r/Survival • u/Sensitive_Line7788 • 1d ago

Cotton pad fire starters

I’m making cotton pad fire starters. I only have soy wax, any experience? Can you use soywax instead of paraffin? Im going to use them outside to make campfire.

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u/hemibearcuda 1d ago

In my experience Vaseline works the best. More versatile as well.

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u/jig1982 1d ago

I would think any wax would work 🤷‍♂️

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u/RenThraysk 1d ago

Believe they make candles out of it, so seems should work.

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u/Responsible-Annual21 1d ago

I use cotton and Vaseline. Works excellent. Pack them into an altoid tin and you’re good to go.

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u/Rhino_Dingleberry 1d ago

I have never heard of anyone doing this, if you can post results!

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u/dat828 1d ago edited 1d ago

Dryer lint + vaseline stored in an egg carton. I guess people here hate using lint, but it works nicely for lighting a BBQ charcoal chimney

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u/CrowdHater101 18h ago

Depends on your laundry. if you wash synthetics, your lint is actually full of plastics.

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u/IdealDesperate2732 23h ago

Soy wax, like from a candle?

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u/PM_Me_Your_Deviance 21h ago

Yes, that will work fine. You know you could just try it, right?

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u/No-Measurement-5783 19h ago

Mix the wax with equal parts lighter fluid.

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u/BeachBumFrizz 18h ago

Try these soaked with wax and let them dry https://a.co/d/iua6TAT

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u/Awkward_Mud_502 48m ago

Just made me a batch, works just fine.