I know this is an old video, but if you were to place like 4 matches in the middle of the disc then reapply some wax, when you do decide to break the disc in half, you've then got something to light it with incase no lighter.

Ridiculous. If you are looking for a good fire starter, simply buy yourself a can of shoe polish, scrape what you need, light it and your done. You don't need to cut wax, melt wax, saturate maxi pads or dip them in water.

First soak them in rubbing alcohol or lighter fluid. Then coat them with wax.

Why not just melt the wax? 2:00 why cut it up first?

Save a mess and just put the candle right in the pan. Trust me, it will melt.

I dip them in lighter fluid first then the wax.

I bought a used crock pot at a yard sale for very little money and it works perfect for the purpose of liquifying candles/paraffin to make fire starters.

Or just go to the store and get a couple small candles and a lighter. Done. Spend your time doing something useful.

I've made firestarters in the past but I think this is by far the easiest and best one I've seen. Now it will be my only one toake.

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What a legend! Doing this today!!!!!

You can always keep a few cheese Doritos with you, they do the same thing 😅

bro the ultimate fire starter is fatwood

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bet still just use a packet of crisps (chips) the Irish call them firestarters, the oil in the potatoes burns like crazy

Will cotton balls work?

a candle in a jar (dollar store) is incredibly versatile, easy to store, pretty wind resistant,provides light, reusable . etc etc

What's the full burning time of 1 of those?

Going to be making these. ❤ 🇬🇧 great for my rocket stove.

Or you can just use a lighter that are a dime a dozen

You can use tea light candles, spares you the cutting

Next time you should use a small Crock-Pot to melt your wax. Your gas Flame is far to easily to cause a fire.

Good video and great idea, I think that when I melt my wax, I'll use a pan for the wax, placed in a larger pan of water. That way, the wax will melt and not overheat and start a fire. It would just be my luck to burn my place down!

They look like slice of potatoe chips waxed

Awesome all weather fire-starter! I have to make a few for to pack away in our hiking bag.

Now, that's some effective fire starter... on my budget!

Use a quarter cup of liquid paraffin added to the melted wax a 1 to 10 ratio, one part liquid paraffin to 10 parts wax. You will be amazed at how well it burns.

Nice and easy and light to carry!! Add some barbecue lighter fluid to the pads before dipping them in the wax and they are way easier to light with a ferro rod or flint and steel 👍 Thanks Mate.

It's clear you don't make your own chips (French fries) I handle a chip pan every day so these are no problem

Great video thanks ☺️

I use dryer lint.

Talk about digestive biscuits

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Good stuff!!!

what is the name of the white tissue you dipped in the wax

I get candles from yard sales and thrift stores and I prefer the smaller makeup pads, they fit in an Altoids tin better. These are great!

I use corn chips. A couple of Doritos in the kindling and they work great. I got the idea from an episode of The Big Bang Theory!

Add some carbon cloth it will burn like a sloth. Add some powdered magnesium the fire will bright like it had Cesium. Add some thermite it will good and bright. Get some steel wool wrap in in you wax put a 9 volt to it it will burn to the max. If I have forgotten' burn some gun cotton. to Make a torch real good take your wax mini pad wrap it around fatwood.

I add fire gel (bought in the BBQ section of the hardware for starting BBQ's) to the wax, I first melt the candle wax, take it off the heat and then add in a 50% mix ratio and mix until it dissolves. Then as normal soak the cotton rounds and dry.

Is this only wax and the cotton round? What was in the pan in the beginning? Can you list the ingredients....Is it only 2 things?

I have Never needed to start a fire. Ever. I’ve never even held a lighter. Ever

Should always use double boiler method when melting wax to be safe, as most candles have paraffin or some other form of chemical in them. Have you tried 10 percent lamp fluid with pure bees wax , that`s a great burner mix with the cotton pads,

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Safer to use a double boiler for wax. Just put a melt pot inside a larger pot of water and heat the outer pot and water to just below a boil. Then add the candles.

If you stack, say 4-5 and dribble with charcoal lighter fluid ( you don't want them soaked with fluid, just enough to moisten them), then QUICKLY dip them in the wax. You wax doesn't have to be boiling, just melted. When you go to use them, cut open the top and fluff the center up and hit it with sparks. The charcoal lighter fluid will help by utilizing the liquid that is stored inside the wax. This will flame very easily and last longer because you used more than one cotten square

I always use charcoal lighter fluid. I mix it at almost 50/50. The lighter fluid will stay moist in the center, yet the hardened outside will evaporate, leaving you with a cookie. They light with less spark and are more proven to ignite, and if it's a survival situation, you want a fast and effective way to have a fire

An option is to use Petroleum Jelly instead of Wax _ I get mine from the dollar store. Melt it in a pan or in the microwave and then add the cotton makeup cleaners. Just put them in and push them down until they absorb all the Vaseline. You can also just use cotton balls, they work great too. Store them in a zip lock bag.

Good, thanks. Better: 50% charcoal lighter fluid + 50% wax mix. Let dry. Insures immediate flame.

Fire safety tip: Never throw water directly on "oil" based fire. Or electric fire.

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