Has anyone had any experience using these and if so anyone know of a US dealer?

Tinder Cards

I'd say make your own its cheaper. Paper towels and parrifin. 3 or 4 layers of towels cut to sice should do it nicely.

PS put a sheet of waxed paper between cards to keep them from melting together in a solid mass. The waxed paper is also a source of tinder.

You want the best tinder card?
Laminate a piece of cotten/vaseline tinder inbetween two pieces of paper. When you need to use it tear the laminate into its two halves, each side should have a piece of paper stuck on it. You take a little of the cotten/vaseline tinder split it between the two halves and light one. The cotten will catch, followed by the paper, followed by the plastic laminate (which burns quite hot). Because the tinder is laminated it is 100% sealed and waterproof too.

Since the promoter says they are fiberous, I'm going to guess they might be felt of some kind. So...

Go to a fabric store, and ask them if they have a non-synthetic felt. Even if you have to buy it off the bolt, a quarter yard shouldn't be much more than a few bucks- keep in mind that is a piece of material 9 inches long by 44 to 50 inches wide. Cut some pieces to the size you want. Test thier burnability. If you like how they flame, add something nice and stable for an excellerant, like wax, maybe with some aluminum or magnesium flake mixed in with it (just be careful during the mixing, but the wax will protect it from oxidation during storage).

Just an idea.

Felt is made of wool. You will very likely not be satified with the way it burns. I tested some wool and a felt for the way it burns and in most cases the flames went out on their own. BTW: they were very hard to light too.

I've wondered about using dust bunnies as tinder. But, since most of mine are composed of dog and cat hair, maybe not.

Felt is either wool or polyester (plastic). What about mixing melted parafin with fine sawdust and quickly mashing it flat between two pieces of scrap Formica-type laminate until it cools? Just an idle thought.

If anyone wants to try the dust bunnies, just ask -- I've got plenty <img src="/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />, and they shouldn't cost much to ship. (If they do work, I'm living in a powderkeg...)

Sue

ok... in that case, the "felt" left on the dryer screen after doing a load of towels and socks.

If you can't make it work right the first time, change a variable.

In this forum the term most frequently used for this is dryer lint. It works but ideally you should use lint from cotton clothes only. Some report that soap residue can make it collect water. This makes it harder to light. A search may turn up more information about that.
Cotton for cosmetic purposes isn´t that expensive and can be stored without problems. I didn´t try laminating it so far but it seems to be reasonable.

I´m not trying to be negative here but dust bunnies have an unpredictable quality. That may be fine for playing but from the preparedness angle it wouldn´t be too good. As the alternatives are cheap and usually readily available it may be better using them. I confess that I went through my dust bunny and dryer lint phase before I came to this conclusion.
The sawdust with wax would require a flame to light. The sheets would pretty brittle so don´t make them too thin. When are ready to deal with these limitations it could be fine.

Sue,

Using the cat/dog hair dust bunnies may be a great idea. You may well have just thought of the ultimate survival rescue tool. The scent emitted from the burning animal hair would surely attract a group of animal rights activists and subsequently, you'd be found and rescued...

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