Marks Paper Logs 2016 07 02
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- Опубліковано 3 лип 2016
- Mark demonstrates how to make compact logs, suitable for an open fire or wood burning stove, from just newspaper and molten wax. Cost saving way to recycle your old newspapers and light your fire!
Yes, quick simple wax can make the difference I think
I know this is a older post, but thank you. I used to dump my wax but I tried your method and it works. I am going to save money not buying fire starter.
Great to hear, as you say starts a fire nicely and makes use of "waste" materials.
Great idea! Having a candle burning as you roll the newspapers & using its molten wax may be simpler than cooking up the wax.
Great idea thanks Chris more environmentally friendly too.
Sounds fabulous! great idea!
Honestly this is way better than the usual methods. He's right, much quicker and works just as well. Kudos.
Thanks John, will pass your compliments on to Mark. Please feel free to share the video.
I would suggest trying hotels and resturants that provide the daily paper to guests, they usually have mountains of papers left that are just thrown away each day
Definitely sharing on fb. I know lots of people who get news paper everyday and have wood burning stoves. 😊
oman this takes all the time out of it. time is most valued so its nice not to waste it. love it really getts the ideas flowing
Isn't that the truth😄
this is so smart! Fast, quick and easily accessible. Not needing to dry the bricks like I have been looking up in other videos. Also, I think getting used crayons isn't too much of an issue LOL
Amazing how lockdown has brought the crayons out again! Unfortunately they've stopped our free papers so we're 100% wood fired this winter. It's nice though for a family to gather around the fire when the UK weather's unfriendly and we have to stay in anyway.
did you try out these paper logs?
I have 12 cases of used regular paper I need to burn. Thank you for the idea of how to roll it up. Have a nice day 🌞🌞🌞
No worries, if its copier grade paper it will have a high clay content so don't wrap it too tightly or make the logs too thick since this will need to breathe better to burn well. Newspaper has very little beside wood pulp and cotton in it so it can stand being wrapped tightly.Mark.
@@agunemnon Thank you very much. I will try it out.
how did they burn
Great idea I've been doing this for 20 years a good thing to put in there is sawdust with a little oil a little wax maybe even a few pieces of sticks would it always burns very very well are use them to start larger logs that are wet
Oh now that's a great idea, I often have more sawdust and shavings than product when wood working!
Whoo! Tech I can afford!
The only advantage I can see with the paper shredding method is that you man make custom shapes, or that the end result might be slightly more dense. Logs like this look like they'll do the job just fine.
Now that method I can do. Thanks.
wow what great idea i thought there must be an easier way and walla here it is ! ..
Thank you Joe, I'm basically lazy. If there's an easy way I'll find it.... Mark
LOL i still think it was a great idea
the wet method works ok if you live in a warm country and have plenty of space to stack the wet logs, probably ok if you have a small farm or small holding with out buildings
at last a more sensible approach to this subject, I have tried the wet paper log method, not good
I have to agree, soaking anything to make it burnable always seemed counter intuitive to me. Mark K-B.
mark williams I tried doing the log thing and I've been drying it for 3 months
No additional water needed, and time saver. Win win.
brilliant. Thanks
Thank you!
I will try it😮
Nice! Thank you.
Awesome. Maurice :)
You've almost made a "Millwall" brick there
Does this work??
best method ive seen
Thanks, it's less effort then the wet methods and instant.
@@agunemnon Hello, can we use this method also to roll recycled (white and/or color) paper as well? (I am not sure my tag worked on the other comment, so replying here to your comment as this seems to work) Thank you so much!
@@63fab Excellent idea, try not to roll higher grade paper too tight it doesn't burn quite as readily as newspaper.
@@agunemnon Thank you! :)
Good idea. What's the smoke like from these? About to open up my old fireplace.
Hi Jamie, we burned them in a woodburning stove so we didn't notice any smoke. So long as your chimney is cleaned and drawing a decent draft you shouldn't have any problem, it doesn't need much wax to seal them I was accidentally a little generous. Mark.
