Homemade Multipurpose Survival Fire Starter (Polskie Napisy) Wielofunkcyjna Rozpałka Survivalowa
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There are situations where being able to make a fire as quick as possible, with very little preparation can mean I difference between life and death. That's why many people carry with them ready-made fire starters. But what if you could:
a) Make it yourself for much less money
b) Use it for much more than just fore starting?
That'd be awesome eh? Let's see what we can do about it.
Those life-threatening situations are most likely to occur in colder months when falling in ice-cold water isn't just a nuisance. But there's no reason we shouldn't prepare for that now. Let's start with the ingredients. This is pretty simple. All you need is two parts of bees wax mixed with three parts of coconut butter/oil. You will have to heat it up in a bowl of water in order to melt it. Do not place the container with wax and oil directly over the flames as it can quickly overheat and catch fire!
I have to admit, this is not my idea. Well, not entirely. I got it from my friend Rachelle from Urban Wild Things. She was using it as lip balm. But I thought this could have all sorts of other applications as well.
The 2/3 proportions don't have to be accurate and are not fixed. You can fiddle with it depending on temperature and intended use. If colder, add more oil to make melting and application easier. If hot, add more wax to keep it solid until you need to it soft and runny.
When the suff is still in the liquid state, dip you cotton pads in it and allow them to soak the mixture until they change colour. The, place them on a wax paper or oily rag and let them set.
They'll be ready in just a few minutes. You can store and carry them in a flat tin container which will hold up to 7 pads and, being made of steel, can be used for things like making charr cloth when necessary.
Now, what are their uses and advantages? First of all, each of those little pads will burn from 8 to over 12 minutes and is easy to light even wet.
Such a long burn time is more than enough to dry you soaking wet kindling and star you fire, which I demonstrate in the video.
Apart from this obvious application, this mixture will remove pine, spruce or fir resin from your hands and tools. It'll also protect you skin in wet cold weather as well as protecting you carbon steel tools from rusting. It can be smeared on leather sheaths, belts and boots as a conditioner and waterproofing agent.
It'll also protect wooden shafts and handles and will not go rancid. At least it hasn't yet :)But one of the most important things is that, being made from natural materials, this stuff is completely environmentally friendly and edible. It probably isn't the best survival/trail snack but at least you don't have to worry about contaminating your food with your knife's anti-rust layer or your hand cream.
I've seen many ways to do an emergency kindling. This method is more complex than the others, but its performance is incomparably greater, as well as its effectiveness. Additional aspects of its use mean that I will certainly do it for myself. Thanks Simon.
Nice demo on preparing and using these fire starters. Great tips on auxiliary uses -- especially the resin removal.
Random Button Pusher I was surprised it could do it too. It also works great as lip balm.
sawdust is also pretty ok for removing resin from your hands
Simon, nie czytałem dokładnie wszystkich komentarzy, ale chyba nikt nie wspomniał, że taki wacik ma też właściwości antyseptyczne i przeciwzapalne czyli idealny na kompres po skaleczeniu :) Pozdrawiam! Świetne materiały! Czekam na więcej przygód :)
Dzięki :)
Great video thanks Simon!
Another use for that beeswax is to simply rub it on any seams which are leaking or areas of say your water proof trousers / jacket. After rubbing a small amount in, you can either heat it near a flame - kinda iffy that idea, in my opinion - or simply sit around the fire and hold the cloth to some of the heat of the fire. NOT the fire itself though as you only want to melt that beeswax and get it to impregnate the fibre (cotton) / seal any tiny holes which are letting in water. The uses for beeswax are pretty endless. Years ago, I stripped the varnish from my gun stock, stained the wood to the colour I wanted and then sealed it with beeswax. It came out beautifully and actually had better grip than the original coating, ironically.
+MrTatts64 Ah, yeah. I've actually used this stuff to waterproof seams on my waterproof poncho. I know, sounds ridiculous since the poncho should already be fully waterproof :)
Przekonująca prezentacja. Dzięki!
+Pawel Dudzinski Uczę się cały czas :) Ciszę się, że się podoba.
+Simon's Discoveries Hoho - ja też się uczę. Cały czas! Pozdro!
Ok thanks. I was wondering because I've carried cotton rounds dipped in wax in the backcountry on my elk hunts for 3 years. They are great fire starters with wax alone. I have had to make multiple attempts in wet environments to get a sustainable fire going with a bic lighter because I thought a lighter is all you need. I never go to the mountains without them nowadays.
It will work that way too but with the coconut butter it becomes more multipurpose. It makes it possible to smear in on your hands, boots or blade for example.
Thanks for the tip. I'll try coconut oil on my next batch.
Mike Rav Raczej nie. Olej spożywczy po jakimś czasie zjełczeje i zacznie śmierdzieć, a świeczka sprawi, że wszystko będzie twardsze i bardziej kruche. Stracisz wielofunkcyjność bo niczego ty już nie posmarujesz i nie będzie się to nadawało do jedzenia czy smażenia.
Olej kokosowy można kupić w supermarkecie a wosk pszczeli np. na Allegro. Ja kupiłem kilo za 50 zł z przesyłką.
Simon's Discoveries great multi use item
Great idea and so many use's. I will be making some for camping as well as my BOB bags.
+Dan Kress Thank you. Yup, it's been a while and I'm still using them as emergency firestarters sometimes.
