Starting A Fire With Cotton Balls and Ashes. The Fire Roll Method Actually Works! Quick & Easy
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.พ. 2023
- In this video we start a fire using A Cotton Ball and Ashes - The Fire Roll Method. This is part of a fire making series I am doing which includes videos on: Friction fire - Bow Drill Fire, Fire Plow, Fire Thong, Fire Piston, and more.
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another youtuber would've milked this for 30 minutes. thank you for making great videos that are all content and no filler.
That is amazing!!! I have never heard of that way. So simple and fast! I love this series Shawn! Keep them coming please.👍🙂
Here's a fun bit of information about cotton: Pulverised cotton is used in furniture laquers. The cotton powder is so reactive that it has to be kept wet under oil or water to stop it from spontaneously combusting. In lacquer applications, it has to be kept in a seperate, rated building. The force of an explosion in such a building is designed to go straight up to minimise damage to nearby buildings and people. A rep from one company I used to deal with told me that if the cotton exploded, the roof of the structure was expected to land anywhere within a 4km radius.
Wow! Sometimes you think you are smart... And then you see this... Brilliantly quick and looks simple. Thank you Shawn!
One survival skill I'll probably never forget. Thank you for this
It’s crazy I use to always watch you when I was little
I keep a zip lock bag of cotton balls soaked/smothered in vaseline in my backpack and a light at all times. I timed them they burn for like 10 mins rain/damp or not. this is sweet too...when u have nothing
I like your videos because they are short and informative. A lot of other TH-cam videos take 20+ minutes to describe what could be done in 3-4 minutes and filled with dumb junk filler that is either boring or that the TH-camr thinks is funny, but is not funny to others. Yours gets right to the point.
Holly cow, I just tried it and it worked!!! It took a couple tries but it worked! Super cool and I can't wait to show the kids next time we go camping! Thanks!!
Shawn, Like many of the previous comments, I've not previously seen this method. It seems to have a lot really important advantages - the materials needed are compact, cheap, and easily protected. The effort required is very limited, Doesn't need sun. The smoking cotton seems to be much more durable than the tiny embers produced by other means. What is not to like? -will be trying it this morning when lighting my wood stove in Scotland. Thanks for the tip
This is so cool Shawn, I saw this method one other time when a friend of mine that makes fire pistons showed me how he did this. Who would think that this would work, great demo my friend.
That was awesome! I didn't even know you could unroll a cotton ball! You should talk to scientists to get them to explain how it works, that would be really interesting to know for these videos.
Yes, I want to know how it works as well.
Ditto!
The cotton that comes in pill bottles like aspirin.
The ash and cotton are unburnt fuels. The rolling action is both compression and friction which equals heat.
Cotton is very combustible. When it is rolled, it breaks into tiny particles which act like tinder. The ash provides additional friction. The pressure of rolling it increases the temperature until the combustion temperature of cotton is reached. No, the ash is not unburnt fuel. It is a byproduct of combustion. Its only purpose here is to increase friction.
I'm amazed at what you know Shawn. Tell me do you read up and search out stuff to get info on all the things you know about as you are very knowledgeable?
What I love about you is that you don't come across as 'a know it all' but just a genuinely lovely person who loves sharing his knowledge.
I've learned so much from you already, thank you Shawn xx Jean from Scotland.
I have never heard of this method before, it's like magic.
Wow, I'm truly impressed by how easy and quick that was! 👏
Shawn, you can also use things other than ashes to create the ember, such as cleanser powder, rust, or even baking soda.
I just found out about this method as well, I used rust instead of ash and it works well too
Rust??!!! Amazing. Why would that work?
I have never seen anyone do it with such few strokes. Really cool.
If I ever get lost in the woods hopefully I'll be able to watch Shawn Woods videos to save myself.
Thank you we may all need these skills sooner than we think.
What a great thing to know! Thanks, Shawn!!! I'm excited to see what other tricks you'll be showing us.
Wow! I would never have thought of ever trying that. So cool.
That was super fast and easy. Awesome Shawn! 👍 TY!
I’ve never heard of this method before. Gonna try it out next time I make a campfire.
What an amazing survival skill! Thanks for sharing this!
Since Valentine's is around the corner, you should make a video of how to start a fire in someones heart.
Wow, that is amazing how easily that lights up. I've been casually subscribed to a few bushcraft channels for a while and this is the first I've heard of this method.
Wow, I've never heard of this one before! Amazing!
Great job! That is a neat and unexpected way to start a fire.
WOw that's amazing. You could pre-roll a few and put them in an Altoids tin. I thought you would need a match
Wow. Can’t remember the last time I gave a video a like.
That's amazing, Shawn. Thanks for showing it to us.
WOW that was amazing.
This is incredibly cool!
Awesome demo - I need to try this!
