Something productive to do on a rainy afternoon. These work really well. Thanks for the idea about using a jar candle, since these are super cheap at Goodwill or Salvation army. Great video.
Looks good but I dip my cotton rounds in mineral oil or lamp oil mixed with a little charcoal lighter first and then I come back and do the final dip in wax to water proof them.
I use cotton gun cleaning patches with petroleum jelly. Un-roll a large cotton ball, smear with petroleum jelly and layer with two cotton gun cleaning patches (new or used, doesn’t matter)... the used (oiled) gun patches are dark, just like an Oreo cookie! Sometimes I will use my beeswax (mustache wax) instead of the PJ.
Glad you liked it, Patrick! These are a win for survival preps - fast, cheap, long-lasting, and durable. Not much to not like about them. Thanks for watching. -Rusty
I get more frugal as I age. Step1. save all cotton pads teen daughter and wife use for skin care and manicures. Step 2. save all candle ends, wax from the bottom of dishes that held a candle and even from thrown-a-way candles at the local cemetery etc. Step 3. LPG is reasonable but small sticks in a gasifier camp stove or other such heat source is even cheaper. Excluding our time, our DIY fire starters are free. Just found your channel today. We are watching and enjoying from the Republic of the Philippine Islands.
I like these. How do they hold up in the fire pouch on very hot days? Just wondering. Talk about “fire cookies”: I use cotton gun cleaning patches with petroleum jelly. Un-roll a large cotton ball, smear with petroleum jelly and layer with two cotton gun cleaning patches (new or used, doesn’t matter)... the used (oiled) gun patches are dark, just like an Oreo cookie! Sometimes I will use my beeswax (mustache wax) instead of the PJ.
Personally, i keep them in a tin and don;'t have much problem with them melting into other stuff. Leave a kit in the back of my car normally and even i the heat of summer they don't become a mess. -Rusty
If you expose enough of the fibers you can. Some people make these with an accelerant (like lighter fluid) to make them more flammable. The down side of this approach is it reduces the burn time. A match or lighter work better on these. Thanks for watching, Tony! -Rusty
Please, keep your heat source on its lowest setting. My sister tried to melt a candle in the over when we were little. She about burned down the house.
The cotton tends to wick up the melted wax into the dry spots. The wax water-proofs it as well. Ferro rods are cool and all, but lighters and matches are both viable starting methods too. Thanks for watching! -Rusty
That’s a bad idea if it gets wet… Then the unwaxed part is done All you have to do is break it apart and expose the fibers from the inside to a pharaoh rod. Bingo bang you’re on fire
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Something productive to do on a rainy afternoon. These work really well. Thanks for the idea about using a jar candle, since these are super cheap at Goodwill or Salvation army.
Great video.
It doesn't have to be a new innovation to be effective and beneficial. Thank you for the video!
Looks good but I dip my cotton rounds in mineral oil or lamp oil mixed with a little charcoal lighter first and then I come back and do the final dip in wax to water proof them.
Put a petroleum cotton ball between two of these, and voila you have an Oreo fire cookie!
😳🔥😆
Have you tried making these yet? Any variations you like better?
10 percent paraffin lamp oil 90 percent wax. About the same results but they light easier than straight wax.
@@Jpnjnky1 Did you make that mixture yourself, and make the ratio of the mix yourself, or purchase it somewhere?
@@patrickbreese9133 no I saw it on the Michigan woodsman channel a while back and used it ever since.
@@Jpnjnky1 Thank you..I'll check out their channel sometime..
I use cotton gun cleaning patches with petroleum jelly. Un-roll a large cotton ball, smear with petroleum jelly and layer with two cotton gun cleaning patches (new or used, doesn’t matter)... the used (oiled) gun patches are dark, just like an Oreo cookie!
Sometimes I will use my beeswax (mustache wax) instead of the PJ.
I like that. I'll make to keep in my Pathfinder kit with stove cup and water bottle. Any thing to make for making more enjoyable❤
That is absolutely awesome! And those cotton pads are even cheaper at Dollar Tree..
