I had an idea this morning that I tried, and EUREKA!!!
Take one quart zip-lok bag, add a teaspoon of vaseline (more or less) and a dozen cotton balls. Knead for a few minutes, fold and put in your hip pocket for two or three hours, and let body heat do the rest. the ratio and saturation seem to be JUST RIGHT. No mess, no double boiler, no sticky fingers, just a great batch of tinder <img src="images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> <img src="images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" /> <img src="images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />.

Troy