#109893 - 10/24/07 10:11 PM
Re: vaseline ( cottonball) candle
[Re: teacher]
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You can do the same thing with a petroleum jelly gauze dressing. Used to use it as a "handwarmer" in the bush, it (still is) part of most of the US Army's first aid kits.
This is a 3"x18" petroleum jelly soaked gauze in an aluminized foil package.
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#110219 - 10/27/07 12:45 AM
Re: vaseline ( cottonball) candle
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I have used small amounts of melted wax in a cotton ball. Very effective. I keep several in my BOB.
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#110256 - 10/27/07 01:33 PM
Re: vaseline ( cottonball) candle
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Yes, I like these little cottonball firestarters in a film can. However, a small can of lighter fluid will make anything flame, is less messy, lasts a long time, takes up little more space, and one tiny little spark will get it going. Just being a devil's advocate.
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#110266 - 10/27/07 04:45 PM
Re: vaseline ( cottonball) candle
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Not DIY, but I swear by Lightnin' Bug Firestarters and REI Storm Proof Matches. The storm-proof matches are like road flares -- you can submerge them and they won't go out. The one trick with the firestarters is to place them convex side *down* on the surface. They're wobbly, but have more surface area to burn. They last 7 minutes, which has always been long enough to dry out whatever I'm lighting enough to start a fire.
Edited by Katie (10/27/07 04:46 PM)
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#110286 - 10/27/07 11:14 PM
Re: vaseline ( cottonball) candle
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A bottle of GI insect repellant will do the same thing, plus keep the 'skeeters away from you...
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