Thread: home made fire ligthers could save your life in the bush

you need
*drinking straws
*cotton wool buds/balls
*Vaseline
*soldering iron or something hot with no flame

method
1. cut straws in half or 3rds depending on what size you want

2. use soldering iron to melt one end of the straw a very little and give it a squeeze to glue/seal the end

3. get a good amount of Vaseline into some cotton wool roll it around and kneed it in

4. fill straws with the treated cotton wool roll it into long thin snakes and twist it in (you'll work it out its easy after a few) you can use an alenkey or something to compact but make sure you leave 10mm ish at the end so you can seal the end

5. use soldering iron to seal the end in the same way as step 2

6.chuck a few in your hunting pack the cotton wool is sealed in the straw so they are water proof but I keep them in a snap lock bag as well for extra insurance

to use cut the straw with a knife, tease out the cotton wool so its all spread out till nice and thin this will take a spark very easy from a flint or magnesium striker, or you can just light with a match or lighter.... I always carry a magnesium striker when in the outdoors no matter how wet they get they will still never let you down

will burn for about 20-30 seconds which is great to get your tinder going if things are a little damp and you can probably carry 20 of these for every one shop brought for lighter cube weight wise