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#60526 - 02/14/06 06:05 PM A twist to the vaseline cotton ball
bubbajoe Offline
Journeyman

Registered: 10/29/05
Posts: 72
Loc: PA. USA
I keep most of my PSK on a keychain and in my wallet. I liked the way the coated cotton works , but i hate the mess of trying to get them out of a kit. So I hit on a discovery, chapstick burns like crazy!!! I keep a chapstick on my keychain and the other day i was practicing my fire making skills and had a hard time catching the plain cotton ball with a spark, little windy. long story short... i grabbed the chapstick smeared a cottonball with it and tried to spark it. WOW!!! it caught right away!! and burned hot and for atleast 2 minutes.
Just thought i'd pass it along

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#60527 - 02/14/06 08:09 PM Re: A twist to the vaseline cotton ball
Craig_phx Offline
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Registered: 04/05/05
Posts: 715
Loc: Phoenix, AZ
Great idea!

I've been looking for something that can be coated on wet kindling. I'll give my ChapStick a try.

Thanks!
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#60528 - 02/14/06 09:09 PM Re: A twist to the vaseline cotton ball
Jackpine_Savage Offline
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Registered: 08/02/05
Posts: 73
Loc: Minnesota
Were you using "chapstick" brand or something else. The reason I ask is some are petroleum based and some are wax based. I've tried it and had mixed results, so I'm wondering if there is a difference in performance. Thanks.
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#60529 - 02/14/06 09:47 PM Re: A twist to the vaseline cotton ball
bubbajoe Offline
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Registered: 10/29/05
Posts: 72
Loc: PA. USA
I never knew there was a difference in chapsticks.. the one i used containes padimate 1.5% and petrolatum... 44% Just looked

I did it 3 times .. using 100 cotton balls. each time they started very quickly ,almost as soon as a spark hit it. nice flame ,almost a 2 min burn time for each test. I did fluff it up pretty much before i hit it with a spark.

hope that helped

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#60530 - 02/15/06 12:01 AM Re: A twist to the vaseline cotton ball
Jackpine_Savage Offline
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Registered: 08/02/05
Posts: 73
Loc: Minnesota
I must have used the wax based stuff. Thanks for the insight.
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#60531 - 02/15/06 12:19 AM Re: A twist to the vaseline cotton ball
JaxMichael Offline
newbie

Registered: 09/23/05
Posts: 28
Loc: Florida
I favor Vaseline Lip Therapy Petroleum Jelly. It comes in a small, 0.35 oz tube, and I add it to the cotton ball just before use. No fuss, no muss. You usually find it in drugstores right next to Chapstick.

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#60532 - 02/15/06 04:04 AM Re: A twist to the vaseline cotton ball
benjammin Offline
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Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 02/06/04
Posts: 4020
Loc: Anchorage AK
Hmmm,

I'll bet the Carmex I keep in my pocket would work pretty darned good, too. It is a combination of petrolatum and wax, but seems softer than most chapstick type lip balms. Plus it is a lot more aromatic. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
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