Alright well I found some 100% cotton Q-Tips. They are the kind with extra cotton fluff made for babies. Has about 3x the amount of cotton then regular Q-Tips. I did everything except the vasaline. I fluffed it up really good and I just couldn't get it to catch fire. Evenutally I got ticked off and just got my butain lighter and light it up. It cought fire before the flame even touches it and burned nicely. I then pulled out the Tinder Quik and cut a pieace off the size of an M&M; fluffed it up really good and I couldn't get it to light either.

This time I got really upset and I got out my webcam and video recorded my second attempt - which was a semi-success. If you guys can, watch the video (only 1.6MB). Maybe you guys can notice something that I didn't. My goal is to be able to light the tinder within 5 tries.

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