The Ultimate Campfire Trick

Want to know how to start the ultimate camp fire? Get a cotton ball, rub Vaseline (petroleum) all over it--saturate it. When you're ready to start your fire rip into the cotton ball and expose some of those dry cotton fibers in the middle. Get a metal match (or real match), and spark your cotton flame ball to life.

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[Egenhard413]

Easy...that's the point.

[RustyDaleShackleford]

I tested mine when I made some at home, and the one I tested burned for 5 minutes on my cement driveway--in the rain. GREAT fire starter. The best thing I've ever used.

[afreakenmartian]

"then you've got other problems" too funny!

[prowlin4reds]

I am amazed at some of the negative comments. This is not the only way to start a fire, just one of the easiest. I carry a prescription bottle with cotton balls in the truck. I also have an altoids tin with a fire steel some char cloth and pine resin. I carry this stuff every where I go. It's only smart money to be prepared.

[trav42073]

know what else works great? dryer lint. a strike from a firesteel sets it aflame instantly as well.

[LinuxCruiser]

Great tip! Thanks!

[AnnBearForFreedom]

Hand sanitizer and dryer lint, as long as youre drying cotton and not polyester. Well, I dunno, the polyester dryer lint would probably burn too, just not too sure for how long it would burn. Stick with cotton. But I have an old prescription bottle with a couple balls of cotton dryer lint soaked in hand sanitizer in my EDC, works slick.

[jbhelix108]

I cary a film canister stufed with these.  works great 10 or 12 fires in one canister.