This works well with olive oil or vegetable oil too which is much cheaper. i made 2 oil candles with 5 wicks in each. Put under a cut section of cast iron gutter upside down which acts as a soot catcher just incase then dissipates the heat front and back of the gutter. Im curently using this as heat source in living room which with -4 degrees Celsius outside its doing a great job as its 19 degrees in here.
I also heard carbon fiber could wick up used fryer oil which is always in abundance, with that I have a question maybe you can help me out with I have an old perfection heater that uses kerosene and a wick well I want to convert it to using oil and carbon fiber wick I understand that's why I need ventilation but what do you think? Possible?
@@johnnymac8264 no I've seen other people need to do this with vegetable oil but I haven't needed it with olive oil at all. I use cotton lamp wicks which need lifted sometimes as it burns, carbon felt would work better as it wicks well but doesn't burn. I'm going to swap the wicks out soon.
@@johnnymac8264 That helps. I've been using denatured alcohol fuel i got from lowes to start soybean oil. It's kind of tricky and a bit erratic. I made a couple different burners from small camping pots and a small tin can from the dollar store. Sometimes they don't stay lit. The larger pan does better.
@@jayfredrickson9544 Robert Murray Smith tried to swap the wick from a greenhouse paraffin heater with a carbon felt wick which is similar to a perfection heater, it didn't work but when he tried it in a different one it did. It seems that the carbon felt wicks very well if the wick is contained in something like a bit of copper pipe so if if a straight swap doesn't work I'd try getting a bit of 15 or 22mm copper pipe and flattening itso it fits the shape of the wick wick if it's like a 1 inch wide wick.
Thanks for another great DIY video! Those wicks last a long time, and with the indoor fireplace fuel provide a safe alternative. Would be great in emergencies too! Keep up the great videos.
Would love to see how the felt, cut to size, for an oil or kerosene lamp would work. i.e. light, heat, temperature affect on the chimney , etc... Love your stuff, followed and copied your inventiveness for years.❤
I wonder if people will find heating by biofuel fuel cheaper than turning on their central heating system? Could you show how long using 4 0z of biofuel would last using your method of a carbon felt wick? I just got my natural heating gas bill, and it was over $110 for 30 days, and i live in a moderate climate state. It only hit freezing one night.
Desertsun or anyone can i use this in a empty cast iron wood burning stove with chimney in my little caravan?? As an alternative method of heat? As seasoned wood getting costly in the uk ❤ your channel you are a genius 😊
I was thinking of putting one in my minivan and will eventually yeah I'm sure you could just put the can inside the stove and the heat will keep the cast iron hot for hours even after it goes out.
I was just wondering if there is away to turn a kerosene heater into an oil heater with a hand made carbon felt wick? and can you make a carbon felt wick like a kerosene heater wick ? And will it work? I just don’t like the smell of kerosene ! I have a new kerosene heater coming but I would love to make it into an oil heater! Any videos u can do like that?
Very informative! Have you found any differences in burning performance based on the quality of the carbon felt material? Some seem of cheaper quality than others and the price reflects. Will the cheaper ones burn just as well thanks!
hi. i've only tried the thick good quality stuff, so i couldn't say if the thinner stuff works worse or about the same. i think the main reason some of it cost less is because it's thinner. my guess is that the thinner stuff works about the same.
I think capilliaries are generally smaller than hypodermic needles but, I could be wrong because those diabetic ones are really thin. You could try it with water or something to see if you got that wicking effect.
Hello 👋 I have a question, please. Do these carbon fiber wicks put off any carbon fumes when they burn? Just curious. Thanks for your help. These would be amazing to use. I love this idea. I wanted to let you know I'm using the 20x20 box fan air filter you shared with us, however, I may go to the 3 or 4 bgears fans instead because I think it's a lot quieter. I bought the bilge pump to make the shower with the trash can, foot switch and pvc pipe. That was too cool. I just told my brother I needed to come up with a shower for grid down situations and then I saw your video right after that 😅. I'm going to use the trash can to flip the lid over and collect rain water then use your set up to take a shower. I have also adopted your water filter and the chimney boot for heat. You've really been a great help 🥰. Thank you for sharing your brainstorms.
hi. i'm glad you've made some of the projects! that's awesome! these wicks are just as safe as cotton wicks. they might even be safer but i can't say for sure.
