DIY Firestarters

[TheDave]

A large piece of wax paper, rolled, then lightly twisted does the trick for me when used with the teepee method.

 

[matthewp]

We were camping out by Barstow once and I watched a group of drunken flat bills pile up a crap-ton of fire logs, douse it in gasoline and toss a match on it. After the blaze died down, they still didn't have a fire.

Since neanderthals mastered the use of fire, I guess that shows how de-evolved flat-bills are!

 

[mudbutt]

FYI.... Just found these. 3 boxes of 250 each for $7.50. That's a pretty good deal considering they are getting scarce...

http://www.armynavydeals.com/asp/pr...arch=matches&ItemName=Strike Anywhere Matches

Just got mine in the mail.... Don't bother. In spite of the fact that they show the old Blue Diamond strike anywhere matchbox on their website, these are the new greenie matches. Useless...

 

[JHa6av8r]

We were camping out by Barstow once and I watched a group of drunken flat bills pile up a crap-ton of fire logs, douse it in gasoline and toss a match on it. After the blaze died down, they still didn't have a fire.

I arranged some kindling in our fire pit ala the "teepee" method, put a fire starter under it (I use egg cartons/lint/wax) and in less than 10 minutes we had a nice big campfire going.

Never really got the douse with flammables crowd. But I'll bet with just paper and kindling you would get the same result as a starter. Our 6 year old gets the fire ready now, paper, kindling, & logs. When he's ready to light it he get me or his mother. He's a little more expensive to maintain than wax & lint though.

 

[b63215b]

My fire starters burn (the ones you saw I the beginning of the thread) burn hot and high, roughly 8-9inches for around 10-15 minutes. Enough to get damp wood going. Why fire starters, easier and guaranteed. I have been camping enough and soaked from rain that a warm fire does wonders for moral and drying clothes.

 

[NCLR015]

When it's dry getting a fire going is easy. With wet weather and wet wood I find an old fashioned road flare works wonders.


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[luckyeights]

Tapered candles cut into 1-1/2" pieces and wrapped them in wax paper twisting the end to form a ignition point.

 

[big sky trapper]

metal match aka firesteel and some really fine shaving works for me, even in the rain, PJCB's as an absolute no bs back up every time.

 

[dvsjw]

Wife has been making these for years, I think she got the idea from girl scout leaders training almost 20 years ago. I provide her oak shavings from a surface planer. The oak seems to work best and the planer makes a great size chip for lighting and soaking up wax. She buys blocks of wax from the hobby store when they go on sale. She purchased an old second hand metal coffee pot that is solely used for this. I set her up in a large open concrete drive outside and she will make about 5 years worth at a time.

They are mostly waterproof, store easy and will almost always work to get kindling going. Not a guarantee, but much easier and safer cleaner than my old redneck way of putting the whole camp at risk of injury. We bring a few along with us on all outings.

Yes, she is awesome, and these work well.