Very useful and cool idea, especially if your in a pinch.
This is amazing!! I never heard of this method before! very cool!
Wow! That's awesome, I'm going to have to try that!
That's amazing and so simple. - Cheers!
This was awesome, thanks!
Love the well done, clear and concise outdoor videos.
Great simple stuff.
That's a new one for me, thanks for sharing
Very interesting, had to go try it out, got it on the second try, great method. Thanks for teaching me something new.
i wonder how many other materials this would work with and why this works.... very interesting method that seems like a really reliable method, all you'd need to keep on hand is cotton balls and a couple pieces of 2x4 and a small vial of ahses, keep it in the trunk or whatever
I have the same questions. I'd like to see someone try with fine dry dirt. And, I wonder if a cotton strip could be used.
Yeah I wonder this as well. What's the chemical reaction that's happening, cause I've seen it work with rust, ash and I think sand. Totally different chemical makeup for each, is the ash just for friction?
@@usern4metak3ns I was thinking friction too. On a side note, I once collected a quantity of those tiny stones used in poppers, thinking they might be flint and able to create a spark when rubbed together. But, I never got them to spark. Then I found out that the explosive in poppers goes off by itself when struck, and those little stones are there just to bang against each other. Still, I want to see if one could get sand made of flint (maybe with stell grit) to spark.
@@usern4metak3ns I think the pieces of wood create the friction, which causes heat and a spark. If sand works too, that's basically glass, I wonder if fiber optic strands would work, or fiberglass in place of the ashes?
@@TesserId Consider using sandpaper.
You are amazing! I live in the city but I may need this one day
This was a really good one. Easy, very portable and fast.
Amazing! Thank you for sharing!
never seen this before, that was quick and awesome
Wow that is a fast way to start a fire. Shawn if you were lost in the woods and desperate would a piece of your t-shirt substitute for the cotton ball?
Very cool! Thanks Mr. Woods
This was amazing
Going to try this next time have a backyard fire. Thnx for the video!
Wow.... That is awesome
Thats amazing how fast that works...Awesome video
Keep em coming Shawn! You're on FIRE!
Very interesting method, thanks for sharing!
Wow this is amazing! I will have to try this one with my kids!
Extraordinary! Thanks!
That's amazing!
Unbelievable.. amazing how creative desperate humans can be
This was really magic thanks!!
That's awesome! Never heard of this way of doing it
Very cool...I have not seen this way to start a fire! Definitely must try!
Wow… that’s amazing!
That was super cool 😎
Excellent survival fire if prepared
First time I've seen this method. Amazing.
Thanks...that looks easy...must add to my fire bucket...then grab the grandkids and give it a try...love mouse trap Monday's and " FIRED UP FRIDAY'S ...Great job Shawn...
Great demo of what I believe is also called the Rudiger Roll
This will be a good series👍🏼
Good work Crawdaddy.
That is amazing.
Amazing!
Great work👏👏
That's awesome!
That was very interesting.
That pretty cool 👍.
Wow. This is the most impressive fire making technique I have ever seen!
That's a new one on me... Great Tutorial
Shawn, that was amazing! I've been into this since we called it "survivalism" back in the day, and I've never even heard of this method before! Doesn't even require charcloth like most other primitive firestarting methods! Outstanding, sir!
WOW!!! Good to know !!! Thanks!!!
Pretty neat.
another way to start a fire, nice ive never heard of it before thanks
Whoah... so fast! Thanks.
That is freaking INCREDIBLE all this time I was buy expensive fire starters for my camp outs. Bye bye WALMART...LOL
THANKS
Rust works well too. Scrape a rusty tool and collect the scale, and use the rust in place of the ash. I recently saw another video on TH-cam using jute and rust.
Very unique.
That was great as are most of your videos, maybe you could try use cattail fluff in place of the cotton and rust scapped from old metal as the friction element.
WOW. Interesting!!
Now that’s the coolest
Huh. Still learning new techniques. Very cool.
That's amazing! I had no idea. 👍
Awesome
That's a new one on me .... seems to work well with little effort.
that is so cool
Shawn not throwing the cotton ball into the fire at the end is making me want to throw cotton balls into some fire.
Shawn, can you try this with rust powder instead of ashes? Some people say that works even better.
I've never seen this before! I know about matches, lighters, magnesium and Flint strikers, fire piston, magnifying glass, bag of water, but never ever before seen this method.
I didn't even finish the video before I had to go try it. It worked great 👍 and my fist fire by friction. Thanks so much for sharing. I'm putting cotton balls in all my emergency gear now
You could pre roll them with ashes in an Altoids tin
@@recoveringsoul755 oooo that's not a bad either! I like the way you think
@@recoveringsoul755 Cotton balls rolled in vaseline & ashes may also work. Be careful, vaseline is a petroleum product & combustible.