I don't consider myself an avid outdoorsman, but I do like to learn survival skills. I especially like any that involve knives and fire!

My question is for anyone that has made petroleum jelly cotton balls. I whipped together two or three as an experiment, but I plan on making several more to have ready in case of an emergency. Here's the question. Do any of you just "smear" the petroleum jelly all over the cotton balls, or do you somehow melt the petroleum jelly so the cotton balls are completely saturated? Any help is greatly appreciated!