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Leo Benson wrote:...I have a paper shredder. Do you think shredded newspaper would work, too, in place of, or with, the lint?
Thats a great idea if it works. A good use for all that junk mail!
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ole trucker
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Great idea, but seems the coals from the charcoal grill do great as well!
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For all the wine drinkers, save the corks and soak in rubbing alcohol. They work great and a great way to recycle them.
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During Spring Break we finally used up about a year's worth of dryer lint that I had saved for campfires. In the past I put them in empty paper towel tubes but during the past year I just stuffed the lint in brown paper lunch sacks and taped them shut.
I like the cotton ball with petroleum jelly idea better. Also the Fritos. But I have to agree with Skip that it is SO much easier to just use the store bought firestarters! Especially when you camp in a Class B. My husband kept telling me that we had no more room for those lunch bags filled with dryer lint but I wouldn't listen!!!
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Another version, take cardboard and cut in strip. Using an empty can like a tuna or potted meat can, coil the cardboard in the can. Pour in some wax. The cardboard acts as a wick.
Or you can use squares of cardboard and fold like you are making a fan but don't fold in half after pleating. Tie a string onto the center of the cardboard and using long ends, dip into melted wax.
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Leo Benson wrote:I have a paper shredder. Do you think shredded newspaper would work, too, in place of, or with, the lint?
Leo, we have some in our store that are made by a group of mentally challenged folks make them as their job. They use shredded paper and wax in Dixie cups. They work GREAT!
I've made them with dryer lint, too, only I always used small Dixie cups. The other thing I do to save money is to buy candles at yard sales. Even the long tapered ones. I put them in a coffee can inside a pot of boiling water (a homemade double boiler) and then use a small stick to pull out the wicks once the candles have melted. Works GREAT!
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agteacher wrote:Another version, take cardboard and cut in strip. Using an empty can like a tuna or potted meat can, coil the cardboard in the can. Pour in some wax. The cardboard acts as a wick.
Or you can use squares of cardboard and fold like you are making a fan but don't fold in half after pleating. Tie a string onto the center of the cardboard and using long ends, dip into melted wax.
do you remove it from the can afterwards?
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Try dipping cottom balls in vaseline (petroleum jelly). Store in coffee can and use when needed. Will burn 3-5 minutes. Works great.
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Cruzette
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agteacher wrote:Another version, take cardboard and cut in strip. Using an empty can like a tuna or potted meat can, coil the cardboard in the can. Pour in some wax. The cardboard acts as a wick.
I'm not sure how you would use this to start a fire with??? Do you just leave the tuna can in the fire and let it burn?
When I was a Girl Scout, we made our buddy burners to cook on and took cardboard and cut into strip. Using an empty can like a tuna or potted meat can, coil the cardboard in the can. Pour in some wax. The cardboard acts as a wick. This was our fuel source for our Buddy Burner.
Then we took a very large unpainted coffee can and cut a 1" tall and 2" wide flap, that we bent the flap up in a 90 degree angle and up at the very top on the sides of the rim we took a bottle opener (church key opener) and cut 3 small holes to the right and left side of the can. This allowed the air to flow from the bottom and out the top edge of the coffee can. The very top of the can became the cooking surface. It was great to cook such things as an individual hamburger or hotdog.
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Cruzette
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agteacher wrote:Another version, take cardboard and cut in strip. Using an empty can like a tuna or potted meat can, coil the cardboard in the can. Pour in some wax. The cardboard acts as a wick.
I'm not sure how you would use this to start a fire with??? Do you just leave the tuna can in the fire and let it burn?
When I was a Girl Scout, we made our buddy burners to cook on and took cardboard and cut into strip. Using an empty can like a tuna or potted meat can, coil the cardboard in the can. Pour in some wax. The cardboard acts as a wick. This was our fuel source for our Buddy Burner.
Then we took a very large unpainted coffee can and cut a 1" tall and 2" wide flap, that we bent the flap up in a 90 degree angle and up at the very top on the sides of the rim we took a bottle opener (church key opener) and cut 3 small holes to the right and left side of the can. This allowed the air to flow from the bottom and out the top edge of the coffee can. The very top of the can became the cooking surface. It was great to cook such things as an individual hamburger or hotdog.
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