@@desertsun02I just bought some carbon felt to put in my oil lamps and my hurricane lamps. Thank you so much for sharing this. Feels good not to re-buy stuff all the time.
@@desertsun02many Thanks for info about the NAME of that fuel! Will have to stash that away! I worry about a lot of the flammables being used indoors regarding smell, odor, toxic fumes,SMOKE! BLESSED BE!
hi. i usually use regular scissors to cut the carbon felt. (technically they are barbers scissors but they are very similar to regular scissors). i don't think i would use a box cutter to cut it. those might give a jagged cut. you can also cut it with tin snips if you like but regular scissors are really all that's needed.
here is a link www.amazon.com/Welding-Blanket-Fireproof-Retardant-Plumbing/dp/B0BQ2VFJVX/ref=asc_df_B0BQ2VFJVX/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=693071814610&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=14777078293174734537&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9030089&hvtargid=pla-2066831935624&mcid=0d6d26798a543ff2bca4960f14d19c59&gad_source=1&th=1
Zippo wicks are REALLY narrow. It's difficult to get carbon felt down to a size that would fit there. If you could trim it precisely enough, it would work as a permanent zippo wick that would never need to be replaced. But this is not a series of threads the way that most wicks are - and so not nearly as easy to work with in that way.
Just be aware that initially carbon felt will shrink. They do not work well with 'fat' candles (fat = lard or similar). Round wicks are generally brighter than flat ones. Desersun02, YOU ARE EVIL! Those Dinty Moore Beef Stew cans are making me HUNGRY!!
Olaj helyett sós vizet használj és tegyél egy rézcsőbe szénfilcet tekerj bele cink lapocskákat ha elég meleg a rézcső elindul a vízbontás oxigénre és hidrogénre ami ugyanígy ég de nincs károsanyagkibocsájtás csak vízgőz keletkezik.
kerosene is different than alcohol. It's not safe indoors if it's smoking so you would have to experiment how high up the can the carbon fiber should be.I would cut a piece that only goes halfway up the can, light it and see if there's no smoke. Keep adjusting height until you have a good flame with no smoke. I use clear glass table top oil lamps for heat that hold about 12 ounces k-1 kerosene, they last about 1 1/2 days or longer without re-filling,running all day and night, so 1 ounce should last a couple hours as long as it's not smoking. ❤
Not sure about the alcohol fuel but when fueling the burners with oil or grease only use for emergencies not regular use. They produce soot which is very harmful to the lungs. (Do some research on lung disease and native Alaskans). Women who did the cooking over oil lamps had a lot of lung issues as a result.
hi. the ethanol blend fuels (what i used) are 100x cleaner than the oils or greases. ethanol burns 100% particulate free and produces no smoke or soot at all. the only things produced when you burn ethanol are water vapor and a small (inconsequential) amount of carbon dioxide.
hey there. i haven't tried oil but i may in the future. do you think it would work well? i wonder what type of oil i should try? vegetable oil? or maybe olive oil?
You really make going off grid even easier. Thanks so much for everything you do!
hi and thank you!
@@desertsun02
Hi ,can u send a link to the carbon felt you used please?
This works well with olive oil or vegetable oil too which is much cheaper. i made 2 oil candles with 5 wicks in each. Put under a cut section of cast iron gutter upside down which acts as a soot catcher just incase then dissipates the heat front and back of the gutter. Im curently using this as heat source in living room which with -4 degrees Celsius outside its doing a great job as its 19 degrees in here.
