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be careful burning chemicals together. I'd personally be afraid of creating a vapor or gas that could erode your lungs if inhaled. Cleaning and disinfecting chems can be the worst....
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Beckerhead #32
True, the vapor from some of these things is pretty toxic/bad. I think most of this is worst case scenario anyway though, not something you'd use all the time.
Uh, if I find a reliable way to use thermite you can bet your ass I will use it all the time. Use that to cook my steaks sucka!
Secret seasonings = Thermite.
Uh, if I find a reliable way to use thermite you can bet your ass I will use it all the time. Use that to cook my steaks sucka!
Secret seasonings = Thermite.
Try some wetfire tinder, its some good stuff....
Uh, if I find a reliable way to use thermite you can bet your ass I will use it all the time. Use that to cook my steaks sucka!
Secret seasonings = Thermite.
Wouldn't it just burn ahole through the steak? HaHa
I had wetfire tinder in my hunting kit for years. I recently tried to use both some I had in my kit and some that has been stored in my house for years. I could not get either to light. I asked the Goin Gear guy about this at Blade and he had never heard of a problem like that. YMMV
Have you used it before or after that? That is pretty odd, kind of depressing/scary if it was your main tinder.
You have to check the pack for leaks. Wetfire is a chemical based tinder, if you let it get dry, the outside oxidizes and won't light. I chop mine up into power when I use it for tinder, but I'll be honest, cotton ball soaked in was works better IMO, and is a helluva lot cheaper.
Moose
are insanely easy to light.
And that's the ticket right there, if you have resorted to using your emergency tinder (its mine, I normally go natural), the you NEED something easy to light, even with frozen, cold hands.
Good call, brother.
Moose
Wouldn't pitch make a good alternative to petroleum jelly?
Also an alternative to cotton balls is dryer lint, (it's free).
Can you easily buy it though? That or make it? If I had the time and resources, I could make it. More curious about alternatives than anything else.
Parafin wax. I use the little tea lights, take them apart, pull the wick out, put a bunch in an old skillet, turn the eye on high, let them melt, put a cotton ball in it, pull it out, and st on wax paper or aluminum foil. Let cool, and it will be as hard as a rock. Rought it up with a knife, and you have a CBW that will burn for 10 mins or better. Does take some serious ruffin' up though, to get enough cotton to take a spark. Lighter wax might work better, but I use these all the time to light my wood burning stove.
Moose