tin foil uses

[savagesicslayer]

I've never tried it, but would sure love to see how someone fashions a square of tin foil into a cup.

Kinda like this.......

SAS Survival guide page 189.

 

[1_BIG_BUNKER]

I have never had any luck at all making a cup to hold water out of tin foil that has been folded and then unfolded. It leaks everytime. It does work well to make a funnel to hold a coffee filter.

I use it to regulate how high the flame goes on my home made candles and my little liquid candle I made. Sometimes I need a big flame to help start a fire when everything is wet, and sometimes I just want a little light in my hooch.

 

[Badge54]

More on that candle please. What do you do for the wick and to keep it from falling down in?

Badge54

 

[1_BIG_BUNKER]

The wick is just regular 1/8'' cotton candle wick.

I cut it an 1/8'' longer after it is bottomed out in the MRE Tabasco bottle. When you put the cap on, it pushes the wick down into the bottle and when you remove the cap, the wick pops out. No magic.

It doesn't fall into the bottle because of the neck. Even if it slid down a little, I can get the wick out with my SAK tweezers, but I have never in 20 plus years of doing this had any trouble with it stuck in the bottle. Even after sitting all capped up, the wick always came out more than I wanted it to. That's why I use tin foil to keep the flame lower.

Like I said, the tin foil will regulate the flame, and if you want the wick to really stick up, run a small piece of wire from your kit through the wick and across the neck of the bottle to hold it up. You will have a big flame at that point.

Before I put it in a tin or where ever I want it, I dip the cap in wax to seal it and to keep it from coming loose while it rides in the tin in my pocket. The caps are pretty tight and leak proof, but I don't want to take a chance.

I like carrying liquid candles more than wax candles because they not only burn longer, but I can use the fuel to start fires or even to make a large quick signal fire if you have a few ounces of fuel. You can cut open the candle and dump the fuel almost anywhere and on anything and start a signal fire FAST.

More on that candle please. What do you do for the wick and to keep it from falling down in?

Badge54

 

[stingray4540]

Lure, cooking trout(clean fish wrap in foil through on fire.)

 

[tonym]

freebasing.

That explains alot

 

[1Tracker]

Bushman yer cat is sending sos from that picture to the effect,"..help! please, someone adopt me I'm being held captive by this crazed human"

Priceless look on the cat's face makes the picture

 

[sodak]

The wick is just regular 1/8'' cotton candle wick.

I cut it an 1/8'' longer after it is bottomed out in the MRE Tabasco bottle. When you put the cap on, it pushes the wick down into the bottle and when you remove the cap, the wick pops out. No magic.

It doesn't fall into the bottle because of the neck. Even if it slid down a little, I can get the wick out with my SAK tweezers, but I have never in 20 plus years of doing this had any trouble with it stuck in the bottle. Even after sitting all capped up, the wick always came out more than I wanted it to. That's why I use tin foil to keep the flame lower.

Like I said, the tin foil will regulate the flame, and if you want the wick to really stick up, run a small piece of wire from your kit through the wick and across the neck of the bottle to hold it up. You will have a big flame at that point.

Before I put it in a tin or where ever I want it, I dip the cap in wax to seal it and to keep it from coming loose while it rides in the tin in my pocket. The caps are pretty tight and leak proof, but I don't want to take a chance.

I like carrying liquid candles more than wax candles because they not only burn longer, but I can use the fuel to start fires or even to make a large quick signal fire if you have a few ounces of fuel. You can cut open the candle and dump the fuel almost anywhere and on anything and start a signal fire FAST.

Awesome idea! What is your preferred fuel?

 

[zman308]

Tin foil is really aluminum foil today. Tin foil was used in the late 19th and early 20th century. I was replaced by aluminum which became cheaper and was less reactive when used for food products. The term "tin foil" is still used today but is incorrect. Real tin foil is quite expensive and hard to get today. I remember having a roll of it in our lab and it behaved quite differently than aluminum foil. For one thing it had a lower melting point and if you used it over an open fire it would melt.

My uses of aluminum foil is making a solar reflector or a solar heating box. Lining the hole of your solar still to increase its efficiency

 

[kgd]

Three years ago I went to a holloween party dressed as a baked potato. I used a lot of tin foil.