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10/22/09 03:40 PM
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sumoj275
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MM, let us know how the candle wax and cotton balls work out. How saturated do you make them and do you leave an area uncoated?
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Re: Petroleum Jelly Cotton Balls
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10/22/09 03:55 PM
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They worked quite well when I tried them last night. We left some of the cotton exposed without any wax on it so there is something to take the spark.
Just use an old pot or soup can or something to melt some old candles, and grab the cotton balls with tweezers or chopsticks, and dip them 3/4 of the way into the wax, then set them aside on some foil or something to harden. Much less messy than petroleum jelly and they burn for a long time.
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Re: Petroleum Jelly Cotton Balls
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10/22/09 04:29 PM
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Implume
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They worked quite well when I tried them last night. We left some of the cotton exposed without any wax on it so there is something to take the spark.
Just use an old pot or soup can or something to melt some old candles, and grab the cotton balls with tweezers or chopsticks, and dip them 3/4 of the way into the wax, then set them aside on some foil or something to harden. Much less messy than petroleum jelly and they burn for a long time. You’re safer heating the wax in a double boiler. Otherwise the wax can overheat and flair up, burning flesh or starting fires. Put your can/whatever of candle wax inside a pot with some water in it. That gives you a controlled, non flair melt.
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Re: Petroleum Jelly Cotton Balls
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10/22/09 04:33 PM
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sumoj275
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Men you can't trust, women you can't trust, beasts you can't trust, but Bussekin steel you can trust
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Re: Petroleum Jelly Cotton Balls
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10/22/09 11:25 PM
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Ya'll inspired me - we made up about 30 or 40 of the wax soaked cotton balls tonight. They rule for fire starting <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Petroleum Jelly Cotton Balls
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10/24/09 08:04 PM
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I am a big fan of using dryer lint. It starts up real nice. The last time I used it (about a week ago) I even put a drop of hand sanitizer on it and it worked even better. I always keep a small bottle of hand sanitizer in my kit. Hygene is a must! Or you could use it to spice up some cool aid...... Well maybe : )
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Re: Petroleum Jelly Cotton Balls
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10/24/09 11:47 PM
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just a wee dab of PJ will do ya! not too much! guish it around the cotton ball and when you use it FLUFF up the cotton ball.
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Re: Petroleum Jelly Cotton Balls
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10/25/09 06:43 AM
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You can also store pj cotton balls inside a large "slurrpy type straw.
I soak cotton string in paraffin wax. Afterwards I cut the string in 2 inch lengths to fit in me container.
It lights real easy or you can put a dry cotton ball around it to light.
I use 1/8 string, I heard you can use sisal as well
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Re: Petroleum Jelly Cotton Balls
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12/13/09 07:53 PM
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I just tried using these today for the first time the worked well and burned for about 3 minutes. by the way i like the cigar tube idea.
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Re: Petroleum Jelly Cotton Balls
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12/14/09 02:51 AM
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I think PJ cotton balls are great. And as somebody else mentioned, PJ has multiple uses. A tip with lighting PJ cotton balls is to stretch some of the cotton out before lighting, get it real light and airy (so you could see through the gaps), it'll catch sparks and light much easier.
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Re: Petroleum Jelly Cotton Balls
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12/14/09 02:53 AM
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i always bring pj cotton balls in the woods
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Re: Petroleum Jelly Cotton Balls
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12/14/09 02:54 AM
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northern1, where have you been?! welcome back man!
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