1st: collect about a half cup of pine or other tree sap/pitch, a half cup of candlewax, and a half cup of Vaseline. Optional ingredient: 1/4 cup of Pyrodex or similar gunpowder
2nd: set up a DOUBLE-BOILER pot, (this is for your own safety, DO NOT melt the above ingredients directly on a burner in a single pot!). Melt the 3 ingredients and stir well. Once melted, remove from the stove and dip HALF of a cottonball into it, let the excess drip and set aside on wax paper to cool.
3rd: once the cotton balls are cold, roll up so they look like a big grub (oval-like). Tuck away in your fire kit.
basically the cotton ignites very quickly with spark or flame, and the wax and pitch and p/j melt and spread quickly, with a nice BIG flame. I added the pitch because i found it was VERY resistant to wind and rain (flame out)
Optional: only for the experienced, and NOT for kids to make or play with, OK?
Once you have dipped the cotton ball and while the wax is still setting, dip in a bowl of Pyrodex or similar gunpowder. and roll with your fingers to form a grub shape.
when you ignite the cotton ball with spark or flame, the top 3 ingredients melt and flame up, and the powder also flares up quite large. This has the effect of scattering the melted flaming wax/pitch/PJ all over your wood shavings and fuzzsticks, resulting in a larger faster burn and ignition of your materials. It does not "blow up" , more like a sparkler type action.
again, safety first, ! :thumbup:
MODS, I meant to add this to my other thread "new firestarter". feel free to merge or move or??
2nd: set up a DOUBLE-BOILER pot, (this is for your own safety, DO NOT melt the above ingredients directly on a burner in a single pot!). Melt the 3 ingredients and stir well. Once melted, remove from the stove and dip HALF of a cottonball into it, let the excess drip and set aside on wax paper to cool.
3rd: once the cotton balls are cold, roll up so they look like a big grub (oval-like). Tuck away in your fire kit.
basically the cotton ignites very quickly with spark or flame, and the wax and pitch and p/j melt and spread quickly, with a nice BIG flame. I added the pitch because i found it was VERY resistant to wind and rain (flame out)
Optional: only for the experienced, and NOT for kids to make or play with, OK?
Once you have dipped the cotton ball and while the wax is still setting, dip in a bowl of Pyrodex or similar gunpowder. and roll with your fingers to form a grub shape.
when you ignite the cotton ball with spark or flame, the top 3 ingredients melt and flame up, and the powder also flares up quite large. This has the effect of scattering the melted flaming wax/pitch/PJ all over your wood shavings and fuzzsticks, resulting in a larger faster burn and ignition of your materials. It does not "blow up" , more like a sparkler type action.
again, safety first, ! :thumbup:
MODS, I meant to add this to my other thread "new firestarter". feel free to merge or move or??
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