I also heard carbon fiber could wick up used fryer oil which is always in abundance, with that I have a question maybe you can help me out with I have an old perfection heater that uses kerosene and a wick well I want to convert it to using oil and carbon fiber wick I understand that's why I need ventilation but what do you think? Possible?
Do you need to add an accelerant to get the flame started?
@@johnnymac8264 no I've seen other people need to do this with vegetable oil but I haven't needed it with olive oil at all. I use cotton lamp wicks which need lifted sometimes as it burns, carbon felt would work better as it wicks well but doesn't burn. I'm going to swap the wicks out soon.
@@johnnymac8264 That helps. I've been using denatured alcohol fuel i got from lowes to start soybean oil. It's kind of tricky and a bit erratic. I made a couple different burners from small camping pots and a small tin can from the dollar store. Sometimes they don't stay lit. The larger pan does better.
@@jayfredrickson9544 Robert Murray Smith tried to swap the wick from a greenhouse paraffin heater with a carbon felt wick which is similar to a perfection heater, it didn't work but when he tried it in a different one it did. It seems that the carbon felt wicks very well if the wick is contained in something like a bit of copper pipe so if if a straight swap doesn't work I'd try getting a bit of 15 or 22mm copper pipe and flattening itso it fits the shape of the wick wick if it's like a 1 inch wide wick.
Don't forget to add the fancy feast stove with this carbon felt stove group too.
Thanks for another great DIY video! Those wicks last a long time, and with the indoor fireplace fuel provide a safe alternative. Would be great in emergencies too! Keep up the great videos.
I saw a fellow in Britain mix used 70% Used Vegtable oil and 30% Kerosene and It Burnt Great . Great Show
Would love to see how the felt, cut to size, for an oil or kerosene lamp would work. i.e. light, heat, temperature affect on the chimney , etc...
Love your stuff, followed and copied your inventiveness for years.❤
Glad I found your channel again u have great DIY stuff
hi and thank you!
@@desertsun02 where do u get the carbon felt??
@vawt1953 i get it on amazon 👍🔥🔥
Another fantastic creation. Your gift is appreciated. I look forward to seeing them!!🥰❤
I wonder if people will find heating by biofuel fuel cheaper than turning on their central heating system? Could you show how long using 4 0z of biofuel would last using your method of a carbon felt wick? I just got my natural heating gas bill, and it was over $110 for 30 days, and i live in a moderate climate state. It only hit freezing one night.
Nice outside the box thinking. Thanx and keep'em coming.
Works with Crisco too once it gets hot enough. Probably cheaper than ethanol.
Desertsun or anyone can i use this in a empty cast iron wood burning stove with chimney in my little caravan?? As an alternative method of heat? As seasoned wood getting costly in the uk ❤ your channel you are a genius 😊
I was thinking of putting one in my minivan and will eventually yeah I'm sure you could just put the can inside the stove and the heat will keep the cast iron hot for hours even after it goes out.
I’m wondering if there could be a way to safely replenish the alcohol reservoir while the burner is burning?
How long does the ethanol blend last in the small, medium, or large? Did any of the 3 sizes burn all night long or all day long?
Very cool Brother!! I'll be doing me some of these. Thumbs-up video ~John
great job .. is that same as carbon filters for oven hood .. can u burn used motor oil
How much fuel can you put in the lamp? I assume you can’t fill it up completely to the top.
Is carbon felt conductive? A cheap and easy electrode is always welcome.
I was just wondering if there is away to turn a kerosene heater into an oil heater with a hand made carbon felt wick? and can you make a carbon felt wick like a kerosene heater wick ? And will it work? I just don’t like the smell of kerosene ! I have a new kerosene heater coming but I would love to make it into an oil heater! Any videos u can do like that?
Have you tried using HEET Fuel Additive? It burns totally clean and very hot.
Heet is methanol /wood alcohol and school burn a bit hotter than ethanol
Other than the advantage of not having to change out the wick, what is the advantage of using Carb felt wicks? Thanks!