Toxic
realty cool
Thank you Robby, it was fun making this video.
Can you safely burn color ink paper?
Mark: @agunemnon I do have the same question as @muffemod : can we use this to roll recycled (white and/or color) paper as well?
Can you do this with sale catalogs?
Please let me know.
I've not tried but they tend to be heavier clay content paper for that nice shiny print finish. If you try I'd advise not overtightening the "log" so the air can get to it.
Thanks!...just about what I was after....otherwise the info came from sunshiny states that dried them in there sun, put them in there newly build cardboard log warehouse ready for there prevailing winter months...
Pleasure, yes here in the UK we are expecting a sunny weekend in August 2026, not a practical solution for many 🤣
what's the burn time like? does it un roll after the burn starts?
Probably a little over half the burn time of seasoned timber and surprisingly no it stays pretty well rolled. We burn a mix it makes the wood pile last longer.
With the gas shortage coming we need an alternative method of heating oir homes. I know this is not he best solution but it is notbad.
Thanks, it may be my new business plan, with the economy the way it is I've got more time to make them now having been made redundant twice in 4 weeks!🤣🤣
if you use the wet method buy a cheap mini greenhouse for 20 quid on Amazon and leave them in it until dry 👍
Great idea, use the sun to do the drying. I don't have space for a greenhouse myself but like your thinking.
Is it safe to breathe you know because of the inks
It's a fair consideration, black newsprint mostly uses plain carbon and a soybean oil base so not too worrying, coloured magazine style print can use petroleum bases and some fairly nasty metals for pigment. I'd only advise newspaper for this reason and even then, since we burn them in a wood burning stove, we don't breathe any of the smoke.
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Can using for cook?
I wouldn't fancy it as a direct heat source since wood or charcoal burning flavours the food I imagine paper would too and probably not as pleasantly. On a stove, with the exhaust gasses separated by a flue, I guess it would be fine.
Not sure about this method, I've seen books that were thrown into a blaze fire and they just don't burn up
Very true sir but quality paper used for books has a higher clay content and I don't exclude as much air since the layers are less intimately pressed together than pages.
I need comparison vids
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You saw me rolling newspaper alone!
Some years back I made a newspaper log and included some of those supermarket plastic bags in it. It burned VERY well. As the paper burned, the plastic melted, acting very much like the wax Mark includes in his logs. The ash it produced was a little more like wood ash, and less like the fly-away ash newspaper produces (which necessitates a screen in front of the fireplace unless the flue has a good enough draft to keep it from flying into the room).
I don't have a fireplace or wood-burning stove, so I can't test this fully myself and determine a good ratio of newspaper to plastic. I'd be interested if someone gives this a good test.
Don't burn plastic bags in a domestic setting, the dyes and plasticizers (added to make the film flexible and stretch without tearing) give off very dangerous fumes. The temperature of a paper/wood fire is not hot enough to fully burn the oil products so it will also produce carbon monoxide, deadly and not easily detected.
I cant stress enough- DO NOT BURN PLASTIC BAGS at home.
you probably don't want to breathe in crayon fumes either...
Wax. You know there is a thing call candle
Wtf is a newspaper?
Biggest concern here is that once the wax burns, it'll unroll, thus losing the advantage of rolling it.
Not too bad it turns out since the "log's" resting face is held by it's own weight.
My dad used to roll our leftover newspapers from our paper routes and put wire around them to keep them from unrolling during the burn.
As the wax melts it absorbs more into the paper and still keeps the logs more or less tightly wound up. You alsk wouldn't really use these as your sole source of fuel for your fire, but more of and addition to a would stack to help get the wood started. So the weight of the wood on top also helps them keep their shape
Toxic
All of the ingredients are non toxic, but admittedly intentionally breathing any smoke in is foolish at best. I'm burning them in a wood burning stove so any smoke produced is vented up the chimney in the usual way. I still use candles occasionally and they are less well ventilated but sometimes you choose "atmosphere" over health and safety.