| You can make your own fire starters quite easily | | | | away from drafts. The beeswax is consumed by |
| for your fireplace and camping needs. A good fire | | | | the fire of the flame unlike other waxes that melt |
| starter ensures that you can get the fire going | | | | into drippings and disintegrate into toxic |
| quickly in any type of weather condition. Fire | | | | components that pollute your environment. |
| starters come in handy if the wood is wet. | | | | Magnesium fire starters |
| Some of the essential items in the contents to | | | | A magnesium fire starter consists of a small block |
| make fire starters include cotton balls, petroleum | | | | of solid magnesium with a full- length flint sparkling |
| jelly, wax, paper cups, paraffin, sawdust, dry lint, | | | | insert into the edge. The soft magnesium can be |
| candle wax, pine cones, and wicks. You may also | | | | easily scrapped with a pocket knife into a pile |
| have fabric scraps, wood pieces, scrap paper and | | | | which is ignited by scraping the edge of the |
| cardboard. | | | | sparking insert with the knife. Magnesium can |
| It is always advisable to use only black-and-white | | | | ignite to a temperature of 5,400 degrees |
| newspaper to start a fire. Colored ink releases | | | | Fahrenheit, more than enough to light the most |
| chemicals when burned. | | | | stubborn campfire. |
| Here are some of the ways you can make the | | | | A word of caution while using magnesium fire |
| fire starters at your home. | | | | starter |
| 1. Roll a few cotton balls and cover it completely | | | | If you manage to cut a long silver of the |
| in the petroleum jelly. You can start a fire by | | | | magnesium off, just turn your head slightly away |
| putting two or three cotton balls under your dry | | | | when you light it. Magnesium burns very brightly |
| kindling and ignite with a match stick. | | | | and becomes very hot. Its light is dazzling bright, |
| 2. Cut your worn out web belt or hiking | | | | so do not stare at it or use it on an inflammable |
| compression strap into 8 cm strips. Soak them in | | | | platform. |
| wax and let them dry. You can ignite them when | | | | Pine cone fire starters |
| you need fire. | | | | Pine cone fire starters can be made by dipping |
| 3. Fill paper condiment cups with saw dust and | | | | them in boiling wax. Place them on the wax paper |
| pour paraffin over them. Dry them and use them | | | | until they become hard. You can use this pine |
| when needed. | | | | cone as a fire starter by igniting it with a light. |
| 4. A ball of dry lint covered with candle wax can | | | | Fatwood is a 100% natural fire starter made |
| make an excellent fire starter. | | | | from the pine tree stumps. Fatwood is, in fact, |
| 5. Go back to the Stone Age. You can use flint, a | | | | the concentrated natural resin in the wood. Each |
| stone when struck vigorously with a piece of | | | | piece is usually 8 inch long and 3/4" in diameter. It |
| steel generates sparks which can ignite dry tinder. | | | | can be ignited with a single match. |
| Beeswax fire starters | | | | Stove Bright Fire Starter Gel |
| Beeswax is the only naturally found wax on earth. | | | | Gelled fire starters can be used in woodstoves, |
| It is a pure, perfect and a renewable resource. It | | | | pellet stoves, fireplaces, coal stoves and also in |
| emits negative ions that cleanse the air. It does | | | | campfires. They are color less, smokeless, |
| not contain toxic petrochemicals and does not | | | | barbeques and environmentally safe. It does not |
| create soiling smoke or soot. | | | | leave its odor in the taste of foods. |
| Beeswax burns without releasing drips if it is kept | | | | |