Vaseline or petroleum jelly with cotton balls. You have medical for burns or cuts, can use as chapstick. It works good on zippers and other metal gear for rust resistants. Great fire starter.
I save my lint and my toilet paper rolls. I stuffed the lint in the toilet paper rolls in save them. I have about 50 of them saved. I think they’re the best fire starters really easy.
Homemade 'napalm' products can certainly have their legal and safe uses, but I think you're underplaying the safety issues here a bit. Do use fully coated gloves (nitrile is a good choice) because permeable or partly coated ones will tend to accumulate solvents and volatile chemicals and concentrate it inside the glove. Letting soap, etc, soak in the gasoline (or kerosene, which is better) for several hours will often dissolve it better than stirring, and more safely. A sealed glass jar with gasoline in it is a low-key bomb, though, because of vapor pressures -- it's not realistically going to go off on its own unless you put other, ill-advised ingredients in there, but it's a potential hazard if it breaks or if you open it near a fire or spark. You want good ventilation for all of this. These kinds of mixtures are also jumping-off points for a lot of much worse home chemistry, and a lot of the instructions / recipes commonly available are much less safe than how they're represented, and people are quite likely to have bad accidents if they get ambitious. Solidified gasoline mixtures will certainly start fires, but of course they're polluting and whatnot, too. Steel wool, or paraffin and lint, etc, might be better options.
My stepdad was a vietnam vet and he used to call this "poor man's napalm" and we used to make this as firestarters for Boy Scouts. It works really well if you put it in cardboard egg cartons, put dryer lint on the bottom, then smoosh this on top of the lint. You can cut them apart and put each one separately in a sandwich freezer zip-lock bag. It has to be zip-lock, not cheap ones. It'll start a fire in the rain.
Just a bit of friendly advice... Don't stand down wind of your fire. I speak from experience I burn all my garbage, everything. I dug a 5 ft by 3 ft by 3 ft fire hole with a 1' x 2' berm of douse dirt around it and a most around whole thing. I'm too remote for trash service or mail for that matter
@@Debi-dt5pt Dependent upon exactly what you call “trash”, you could be filling the airwaves - and your neighbours / environment/ birds/ creatures etc with toxic fumes 😮 As “all your trash” sounds like it likely includes, at the very least, plastic and all its encumbrant toxins, including its increased cancer causing oestrogen You may wish to rethink this practise… 💜
Another good fire starter... Shredded paper and/or dryer lint in empty tp roll (prepared same way u demonstrated) or cardboard egg carton, pour warm wax over, let cool and done. No fumes but have extra step of melting wax when making, no fumes when burning also don't need to contain fumes in transport. Don't know how work on extremely wet wood tho to be fair
Actually, burning wax does have fumes. That’s why it’s ill advised to burn those cheap, white or artificially coloured, paraffin wax candles (petroleum based) inside… or anywhere you will likely breathe in the off gas
The object I think here is that you have a rain-soaked pile of green wood after a storm and a flood. You cannot wait till it dries to get it to burn. This is not for hiking and camping
I've camped in the rain, and this would've come in handy for that. As it was, thankfully, we could drive 10-15 miles and pay an arm for more firewood because ours was wet.
It would be interesting to see how this would work with various types of solvents. Would denatured alcohol work? If you dipped the entire fire starter in wax, would it make it safer for backpacking?
Vaseline and cotton balls work better, are lighter, and takes less effort. Better for backpacking. Even better is smokeless powder and a little acetone. Put it in a film can or pill bottle. Still works even if it dries out.
Ok don't forget to check the grade of the gas. The only way to tell which grade it is, is to inhale deeply while the gas is in close proximity (within a foot) of your face. If you suddenly wake up afterwards, it is the proper grade. If it just smells bad then more testing is required.
That's not napalm napalm is gelled with palmitic acid. Napalm B, as used in boat mount flamethrowers in Vietnam is gasoline, benzene ,and styrene. When they ran low, they sometimes substituted ivory soap and gasoline, but it's not nearly as hot and harder to ignite on release
Dang, I just threw out about 8 bars of soap I've been saving forever (like 20 + years). I had no use for them and don't like using them, decuttering my life. l also have 2 acres to clean up all the time
Vaseline or petroleum jelly with cotton balls. You have medical for burns or cuts, can use as chapstick. It works good on zippers and other metal gear for rust resistants. Great fire starter.
I save my lint and my toilet paper rolls. I stuffed the lint in the toilet paper rolls in save them. I have about 50 of them saved. I think they’re the best fire starters really easy.
Homemade 'napalm' products can certainly have their legal and safe uses, but I think you're underplaying the safety issues here a bit. Do use fully coated gloves (nitrile is a good choice) because permeable or partly coated ones will tend to accumulate solvents and volatile chemicals and concentrate it inside the glove. Letting soap, etc, soak in the gasoline (or kerosene, which is better) for several hours will often dissolve it better than stirring, and more safely. A sealed glass jar with gasoline in it is a low-key bomb, though, because of vapor pressures -- it's not realistically going to go off on its own unless you put other, ill-advised ingredients in there, but it's a potential hazard if it breaks or if you open it near a fire or spark. You want good ventilation for all of this.
These kinds of mixtures are also jumping-off points for a lot of much worse home chemistry, and a lot of the instructions / recipes commonly available are much less safe than how they're represented, and people are quite likely to have bad accidents if they get ambitious. Solidified gasoline mixtures will certainly start fires, but of course they're polluting and whatnot, too. Steel wool, or paraffin and lint, etc, might be better options.
Agreed. 1 more ingredient and this becomes something extremely volatile and destructive. I think it’s far too dangerous for stupid people to see this.
