5 Techniques for How to Make Fire Starters with Sawdust and Wax
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- This video shows 5 techniques to easily make homemade fire starters that burn for 10+ minutes. Upcycle unused saw dust and candle wax to make better fire starters than you can buy in a store!
In this video, you'll see:
- How to make fire starters using candle wax, saw dust, and a cardboard paper towel tube.
- How to make fire starters using candle wax, saw dust, and a custom wood form.
- How to make fire starters using candle wax and wood shavings.
- How to make fire starters using candle wax, saw dust, and an ice cube tray.
- How to make fire starters using candle wax, saw dust, and a flexible, fun shape ice cube tray.
Ingredients needed:
1. Sawdust or wood shavings.
2. Wax
How to make fire starters:
1. Collect sawdust or wood shavings.
2. Melt wax.
3. Mix sawdust or wood shavings into melted wax.
4. Add mixture to your preferred form (cardboard tube, custom form, ice cube tray, etc.)
5. Let cool (place in freezer for faster cooling time).
6. Cut/remove fire starters from form.
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Which technique have you tried or would like to try?
The tasting bit, with sound, is hilarious 🤣
Haha, thanks! I was nervous it seemed too realistic, and someone would actually think they were okay to eat. The audio is of me chewing something, but not fire starters. Thanks for watching!
you should be careful with the overheating of the wax, that you don´t reach the flash point of the wax vapor.
Thanks for the tip! I haven't thought about that in the past. I'll have to be careful on the next batch I make. Thanks for watching!
Loved the ice cube fire starter and the wood shavings fire staters! Great video too!!!
Thanks for letting me know and for watching!
Def. sawdust, as cutting firewood makes a bucketload of it. A few years ago I was experimenting with a mix of paper pulp and sawdust to make firebricks and I couldn't get a good recipe. Thanks to stumbling across this video, I see I could use wax as a binder and burn-promoter, so thanks for making this!
I see plenty of others have also raised the point that you were not only risking a combustion event with the amount of heat, but you also boil off any volatiles in the wax that help promote combustion of the final product.
As a time/stress saver, you could pour your wax into a mixing container through a sieve (not a pasta strainer) which would pull out all the wicks, caps, stickers, bits of wrapper, etc. in one fell swoop.
I appreciate the comment and the tips for next time. Thanks for watching!
Don't get it too hot, you'll end up with one hell of a fire in the pan
I'll have to pay attention to that next time. Thanks for watching!
Just keep a lid nearby.
maybe peel a bit of the papertube firestarter to act like a fuse.
That's a good idea. I'll have to try that. Thanks for watching!
Have you tried it with dryer lint instead of sawdust? It catches much faster and still burns for quite a while. I used cardboard egg cartons as molds, thru work great.
I haven't tried that before. I'll have to give it a try one of these days. Thanks for watching!
Have you tried using Black Beard Fire Starters? They work great! Very affordable and they are made in America!
I haven't tried that brand. I remember buying some fire starters years ago, and they were expensive and very hard to light. I almost needed fire starters to light the fire starters, haha. Thanks for the suggestion and for watching!
SHAVING WAX A GREAT IDEA FOR PRACTING WOOD CARVING. JUST MELT AND START AGIN.
That's a good idea! Thanks for watching!
Careful when adding the sawdust to the wax, that bubbling is the moisture boiling off. Same danger as with making fries in a chip pan, if it boils over onto the hotplate it WILL ignite
Thanks for letting me know. I'll have to be careful next time. Thanks for watching!
P. S. To get the ice cube tray ones out sit the tray in some warm water for a few seconds
Good idea! Thanks for the tip!
The sawdust and wax acts more like firewood than firestarter. Shavings are better at fire starting with or without the wax.
I think I see what you're trying to say, but I disagree. Thanks for watching!
At 4:33, are you trying to say the tapered candle was unbreakable?
No. I was trying to break it with the wooden spoon, and it wouldn't easily break. It was just something I spontaneously tried in the moment.
have you ever tryed beeswax?
I haven't tried that before. I've just used old candles that people don't want. Have you tried beeswax?
@@ElatedCarrotno but I have a few lbs. sitting in the freezer.
What a great idea, BUT way too much work involved!
We did this with Boy Scouts years ago using egg cartons, when cold, cut with a steak knife.
BTW, it appears that you use way too much heat, A danger of igniting!
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I guess it depends on what someone thinks is too much work. I think it only took me a couple of hours (if that) to make all the fire starters you see in this video. Since I already have the ingredients and equipment needed, it didn't take that long. I can see it being more work if someone doesn’t have the proper setup. It's cool that you made fire starters with the Boy Scouts. Seems like a good project for that. Thanks for watching!
Sawdust Not saldust😢😮😂😂😂😂
I noticed I say it weird, too, when I listened back to it. I'm not sure why I say it like that, haha. Thanks for watching!
Maybe spray the molds with PAM or similiar first.
That's a good idea. I'll have to give that a try. Thanks for watching!
@@ElatedCarrot NP
Sawl dust? Never heard of it
Haha. I noticed I pronounced it like that, too, and tried not to. I guess I wasn't successful! I'm not sure why I tend to say it like that. It's weird. Thanks for watching!