what is this red powder ?

[mojjax]

A red wooden bucket with a broken paper bag of red powder ? What might the powder be ?

 

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[jewelerguy]

hard to say from just a picture, but looks like a cement staining additive

 

[BigWaveDave]

Exploded dye pack from bank money

 

[huntsman53]

Communist (Red) China Potting Soil.

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

Looks like powdered red clay the kind for bricks?

 

[kcm]

Was this "found" outdoors or was it "brought" outdoors?


EDIT: Ok, I got it now. It came from a barn. Get a disposable plastic cup and put some of the red powder in it. Add a little bit of water and watch what happens. If it seems like it's a dye for concrete, you should be able to tell fairly easy. Is possible it's simply powder for making red clay pottery. Did you notice any other pottery there? Any red concrete? Of course, it might have been left over from an in-house project, also.

Try to get a better pic of it.

 

[cudamark]

Mix a little with water and see what you get!

 

[cw0909]

ive seen the red dust for sale in fl and nola

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Red Brick Dust/Polvo de Ladrillo Rojo

 

[releventchair]

Milk paint for the barn?

 

[mick56]

Red ochre

 

[Oddjob]

Does it taste like Cherry?

 

[Rick624]

wouldn't taste it probably a paint additive Lead based seen a 5 gallon bucket once of the stuff at a hazardous waste disposal day

 

[Fixitdave]

What happens if you add water

 

[mojjax]

wouldn't taste it probably a paint additive Lead based seen a 5 gallon bucket once of the stuff at a hazardous waste disposal day

Yes , I was thinking that . When I picked up the bucket , I ask the guy if I could dump the red powder in a box and put it in his truck which was heading for the dump , He said ''No just dump it over there on the other site of the stonewall ''

I thought , Yikes ! This place is waterfront property and I dig clams down there far a living - so I took it home .

 

[50bmg]

thermite
try to light a small cup on fire

 

[stevei48]

Coming out of a barn it could be Blood meal used as fertilizer

 

[scavanau]

thermite
try to light a mall cup on fire

Shoot it.

 

[50bmg]

Shoot it.

that would be tannerite

 

[AU Seeker]

Have you checked to see if the paper bag has a label?
if not put on some rubber gloves and a face mask dump it in a big box slowly so not to create a dust cloud and check the bag for a possible label or marking indicating what it is.

If no label/markings there no real way to tell for sure what it is other than having a sample tested at a lab.

 

[Chug And Red]

Doesn't look or smell like what I Put on reds Head Tonight LMAO Chug