Unchained Preppers
General Category => D.I.Y. => Topic started by: thatGuy on October 24, 2011, 11:39:19 PM
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Hey Guys,
I thought I would share how I make water proof matches.
I melt Paraffin Wax
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraffin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraffin)
in a double boiler on the stove.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_boiler (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_boiler)
Then I dip the half of the match that has the head first and I always try to dip at least half of it in the wax on the first pass. Then I prop them up against a chopstick and let the wax cool. When they are nice and cool I dip the other end. When I want to use them I just scrap the wax off with my thumb nail and strike it on my zipper. I typically use Strike Anywhere Matches because I don't want to have to keep the little piece of box dry too. That kind of defeats the purpose doesn't it?
The hear that you can use nail polish too but I have never done so... Maybe I should.
I got photos but I thought they were boring.
Good luck and keep your matches dry!
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I used nail polish and it worked great. I tried candle wax but the they wouldn't light no matter what.
Had a hard time finding strike anywhere matches. Due to them now being classified as a hazardous material, every store doesn't have them like they did in the old days. But I finally found them at Ace Hardware.
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matches, because you don't know any better...... [img]http://www.arrse.co.uk/at
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These things are the shiznit...
http://www.austinkayak.com/products/2621/UCO-Stormproof-Matches.html (http://www.austinkayak.com/products/2621/UCO-Stormproof-Matches.html)
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Another trick is using 100 percent cotton balls and Vaseline. Its good fire starter. Best product Ive used though would be WetFire Tinder . Can actually be placed on water and burned. Dont know why you would want to do that, but there you go. WetFire Tinder Video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCEh99aIQZg#)
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Win, that stuff looks awesome.
One thing I've always used. is heximine
Its pretty much the same thing it looks like.
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matches, because you don't know any better...... [img]http://www.arrse.co.uk/at
Huh? :o
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I thought it was funny. [URL=http://www.smileyvault.co
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matches, because you don't know any better...... [img]http://www.arrse.co.uk/at
Huh? :o
i just hate matches, why buy/use them when i can use my fire steel, or even a bic lighter?
packing matches into the backwoods is like carrying a musket for bear protection, can it work YES do i want to bet my life on it
HELL NO
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Anything that gets my fire started works for me. I use lighters flint and steel or matches. Dont care what it is it just has to work. TY TG i was using regular candle way and they werent working. Ill try the parafin next.