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#41429 - 06/06/05 04:15 AM Re: Tinder Cards
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interesting idea, but wouldnt the burning plastic be toxic?
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#41430 - 06/06/05 07:36 AM Re: Tinder Cards
Paul810 Offline
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Registered: 03/02/03
Posts: 1428
Loc: NJ, USA
Not sure, you don't have to burn the plastic though, you could just use the cotten. It is nice to know the whole thing burns though.

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#41431 - 06/06/05 01:21 PM Re: Tinder Cards
NAro Offline
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Registered: 03/15/01
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If the purpose is to have a non-messy tinder source at hand..e.g. in a wallet or psk, and you don't like the vaseline-cotton options (though I personally like the vas-cotton option hands down!) I've had good luck with alcohol prep pads (e.g for cleaning an injection site, or pre-stick blood sugar testing).

They're sealed in foil, you can buy them in most Walgreens or similary stores, and I've consistently been able to get them to catch a spark and ignite well. Be sure you get the ALCOHOL prep pad. There are other kinds which won't work.

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#41432 - 06/06/05 01:55 PM Re: Tinder Cards
brian Offline
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Registered: 07/28/04
Posts: 1468
Loc: Texas
I would also be interested in testing these for myself. I have yet to find a US vendor though. Hopefully someone else will stumble across one for us.
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#41433 - 06/06/05 09:01 PM Re: Tinder Cards
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So is the vasaline. So is the sulfer from a match.

I'm as green or greener than most people, but I figure that if I have to put out the equivelent of 10-20 minutes worth of tail pipe pollution to stay alive, I'll take the trade off.

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#41434 - 06/07/05 05:14 PM Re: Tinder Cards
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Registered: 08/22/01
Posts: 924
Loc: St. John's, Newfoundland
I did this with my First Aid wallet card (laminated it with a dry cotton ball stretched out and affixed to the back.

I have burnt these in the kitchen (on top of the stove, in a disposable aluminium pan, with the fan going) with no ill effects. The plastic does burn with a somewhat oily flame, but unless you're going to put your face directly over it and inhale it directly, I can't see how it would harm you.

This type of plastic is used for airline luggage tags; I imagine if burning it in large quantities was going to be toxic, it would have to have some sort of warning label on the package.
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#41435 - 06/07/05 09:23 PM Re: Tinder Cards
Yukon Offline
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Registered: 05/09/02
Posts: 19
Loc: Yukon Canada
I prefer to use the flat round ladys cotten makeup removers , is is already compressed cotten and fluffs up great when you pull it apart,
i keep 2 of them and a mini flint rod and a piece of mole skin in asmall jewlery zip lock in my wallet you dont even notice its there
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#41436 - 06/07/05 10:11 PM Re: Tinder Cards
aardwolfe Offline
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Registered: 08/22/01
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Loc: St. John's, Newfoundland
The advantages to laminating a flattened-out cotton ball to a wallet card are:

1. I'd normally be carrying the wallet card anyway, so why not?
2. It's waterproof.
3. You really don't notice it's there, any more than you would notice a credit card or library card.

The disadvantage, of course, is that you need a knife or something sharp (or strong teeth) to rip the plastic laminate open.
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#41437 - 06/08/05 02:38 PM Re: Tinder Cards
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Registered: 08/16/02
Posts: 1206
Loc: Germany
My solution for ripping it open is a pair of scissors. You laminate in a way that seals a rim of about 6 mm on one side cut a triangular notch about 2 mm deep in it. If you want you can cut about 1 mm straight in the corner of the notch. That gives you a breaking point which is easy to tear open.
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#41438 - 06/09/05 04:10 PM Re: Tinder Cards
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Registered: 04/21/05
Posts: 484
Loc: Anthem, AZ USA
Looks like the newly created US distributor for BCB International will be carrying these (see "Warmth & Shelter" under left-side index). You'll see on homepage banner, they hope to be operational by June 10.

bcbsurvivalusa.com

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