Have had same piece in my Trangia for a year,fairly regular use,.Looks like easily another year...🤠
Very informative! Have you found any differences in burning performance based on the quality of the carbon felt material? Some seem of cheaper quality than others and the price reflects. Will the cheaper ones burn just as well thanks!
hi. i've only tried the thick good quality stuff, so i couldn't say if the thinner stuff works worse or about the same. i think the main reason some of it cost less is because it's thinner. my guess is that the thinner stuff works about the same.
@@desertsun02 Hey thanks for taking the time to reply, much appreciated :)
I have a serious guestion....if you bundled a bunch of hypodermic needles together and used it for a wick, would the capillaries action work?
I think capilliaries are generally smaller than hypodermic needles but, I could be wrong because those diabetic ones are really thin. You could try it with water or something to see if you got that wicking effect.
Looks like a great option. Much better than a cotton wick. What is your source for The carbon felt please?
hi. i just get it on amazon.
Don't buy a boatload.Lasts long time(1 yr plus in Trangia)
Hello 👋
I have a question, please. Do these carbon fiber wicks put off any carbon fumes when they burn? Just curious. Thanks for your help. These would be amazing to use. I love this idea.
I wanted to let you know I'm using the 20x20 box fan air filter you shared with us, however, I may go to the 3 or 4 bgears fans instead because I think it's a lot quieter. I bought the bilge pump to make the shower with the trash can, foot switch and pvc pipe. That was too cool. I just told my brother I needed to come up with a shower for grid down situations and then I saw your video right after that 😅. I'm going to use the trash can to flip the lid over and collect rain water then use your set up to take a shower. I have also adopted your water filter and the chimney boot for heat. You've really been a great help 🥰. Thank you for sharing your brainstorms.
hi. i'm glad you've made some of the projects! that's awesome! these wicks are just as safe as cotton wicks. they might even be safer but i can't say for sure.
@@desertsun02I just bought some carbon felt to put in my oil lamps and my hurricane lamps. Thank you so much for sharing this. Feels good not to re-buy stuff all the time.
How can I change my kerosun kerosene heater to work with vegetable oil ?
I must use old filtrated cooking oil. Will it work ? I like american practical way of thinking ! I hate blah blah blah in the air without result.
In my experience it burns alcohol well but veg oil is more tricky.
hi. that is good to know. thanks for info.
Thank you for sharing this vital information and the groovy background music . LoL
We're do u buy the Diy carbon, fuel. Please The name and how much thanks
These are the same as those odor removal insoles yes? 😮🤔
I bet this would work with others fuels as well.
Which liquid burns hotter and last longer?
I wonder if this could work with a Dietz oil lantern with either kerosene or alcohol.
Yes
Pls advise the BRAND of fuel that you are using? Saves a lot of time in looking!!! Thanks
it's sold under the name "regal flame" 🔥👍
@@desertsun02many Thanks for info about the NAME of that fuel! Will have to stash that away! I worry about a lot of the flammables being used indoors regarding smell, odor, toxic fumes,SMOKE! BLESSED BE!
Will a box cutter or ordinary scissors easily cut through 5mm carbon felt ?
hi. i usually use regular scissors to cut the carbon felt. (technically they are barbers scissors but they are very similar to regular scissors). i don't think i would use a box cutter to cut it. those might give a jagged cut. you can also cut it with tin snips if you like but regular scissors are really all that's needed.
Where did you get your felt ? I recently looked at Lowe's and they didn't have it. Thanks. Paul
hi. i get it on amazon. they usually have lots of it.