Glad you liked it, Patrick! These are a win for survival preps - fast, cheap, long-lasting, and durable. Not much to not like about them. Thanks for watching. -Rusty
I get more frugal as I age. Step1. save all cotton pads teen daughter and wife use for skin care and manicures. Step 2. save all candle ends, wax from the bottom of dishes that held a candle and even from thrown-a-way candles at the local cemetery etc. Step 3. LPG is reasonable but small sticks in a gasifier camp stove or other such heat source is even cheaper. Excluding our time, our DIY fire starters are free. Just found your channel today. We are watching and enjoying from the Republic of the Philippine Islands.
Glad you enjoyed the video. Great input! Yes, these things can be made for cheap or free and they are fantastic. -Rusty
That's how I make them. Carry a smokeless tobacco container full with me. Many fires in those 5 or 6 discs.
Nice! I’m going to make some today!
We use half candle wax and half charcoal lighting fluid
You can alo you a smallnpot of heated water to melt the wax. Ty for the valuable information.
Good stuff. I have been doing it for years. I add lamp oil/kerosene to my wax.
Very cool. What kind of burn times do you get on those? -Rusty
Try the gel wax
@@Equip2Endure About the same, but they are a little bit more flexible (to handle) and light more easily
I like these. How do they hold up in the fire pouch on very hot days? Just wondering.
Talk about “fire cookies”:
I use cotton gun cleaning patches with petroleum jelly. Un-roll a large cotton ball, smear with petroleum jelly and layer with two cotton gun cleaning patches (new or used, doesn’t matter)... the used (oiled) gun patches are dark, just like an Oreo cookie!
Sometimes I will use my beeswax (mustache wax) instead of the PJ.
Personally, i keep them in a tin and don;'t have much problem with them melting into other stuff. Leave a kit in the back of my car normally and even i the heat of summer they don't become a mess. -Rusty
Can you light them with a ferro rod?
If you expose enough of the fibers you can. Some people make these with an accelerant (like lighter fluid) to make them more flammable. The down side of this approach is it reduces the burn time. A match or lighter work better on these. Thanks for watching, Tony! -Rusty
There are people who give a little lamp oil to the melted wax. What do you think about that ?
i would put some lighter fluid on them, then dip in wax. light even faster. just put some Zippo fluid on it.
Awesome stuff guys 👍
Glad you liked it, J! Thanks for watching. -Rusty
Thnxs 4 sharing
You bet!
I tried using soy wax i had on hand. They would not light. At all.
Any thoughts?
Many thanks.
Can you light those with a wooden match?
That’s so easy! Thanks!
Glad it was helpful it and thanks for watching! -Rusty
Please, keep your heat source on its lowest setting. My sister tried to melt a candle in the over when we were little. She about burned down the house.
Nice video,, only thing I would add is not to fully dip the cotton so your able to ignite the dry exposed cotton with a ferro rod.
The cotton tends to wick up the melted wax into the dry spots. The wax water-proofs it as well. Ferro rods are cool and all, but lighters and matches are both viable starting methods too. Thanks for watching! -Rusty
That’s a bad idea if it gets wet… Then the unwaxed part is done
All you have to do is break it apart and expose the fibers from the inside to a pharaoh rod.
Bingo bang you’re on fire
I imagine cotton balls would have about the same effect
Be careful as wax can ignite and cause a fire. Better to do this outdoors.
Melted wax is highly flammable, so don’t try over an open flame
Where's Adam?
I'm curious about that myself. I hope he's doing well.
We posted the explanation in a video on Facebook. He's still doing great, but it was time for him to get out of the TH-cam game.
LOL such a high tech innovation. You guys are a few decades behind on your ideas.
Where did they claim it was an “innovation”? The answer is, they didn’t.
@@brawndothethirstmutilator9848 Next they can show how to chip a wheel out of a boulder... if they don't claim it's an innovation will you still be in awe.
Too much work. Just infuse small soft wood blocks in a jar of turpentine. Pine wood works.
Also too much work. A piece of candle.
@@danholtbk7008No
I just pack around a gallon of gassoline.