Question about fire.

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
 
saw a scout master do it while telling ghost tales - he had a pile of wood, was telling his story about a medicine man and dumped his cup of "water" on the wood - which promptly burst into flames. (a couple of the other dads squealed louder than their kids) :D
My dad asked him how he did it later and that's what he said he used.
for some reason, this stuck with me -- but since i don't have a pool, I've never tried it myself.
 
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.
 
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.

What if you were able to use a small tungsten plate or bowl(is you could find such a thing) to control the burn of the thermite? Tungsten will be able to survive a a thermite burn without melting. Theoretically, you could use it to start your fire and retrieve it once you're fire has died.
 
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.

Haha. It'd cook/melt/incinerate EVERYTHING.

"Mrs Dash's new recipe with a hint of Thermite! Buy today. :thumbup:"
 
Try some wetfire tinder, its some good stuff....

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
 
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.
 
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
 
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

Ah, the floating in water bit always looked cool, though not sure how that comes in handy. PJCBs are definitely way to go. They burn for quite a while, even the mini cotton balls I use, and are insanely easy to light.
 
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
 
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

Ah, good point. Add to it it requires barely a spark, find a piece of a flint rock or something like that and you could use your knife to make the spark, I think anyway.

On a side note, is there an alternative to petroleum jelly? Having another option to make it would be nice, natural being even better.
 
Wouldn't pitch make a good alternative to petroleum jelly?
Also an alternative to cotton balls is dryer lint, (it's free).
 
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.
 
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
 
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

That works. I did the same, but for jute cord, and that seems to work very well too. Plus you have some cordage. Beeswax seems softer at the least, maybe soy wax even. The stuff probably doesn't need to be melted since it is pretty soft to begin with, from what I remember. Will have to try the tea light idea out.

On a side note, I used the tea light cup to make a candle with some jute cord and the left over paraffin that was melted. Works pretty well as a candle.
 
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