Originally Posted By: tfisher
Just to pass along a tip that I picked up from the late Gene Ward.

A cotton ball saturated in petroleum jelly then wrapped in foil like a small ravioli. When ready to use make a couple small cuts in an X over the cotton ball pull a few cotton fibers out and light. leave the cotton ball in the foil case. The one I tested burned well over 40 minutes.


Tested this yesterday. Made two and both burned like a tea candle for about 25 minutes. I then removed the burnt cotton balls from the foil, re-lit them, and got another 30+ seconds of fire.

Wrapping them in foil also solves the messy fingers problem in the field.

Pat