Thank you for this review. I have made and used many with the Vaseline recipe. They are very difficult to light with a feral rod but easy with a match so that’s what I’ve used. I’m gonna spend this afternoon making some using the lamp oil recipe. It the two minutes it gives up and burn time it more than makes up for an ease of lighting. Depending on how motivated I am in a few hours I might give them a second light coating of straight paraffin. The idea being maybe a little more burn time, and maybe a little less likely to stick together in warm weather.

@lakeeffected

9 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching. I hope the lamp oil works for you as well as it did hear. Let us know how they turn out if you make them.

I like to stuff jumbo straws with cotton, pour in a half/half mixture of lighter fluid and melted paraffin wax, dump the excess and pack it down tight and melt both ends shut. Waterproof, no mess, and store well a long time. Just cut open when needed, tease the end fibers loose, and they light first strike from ferro rod every time and burn several minutes.

@lakeeffected

4 күн бұрын

The thing about straws is burning plastic can smell awful and releases nastier toxins than wax and simpler petroleum fuels.

@jasrobsny

4 күн бұрын

@@lakeeffected I understand but the straw can still be cut completely open and the cotton removed and ignited separately if you don't wish to burn plastic. Works just as well. The straw just keeps the volatiles from evaporating.

Regardless of content, the length of time these three units burned related pretty directly to the starting weight. Also, regardless of content, even the very oily ones, all the units can be sealed and have the same exterior with a quick dip in pure paraffin as the last step in creating them.

well the Vaseline one if you know your going to have to use stuff that's slightly damp cause of the burn time could get it going

@lakeeffected

16 күн бұрын

It might be interesting to test that. Thanks.

I pack saw dust and chips into egg crates and cover with hot wax. I'd like to see those comparisons... Corse dust, from a planer or such.

@lakeeffected

4 ай бұрын

Ill keep that in mind. Thanks for the suggestion.

How did you make that?, nice video 👍

@lakeeffected

24 күн бұрын

There are several videos by people showing how to make these. Coal Cracker Bushcraft: kzread.info/dash/bejne/a3-qtq5wl8S2msY.htmlsi=lFrmWO_VQTfTOMA6 Or Parafin covered petroleum jelly cotton round: kzread.info/dash/bejne/k3h6sKeEe73Ynto.htmlsi=GaKG3jgdLMkpmyfn Thanks for the nice comment.