Starting A Fire With Cotton Balls and Ashes. The Fire Roll Method Actually Works! Quick & Easy
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2023
- In this video we start a fire using A Cotton Ball and Ashes - The Fire Roll Method. This is part of a fire making series I am doing which includes videos on: Friction fire - Bow Drill Fire, Fire Plow, Fire Thong, Fire Piston, and more.
another youtuber would've milked this for 30 minutes. thank you for making great videos that are all content and no filler.
Wow! Sometimes you think you are smart... And then you see this... Brilliantly quick and looks simple. Thank you Shawn!
That is amazing!!! I have never heard of that way. So simple and fast! I love this series Shawn! Keep them coming please.👍🙂
That was awesome! I didn't even know you could unroll a cotton ball! You should talk to scientists to get them to explain how it works, that would be really interesting to know for these videos.
Yes, I want to know how it works as well.
Ditto!
The cotton that comes in pill bottles like aspirin.
The ash and cotton are unburnt fuels. The rolling action is both compression and friction which equals heat.
Cotton is very combustible. When it is rolled, it breaks into tiny particles which act like tinder. The ash provides additional friction. The pressure of rolling it increases the temperature until the combustion temperature of cotton is reached. No, the ash is not unburnt fuel. It is a byproduct of combustion. Its only purpose here is to increase friction.
This is so cool Shawn, I saw this method one other time when a friend of mine that makes fire pistons showed me how he did this. Who would think that this would work, great demo my friend.
Here's a fun bit of information about cotton: Pulverised cotton is used in furniture laquers. The cotton powder is so reactive that it has to be kept wet under oil or water to stop it from spontaneously combusting. In lacquer applications, it has to be kept in a seperate, rated building. The force of an explosion in such a building is designed to go straight up to minimise damage to nearby buildings and people. A rep from one company I used to deal with told me that if the cotton exploded, the roof of the structure was expected to land anywhere within a 4km radius.
I'm amazed at what you know Shawn. Tell me do you read up and search out stuff to get info on all the things you know about as you are very knowledgeable?
What I love about you is that you don't come across as 'a know it all' but just a genuinely lovely person who loves sharing his knowledge.
I've learned so much from you already, thank you Shawn xx Jean from Scotland.
Shawn, Like many of the previous comments, I've not previously seen this method. It seems to have a lot really important advantages - the materials needed are compact, cheap, and easily protected. The effort required is very limited, Doesn't need sun. The smoking cotton seems to be much more durable than the tiny embers produced by other means. What is not to like? -will be trying it this morning when lighting my wood stove in Scotland. Thanks for the tip
I just found out about this method as well, I used rust instead of ash and it works well too
Rust??!!! Amazing. Why would that work?
Holly cow, I just tried it and it worked!!! It took a couple tries but it worked! Super cool and I can't wait to show the kids next time we go camping! Thanks!!
One survival skill I'll probably never forget. Thank you for this
Wow, I'm truly impressed by how easy and quick that was! 👏
I like your videos because they are short and informative. A lot of other UA-cam videos take 20+ minutes to describe what could be done in 3-4 minutes and filled with dumb junk filler that is either boring or that the UA-camr thinks is funny, but is not funny to others. Yours gets right to the point.
I keep a zip lock bag of cotton balls soaked/smothered in vaseline in my backpack and a light at all times. I timed them they burn for like 10 mins rain/damp or not. this is sweet too...when u have nothing
I have never heard of this method before, it's like magic.
What a great thing to know! Thanks, Shawn!!! I'm excited to see what other tricks you'll be showing us.
Thank you we may all need these skills sooner than we think.
Wow! I would never have thought of ever trying that. So cool.
Shawn, you can also use things other than ashes to create the ember, such as cleanser powder, rust, or even baking soda.
That was super fast and easy. Awesome Shawn! 👍 TY!
What an amazing survival skill! Thanks for sharing this!
i wonder how many other materials this would work with and why this works.... very interesting method that seems like a really reliable method, all you'd need to keep on hand is cotton balls and a couple pieces of 2x4 and a small vial of ahses, keep it in the trunk or whatever
I have the same questions. I'd like to see someone try with fine dry dirt. And, I wonder if a cotton strip could be used.
Yeah I wonder this as well. What's the chemical reaction that's happening, cause I've seen it work with rust, ash and I think sand. Totally different chemical makeup for each, is the ash just for friction?
@@usern4metak3ns I was thinking friction too. On a side note, I once collected a quantity of those tiny stones used in poppers, thinking they might be flint and able to create a spark when rubbed together. But, I never got them to spark. Then I found out that the explosive in poppers goes off by itself when struck, and those little stones are there just to bang against each other. Still, I want to see if one could get sand made of flint (maybe with stell grit) to spark.
