How Matches Are Made

Red coloring makes the match head burn more vigorously. The mixture of the combustion controlling agent is just one of the many steps that go into the manufacturing of matches.
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[@tmck4138]

I would be so tempted to throw one lit match in

[@melododie]

Noooo!

[@terrapins8553]

Same

[@kimhyeon920]

They literally uploaded the how it’s made video

[@ToonGrizzly]

ElectricSpace In check the description

[@ariadnegmusdaedaloximo708]

"It only takes a single match to light your fire". Wind : Allow me to introduce myself.

[@crashbasher4393]

I really like the INSIDER logo slapped on a how it's made video.

[@doreenwu5990]

I wonder what happens to the ones that fall out? I wonder if it ever occurred to them that it might grind against a box and start a fire. Wonder what would happen if it actually lit fire

[@killfy]

imagine lighting one of them in the factory XD

[@etoilex2957]

Thomas Killfy I was going to say that😂

[@beniaminm8506]

This matched the how it's made video I'll go away now

[@_curtis]

Like the How its made vid it *matches*, It is *lit* I'm on *fire* 2day! Ok ill go now...

[@tippyanimatesandstuffplus707]

Curtis Grove That joke was on *fire* Sorry but I had to.

[@divisbleyuity8109]

That wasn't _EGG_ citing

[@janriver]

Wat, how matches r made or this.

[@ygmarte5884]

Ur everywhere

[@_curtis]

Adri Awesome where have u seen be b4??

[@jaronschuurman6498]

2:04 imagine putting this on fore

[@nauschl]

Fore is lit

[@oldbaldfatman2766]

Dec. 2017----Amazing and thanks for the video. Imagine a world where matches didn't exist/available or had to be made by hand.

[@mawaaab]

It's lit

[@chicken-scratch]

AYYYYYYY :D

[@rimonbarua44]

u r everywhere

[@chicken-scratch]

rimon barua yeah, he/she is. And so am I if you look hard enough. And we know it. And we do it anyway

[@mawaaab]

Kai Drysdale she. I'm a she. (:

[@am19_7]

Mawa J. Mayne Why do you torture us like that?

[@lupe9183]

This is so satisfying

[@ScoobyandShaggy5554]

Insider finally met its MATCH

[@SpAM-nu5oy]

This video sure was LIT 🕯🕯🕯

[@ghourical9243]

1:17 it looks like fries if you think about it 😂

[@arifanmoonlightroblox2230]

not light one of them on fire during the process and burn down the whole factory

[@gamerboi8092]

when someone accidentally dropped a match with fire.

[@ScribblebytesWorldwide]

In my country Lion matches burn very slowly and they put themselves out before they get to your fingers. You can take 3 bong hits with one match strike. It's genius.

[@engr.kennedyanthony8129]

Can I know the name of this machine?

[@gupperbumper9603]

Everybody workin’ until a match gains enough friction to light up

[@user-yt9mo8fu3h]

Me: today i'll sleep early Me at 2am: how matches are made

[@mudithaweerathunga3441]

Thanks.

[@joshdove4562]

could the liquid compound catch on fire?

[@heyi2441]

I like "it's lit" and "how matches are made" get it? Get it? GET IT?!??

[@anthonytan4231]

One little fire factory burn

[@crystalxxx_xplays28blogs98]

This is such a dangerous job

[@Absolute_Nothing]

When I see that 2:37 I knew it was my country !!! The match box said ตราพยานาคี

[@michaelleiner9004]

I'm waiting for the moment that one match is dropped and scrapes on something and sends the entire factory up in flames

[@dorodorodoro8766]

I wonder what will happen if all the thing that the sricks are dipped in are lit up...

[@MuhammadAli-up6xf]

Save wood and use spark lighters

[@DanielLCarrier]

Matchmaker matchmaker make me a match.

[@inacardboardbox7033]

All that trouble of mixing dipping drying and waiting and we just burn it and throw it away.

