You have to be very careful with your wax. Wax has been known to become explosive above certain temperatures. It is highly recommended that you use a double boiler or even take ye ol coffee can. Place coffee can into a pan of boiling water. Then place your wax in coffee can to melt. Use a ladle to prevent burns. BE VERY CAREFUL Here is something that I have the boys make. I call it Cheap O Sterno. I save the tuna cans and the lids. Cat Food cans will work also. Save the lids (you can use them Wash the cans with hot hot water. Dry them well. Then cut strips of cardboard about 1 inch wide. Make sure the holes will point to the bottom of the can and the opening. Coil the cardboard in the can with the holes pointed up. This will allow the wax to fill in the holes. Add the wax into the cans till you are about 1/8 inch from the top of the card board. Make sure the wax got on all the cardboard coils. Place the lid on the top of the can covering up the coils. You will want to save this lid because you can use it to put the fire out. Once the can is cool to the touch place it in a baggy so that it will not get things in it. When you are ready to use. Remove the lid and light. Once finished using place lid on the top to put out the fire. Easy one night project. William A. Zerby
-----Original Message----- From: Bob Simons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 3:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [RR] recipe for fire sticks Heres my recipe for making water proof fire starter: Take wax (since its hard to find parafin) and melt it in something you don't mind getting ruined with wax. A little goes a long way. I heat it in a little sauce pan over the stove. When it is all melted into a liquid then pour in in either sawdust or put in dryer lint mash it down so the wax sqeezes through it and saturates it. I like dryer lint best but either will work. Lay it out on a paper plate. I make a cake out of the sawdust and then put it in the fridge to harden quicker. Take it out an put it in a baggie to keep the wax off everything else in your pack. If doing this with kids keep an eye on the hot wax so no one gets burned. Bob Simons For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jer. 29:11 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______ To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://rangernet.org/subscribe.htm http://rangernet.org Autoresponder: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
