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โMar-20-2012 10:23 PM
tvman44 wrote:'
Never thought of sawdust and I have plenty in my workshop. Wonder about sawdust and wax, that should be about almost like the fire starter blocks you buy?
โMar-20-2012 10:22 PM
tvman44 wrote:'
Never thought of sawdust and I have plenty in my workshop. Wonder about sawdust and wax, that should be about almost like the fire starter blocks you buy?
โMar-20-2012 10:08 PM
tvman44 wrote:'
Never thought of sawdust and I have plenty in my workshop. Wonder about sawdust and wax, that should be about almost like the fire starter blocks you buy?
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โMar-20-2012 08:35 PM
mike4947 wrote:
Sawdust works as well as wax for making homemade fire starters. We also kept the nubbins of crayons from my son to use along with boughten parrafin.
Last time I made a batch it cost me an extra $.50 because the cheap eggs were in plastic/foam packaging. Worth it to me me to get the paper packaging rather than burning stryefoam.
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โMar-20-2012 01:13 PM
dewatkins wrote:bondebond wrote:
At our cub scout meeting a couple of weeks back, I had the boys make their own firestarters out of dryer lint and Gulf wax. We go the mini muffin paper cups, stuffed lint in them, stuck a piece of natural twine out of them (read, wick) and poured melted wax on them. I'm happy to report that they worked beautifully this weekend. My son had a sense of contributing when I let him light his own starter for the family to enjoy a nice campfire and round of smore-making. Of course, he's a boy, so anything with fire...well, you know.
Another and easier way is to put the lint and wax in a paper egg crate then let the wax harden and cut or break apart the crate and you have 12 fire starters and you just light the cardboard corner no wick needed. I shared that in the scouts many times over 20 years. In fact I just made some more on Saturday because only had a few left over that I made before I stepped down in 2000.
โMar-20-2012 09:59 AM
bertnspike wrote:bigred1cav wrote:
Please explain how this works, sounds good but I can not envision the how?
A Diaper Genie is meant for used disposable diapers. It's overkill for wads of toilet paper, but it does the job. The dispenser holds plastic bags that are large enough for a used diaper. It sits in the top of the Diaper Genie. When you open the lid on the Diaper Genie it automatically pulls down a fresh bag and holds it open for you. When you close it, it seals the bag and loads the edge of a new one.
It fits in the corner of my bathroom right next to the t.p. holder. Very light weight, doesn't tip over on the road (but wouldn't matter if it did), and serves the purpose well. NO smell at all.
โMar-19-2012 08:55 PM
bondebond wrote:
At our cub scout meeting a couple of weeks back, I had the boys make their own firestarters out of dryer lint and Gulf wax. We go the mini muffin paper cups, stuffed lint in them, stuck a piece of natural twine out of them (read, wick) and poured melted wax on them. I'm happy to report that they worked beautifully this weekend. My son had a sense of contributing when I let him light his own starter for the family to enjoy a nice campfire and round of smore-making. Of course, he's a boy, so anything with fire...well, you know.
โMar-19-2012 04:51 PM
bigred1cav wrote:
Please explain how this works, sounds good but I can not envision the how?