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Originally Posted by RedRaven
Make a Homemade Firestarter
These work good for starting a fire in your fireplace or camping and are easy to make.
Here are the materials you'll need.....
* Wax. This can be leftover candle drippings, candle stubs, etc.
* Sawdust. Keep a can in your shop and save all that sawdust.
* An egg carton.
Here are the instructions;
* Melt the wax
* Fill each section in the egg carton halfway with sawdust.
* Fill each section the rest of the way with the melted wax
* When cool, using scissors cut the individual egg carton sections apart (don't remove the wax, just leave it in there).
To use one, just light with a match, the edge of the egg carton section that was left on it when cut.
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We make our firestarters just a bit differently.
I use small paper "dixie-type" cups because the egg cartons are very small, and it's not easy to find cardboard ones.
Instead of sawdust (not everyone has that), I use DRYER LINT (everyone has that!
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To melt the candles, you can fashion a "double boiler" by boiling water in a large kettle and placing a coffee can inside the larger kettle. Put the candles or wax in the coffee can to melt. That way, you don't ruin a good kettle by melting the wax.
Another tip -- buy cheap candles at rummage sales. You can remove the wick with a fork or skewer when the wax has melted.
Using Dixie Cups will give you a firestarter that lasts about 10-15 minutes.
Julie
