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Making waterproof matches

Uploaded on April 21, 2009

Tired of wasting money on waterproof cantainers to put matches in? Take a candle, light it and dip the match head in the wax. The wax makes it waterproof. When you're ready to use the matches you just peel the wax off.

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from nsperl wrote 3 years 4 weeks ago

i hope this tip will be helpful.

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from jfose140 wrote 3 years 4 weeks ago

I've done this, it works. You don't even have to peel the wax off, just strike it on the side of the box and it should still light. Just be careful when your are dipping the matches not to get too close to the flame, you'll just end up wasting matches.

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from rocketman121 wrote 3 years 6 days ago

That's a good idea!

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from Scaley-Galey wrote 3 years 5 days ago

That's probably the quickest way to make waterproof matches!
Another way is to dip the whole match in clear nail polish.

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from the nuge fan wrote 3 years 2 days ago

you need to dip the whole match in the wax because water will soak in the wood and get to the head of the match and it will still be worthless

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from imgoinfishin wrote 1 year 45 weeks ago

that was in f&s a magazine about a year ago. another one was put them in a empty 20 gauge shell and cap it off with either a 16 or 12 gauge

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from nsperl wrote 3 years 4 weeks ago

i hope this tip will be helpful.

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from jfose140 wrote 3 years 4 weeks ago

I've done this, it works. You don't even have to peel the wax off, just strike it on the side of the box and it should still light. Just be careful when your are dipping the matches not to get too close to the flame, you'll just end up wasting matches.

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from rocketman121 wrote 3 years 6 days ago

That's a good idea!

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from Scaley-Galey wrote 3 years 5 days ago

That's probably the quickest way to make waterproof matches!
Another way is to dip the whole match in clear nail polish.

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from the nuge fan wrote 3 years 2 days ago

you need to dip the whole match in the wax because water will soak in the wood and get to the head of the match and it will still be worthless

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from imgoinfishin wrote 1 year 45 weeks ago

that was in f&s a magazine about a year ago. another one was put them in a empty 20 gauge shell and cap it off with either a 16 or 12 gauge

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