Spontaneous Combustion Experiment.. Successful!

[sausagenmuff]

wow, good to know :)

[MrCreeperAstley]

me haz three teeries :3

1. your secretly a firebender

2.god is messing around with a magnifying glass

3. chuck norris just ate taco bell

[helihoot]

@MrCreeperAstley

Number 3

[helihoot]

Pile was about 13-14" dia. I wasn't very scientific. The rags were soaked from applying rosewood oil to a deck. Yes the warm temps really helped it along.

[ROBwithaB]

It was difficult to get a sense of scale here. How big would you estimate that the pile was, in term of kilograms or lbs of rag, and litres / pints of oil used?

I think that the warm temperatures on the day, and the fact that the pile was on the blacktop / tarmac made a huge difference in getting the initial reaction going. Probably saved you a few hours. In the experiment I did, it took a couple hours just to get the temperature up by 10 degrees.