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i've been saving news papers and the weekly ads that come out once a week,for i dunno how many years now.and i have a 5 gallon bucket in the garage full of sawdust..sawdust is also great on the garage floor where oil ended up on it
 
I have about four Walmart plastic bags full of dryer lint. I like them as they are light, soft and can pack easily in a small space. I was thinking it might even work as an emergency pillow. The funny thing is, I've always heard dryer lint is good tinder, but I've never actually tried using any. Guess I need to try it out before long. Speaking of, I'm suprised I have any clothes left with all the lint I've collected :).
 
This one might be covered elsewhere and I'm sort of resurrecting a thread here, but another cheap and easy firestarter out of trash materials is one using cardboard egg crates. The foam ones don't work for this but the eggs I get at the grocery store come in the cardboard containers and they are perfect for this little trick. Once you've used up your eggs, cut all of the little cups apart from each other. The cuts don't have to be pretty by any means. Then, fill each of them with dryer lint, shredded papers that you were going to throw away, or sawdust from your workbench and then use a candle to drip wax across the tops of the cups, sealing in your chosen tinder-trash. Put down a decent layer or two of wax, flip them over and put a layer on the backs, and presto chango, you've turned trash into very flammable, fairly long-burning, very lightweight firestarter balls. Simply set it down in your fire area with the edges up, and light one of the edges with a flick of your lighter or a match or whatever you use. (For me the ferro-rod is a backup only.) The cardboard lights easy, the wax burns long, and the tinder-trash adds to the heat coming off the wax flame. Just used one out back and it burns pretty high once the inside gets going. Burn time could be longer but I didn't fill them all the way as I only had so much sawdust from this mornings' work. You can store them in a ziplock bag to keep the corners dry. If they do get wet, the wax keeps the tinder dry, and you just need to get one corner dry to make it usable again.


I did this and it works beautifully!! I did a few things differently that works better for my use. I used the big flat cardboard egg cartons and kept them in tact. I stuffed each egg cup with dryer lint. Instead of burning candles to make the house smell purdy, I use wax melts...you know the little chunks of wax that goes into the little burner? Well, when the smell goes out of the wax, I pour it into a little metal pitcher. When I get enough wax, I heat the wax in a double boiler and pour it into the little egg cups. I've found a utility knife works best for cutting them apart after they're filled.
 
i've loaded up on some pencil shavings..

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We don't have a dryer, so I stock up cheap tampons, tissues, matches, steel woll, 9V batteries and vaseline-soaked cotton. I also store them in empty spicejars to make it waterproof.
The tissue is wrapped around a match (the top part) and soaked in hot candlewax. The matches burn longer and makes it easier to light a fire. Bonus: waterproof. Note: cut the off the part where you strike the match and store them in a waterproof container.
Nail polish remover, hairspray, and cheap perfume also works great. I prefer to not light cooking fires with them (or the tampons) because of the chemicals.
Better safe than sorry.
A 9V battery and some steel wool is both fun and useful. Take some steel wool (soap free) and tap it with the battery. Voila! Firestarter.

When I go camping, I use white birch bark and straw. The white, flaky part of the bark catches fire with ease. Dry straw (and tall grass) will also do great.


TIP: the native people of Norway is said to be able to light fires even if the wood is soaked. The trick is to have the wood be no longer than 10-20cm and two thumbs thick, have the flames burn at the middle of these sticks and the water will boil out. As long as you can get a small fire going, you can build something more sustainable.

~Alex
 
We don't have a dryer, so I stock up cheap tampons, tissues, matches, steel woll, 9V batteries and vaseline-soaked cotton. I also store them in empty spicejars to make it waterproof.
The tissue is wrapped around a match (the top part) and soaked in hot candlewax. The matches burn longer and makes it easier to light a fire. Bonus: waterproof. Note: cut the off the part where you strike the match and store them in a waterproof container.
Nail polish remover, hairspray, and cheap perfume also works great. I prefer to not light cooking fires with them (or the tampons) because of the chemicals.
Better safe than sorry.
A 9V battery and some steel wool is both fun and useful. Take some steel wool (soap free) and tap it with the battery. Voila! Firestarter.

When I go camping, I use white birch bark and straw. The white, flaky part of the bark catches fire with ease. Dry straw (and tall grass) will also do great.


TIP: the native people of Norway is said to be able to light fires even if the wood is soaked. The trick is to have the wood be no longer than 10-20cm and two thumbs thick, have the flames burn at the middle of these sticks and the water will boil out. As long as you can get a small fire going, you can build something more sustainable.

~Alex
Have you tried one of these?
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Creditcard size magnifying glas.
 
I keep forgetting the 9V part..in which i have 2-9V'S..ijust need the part that plugs onto them..and extend the 2 wires another 2 or 3 inches ,if i need to..
 
here's something else that can be collected..i know it as rich lighter pine.but it's also known as,fatwood, lighter wood, fat lighter, pine knot, Fat lighter’d..here's a site that tells about it..

https://survivalsherpa.wordpress.co...at-lighterd-natures-most-prized-fire-starter/

i went out and collected some today.i then used my machete to cut some shavings. and then to try start a fire with it and a magnifying glass.then it clouded up on me.i took a pic of it all.but i still have to resize the pic's...
 
here's what i got in the way of rich lighter pine.the magnifying glass in the last pic aint working for me.it'll make the chips smolder.but not catch on fire.and it does the same with paper towel.so i need one that'll make it hot enough to catch fire.
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besides the cordless drill..i also have a electric drill.and a hand operated ratchet drill as well..so they'll be getting tried out as well..
 
besides the cordless drill..i also have a electric drill.and a hand operated ratchet drill as well..so they'll be getting tried out as well..
I have to admit, I've never actually tried to make a bow with a stick and make a fire. I've seen it done, and think I probably could (with a few blisters anyways) in a pinch, but have to admit, the cordless drill would help. Of course the 800 lb gorilla in the room is if you have a cordless drill then you probably have other ways to start a fire as well.
 

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