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Re: What can start a fire [Re: Joe Fowler] #285861 05/01/09 02:12 AM
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I spread some hand sanitizer on a cotton ball, used a magnesium fire starter, sparked a fire... all the while on a drift of snow (snow drift)... worked great! Vasoline on cotton balls is an excellent fire starter, too!!!

Re: What can start a fire [Re: Joe Fowler] #285862 05/01/09 02:17 AM
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for us off highway drivers.....


gas and oil (we all carry spare gas and oil in the truck YES??), in a coffee cup full of sand, underneath a pile of kindling. Use the jumper cables and battery to spark it (or any tinder for that matter)

antifreeze and rubber, as mentioned, hella smoke show.

foam ripped outta the seats, soaked with gas & oil

- rubber bed liner shredded and soaked with oil & gas

- carpets

- headliner, door liners, rubber foam insulation under the hood.

lots of choices when stuck in the woods and no other methods or fire tools with you.
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Re: What can start a fire [Re: eatingmuchface] #285863 05/01/09 03:22 AM
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I believe I was told that the smoke from dryer lint can be somewhat toxic (if you have a lot of cotton clothes) by Andy Wayne... possibly.

Not cotton clothes, synthetic. It's like breathing burning plastic.


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Re: What can start a fire [Re: Andy Wayne] #285864 05/01/09 05:22 AM
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ANTIFREEZE???? Do you have to do anything special with/to it in order to get it to light up? Amazing! I NEVER would have thought of that. I've burned rubber before to get a stubborn fire going, and yeah it does smoke.

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Re: What can start a fire [Re: SkunkHunter] #285865 05/01/09 06:26 PM
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I place one finger on a super models backside and hold my tinder in the other. Bam, fire.

I hear you can polish the bottom of an aluminum can and use it to reflect concentrated light much like a magnifying glass.


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Re: What can start a fire [Re: imaginefj] #285866 05/01/09 06:27 PM
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Oh, watch crystals can start fires. Steel wool and a 9v battery.


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Re: What can start a fire [Re: imaginefj] #285867 05/02/09 01:38 AM
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hehehehehehe FIRE yeah FIRE! heheheehehe FIRE!

http://www.clipmoon.com/videos/133855e/tinder.html

^ thats for POI DOG! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> PJCB (petrolum jelly cotton balls)

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Re: What can start a fire [Re: Bushman5] #285868 05/02/09 01:48 AM
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Shredded up toilet paper lights really easy as well.


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Re: What can start a fire [Re: meatcutter] #285869 05/02/09 08:32 AM
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surprised no one mentioned this....Hair. i got tons of it and it burns good wet (at least my dreads do).


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Re: What can start a fire [Re: MustardMan] #285870 05/02/09 11:52 AM
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I use dryer lint as well - if it's particularly wet or windy, I will add a squirt of denatured alcohol, which I always have handy when I'm hiking, as it's my stove fuel.

I use dryer lint also. A while back I made a bunch of fire starters out of dryer lint, cardboard egg crate, and wax. Great for car camping.


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Re: What can start a fire [Re: mcjhrobinson] #285871 05/02/09 10:21 PM
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[quote]surprised no one mentioned this....Hair. i got tons of it and it burns good wet (at least my dreads do).

Must be nice, some of us loose it faster than we can grow it

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Re: What can start a fire [Re: Andy Wayne] #285872 05/03/09 12:34 AM
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Not cotton clothes, synthetic. It's like breathing burning plastic.
My mistake.
Thanks Andy,that makes more sense.


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