see.

Direct side effects of pepper spray can last up to 30 minutes and the after effects can run several hours.

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The description is a bit inaccurate. OC, Mace, and Pepper Spray are all the same thing.
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Pepper Spray Recipe

To make 100mL of pepper spray, follow the directions below.
  1. Get 100g hot chili powder, and 200mL ethanol.
  2. Mix the two together in a container.
  3. Run the mixture through a sieve to make sure there's no solid chili powder left, and then put it in a stove-burner-safe container.
  4. Put your container on the burner until the ethanol boils and evapourates. You'll have an orange solution of wax consistency left.
  5. Now add 20mL of baby oil, or (depending on the chili. Because consistencies can vary, make sure you have a viscous liquid.
  6. Now you can put it in a bottle. You can buy spray bottles at any department store, or buy self-aerosolizing bottles online for a professional solution

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Pepper Spray Antitodes

  1. Whole milk is considered very effective as an antidote. Simply wash the affected area (or submerge it) in the whole milk and it will help to wash away the pepper spray.

    This will alleviate the pain but will not break down the oil itself, which causes the burn in the first place.
  2. According to "pepper-spray-store.com", a recipe of 25% Dawn and 75% water can be used to break down the oil, which is the actual cause of the burn.

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After-effects of Pepper Spray

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Reader Feedback

  • dctalk321 Jun 1, 2012 @ 2:49 pm | delete
    this is great stuff!! it reminds me of the strenth of the WILDFIRE Pepper spray which is hot hot hot, 3 million scoville heat units causing closing and swelling of the eyes and inhibits the respiratory system. You can find it here:

    http://www.ffsecurityproducts.com/pepper-spray.html
  • pemoeurm12 Nov 21, 2011 @ 5:41 am | delete
    Wonderful lens! The beautiful pictures are very helpful as well. I've added a link to this lens on my lens because I found it so helpful. Thanks a bunch!

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  • ClassyGals Sep 3, 2011 @ 7:07 pm | delete
    Squid Angel Blessings to you!
  • mrducksmrnot Aug 7, 2011 @ 12:26 am | delete
    Wonderful. Soon pepper spray currently on the market will most likely be banned. Citizens need a means to deter illegal government of any sort. Thanks for a wonderful informative lens.
  • miss_marple Nov 14, 2010 @ 10:11 am | delete
    You have a lot of good information here. I would like to link this to a lens I am doing about bullying if that is okay with you.
  • brandonmotz Jun 5, 2010 @ 1:58 pm | delete
    What a great lens. I didn't know that pepper spray had oil in it. Always thought it was water based. Good work!
  • Jimmie May 9, 2009 @ 6:31 am | delete
    Well, I guess you can make just about anything, can't you! I didn't know there was a recipe for homemade pepper spray. But it makes sense.
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Toxicity

Pepper spray is considered relatively harmless. It is grouped along with tear gas and other irritants as a "less than lethal" weapon usable by police officers. A single spray won't cause any lasting damage but repeated exposure can damage the eyes and the throat.

Some people have even died after extended sprays of pepper spray, but this is extremely rare.

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