I heard that too...wow.

I use cotton balls, a firesteel, and fatwood to start a fire.

First I baton some wood.




Get a nice sized pile.


Get a good handful of 3 sizes of wood to start with.


Lay down a wood brace, put the cotton ball fluffed out near it, and lay some thinned out fatwood nearby.




After 1-2 strikes it ignites, and you build it up until it looks like this:

That's a sweet fire Andy!The way I usually set up my brace is by taking two pieces of wood around two in. thick and 8-10in.long and lay them down in a v shape with the open end toward me and the other two ends an inch or so apart.This waythe air gets through the back end. I can lay the small kindling across the brace before starting a teepee shape with the larger kindling.and this leaves me with a nice square hole to put my tinder into as the last step.

Its setteled, I'm going to build a fire or two this weekend.

acetone and that hard pink foam insulation..............makes on hell of a gooey ball of fiery goodness.......

Why not make REAL Napalm? I used to mix Ivory Snow laundry detergent with gasoline. Let it set overnight until it gels. Of course that was in the Peace Corps.

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