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linsleyk
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I tried to lite a fire in my small BBQ with my mag flint starter and some tissue .got the spark then smoke. but now I know how to get the spark and lite a fire yeah. 
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Good stuff linsleyk, the blazing fire will soon come 
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LaraCroft
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Yea for you Linsleyk,  at least ya know next camping trip you can make the fire.
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flashlightfreak9
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Good work.
Now start using different tinders. Start with something easy like cotton or dryer lint, then move on to more natural stuff like cedar bark and dried grass. You'll be a fire expert in no time.
Everytime I start a fire, I learn something new. My mind goes, "Ahh...I see now." You'll be starting fires with wet tinder before too long. 
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linsleyk
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thanks you guy's. I have a ton of cotton and dryer lint I will try that next couldn't have done it without your encouragement.
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linsleyk
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well I got a fire last nite my first one ever. I used dryer lint and my flint striker, worked great. I was so excited, I kinda mastered fire. yeah.
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flashlightfreak9
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Next time, put some petroleum jelly in it, then light the cotton.
Burns for a long time.
Almost like a candle.
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linsleyk
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yea I'll try that just a dab of jelly 
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Mystik Spiral
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more like a gob. Just stick it in the vaseline and roll it around.
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wildthing
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yeah I usually make sure the entire thing is covered but I could be over doing it. it does burn for a long time though. its great.
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i've never used jelly to further a burn.... I duno, cotton (or even just the bark) lights birch fairly easily even when wet. When birch is dry firesteel will light it fine and there are a lot of these trees around here... Maybe it's just me tho....
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^You don't want all pj with a little cotton, you want cotton with a good bit of pj. If you put too much pj, it probably won't light. It won't burn by itself, it needs something to wick it. That wick is cotton. Works just like a candle.
The cotton lights from your spark, the jelly starts to melt and wick up through the cotton, and.....fire!!!
The petroleum will burn long after the cotton would have gone out.(at least 10 times longer)
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^ Wow, i never knew that  ..............   lol.
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linsleyk
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me nether going to try it see how it goes.
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I'm sure if you tossed a bunch of pj into a roaring fire it would probably burn, but it won't light off of a spark or even a match(lighters too, I've tried).
Good luck, linsleyk.
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Mystik Spiral
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| | I'm sure if you tossed a bunch of pj into a roaring fire it would probably burn, but it won't light off of a spark or even a match(lighters too, I've tried).
Good luck, linsleyk. |
Just like how wax doesn't burn. 
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linsleyk
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going to try it tomorrow.
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| | | | I'm sure if you tossed a bunch of pj into a roaring fire it would probably burn, but it won't light off of a spark or even a match(lighters too, I've tried).
Good luck, linsleyk. |
Just like how wax doesn't burn. |
wax does burn tho... if you don't believe me light a candle and take a metal screw driver to it. Put a bit of the wet wax on the end of the screw driver then hold it in the flame. Very soon it will ignight. Gotta love grade 9 science classes!
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flashlightfreak9
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Things like that will burn under the right circumstances(I've done the same thing with wax too, Daffy), but pj tends to just melt when you put a flame to it. That's what the cotton is for.
How did it go, linsleyk?
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