How to make firestarters - HD
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- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
- In this video I will show you how I like to make some very simple and inexpensive firestarters. I use these when I'm having a hard time lighting a fire. It may be snowing, wet, windy, raining... etc. They work great! Enjoy!
When it's freezing cold and wet and you are feeling absolutely miserable....a fire is life itself and improve's moral instantly!!!...
Waiting for the wax to start smoking is a very bad idea! That means it is approaching the flash point and may spontaneously combust.
If it's liquid, it's ready to pour! No need to wait for the smoke!
Just wanted to say that I followed this video 5 years ago and I made hundreds of them for my BBQ and campfire and they have been fantastic! I leave them in the rain and they start no problem.
I'm making some more now and I wanted to share a few tips I've learned over the years:
1. No need to a wick - I find if you rip the cartons by hand, they all get thin paper edges on them that light very easily
2. I mix the sawdust in a big pot with the wax. I find I used less wax this way, and was able to scoop the fully saturated sawdust into the carton
3. wax has gotten expensive - I found a huge box of half used candles at a catholic church thrift store for free and many large candles at yard sales.
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That is an excellent idea. I'm cutting up fire wood later today, I got some use candles.
Now I'm gonna make me some
I like the way you think very resourceful and creative
A paint scraper will scrape the wax off the wood easier
Is taken me 10 years to finally learn that... lol 😆
I have been making firestarters from egg cartons in a similar way for about 40 years. I pour melted wax onto the egg carton and then drain it back into the wax bucket. After the egg carton cools, i spoon in sawdust mixed with citronella lamp oil. When all of the cups are full, I pour melted wax over the top to seal up the firestarters. I was taught to put aluminum foil under the carton to avoid a mess, but I use wax paper now instead. The oil helps start the fire faster and keep the bugs at bay, but yours have a longer burn time. Great video. Recent sub checking out some of your older stuff.
I've been making these for years but with dryer lint. Sawdust would be a cleaner look though. They do work very well for getting the fire going .
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Maybe you could try heating wax in a old thrift shop metal teapot I find the spout gives more control....i make similar for my multi burning stove ....hugs from Scotland....love your videos❤🤗
I have been making them for years ,but I mix the sawdust and wax together then pour into cartons without the wick.
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Thanks for the great instructions. These will work great starting my fireplace.
I like to really thank you for this and a couple other's I've seen really cool thanks and keep cool and ✌.
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Well thought out and it works very well when there is a lot of wind. Thumbs up for this!!
Nice great job there cool idea thanks so much God bless u sir ur family
To keep your work bench clean, just use a large cookie sheet pan!
cookie sheet with wax or parchment paper, even better.
Thank you for the nice video. I'd have borrowed one of my wife's metal dough cutters or a meat cleaver to scrape the wax off of the wood (she hates me). I like the sawdust fuel. I might try poking a cotton ball into the top before the wax sets so it will light easy with a ferro rod.
Nice work. I need to make me a batch of these for the fireplace! Thanks!
+Daniel Tafoya Thank you brotha! Jute twine or cotton string/yarn works better!
I would have never thought of using a paper egg carton. Hudathunkit?? Thank you for your time and demonstration.
That was a great video I learned a lot about making the fire starters that I did not know thank you thank you thank you
Thank you!
excellent idea, thanks for sharing it.
Nice information
A 22 minute video jam-packed with 10 minutes of information!
We used to make these at the campground. We used sawdust from the chainsaw. We never used wicks, we just lit a corner of the cardboard.
looks like it works relly good
Great idea! Thanks for sharing
Thanks!
Just lay parchment paper under egg carton before pouring, wax will peel right off, clean, and the paper is reusable
awesome idea of the egg carton. aluminum foil for the mess.
The egg crate itself will burn very good
Carpenters probably would love to have someone take their sawdust off their hands. Now I have a use for all the sawdust I create with my projects. I have a small pile of planer sawdust that I now know what I can do with it.
Great idea. I think what I would do is keep the egg carton intact. It allows you to protect your wick from damage, and it also gives you a bit of extra fuel in case you are having a tough time getting the tinder lit due to being just a bit damp.
I have used a smokeless gunpowder firestarter for decades. Used to use a film can, but those aren't too common any more, so you can use a pill bottle. Fill it with a cheap smokeless powder, and then pour enough acetone in to it, to make the powder mushy. All you need is a chunk about the size of your thumbnail and will start a fire even in some of the most miserable weather.
Great video, thank you!!
Thanks again,
Thanks again!
Perform this job on a large piece of parchment paper. Much easier to clean up.
I was thinking a cooling rack over an old cookie sheet.
My thought as well! Or wax paper, or foil... The foil you could even make up turned edges on to prevent the wax from dripping. With any of those 3 you can crack the wax off and return the wax to your wax can pretty easily.
This firestarters works great I made them when I go camping and it burns relly long so it's easy to start a fire!
Excellent! Thank you!
Nice video, I've always dryer lint. Never thought to use sawdust.
I like the lint ones too. They work great!
Thanks for the ideas!
Great firestarters man, thanks for sharring you're insight with us. And ill be sure to use this technique and also keep the great videos comming :)
Thank you!
Interesting. I’ll have to try this
The 'other section' that you cut off, could be dipped in wax, and used itself, as a fire starter. No waste.
Good stuff brother!
Thank you brotha!
Brother, Man that burn for a long time what 30 mins? Awesome video!
Cool idea about the sawdust. I have plenty..I have made them the dryer lint way....but I am going to try a combo of lint and sawdust. thanks
Thank you. Sounds like a good idea. :)
Great videos!
Nice! I'm going to make a big one. Like the log size ones they sell at the store.
Thanks, The big ones work great!