As far as eating them HAHA maybe if I was hungry enough, probably need some Ketchup though. LOL
Great video thanks! I'd like to hear and see more YT Video from Poland you got a so beautiful nature with the Carpathians it's awesome.
Thank you. Unfortunately, I can't visit as often as I'd like these days.
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można użyć zwykłego wosku ze świeczki i oleju spożywczego, gdyż nie zabardzo wiem gdzie można kupic takie cuda jak masz
Thanks again brother excellent video! What kind of blade were you using there at the end when applying the coating?
***** Cheers. That was a BlackFox hunting knife.
i do wax only its very cool indeed thank you you are welcome
These will work well for a Esbit pocket stove fuel, a emergency replacement for hexamine tablets.
+huntthewild I used the like that once but they smoked like crazy as soon as the flame touched the pot lol
Like your videos bro. Very refreshing approach. Your channel is going to do well:)
huntthewild Thank you. I hope so :)
Hey Simon - is "coconut butter" like peanut butter for coconuts, or is it oil from coconuts?
(Trying to make these myself, and trying to understand completely so I don't buy the wrong things... Lol.)
Thanks!
I think those are the same things just called different names sometimes. It's made from coconuts and it can be buttery in cooler temperatures or oily when it's warmer. Now I find this stuff to be called mostly coconut butter. But that's in the USA. Good luck and have fun :)
I really enjoy the channel. There seems to always be an interesting and potentially very useful ideas.
Will coconut oil work similarly to coconut butter in when mixing with beeswax? Thanks!
ParkerFriedChicken thank you. I think so. In fact, I always thought it was the same stuff (just different consistency due to higher/lower temperature) and I'am actually using these terms interchangeably in the video.
very cool idea's. thanx
+Eric McNeil You're welcome and thanks for watching.
Great video!!!!! Can i use normal candle wax instead with coconut oil?
+Raymond Goessens You probably can but it's properties will most likely be different and I wouldn't recommend eating it. It won't be as versatile (no leather conditioning and such).
Useing your mix have you tried to light it useing a striker? Instead of a flame
Ben Heathorn Yes. You need to tear it to expose the fibres and it'll catch no problem.
Thanks Simon, very good demonstration-I particularly like your idea of melting the wax in a double boiler. Odd over at ***** covered a very similar fire starter (which he aptly named the FireDisc) on his channel a few years ago. I've used his recipe (which calls for lamp oil instead of coconut oil), and it works very well. The lamp oil probably makes it inedible, but I wasn't really planning on eating my FireDiscs anyway... Haha!
Neversink Outdoors Thanks. I actually just talked to a guy on facebook who made me calculate the potential calorific value of a pack of 7 pads. Since bees wax is most likely indigestible, I only calculated it for coconut oil. Turns out, despite weighing only 38 g (less than a mars bar) 7 pads will provide you with about 182 kcal which is 4.8/g. Whereas a mars bar (47 g) has 212 kcal = 4.5/g. So maybe we shouldn't underestimate it as a survival snack ;)
Simon's Discoveries Thanks for the reply. I'm not surprised that coconut oil is rich in calories, but I'm not sure how healthy it is to eat cotton pads (aren't they bleached somehow?). It might give you stomach cramps.
I know a lot of ultralight hikers carry a stick of butter or a container of ghee (which doesn't need to be refrigerated) to pack the maximum calories/weight. They then add it to whatever other meal they're cooking. Can you think of any other uses you could make of ghee, to turn it into a multi-purpose item?
Neversink Outdoors Cotton should be ok as far as I know. Besides you'd just chew on it and not swallow it. I don't really know that ghee stuff. Never used it. But will have a look :)
Neversink Outdoors Let's see then. I'm gonna check it out. Thanks.
Nice one mate!
Bushcraft Sweden Thank you :)
What knife is that? And will you be doing a review on it?
***** It's a BlackFox hunting knife a believe. And yes, I'm going to review it at some point. Just need to get some game to use the knife as intended :)
Simon's Discoveries Thanks :)
what is the coconut oil for what does it do?
joel Velazquez It does a few things in this combo. First it softens the wax so you can smear it easily and apply to your blades, hands and leatherwork. Apart from that, it allows the pad to catch fire even from a ferro rod and actually burn as a whole rather than act as a candle with just a small flame in one place. It's kind of an accelerant in this mixture.
What does the coconut butter do?
It softens beeswax, waterproofs cotton, burns and provides calories if you need (and are willing) to eat that stuff :)
beeswax with out being soaked in wax eat it with out the cotton balls
Because it has coconut oil in it, you could rub it on your mouth or lips, or any dry skin.
I think it has too much fiber in it to eat ;)
Yes, that is also a good use.
BTW, I meant 'chew'. Swallow the oils, spit out the cotton.
A quick and easy for starter is an alcohol swab, available from pharmacies for people who give themselves injections. They burn a long time, but not as long as yours.
Steve Brettell I suppose those would also be quite versatile as you can use them for wound disinfection and washing your hands.
Yes, I'm diabetic, so keep them. They burn a long time. I've actually never seen the cotton pad actually burn, just the alcohol
gdzie kupić taki wosk pszczeli?
Ja kupowałem na Allegro. Wtedy płaciłem chyba 50 zł za kilo.
if you cant make a fire with a 12 minute starter, your already fucked, best you give up wild camping and book into a hotel, with all the elderly folk.
włókna. nie włukna.
+RaphaelAtherill W której minucie? Zaraz poprawię. Dzięki.
:) 5:06? To było to?