All this Flint, Magnesium, and friction Fire starting topics got me to thinking.
What do you guys use as a fire starting mediums? I was reading on the review for the Blast Match about the Cotton balls stored in rubbing alcohol in a film canister. Never though of that, but I like it.
We used to use dryer lint and paraffin in an old egg carton. Just keep all the lint from when you wash your towels and jeans and such as you want the cotton lint. Also, we did the same thing with all the sawdust from my grandfathers work shop. Sweep it up and put it in an old egg carton or paper mini muffin sleeves, melt wax on the stove in a double boiler, and then pour in and cover the lint/sawdust.
They sell paraffin in any grocery in the baking isle I think...my grandmother always had a lot on hand because she used it for canning her beans and fruit preserves.
One of the kids used to use cotton covered in Vaseline, I think... I can't remember, I just remember that they were messy.
Also, if you have a lot of pine trees. Pine Cones soaked in paraffin is another way to do make fire starters ahead of time...
Also, I wear glasses. And as a joke one time, I used that to get a fire started. Only problem, it needs to be a warm sunny day. And leaves used to start the fire has to be dry.
What do you guys use as a fire starting mediums? I was reading on the review for the Blast Match about the Cotton balls stored in rubbing alcohol in a film canister. Never though of that, but I like it.
We used to use dryer lint and paraffin in an old egg carton. Just keep all the lint from when you wash your towels and jeans and such as you want the cotton lint. Also, we did the same thing with all the sawdust from my grandfathers work shop. Sweep it up and put it in an old egg carton or paper mini muffin sleeves, melt wax on the stove in a double boiler, and then pour in and cover the lint/sawdust.
They sell paraffin in any grocery in the baking isle I think...my grandmother always had a lot on hand because she used it for canning her beans and fruit preserves.
One of the kids used to use cotton covered in Vaseline, I think... I can't remember, I just remember that they were messy.
Also, if you have a lot of pine trees. Pine Cones soaked in paraffin is another way to do make fire starters ahead of time...
Also, I wear glasses. And as a joke one time, I used that to get a fire started. Only problem, it needs to be a warm sunny day. And leaves used to start the fire has to be dry.