How to Make Easy Fire Starters

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An easy home made product for out camping or just for your home pit.

by Steph Pheonix.

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Collect supplies. The wax I used where pieces that went into a candle wax melter. They where cinnamon bun scent. Mmmmm

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Melt wax in the double boiler. My house smells lovely.

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While your melting the wax in the double boiler, prep the cotton pads just by laying them out on a piece of wax paper. large enough that all the pads will have space to lay out individually.

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When the wax is melted add the pads to the wax letting them absorb wax on both sides. They will puff up being full of wax. Using the tweezers pull them out.

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Laying the soaked cotton pads on wax paper over the counter to let them harden up again as the wax is cooling. *Tip don't let the pads absorb too much wax or it will be a hard thick cotton puck.*

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I stored my pads using cupcake liners in between them to keep them from melting together.

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Before lighting it on fire make a rip in the pad to show the fibers it will be easier to ignite. Hope you enjoy.

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Steph Pheonix.

Cold Lake, Alberta

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Hmm. My BF uses old oil from car changes, and newspaper. This seems infinitely safer!

Sheri Kwasnik last week

These look great but for years I have made fire starters with cardboard egg cartons. We cannot recycle these is our area. I melt the wax from old candles and then pour into the egg cartons. I use several layers of newspaper under the cartons while the wax is liquid. When the wax is solid just close the lid and you have firestarters. The carton breaks apart very easily and they stack really well.

Marina Abbott last week

@ John Geiger lint it's perfect too I've used it as well. Also pinecones work great too.

Steph Pheonix. (author) 3 weeks ago

I'm using leftover dryer lint in place of the cotton pads. You can ball it up and dip it in the wax. Works great and I always have lots do dryer lint around.

John Geiger 4 weeks ago

They might, but idk if one will have the power to heat and start charcoal but it couldn't hurt to try. Let me know how it goes.

Steph Pheonix. (author) 7 months ago

Yeah

Gråçīë ✌ 7 months ago

@ Gracie, do you mean will it work lighting charcoal?

Steph Pheonix. (author) 8 months ago

1 Bunch Wax candle or wax chunks

1 Bunch Cotton makeup wipes

1 Double boiler

1 Bunch Wax paper

1 Tweezers

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