[@putodango]

Now how do they light up

[@BaberJacks]

well sometimetimes it takes more than one if its windy

[@joni2760]

Lit AF🔥🔥🔥

[@georgeschlaline6057]

What about sulfur

[@pistachio6975]

The total of the match that they made every year is 262,800,000 I calculated it i was shocke also for every month they produce 720,000 matches so many matches

[@adityachatterjee1158]

Imagine lighiting the liquid on fire

[@sleepless9994]

I would just like to take one lighted match and light one match

[@hoangvuluu9435]

Imagine just throwing a lit match in the big batch of liquid thingy

[@gotfan7749]

But how the heck those sticks are fed in those holes???

[@notyasin5904]

One fire, everything will be lit

[@danplace8226]

It’s not red liquid it’s thermite or a smaller alternative

[@swagtoons]

Anyone knows the first song

[@GrapeOfLife]

*match lights up*

[@evamckay9859]

It lit af

[@GDXdominator]

it takes one match to cause the whole factory to go down in flames..

[@Luke-bf1wt]

WOULD IT BE IRONIC IF A MATCH SET THIS ALL OFF *LIGHTS MATCH AND THROWS IT*

[@akadapper]

Intro/outro music?

[@lorddan666]

raithe laurence - urban chase

[@skybubblemist4871]

imagine one just accidently lights on fire

[@robertszymanski717]

To make a match head bomb, one needs a book of paper matches and a wire cutter! Cut all the heads off.. about 5-6 packs of matches is enough to make a bomb! Aluminum foil and fuse and yer all set to make a 4th Ole July bomb!

[@diamondgirl01gd89]

Woah... that's weird

[@bilypad9534]

Amazing

[@julianacardo9063]

I can't

[@ThePearIsJuicy]

That's a messy process..lol

[@dr.frank1919]

Cool

[@evamckay9859]

I thought I was watching how its made😂

[@birdy9767]

Small mistake = big mistake You know what I mean one match is lit then all the matches are lit 🔥🔥🔥

[@anxietea9009]

Matches are made on match.com must be eighteen years or older to join

[@Haxusu]

Wow thats lit

[@moscow2753]

This is from "how it's made" right so why did you take their video

[@bbry000]

Am I 'never gonna buy this again because I know how it's made?'

[@vimzy8507]

If I just, throw a lit match in the machine...

[@BinhNguyen-we3qz]

I wonder what happen if someone start a fire here

[@amandastawicki9775]

Oh I thought they meant relationships

[@cathycurry1]

Coolkidxdog523 Gaming 😂

[@flyuff]

I used to eat the red parts of matches when I was little

[@ssinzssazm]

LOL SAME

[@flyuff]

ssinz7 ssazm330 glad I’m not alone then !

[@ssinzssazm]

:D

[@jenylie6998]

Omg it looks soooooo uneven !!!!

[@Deathtrap-yj7zl]

Imagine if a worker smoked in there

[@pie4762]

If a fire happened, they'd be screwed.

[@lhowenhendrix6941]

Uggh this is to MATCH

[@bowster]

I was watching a lizard video :3

[@kitkat4883]

Cool :)

[@nongcue]

Thai matches?

[@alexgamez7311]

if there is a fire 😨

[@bosszhou5011]

It Thailand match โคตรเทพ

[@michelleantonio7977]

You made this video last year....

[@felixy6223]

Imagine if you let all the red stuff dry and then lit it on fire. With it's own match.

[@hafzamacie8858]

I found some amazing plans for Stodoys plans. Just check them out.

[@saleemyousaf7097]

Funny poetry 🥳🥭🐍

[@shannongibson325]

Make it wooden with the help of the Woodprix instructions.

[@HyouMix]

How about throw a single match in there that already burn in fire... will it be the end of the world

[@fairyyoonmin4591]

matches is made for me to burn up my bestfriend.

[@batvigilante1827]

Poor machinery

[@natefliszar1348]

For the love of god please stop using how it's made clips without giving credit

[@emilysale496]

nate fliszar They do use credit. It’s in the description

[@widisobarna8437]

🐱🐈

[@jannatrehan726]

O matches are haram

[@lollylolly3879]

26th

[@lancemc1977]

Good job stealing another companies produced video

[@anayaqurashi1279]

Uupuuu77

[@kirby2430]

Early