Homemade Fire Starter - Light Them Up and Let Them Burn

[@pdiddy5186]

Good work brother, may need a little tinkering for the initial ignition but the burn time is impressive!

[@outerlimitless]

Yeah...i'll work it out. I "cheated" and used a lighter to get the one lit for the burn test. It lit up instantly...so in that regard I was happy. And the ferro rod might be a matter of some technique...i bet if I fluffed that cotton out better and was better sparking the rod, it would catch better. It's a learning process for sure!!

[@josephjimmerson6254]

Put cotton squares dipped in melted wax in an altoids tin. you have to break up one a little for it to catch but after it does it will burn for a long time and cotton is super easy to catch.

[@outerlimitless]

Yeah, that's why I added the cotton balls to these, but I think the wax I used was too thick or heavy. A thinner wax might have worked better. Did you watch the video of me making them? I think if I mess around with processing them I'll have better results. Thanks for watching!

[@PREPFORIT]

Glad you did Not give up ...and success ! & they do last a Long time!

[@outerlimitless]

Yeah, i was hoping they'd spark up a bit easier...but i'll keep playing with it...I think they'll need some processing before they catch. The wind certainly didn't help. But yeah, more than 11 minuted burn time is sweet...

[@jeremyg371]

Watched the making of this stuff and was looking forward to the video of lighting it, glad you did one. I think this would be nice to have if you have big lighter with you and want a good starter your fire, light this with the bic and add tinder. Good burn time too with nice size flame. thx for the video.

[@outerlimitless]

These do work fine with a lighter....that's how i did the burn test. went up with no problem. I maybe should have added that detail now that i think of it...good point.

[@gunnerhusnian4375]

great job!

[@outerlimitless]

Thanks dude...i'll send you a couple to mess with if we get that blade deal done...

[@CreativeRedundancy]

cool demo man . I 've made countless fire starters I have one called Using mesophase of wax to create them which could be adapted to yours. TFS.C.R.

[@outerlimitless]

Hmmm...i'll look ino that mesophase wax. I feel like the wax i used doesn't melt easy enough to let the spark do its job...

[@CreativeRedundancy]

its a little bit different approach to creating it that still allows for spark based ignition to be used.

[@stephencarter633]

Back to the drawing board dude.

[@TheGuidedSharpeningGuide]

Come on man im freezing!!! 😂 Just joking. Its only a fail if you give up

[@oregonbushcraftoutdoorchan5357]

Well, at least your house is safe lol

[@outerlimitless]

Hahaha! yes, that's why i went out to the woods to light them!!! The Evil Fire Starters!!

[@oregonbushcraftoutdoorchan5357]

From what I have seen you do with making a roll I am going to try and do the same thing but just a tad different. What I am going to do is make the roll with all the ingredients and then slice it into half inch sections. Then remelt the surface and then insert a cotton ball UNFLUFFED. Then when needed fluff the exposed part of the cotton ball which will catch the spark Your thoughts?

[@outerlimitless]

I think that will work. Ultimately the problem that I had was the wax seems to be too hard. I think a softer wax would have worked better, or more overall wood content. I might have gone too heavy with the wax to wood ratio. The sawdust was pretty good, but I probably should have tripled the amount. The reason why I didn't leave any exposed cotton balls was to try to produce a water resistant fire starter.

[@gunnerhusnian4375]

hey man sorry about my email response, it was all bunched up. (sent on my phone)

[@Goddess1Princess]

to much stuff and wax sorry but not a good idea in my book

[@outerlimitless]

Goddess1Princess not a good idea, or bad execution? two different things.

[@Goddess1Princess]

bad execution

[@outerlimitless]

Goddess1Princess gotcha... that's a fair statement...i agree that it could have gone better, but that was my first time trying. the original purpose was to create water proof tinder...if you follow back a few vids, it's based on a product I was given... this was my take on it. anyway, I agree it needs tweaking... or more.