Thank you so much for your sharing your time and knowledge. Blessings
Steal wool and a bic lighter works without the smell and hazard !
Or with a 9 volt battery
Any evergreen pitch/sap will burn long and hot way better
@@jimmechanic1965 Absolutely Not! Take your toxic batteries to your local Resource Centre 😮
Not with wet wood, though. Burn time is king.
My stepdad was a vietnam vet and he used to call this "poor man's napalm" and we used to make this as firestarters for Boy Scouts. It works really well if you put it in cardboard egg cartons, put dryer lint on the bottom, then smoosh this on top of the lint. You can cut them apart and put each one separately in a sandwich freezer zip-lock bag. It has to be zip-lock, not cheap ones. It'll start a fire in the rain.
I’m sick from the fumes from here ,I just puked , now have lung cancer, but fire is lit 🔥
Just a bit of friendly advice... Don't stand down wind of your fire. I speak from experience I burn all my garbage, everything. I dug a 5 ft by 3 ft by 3 ft fire hole with a 1' x 2' berm of douse dirt around it and a most around whole thing. I'm too remote for trash service or mail for that matter
@@Debi-dt5pt Dependent upon exactly what you call “trash”, you could be filling the airwaves - and your neighbours / environment/ birds/ creatures etc with toxic fumes 😮 As “all your trash” sounds like it likely includes, at the very least, plastic and all its encumbrant toxins, including its increased cancer causing oestrogen You may wish to rethink this practise… 💜
Belly laugh...😂😂
I like Fat Wood sticks.
Another good fire starter... Shredded paper and/or dryer lint in empty tp roll (prepared same way u demonstrated) or cardboard egg carton, pour warm wax over, let cool and done. No fumes but have extra step of melting wax when making, no fumes when burning also don't need to contain fumes in transport. Don't know how work on extremely wet wood tho to be fair
Can use crayons instead of wax also
@@dianerenke635 or bacon fat.
Pitch/sap from evergreens is the best ever melt dip or pour onto tender will burn hot and long
Actually, burning wax does have fumes. That’s why it’s ill advised to burn those cheap, white or artificially coloured, paraffin wax candles (petroleum based) inside… or anywhere you will likely breathe in the off gas
@@brigidlaffey7343 oh, did not know, thanks for sharing!
Mommy, why do my s'mores taste like grandpa's bathroom and BBQ lighter 😂😂🤤🤮😵
You are a wealth of knowledge ThankYou. have learned so much from you. Much appreciated.
I didn't know that burning such harsh chemicals was so Zen!
Read about the oracle of Delphi and how she made her prophecies. It involved toxic gases. 😂
I am very impressed this a great survive or skill ❤️
I used Gasoline to get paint out of my hair .
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Actually, one of the best uses for the white death - sugar- is as a fire starter! 😊😊
Took me 68 years to realize sugar is poison, like that term, "White Death" so, thanks.
The object I think here is that you have a rain-soaked pile of green wood after a storm and a flood. You cannot wait till it dries to get it to burn. This is not for hiking and camping
I've camped in the rain, and this would've come in handy for that. As it was, thankfully, we could drive 10-15 miles and pay an arm for more firewood because ours was wet.
Wrap each one up in a double or triple layer of aluminum foil. Then you should be able to store it pretty much however you want. 🤗
Q-Tips dipped in Crisco, kerosene, Vaseline, or wax would make a great wick.
It would be interesting to see how this would work with various types of solvents. Would denatured alcohol work? If you dipped the entire fire starter in wax, would it make it safer for backpacking?
A bag of corn chips would do same fire starter and be a good snack go Frito’s try it,no gas smell,no gas needed.😊
Vaseline and cotton balls work better, are lighter, and takes less effort. Better for backpacking.
Even better is smokeless powder and a little acetone. Put it in a film can or pill bottle. Still works even if it dries out.
You need a bostitch p3 plier. I think I would bend the ends over to stop leakage. Will that gas evaporate over time.
I'd rather make and use cardboard soaked in candle wax. Does great, water proof, lites in heavy wet conditions. And no gas chemicals.
Biolite camp stove.
Charge the phone while your at it.❤
Why go threw all that ? Just use vaseline.
Vaseline? More details please.
Dry laundry soap and gasoline or, use styrofoam mixed with gasoline, much better.
I was told that would work for a flamethrower
Thanks
Wrap it in aluminum foil before packing it in a bag or other container .
I thought storing anything that has gasoline in a covered container can cause combustion because of the fumes
Ok don't forget to check the grade of the gas. The only way to tell which grade it is, is to inhale deeply while the gas is in close proximity (within a foot) of your face. If you suddenly wake up afterwards, it is the proper grade. If it just smells bad then more testing is required.
That's called Napalm. They used it in Vietnam and probably other unfortunate places. Damaged the lives of countless civilians.
That's not napalm napalm is gelled with palmitic acid. Napalm B, as used in boat mount flamethrowers in Vietnam is gasoline, benzene ,and styrene. When they ran low, they sometimes substituted ivory soap and gasoline, but it's not nearly as hot and harder to ignite on release
@@Pipizzakitchen So it would act like a soothing balm on your skin?
Dang, I just threw out about 8 bars of soap I've been saving forever (like 20 + years). I had no use for them and don't like using them, decuttering my life. l also have 2 acres to clean up all the time
pine sap is better
Two Words:
Tide Powder
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Unleaded please 😁
Now pack it in a bottle and put a wick in it and
diesel would be safer
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Basic napalm recipe!
Actually, one of the best uses for the white death - sugar- is as a fire starter! 😊😊
Right!