Mixing magnesium dust into vasline cotton balls.

I wouldn't bother.
The Vaseline's enough on its own, I've made fire on snow with the regular Vaseline/cottonballs.
Denis
 
Magnesium burns at what, 5000 degrees? I would say well worth it, but maybe use bigger chunks of magnesium. There's a discussion about it in the outdoor gear forum (magnesium anode is the thread title I believe)
 
I think the PJCB burn well enough without magnesium. I've never felt the need to add magnesium to them for any reason.
 
cool idea and may just turn a pretty much "sure thing" into an even hotter "sure thing".......
Not that there really is a "sure thing" when you are outdoors........
 
I tried the pjcb thing last night with an "army" size LMF for the spark. Luckily, the site of my experiment was a steel sink. The cotton ball took fire like a sumbitch.
 
Kinda working too hard for the same result IMHO. I've sat around drinkin' with a good misch metal rod and decided I'd see how far away I could set plain ol' dryer lint on fire. With nominal conditions, 10-12 feet is my record with a few attempts before I get bored & do something else. I don't see much need for the magnesium. I've got plenty of it, but it just takes up storage space.
 
Well, before watching the video it appeared like a dumb idea, with no real point to it. (I thought it was about a normal PJCB pulled out and layed down, its not )
After watching the video, well it is explained pretty well I think, and he is proberly right. I think it will help steam out moister better, even if it does cut a few min of the burn time.
 
I thought this way looked better and more waterproof...

[video=youtube;KMKBZU6vjVA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMKBZU6vjVA[/video]
 
fallow, thanks for posting the video. I had time on my hands this afternoon & made a bunch of fire straws. Now I just need to wait for the next blizzard to hit Houston...
 
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