How to make pepper spray at home for safety is an important topic and can be very beneficial in some emergency cases, so i decided to write down my experiment while making pepper spray.
Before i start, i need you to be very careful while dealing with chili and pepper to void any self-harm.
Inside this post, i will walk you through the equipment you will need, ingredients and the perfect recipe to get your spray ready 🙂
Key Takeaways:
- Pepper spray can be made at home but it requires to be so careful to avoid any skin injury or eye injury.
- All you need is Chili pepper & cayenne pepper powder, Oil, coffee filter, Alcohol rubber & bottle spray to make your non-lethal self-defense weapon ready through ONLY 8 steps in this article.
- In my point of view, purchasing pepper spray canister that will last for months “Med-Low consumption” will be a much better option to be always safe from exposing your self to eye injury.
- Inside this article, you will learn from my experience how to make pepper spray at home & then decide yourself whether to purchase a pepper spray or make your own pepper spray 🙂
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How To Make Pepper Spray At Home For The Self-Defense?
Despite the fact that making a homemade pepper spray is a dangerous chemical process that can possibly cause you injuries, but you can read until the end for the educational purpose.
You will have to choose the right ingredients to ensure that the homemade pepper spray is both safe and effective. & Do NOT forget to wear gloves and eyewear to avoid irritation and injuries.
Equipment & Materials You will Need :
Here is a list you will need to prepare to make a homemade pepper spray:
- Peppers: it’s recommended to use high capsaicin peppers such as the cayenne or Carolina (Check the below scale)
- Cutting board and knife: These will be used to chop the peppers before you put it in the bowl.
- Blender or food processor: This will be used to grind the peppers to be powder or you can blend it manually.
- Strainer or cheesecloth: This will be used to strain the liquid from the pepper paste.
- Container: You’ll need a container to hold the pepper spray, such as a spray bottle with pump to press on it to exit the pepper in the face of the attacker.
- Rubbing alcohol will help to extract the capsaicin from the pepper.
- Liquid: oil can be added to the pepper paste to create the final pepper spray.
- Protective gloves and eyewear to avoid any injury in your eyes or your skin.
What Are The Needed Ingredients?
1- You can bring the Cayenne peppers or Ghost pepper
2- You can use chili pepper as well.
2- Alcohol rubber will work very well as a solvent.
3-You will need a liquid to mix it with the pepper & Oil can be your choice here.
3- Then, Put them all in a bottle spray with a pump.
Let’s Make It Together “How To Make Pepper Spray”:
While i was making my Homemade pepper spray in the kitchen, i was very careful to keep my eye away while wearing onion goggles 🙂
Please NEVER forget to wear gloves also as there are human hands that are sensitive to pepper.
1- The main ingredient you should include in your list is capsaicin, so please choose pepper that contain a high percentage of capsaicin like the cayenne peppers or ghost pepper
2- Grind the pepper in a bowl until it became powder and add cayenne pepper powder in case you needed to increase the content.
3-You will need a liquid to mix it with the pepper & Oil can be your choice here.
4- Use a filter ( Coffee filter ) at the top of a cup and put the liquid in it and let it sit for hours until the end of the filtration process.
5- Then, Put them all in a bottle spray with a pump & start using it for self-defense.
Testing The Effectiveness of Your Homemade Pepper Spray:
Testing the homemade pepper spray is very crucial to check if it will stop the attacker and can be effective in the self-defense situations or not.
- You will have to to wear protective gloves and eyewear before testing the pepper spray, Like i said before i use the onion goggles.
- You MUST test in the outdoor in a well ventilated area not in the kitchen or home anyway.
- Then you will need to set up a target such as a piece of cardboard or an empty soda can to shoot at it.
- Now it is time to spray the target by aiming the spray at the cardboard or whatever.
- Finally, check the range and distance from 6 feet, 10 feet, and 15 feet to determine what can be done during an emergency with an attacker
Conclusion:
After you became aware of how to make pepper spray, I would like to confirm that making pepper spray at home is not recommended, and the safer and more effective is buying a Pepper Spray that has a Flip-Top to protect you from any pepper spray exposure accidentally.
I highly recommend to buy a Pepper spray canister if you are skeptical about doing it just for your personal safety
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