When Jay and I got a wood stove last fall, he surprised me with his Boy Scout knowledge and made these little wax fire starters to help get the stove rockin’. Remember to be careful when heating up the wax, especially if you are working on a gas stove with a flame.
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That is a great tip. We need to try that out. Thanks for sharing that.
Hi Jay & Ryanne,
that video tip is very nice and useful when you have a wood stove at home.
nice work. Rgds.
Glenna has been wanting to learn how to melt down candles to make her own….I will have to show her this video…pretty cool….Jay was in the Boy Scouts?!?….didn’t see that one…
Nice tip Jay, I have a wood burning fireplace on my 3rd floor that I’ll have access when tenants move out next month. But is this much better than the fire starter products that do the same thing?
It’s basically the same thing you buy in the store. Usually they have sticks soaked in kerosene. Or sawdust bricks In wax. If you assme you can find old candles and newspapers, it’s all free.
neat!
Well that beats the hell out of buying big boxes of Fatwood! SWEET!!!
nice.
My son learned in Boy Scouts to use cotton balls dipped in vaseline as a fire starter. I had never heard of such a thing. But it does work to start the woodstove when there are absolutely no coals. Not sure how it would help you in a wilderness situation, though, since you are unlikely to find cotton balls and vaseline just sitting around!
Here’s my adventures in woodstove life:
http://ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com/?p=126
When I was a girlscout leader we made them with the sawdust from my dad’s workshop we had saved over the last year.
Each girl would bring in a cardboard type eggcarton.
Fill with sawdust.
Pour melted wax over.
Cool and then just cut apart each of the egg partitions. Worked great for camping, not sure about using it in your stove.
Thanks for the useful video! I’ll try it next time before I go camping.
Hi Jay and Ryanne, Just checkin your cool website. The firestarter video is nostalgic for me having been in boyscouts myself for many years. Happy new year. Dominic (from USIP)
I Loved the idea was wandering your woodstove make and model. Love the grate in the bottom.
Wow, I think I might actually try it out at my mum, she has a wood stove, and I’m very excited about this trick, thanks!