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Thread: DIY Fire lighters
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17-02-2020, 09:48 #11
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Re: DIY Fire lighters
I use to take fine saw dust. Through it in little tubes or ice holders.
Then melt candle wax and pour on it. It also burns along time. And my wife does not complain about parafin smell with the Tea bag method. Her nose can give a Beagle dog a challenge.
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17-02-2020, 09:51 #12
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17-02-2020, 09:51 #13
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Re: DIY Fire lighters
I use bulk pack firelighters from builders warehouse :P
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17-02-2020, 10:53 #14
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17-02-2020, 11:11 #15
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17-02-2020, 11:22 #16
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Re: DIY Fire lighters
For years I use the core of a toilet roll, fill it with carpet under-felt and soak it in paraffin or diesel. I kept all the under-felt when we removed our carpets. I use an Nescafe jar to keep the paraffin in.
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17-02-2020, 12:55 #17
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Re: DIY Fire lighters
I just use a charcoal chimney. It works so well, I use half a firelighter to start a braai. That means, 24 braais from a box of lighters. If I do a wood fire, I just take that same egg carton, cut off 4 of the little cups, fill them halfway with old cooking oil, let them stand for a minute or two (to soak a bit) and light one corner. Burns for a good while. Even a blob of hard-crumpled toiler paper soaked in some cooking oil has done the trick numerous times, very very well.
If all else fails, I use a blowtorch.
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17-02-2020, 12:56 #18
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04-03-2020, 21:09 #19
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Re: DIY Fire lighters
Dried teabags in paraffin +1
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04-03-2020, 21:16 #20
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Re: DIY Fire lighters
I had a mate that used to keep two pumice stones soaking in a bottle of paraffin.
Start the fire, once its all burnt out, retrieve the pumice stones and put them back into the paraffin - ready for the next braai.
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