easy tinder

this easy tinder will catch sparks, is easy to light, and will burn for a long time.

Step 1 Purchase

go to walmart and by some fire sticks, they're about2$ for a bag of twelve

Comments

[charleschiu1996]

Yeah i know they're like so clear

[Kiteman]

Why does this Instructable need to be done in the dark?

[sharlston]

because flames are better in the dark and i dont think the auther is a pro photographer

[awang8]

I'm ten and I'm a pyro... This morning I was out there trying to burn leaves... Now my pants smell like tobacco.

[trampart]

Nice pics

[themasterpyro]

ne ideas were i can get some largeish flint chunks? ANY good links to sites were i can get largeish flint chunks are welcome.

[FunkNattidelic]

a lighter with no more gas left will work i believe.

[pyro13]

i dont know any where you can buy it... but all you gotta do is go to a river and try and find some. to test it you can strike the back of a knife with it and see if you get sparks

[pyro13]

http://www.amazon.com/Light-My-Fire-Swedish-FireSteel/dp/B000C04626/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-2353430-6582409?ie=UTF8&s=sporting-goods&qid=1188691440&sr=8-1
this is where i got mine

[Digital_Anarchy]

fire steels are not made of flint, they are ferrocerium, an alloy. also when starting a fire with real flint you strike the steel with the flint, not the other way round.

[themasterpyro]

oh i ment flint as in the stone. you know, flint spear head?

[bigcheeze]

this ones kinda hard butt you could mix it with a pinch of saltpeter/kno3 (maby it'd end up like flash powder or somthin)

[TheMadScientist]

and where might I ask are you going to get potassium nitrate, other than from fertalizer...

[bigcheeze]

grants brand stump remover,or spectricide grants is 98% pure spectrecide is 99% and comes finly powdered,the grants you will have to mash it in a morter and pestle

[funwithfire325]

The very first picture in the intro looks like a burrito.

[pyro13]

I'm going to update the pictures here soon.

[ellomate56]

Good idea but why not just use the sticks? Also, you could put in some foil and put a fuse in (mix the tinder with a little lighter fluid). I don't know what it would do but, it would do something. Or mix the tinder with cotten. It would burn longer too. Or wood, ha.

[pyro13]

well the thing is... is that mixing with aluminum wont do anything because tinder sticks and lighter fluid are not oxidizers... so u would more than likely end up with a burning pile giving off aluminum smoke... and god knows how bad that is for your lungs... but hey, thx for throwing out the idea!

[ellomate56]

Well, I ment put it inside like a ball of foil but it would be the same thing... but what about the cotton? Wouldn't that work?

[5150Mike]

Even better, and Cheaper... Dryer Lint. That fuzz that gets trapped in your dryer that everyone throws away... Its actually very flammable and burns slow enough to catch your tinder.

[pyro13]

not really, because the lint u use must be a very high % of cotton, and idk about you, but my family uses alot of poliester stuff so it doesnt burn well, but hey, if it works for you then great!

[LasVegas]

And this is better than the Fire Sticks... because?

[pyro13]

they're easier to light and u can get 30 fires out of it instead of one

[Sgt.Waffles]

Because its crushed up fire sticks!!!! lmao. To make a decent fire starter. but a pine con in an empty tuna can, and fill the rest with parifin wax. Or if you are a fellow survivalist, you could use stuff from your surroundings, ie bark, grasses, june bugs.

[John Smith]

What about june bugs?

[Sgt.Waffles]

They make good fire starters.

[howboutitbru]

i personally prefer mayflies, they crackle sometimes. we should discuss insect fire starters!

[pyro13]

sry guys its my first instructable, and i was using my webcam to take the pics and they lost thier quality when i uploaded them.

[meddler]

This really isn't that bad if you like using flint and steel and don't wanna make your own char cloth. Tinder moss works just as well.If i want a good fire starter i rub petroleum jelly into a cotton ball, pull some fibres out on one end and light with a quick flame from a cheap lighter. They will burn nice and hot for a few minutes, plenty to start a fire. My friend keeps them in a plastic baggie in an altoids tin when he is hunting.

[Gmastefluffy]

wow man , if this isn't the pinnacle of instructables then i don't know what is. But seriously. be much more descriptive and precise with instructions, intensions, and if you have to use a bad camera, at least have good lighting.