Sawdust Candles - Best Choice for Duration?

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Any thoughts (or good URLs) on Sawdust Candle construction? Proven techniques? How exactly are so-called 120+-hour candles made?

Or, does anyone have any better suggestions for long-term light/heat/cooking. I understand that by placing 3 or more wicks into a single candle, that enough heat can be generated for rudimentary cooking. [Sorry I'm such a newbie at this.]

I'm looking for the most bang per ounce.. . . Cost of ingredients is a factor too, I guess.

Thanks,

-- Zach Anderson (z@figure.8m.com), October 10, 1999

Answers

You might ask this question over at the preps forum, there is a lot of good information over there!

http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a.tcl?topic=TimeBomb%202000%20%2 8Y2000%29%20Preparation%20Forum

-- Helium (Heliumavid@yahoo.com), October 10, 1999.


Zach don't apologize for being a "newbie at this". Maybe you ought check out the preperation forum Big Dog runs. I don't have the url but if you go to greenspan and list all the forums you will find it.

Its not that I don't think your question will answered here, I just know It will over there.

-- Johnny (JLJTM@BELLSOUTH.NET), October 10, 1999.


Thanks. Anyone interested, I've moved it here.

-- Zach Anderson (z@figure.8m.com), October 10, 1999.

A mixture of sawdust and parifin(sp?) is used in sabotage as a powerful accelerant, I would be very careful with this, could be very dangerous.

-- goldbug (goldbug@mint.com), October 10, 1999.

Sawdust and wax are what fire starters are made of. Careful.

-- Nick (riknik@silverlink.net), October 10, 1999.


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