@@usern4metak3ns I think the pieces of wood create the friction, which causes heat and a spark. If sand works too, that's basically glass, I wonder if fiber optic strands would work, or fiberglass in place of the ashes?
@@TesserId Consider using sandpaper.
Wow, I've never heard of this one before! Amazing!
I’ve never heard of this method before. Gonna try it out next time I make a campfire.
I have never seen anyone do it with such few strokes. Really cool.
If I ever get lost in the woods hopefully I'll be able to watch Shawn Woods videos to save myself.
Great job! That is a neat and unexpected way to start a fire.
Wow, that is amazing how easily that lights up. I've been casually subscribed to a few bushcraft channels for a while and this is the first I've heard of this method.
That's amazing, Shawn. Thanks for showing it to us.
This was a really good one. Easy, very portable and fast.
Very interesting, had to go try it out, got it on the second try, great method. Thanks for teaching me something new.
WOW that was amazing.
Love the well done, clear and concise outdoor videos.
This is amazing!! I never heard of this method before! very cool!
This is incredibly cool!
Very cool! Thanks Mr. Woods
That's amazing and so simple. - Cheers!
Wow! That's awesome, I'm going to have to try that!
Awesome demo - I need to try this!
Very useful and cool idea, especially if your in a pinch.
Thanks...that looks easy...must add to my fire bucket...then grab the grandkids and give it a try...love mouse trap Monday's and " FIRED UP FRIDAY'S ...Great job Shawn...
First time I've seen this method. Amazing.
Great simple stuff.
That's a new one for me, thanks for sharing
Going to try this next time have a backyard fire. Thnx for the video!
Very interesting method, thanks for sharing!
Good work Crawdaddy.
Amazing! Thank you for sharing!
never seen this before, that was quick and awesome
This was awesome, thanks!
I didn't even finish the video before I had to go try it. It worked great 👍 and my fist fire by friction. Thanks so much for sharing. I'm putting cotton balls in all my emergency gear now
You could pre roll them with ashes in an Altoids tin
@@recoveringsoul755 oooo that's not a bad either! I like the way you think
@@recoveringsoul755 Cotton balls rolled in vaseline & ashes may also work. Be careful, vaseline is a petroleum product & combustible.
That's awesome!
Wow. This is the most impressive fire making technique I have ever seen!
Shawn, that was amazing! I've been into this since we called it "survivalism" back in the day, and I've never even heard of this method before! Doesn't even require charcloth like most other primitive firestarting methods! Outstanding, sir!
Wow.... That is awesome
That's amazing!
You are amazing! I live in the city but I may need this one day
Amazing!
Thats amazing how fast that works...Awesome video
That was super cool 😎
Wow… that’s amazing!
Keep em coming Shawn! You're on FIRE!
Extraordinary! Thanks!
This will be a good series👍🏼
This was amazing
Wow this is amazing! I will have to try this one with my kids!
That's awesome! Never heard of this way of doing it
Great work👏👏
WOW!!! Good to know !!! Thanks!!!
Excellent survival fire if prepared
It’s crazy I use to always watch you when I was little
This was really magic thanks!!
That is amazing.
Very cool...I have not seen this way to start a fire! Definitely must try!
another way to start a fire, nice ive never heard of it before thanks
That pretty cool 👍.
Now that’s the coolest
Pretty neat.
That's a new one on me... Great Tutorial
Awesome
That was very interesting.
Whoah... so fast! Thanks.
WOW. Interesting!!
Great demo of what I believe is also called the Rudiger Roll
That's amazing! I had no idea. 👍
Cool!
Cool ❤
Huh. Still learning new techniques. Very cool.
that is so cool
Very unique.
Wow that is a fast way to start a fire. Shawn if you were lost in the woods and desperate would a piece of your t-shirt substitute for the cotton ball?
That is freaking INCREDIBLE all this time I was buy expensive fire starters for my camp outs. Bye bye WALMART...LOL
THANKS
I've never seen this before! I know about matches, lighters, magnesium and Flint strikers, fire piston, magnifying glass, bag of water, but never ever before seen this method.
WOw that's amazing. You could pre-roll a few and put them in an Altoids tin. I thought you would need a match
Wow. Can’t remember the last time I gave a video a like.
This is an awesome method. You could carry a bunch of pre-rolled ash-cotton rolls and just need somewhere to roll it on. I wonder how well it works when rolled on uneven surfaces, say between two branches or something.
try it and then get back to us.
never seen anything like that, thanks Shawn
Shawn not throwing the cotton ball into the fire at the end is making me want to throw cotton balls into some fire.
Since Valentine's is around the corner, you should make a video of how to start a fire in someones heart.
That was great as are most of your videos, maybe you could try use cattail fluff in place of the cotton and rust scapped from old metal as the friction element.