Seeing the resurrected thread about fire pistons, https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...edness/65927-fire_pistons_and_char_cloth.html, got me to thinking about cotton balls smeared with Vaseline, which are used as tinder to start fires. I have used them, and they work, but they are very messy to handle. "There must be a better way", I thought to myself. So I got some lint from the dryer and folded it to about the size three dice. Then I took a lit candle and dripped wax around the outside of the bundle. When the wax hardens, it's a lot less messy then Vaseline. I then used a firesteel to try and light it. It would not take a spark at first, but when I broke the bundle in half and exposed the lint, it caught fire on the very next try. I burned for several minutes.
Just wanted to share my idea for a less messy alternative to Vaseline balls. (Although I doubt I invented the idea, I DID think of it by myself.)
https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...edness/65927-fire_pistons_and_char_cloth.html
Just wanted to share my idea for a less messy alternative to Vaseline balls. (Although I doubt I invented the idea, I DID think of it by myself.)
https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...edness/65927-fire_pistons_and_char_cloth.html