Potassium permanganate fire lighting
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- This is the first video from our new series. Featuring an unusual fire lighting technique, using the chemical reaction of Potassium Permanganate and Glycerine.
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Potassium Permangenate is a very useful chemical to keep in a survival kit or bug out bag. It is a very effective antiseptic which can be used for purifying water, and as a first aid treatment. It can also be used to light fires if it is mixed with glycerine, which can be found in Brake Fluid, Anti-freeze, and hydraulic fluid. Another very handy piece of Bushcraft knowledge that could come in useful one day.
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One of the greatest multi-purpose things to pack in a shtf bag.
Here I was using it in my retrosynthesis and it actually has another use! Awesome!
That was an awesome explanation
Thanks for the feedback. This is a new project and we're still finding our feet with it. Your point has been taken on board, and we'll be condensing the intro for future videos.
I saw Les Stroud A.K.A survivorman use these chemicals and I wanted to see if anybody else was using these.Glad to see they work for everybody no matter what.
Howdy. Thanks to you and the rest of the guys for a great day out.
Watching an episode of Survivorman and wanted to learn more about this... Fascinating!!!
It's also very easy to start a friction fire with potassium permanganate and sugar. Sugar is an excellent fuel, and it takes just a little bit of friction to get a blaze going strong.
Yes, and you are more likely to have sugar than glycerin in a survival kit. And thus, because the PP serves to sterilize water it is multi-use. VERY important in my book.
This Video, is Interesting !! Never ever knew
Any of these thing's .. Thank you, ...
Sincerely yours, Martha Pastran
I had a helpful thought as i read your comment a small plastic bottle or bag kept close to the body under your coat should keep it at a decent enough temperature for fire lighting use i hope this suggestion helps
that many uses great i will keep a jar like that on my BatMan Belt,
Hi Andrew great video ! Really learnt a lot from your previous vids A to Z of bushcraft look forward to your new ones!! Cheers rob
Thank you... It's great to be here :-)
Well done, very nicely explained. I wish I was still teaching chrmistry as I would show it to my pupils. You have slipped in to your explaination some important chemistryand chemistry terms eg. Oxidiser , exothermic reaction, glycerine and where to find it. Goodness knows what mischief they might get up to afterwards.
Nice to find you here. Liked your a-z of bushcraft. Keep up the good job.
The reaction creates intense heat which will ignite most tinder materials... If the wood is damp it's always a good idea to cut a pile of dry shavings or feathersticks which will extend the burn time and allow the fire a chance to become established.
Work as not expected
Love the intro.
Good vid too ;-)
So you can store brake fluid, anti-freeze, etc in a little glass dropper bottle with no problem, correct??
Use the glycerine instead so you don't have to worry about something toxic spilling.
You forgot to say that it's really dependent of ambient temperature.
It will never react in a cold winter or a cold night.
That's why you're doing it on a sun spot. Why don't say that ?
I've had it work when it was extremely cold. Well below zero. When you're told something won't work at low temperatures, always take it with a grain of salt. Ambient temperature is what you make it.
I've also had it work with pure glycerin well below what it's supposed to work at, even without pulling any tricks to heat it up. You really need to try things before believing what you read about them.
You know there is now a commercially available magic trick (or DVD of a magic trick) using this same chemical reaction selling for £20+
I can imagine a few magicians being pretty annoyed they didn't find this video!
did not work for me can it be that its either too cold ..-30c outside or that I put too much glycerin ..Great vid btw
I have been using this trick for a few years now.
would glycerin soap work?
if the Potassium Permanganate crystals are large you may need to grind them down. The reaction is happening just too slow and will not create the flames.
why complicate things? mixing with sugar and giving it some friktion with a stick lights it up within 3 seconds
Annoying perhaps, but fake they most certainly are not. All our videos are filmed in genuine outdoor locations, so the sounds of wildlife are to be expected.
Videobomb - Level: Bird :D
Hi Andrew Price,
Glad I have found your series. I have never seen you before so yes I am pleased to have found you.
I use potassium permanganate all the time because I have eczema and are very open to infection.
Have you tried or can you try these two substances KMn04 and Glycerol Try-nitrate to light fires. I am not in a position to do this as I am an invalid, but I use both these things the GTN Glycerol Try-nitrate?
Many thanks for the uploads and will go and sub after I watch this video.
Brillian tip..........I shall try it out, look out for a guy in a blue and white Kayak, with singed eyebrows...........ha ha.
Did he steal the birds nest to burn?
Cheers Andrew, does it work in rain ?
Yes it will.
Keep Beans, Thanx,.,,.
We'll give it a try, and blame you if we blow ourselves up ;-)
Just use honey. Honey should be in a first aid kit with potassium per mangenate.
I knew that , I work with the stuff. And never thought to use it this way. DOH ! THANX !
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Thank you.!!! Felt like I'd fell into a Discovery channel documentary
I'm a subscriber but please cut the time of the intro in half at least. I'm bored to tears with the forever long intro. Please!
Don't blame the man for your Attention Deficit Disorder!!!!!
Wow, so dangerous, you should not be encouraging people to use PP in such a careless way, it is a dangerous oxidizer, get it in your eyes your blind. It needs handling with upmost respecrt. Learn some real bushcraft.
"Half a teaspoon" *pours half of jar*
Pfft
Love the intro.
Good vid too ;-)