Cruzette
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As a Girl Scout we always made fire starters out of a paper egg carton, some sawdust and melted paraffin wax like these.
However I made some fire starters out of cupcake holders (set in an old muffin pan) sawdust and melted paraffin wax. After they were fairly set I stuck in a candle.
They looked almost good enough to eat!
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Bearnkat
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Good ideas!
When we're at campgrounds with pine trees, we gather pine cones and dip them in paraffin wax. They too make awesome firestarters.
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Cruzette wrote:As a Girl Scout we always made fire starters out of a paper egg carton, some sawdust and melted paraffin wax like these.
However I made some fire starters out of cupcake holders (set in an old muffin pan) sawdust and melted paraffin wax. After they were fairly set I stuck in a candle.
They looked almost good enough to eat!
These are great ideas. I am currently collecting dryer lint and toilet paper rolls to make fire starters.
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Wads of dryer lint make great firestarter. We collect it in a plastic bag and use it as needed. The way it burns reminds us that in the dryer vent its is a fire hazard so we clean it oftem.
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Cruzette
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In my Girl Scout leader training, we were informed not to use dryer lint as there were so many toxic materials in clothing now a days. So they recommend using sawdust now.
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A handfull of Frito Corn Chips makes a good fire starter. I carry a small bag of chips when hiking just in case I might need to light a fire. The good part is that if you don't need them to start a fire, you can eat them when the hike is over.
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Hey! We do that too (with lint from the dryer) - it works great, just 4 or 5 egg-carton "cubes" underneath some kindling and the fire is going in no time.
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johnna
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One needs to be careful about what kind of sawdust is used. Most manufactured woods have some pretty bad stuff in it.
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Cruzette
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johanna wrote:One needs to be careful about what kind of sawdust is used. Most manufactured woods have some pretty bad stuff in it.
You are absolutely right, don't use any manufactured wood's sawdust. I am fortunate that my DH works for a lumber mill and can bring home fresh sawdust.
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NO doubt they'll work just fine but for $.13 a fire the store bought kind work just fine for me.
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