Hey guys, i was at work today and i found this stuff we use to clean cabinets with called "bees wax cheese cloth". From the name i figured it may be a good firestarter. I found out it was an incredible fire starter. It lasted 6minutes and 12 seconds with a 5-7inch flame. After it was burned I observed a large red ember inside the mass(it didn't disappear like paper when you burn it, it shrunk into a tightly burning mass).
It worked so good I'm considering ditching my alcohol if it doesn"t damage my pot too much. I would save ALOT OF WEIGHT if i didn't have to carry liquid/esbit fuel.
Method:
Cut 4-5 inch square piece of beeswax cheesecloth
Rub in vaseline, coat most of the piece with a thin film of vaseline
roll into a tight ball and squeeze
barely unwrap it, light and be amazed
My cotton balls weighed more than this stuff and took up way more space(a whole medicine bottle). You could store this stuff in squares and compress it when you need to make a ball.
I believe the rest of it would have eventually burned off if there was an actual fire above it. But what is really amazing is I PICKED IT UP WITH THE EMBER(about the size of a dime) INSIDE AND IT WAS NOT BURNED ON THE BOTTOM AT ALL, literally perfectly white like before i lit it. It has suctioned itself to the ground almost and remained untainted on the part touching the concrete.
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THATS RIGHT 6+ MINUTES =)
