Posted: 11/16/2012 7:44:27 AM EDT
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Not as many folk know that a very versatile and effective means of firelighting is vaseline and Cottonballs.
Spread the vaseline onto the cottonballs and you have up to five minutes of burn-time! :) Firelighting with cotton balls & Vaseline |
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Not as many folk know that a very versatile and effective means of firelighting is vaseline and Cottonballs. Spread the vaseline onto the cottonballs and you have up to five minutes of burn-time! :) Firelighting with cotton balls & Vaseline Make sure you get cotton balls and not the synthetic stuff, as it will burn gooey. What I experiemented with is dryer lint. I don't do polyester, so it's all cotton stuff. Like your suggestion, just take some Vaseline and smear in into the layer of lint and you're golden. Get an Altoids tin, or a small zip lock baggie and store it in that. Just tear off a wad and watch that stuff burn for a good 1-2 minutes. Lint is free and plentiful if you do much laundry. Chris |
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My wife makes firestarters for the wood stove with egg cartons, dryer lint, and candles bought at yard sales. She makes a bunch in the summer, and uses them all winter long. Sure beats using newspaper. You can't post something like this and then not tell us how she does it! Get her in here to share her recipe. I'm in Miami and all electric, but I'd like to know her secret. You never know when you might need something like that. Thanks, Chris |
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This thread makes *so* much more sense after I re-read the OP. Fire *lighting*... not firefighting. Glad I'm not the only one 
I was going to sound off about how homeowner-sized foam kits are surprisingly affordable... ...and then I read the OP's post, and wondered how the heck he intended to put a fire out with cotton balls... Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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My wife makes firestarters for the wood stove with egg cartons, dryer lint, and candles bought at yard sales. She makes a bunch in the summer, and uses them all winter long. Sure beats using newspaper. You can't post something like this and then not tell us how she does it! Get her in here to share her recipe. I'm in Miami and all electric, but I'd like to know her secret. You never know when you might need something like that. Thanks, Chris Really? I did this in Cub Scouts when I was 8. Get a cheap double boiler, melt the candles. While they're melting, pack the lint (or sawdust) into the CARDBOARD egg cartons (Styrofoam, obviously, is a bad idea). Once the candles are melted, pour the wax into the egg cartons, on top of the lint/sawdust. Let it cool, then cut into pieces. |
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Not as many folk know that a very versatile and effective means of firelighting is vaseline and Cottonballs. Spread the vaseline onto the cottonballs and you have up to five minutes of burn-time! :) Firelighting with cotton balls & Vaseline Make sure you get cotton balls and not the synthetic stuff, as it will burn gooey. What I experiemented with is dryer lint. I don't do polyester, so it's all cotton stuff. Like your suggestion, just take some Vaseline and smear in into the layer of lint and you're golden. Get an Altoids tin, or a small zip lock baggie and store it in that. Just tear off a wad and watch that stuff burn for a good 1-2 minutes. Lint is free and plentiful if you do much laundry. Chris My wife does the lint route as well. She uses empty toilet paper rolls and layers the lint and Vaseline inside the roll. Works great all winter in the fireplace and is way cheaper than fatwood. |