I've read that Dryer Lint makes a good fire starter. I think Sam said this in his fire starting video a couple months back and other have repeated this on the forums.
Last night I hauled out a bit of dryer lint to give it a test in my garage. Using a cotton ball sized amount, I was disappointed at how quickly it burned. It only lasted 5-10 seconds before it was out. I don't think that's long enough to reliably get kindling going.
What's up here? Is this normal? Does all dryer lint burn this fast? Do I have a bad batch? Or is there something you add to the lint to get it to burn slower?
