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whats the best way to get a fire started?
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a lighter is best but i saw alittle tool to start called a fire piston you can do some research a find them on the net they are pretty cool you can make one at home i am getting the rest of the stuff i need to make myself one
zipo
Get DRY tinder/paper or anything light and flammable and light it on fire! Gas always does the trick too! lol
Girl scout juice (good old fashoned lighter fluid)
If you don't have a lighter or matches try this. http://www.5min.com/Video/How-to-make-fire-without-matches-or-a-lighter-... You have to watch a 30 sec. ad while the video loads.
You don't live near LA do you?
Paper, matches, and dry wood always works for me
I cant believe no one has answered FAT LIGHTER. The good old sappy wood from an old growth pine. Put a speck of fire on a piece and it burns like gasoline.
If you want to get wet wood going carry around some kerosene [not gasoline] or lamp oil. I find an empty bottle of brake fluid works great to store it.
dryer lint.... When you get ready to clean your lint trey out take the lint and store it in a bag. that is a quick light... little twigs that are dry.. put the little twigs on top of the lint, and all those little twigs will start to ember really quick so you need to have a lot of twigs to start off then you can start putting you big logs on....
Try using cedar bark, it will shread to tiny fibers when rubbed between hands making great fire tender. Ceder bark a good pile of small dead twigs and some pine knot will make a good fast fire.
About a pint of gasoline and one match. Or you can do what I do and use a LOT of DRY tinder and kindling. I gather a bunch of the above and strip some of the "dry, fuzzy, curly stuff" from underneath the bark of a tree and use a magnesium fire starter. To use a magnesiun fire starter, you just take a pocket knife that you don't care about and shave a bunch of the magnesium off the block. Then you put all the shavings all in a pile and strike the flint end with a knife. The sparks will ignite the magnesium and that will cause everything else to burn. But you have to have lots of SMALL kindling near the magnesium so it catches fore in time.
I carry a small jar of Vaseline® Petroleum Jelly which is a mixture of mineral oils, paraffin and microcrystalline waxes. As some of you know Vaseline® has more uses that WD40. After cleaning the wound, use a small amount to coat the wound then cover the area. This keeps out and lets out the bad stuff also to keep the wound moist.
Vaseline® and magnesium stick is my primary fire starter rather than water proof matches. A 2x2 cotton patch saturated will burn 6 to 10 minutes.
steel wool and a 9-volt battery
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You don't live near LA do you?
a lighter is best but i saw alittle tool to start called a fire piston you can do some research a find them on the net they are pretty cool you can make one at home i am getting the rest of the stuff i need to make myself one
Get DRY tinder/paper or anything light and flammable and light it on fire! Gas always does the trick too! lol
dryer lint.... When you get ready to clean your lint trey out take the lint and store it in a bag. that is a quick light... little twigs that are dry.. put the little twigs on top of the lint, and all those little twigs will start to ember really quick so you need to have a lot of twigs to start off then you can start putting you big logs on....
zipo
Girl scout juice (good old fashoned lighter fluid)
If you don't have a lighter or matches try this. http://www.5min.com/Video/How-to-make-fire-without-matches-or-a-lighter-... You have to watch a 30 sec. ad while the video loads.
Paper, matches, and dry wood always works for me
I cant believe no one has answered FAT LIGHTER. The good old sappy wood from an old growth pine. Put a speck of fire on a piece and it burns like gasoline.
If you want to get wet wood going carry around some kerosene [not gasoline] or lamp oil. I find an empty bottle of brake fluid works great to store it.
Try using cedar bark, it will shread to tiny fibers when rubbed between hands making great fire tender. Ceder bark a good pile of small dead twigs and some pine knot will make a good fast fire.
About a pint of gasoline and one match. Or you can do what I do and use a LOT of DRY tinder and kindling. I gather a bunch of the above and strip some of the "dry, fuzzy, curly stuff" from underneath the bark of a tree and use a magnesium fire starter. To use a magnesiun fire starter, you just take a pocket knife that you don't care about and shave a bunch of the magnesium off the block. Then you put all the shavings all in a pile and strike the flint end with a knife. The sparks will ignite the magnesium and that will cause everything else to burn. But you have to have lots of SMALL kindling near the magnesium so it catches fore in time.
I carry a small jar of Vaseline® Petroleum Jelly which is a mixture of mineral oils, paraffin and microcrystalline waxes. As some of you know Vaseline® has more uses that WD40. After cleaning the wound, use a small amount to coat the wound then cover the area. This keeps out and lets out the bad stuff also to keep the wound moist.
Vaseline® and magnesium stick is my primary fire starter rather than water proof matches. A 2x2 cotton patch saturated will burn 6 to 10 minutes.
steel wool and a 9-volt battery
Post an Answer