Firestarting: Cotton Balls and Vaseline?

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Firestarting: Cotton Balls and Vaseline?

From Franklin at SurvivalForum.com

I never heard of this before.... "If you soak cotton balls in vaseline they are a great fire starter. Also the lint from a dryer is super combustible and works great.

Also, if you add a little bit of salt peter, they'll ignite faster. This is important if your using only spark to ignite them."

Anyone know this to be true? If so, sounds very simple and a good way to have "fuel" if you are in the woods.

-- Franklin (webmaster@survivalforum.com), March 27, 2002

Answers

I have never used this method but it has merit. We use my wifes hair, dried grass balls that we carry and either a magnifying lens or a flint and steel. Hair stinks but burns like crazy.

-- Joel Rosen (JoelnBecky@webtv.net), March 27, 2002.

That is something else...

I have some fire starting stuff, but was unaware of some of the responses I have seen today.

this is great info!

Thanks

Franklin



-- Franklin (webmaster@survivalforum.com), March 27, 2002.


My daughter is a former girl scout. They used cotton balls or dryer lint dipped in vaseline, then wrap them in individual packets of wax paper. Very tidy and very efficient. Little kids can make these and there's nothing toxic or expensive involved.

-- Mrs Rick in SW West Virginia (ann1956ann@hotmail.com), March 27, 2002.

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