Can carbon felt be used as wicks in karoesine oil lamps?
hi. i couldn't say for sure (since i haven't tried) but i'd guess that they could be
Can you please share a link for you 6mm %100 carbon filter ? I can only find 3mm.
here is a link www.amazon.com/Welding-Blanket-Fireproof-Retardant-Plumbing/dp/B0BQ2VFJVX/ref=asc_df_B0BQ2VFJVX/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=693071814610&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=14777078293174734537&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9030089&hvtargid=pla-2066831935624&mcid=0d6d26798a543ff2bca4960f14d19c59&gad_source=1&th=1
@@desertsun02 Also,, did the bio ethanol leave any soot inside those stove pipes ? Thanks a bunch for the link.
I use Cotton that convert to carbon when i fire it, cotton is cheap alternative.
somehow i want to test this material to make wick for my zippo
Zippo wicks are REALLY narrow. It's difficult to get carbon felt down to a size that would fit there. If you could trim it precisely enough, it would work as a permanent zippo wick that would never need to be replaced. But this is not a series of threads the way that most wicks are - and so not nearly as easy to work with in that way.
What kind of fuel are you using?
i usually use an ethanol blend fuel. to find it online you can search bio ethanol fireplace fuel.
What are in the alcohol lamps rocks?
i generally use either glass stones or glass fire rocks (the light blue ones)
Where do you get carbon felt?!
hi. best place i know of is amazon. they have lots of it
where you buy carbon felt from?
hey there. i get it on amazon
Just be aware that initially carbon felt will shrink.
They do not work well with 'fat' candles (fat = lard or similar).
Round wicks are generally brighter than flat ones.
Desersun02, YOU ARE EVIL!
Those Dinty Moore Beef Stew cans are making me HUNGRY!!
I think this video is awesome 😎
thanks so much!
Olaj helyett sós vizet használj és tegyél egy rézcsőbe szénfilcet tekerj bele cink lapocskákat ha elég meleg a rézcső elindul a vízbontás oxigénre és hidrogénre ami ugyanígy ég de nincs károsanyagkibocsájtás csak vízgőz keletkezik.
would be great if olive/parafin oil could be used. that would be way cheaper.
Brilliant! Thank you
very welcome
Why not use asbestos?
how long does an ounce of kerosene last in each size can?
hi. i didn't actually measure how much fuel i used so I'm not sure. for the record, i didn't use kerosene, i use an ethanol blend fuel 👍🙂
@@desertsun02how long?
kerosene is different than alcohol. It's not safe indoors if it's smoking so you would have to experiment how high up the can the carbon fiber should be.I would cut a piece that only goes halfway up the can, light it and see if there's no smoke. Keep adjusting height until you have a good flame with no smoke. I use clear glass table top oil lamps for heat that hold about 12 ounces k-1 kerosene, they last about 1 1/2 days or longer without re-filling,running all day and night, so 1 ounce should last a couple hours as long as it's not smoking. ❤
What oil are you using please.
the bottle in the video had "ethanol" written on it
hi. i use a bio-ethanol blend. you can find it if you search for 'ventless indoor fireplace fuel'. amazon is one place that sells it.
Also yellow and blue bottled Heat,available Walmart,auto parts,many places
Not sure about the alcohol fuel but when fueling the burners with oil or grease only use for emergencies not regular use. They produce soot which is very harmful to the lungs. (Do some research on lung disease and native Alaskans). Women who did the cooking over oil lamps had a lot of lung issues as a result.
hi. the ethanol blend fuels (what i used) are 100x cleaner than the oils or greases. ethanol burns 100% particulate free and produces no smoke or soot at all. the only things produced when you burn ethanol are water vapor and a small (inconsequential) amount of carbon dioxide.
Gonna try this with my empty sterno can
Have you tried oil? Thank you
hey there. i haven't tried oil but i may in the future. do you think it would work well? i wonder what type of oil i should try? vegetable oil? or maybe olive oil?
Any other alternatives for carbon felt material?
I can’t get my wick to light! What’s wrong?
they usually light up very quick. what fuel are you using?
Don't use the plastic backed version. These make great terracotta plant pot heaters.
Looks good thanks for sharing YAH bless !
Thank you too
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