Nice
I appreciate the video on making candels but a 3” metal Puddy scraper works better just a suggestion
Just an idea...maybe you could use a piece of heavy duty foil and it would be easy to break off the foil. Though scraping that wax off is very gratifying (:
The actual burn characteristics are phenomenal...very impressed. Have you ever tried these in a can stove as a small quantity cooking source? Maybe water for coffee or soup?
Cat food can rubbing alcohol. Works great.
Just an FYI. Could you cut the twine and soak them in the wax, they become somewhat stiff. Then add them to the egg
carton before you add the sawdust and the wax. Just an idea. Is there any difference in the sawdust used? I have some
saved frim the Hedgeapple - Osage Orange which is quite fine. Would that work as well as the pine or spruce which is a
little larger chunks of the dust? Good idea for starters.
U don't really need the sawdust. Just wax it the egg carton
wonder if they ll boil water in a pinch
I do this and mix in a bit of magnesium shavings...... or road flare dust......... VERY hot and can get most ANYTHING started...........and it is pretty cheap when you do this over a few egg cartons........
do you need the wicks or not?
Thank you for this video. I wish you had allowed the firestarter to burn all the way to the end.
4 inch putty knife would be quicker for scraping up the wax
Those are a great idea.
What are your thoughts on using recycled coffee grounds to make these?
Most people make coffee and would have the grounds available. I had seen a company that was making fire logs with recycled grounds.
Great vid, keep them coming.
Thats a great idea! I'll bet it would work great and smell good! :)
On cleaning the wax back u[p, when all the wax is reheated it will burn off the small amount of the wood scraped up with the wax.
Don't need wicks!
Just put some foil wrap under the egg carton
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Great idea but less measy with a coffee pot to pour out of, hardly any mess.
What kind of material are the wicks?
Are those actual candle wicks? It looks like twine.
ever try sawdust from a chain saw and bacon grease?
Where can you get a bucket of sawdust if you aren’t working with wood??
Do you have a home depot or hardware store?
JIUJITSU2000 Yess, just don’t wanna pay $$$ for a bucket of wood.. lol
I was just thinking the exact same thing. 😆 Wondering if cedar or pine shavings from the pet store might work in a pinch / to a degree.
Merci beaucoup
We'll set up our camps here - and have the pickets keep a clear eye, lots of warnin' We deprive the enemy of the high ground, and we'll have a good chance to win the comin' battle…JNO Buford - Battle of Gettysberg…
Oh yea! Thank you fortunecookie45LC!!! :)
jiujitsu2000 And General Robert E. Lee rose early while the campfires were still burning "This is my favorite time of day..." - the most loved general in all of US history.
Cool.
Will thay take a spark?
Hey JIUJITSU good to see another video. I will have to try making some of these with a wick. Did you use Jute twine for the wicks?
+RedBear Outdoors hey! Thank you. Cotton attrition works better from whay I've learned. .
Can these be started with a ferrocerium rod
What's your burn time on them?
spatula would work better. boiling water will melt and life most of that wax from wood. Or use something besides wood. Glass would be smart.
What is the wick material?
Why not mix the sawdust with wax then pour.?
So how long will one burn by itself when lit?
+laser74hobby Look at the video.
Lot's of wasted motion: 1) no need for wicks - the soaked cardboard is a wick, 2) poking holes for the wicks lets more wax leak out, 3) why mess up your bench? - set the carton on top of parchment paper on top of a piece of cardboard or plywood.
What kind of wax is it?
paraffin wax. old candle wax
Notice that his wife kicked him out of her kitchen!
Fire bug.
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Why bother with the wicks, just light the bottom of each firestarter.
easier if you just lay down a piece of tin foil
Much cleaner I'll bet, but if I'm not making a mess it's just not as fun... Ha ha. :)
jiujitsu2000 it was just a suggestion but great vid will be making some for camping this summer thanks
A great suggestion! Thanks! :)
make it easy on yourself use WAX PAPER AND PLACE IT UNDERNEATH YOUR WORK LOL ;-)
Even better is thin foil, the wax will peel right off in one big chunk
@@chrispierce2942 True, BUT the wax paper could then be used later for fire starting as well. The benefit to using the tin foil is that it would be re-useable....Half a dozen of one and the other which way to go.
Too bad egg cartons are foam plastic now. Dipping the rope in wax before would help.
I did it too. This is what I used Woodprix designs for
Why not just use a candle as it is? I mean... what makes a firestarter a better choise? Nice project though.
A candle has more burn time but it also has a smaller flame. You want intensity for starting a fire, if you just want light then you can use a candle. If you consider wind resistance, I would take this over a candle any day.
This video is to teach children not adults ...too much talking
Dip round makeup pads in melted wax. Let them harden on a sheet pan/pizza pan. Done. Each 1/4 wedge will burn six minutes and eight minutes if you dip two pads stacked. If you dampen them with kerosene before you dip them, they light right away with a ferro rod and burn much hotter. This is simply too much crap to go through to get something that can be replaced by something thinner and just as effective.
I actually have a video on that. They work great!
@@jiujitsu2000 I'm very sure you knew about these. You see though, it seemed to me that the viewers didn't which is why I made my comment. I should have made that more clear so I'm sorry for the confusion.
I don’t know what audience you’re trying for but I couldn’t get through that crap music in the intro, sorry.
Can't please everyone. Thank you for trying!
Nice info. But seriously...22 minutes? Would have been much better as a five minute video.
Thanks, True, shorter would be better. :)
Never use an open flame to melt a fire accelerant; you are literally playing with fire especially inside a home or shop.Use a covered Crock-Pot out of doors. Otherwise Keep the Fire Department on Speed Dial.😮
Nice information