starting fire with propane torch

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I've used newspaper (don't get it anymore) and Shredded cardboard, which was time consuming but always worked.

I used a torch but it didn't really get r done. Not mapp tho, I aint brazing, lol.

Now its a squirt of fire gel on some tinder and wait. KISS.

My wifey has backdraft trouble some days so she sticks a hairdryer up the shaft to insure she dooesn't fog her nice clothes again. (not to mention the rest of the house. Pets smelled like smoke until she washed them)
 
yall be careful with those explosive gasses in the house
closing up camp one morning we unscrewed a lantern
from one of those small propane bottles.
the bottle did not seal when we disconnected the lantern
that bottle produced an explosive cloud of propane
about 40 ft in diameter. it dissapated without a problem.
just remember that a leak in the house could be a big problem
rn
 
rustynut said:
yall be careful with those explosive gasses in the house
closing up camp one morning we unscrewed a lantern
from one of those small propane bottles.
the bottle did not seal when we disconnected the lantern
that bottle produced an explosive cloud of propane
about 40 ft in diameter. it dissapated without a problem.
just remember that a leak in the house could be a big problem
rn
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that happen quite offen. so i leave what ever appliance i got hooked up to the tank on it until the tank is dry.
 
BrotherBart - 19 September 2009 09:00 AM
fbelec - 18 September 2009 10:51 PM
check out the size of the torch this guy has.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlh-p56eug8

He could use a few more combustible items around that stove. Especially that bottle of propane sitting right next to it.
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Today Joe shows you how to start a fire...Tomorrow Joe shows you how to burn a house down :p
 
I make my own firestarter. I take a ziploc baggy and put a handful of sawdust in it, then saturate the sawdust with camping fuel and close the baggy. Place it in the center of the kindling and light one corner. Instant fire, instant draft. I usually get flamed for this, but it's the only thing that gets a fire going fast enough to overcome the severe downdraft I often have in the chimney when it's cold. Pointing a torch up the flue could work too, but I've done the ziploc thing for only about a thousand times and it works very nicely.
 
ControlFreak said:
I make my own firestarter. I take a ziploc baggy and put a handful of sawdust in it, then saturate the sawdust with camping fuel and close the baggy. Place it in the center of the kindling and light one corner. Instant fire, instant draft. I usually get flamed for this, but it's the only thing that gets a fire going fast enough to overcome the severe downdraft I often have in the chimney when it's cold. Pointing a torch up the flue could work too, but I've done the ziploc thing for only about a thousand times and it works very nicely.
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i tried a small paper cup with saw dust and crayons. it worked but not good.
 
fbelec said:
ControlFreak said:
I make my own firestarter. I take a ziploc baggy and put a handful of sawdust in it, then saturate the sawdust with camping fuel and close the baggy. Place it in the center of the kindling and light one corner. Instant fire, instant draft. I usually get flamed for this, but it's the only thing that gets a fire going fast enough to overcome the severe downdraft I often have in the chimney when it's cold. Pointing a torch up the flue could work too, but I've done the ziploc thing for only about a thousand times and it works very nicely.
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i tried a small paper cup with saw dust and crayons. it worked but not good.
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That's because you colored outside of the borders. ;) :)
 
firefighterjake said:
fbelec said:
ControlFreak said:
I make my own firestarter. I take a ziploc baggy and put a handful of sawdust in it, then saturate the sawdust with camping fuel and close the baggy. Place it in the center of the kindling and light one corner. Instant fire, instant draft. I usually get flamed for this, but it's the only thing that gets a fire going fast enough to overcome the severe downdraft I often have in the chimney when it's cold. Pointing a torch up the flue could work too, but I've done the ziploc thing for only about a thousand times and it works very nicely.
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i tried a small paper cup with saw dust and crayons. it worked but not good.
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That's because you colored outside of the borders. ;) :)
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i failed art class
 
firefighterjake said:
rsgBJJfighter said:
I suppose to each their own, but I like using just one match and seeing if I can get the fire going.
For me its kind of fun to have an elaborate process to get a fire going with as little input as possible and take the time to get my fire going- but that's just me... I'm a little weird.
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Same here . . . then again I often start my fire the old school way as well . . . although if I must confess the last two fires have been top down fires.
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The ONLY way I start a fire is top down.

ControlFreak said:
I make my own firestarter. I take a ziploc baggy and put a handful of sawdust in it, then saturate the sawdust with camping fuel and close the baggy. Place it in the center of the kindling and light one corner. Instant fire, instant draft. I usually get flamed for this, but it's the only thing that gets a fire going fast enough to overcome the severe downdraft I often have in the chimney when it's cold. Pointing a torch up the flue could work too, but I've done the ziploc thing for only about a thousand times and it works very nicely.
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I buy the little firestarter blocks... got a box of like 300 of them for $10 on rollback at wally world in the spring. they should last me 2 seasons.
 
When using a torch to start draft on EPA stove, do you just point it in the general direction of the baffle?
 
blel said:
When using a torch to start draft on EPA stove, do you just point it in the general direction of the baffle?
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From what I've read, it's better to heat the space above the baffle. I'm assuming you'd want to put the tip of the torch near the top front of the stove; the gap between the baffle and the stove front.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
 
Skier76 said:
blel said:
When using a torch to start draft on EPA stove, do you just point it in the general direction of the baffle?
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From what I've read, it's better to heat the space above the baffle. I'm assuming you'd want to put the tip of the torch near the top front of the stove; the gap between the baffle and the stove front.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
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i think your right
 
Your all pussies, I rub 2 sticks together, like a true cave dweller.........................
 
Hogwildz said:
Your all pussies, I rub 2 sticks together, like a true cave dweller.........................
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Sometimes I don't even do that . . . I just hope and pray that there will be a nearby lightning strike in a pine tree so I can get the fire going. :) ;)
 
firefighterjake said:
Hogwildz said:
Your all pussies, I rub 2 sticks together, like a true cave dweller.........................
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Sometimes I don't even do that . . . I just hope and pray that there will be a nearby lightning strike in a pine tree so I can get the fire going. :) ;)
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I heard from one of my fellow knuckle draggers, that one guy uses a kite with a key attached to it to catch the lightning.........
I don't believe it though, same guy says the earth is round, and we all know it is square..........
;)
 
Hogwildz said:
firefighterjake said:
Hogwildz said:
Your all pussies, I rub 2 sticks together, like a true cave dweller.........................
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Sometimes I don't even do that . . . I just hope and pray that there will be a nearby lightning strike in a pine tree so I can get the fire going. :) ;)
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I heard from one of my fellow knuckle draggers, that one guy uses a kite with a key attached to it to catch the lightning.........
I don't believe it though, same guy says the earth is round, and we all know it is square..........
;)
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Go tie you some newspaper bows or Vanessa will come over and kick your butt. :lol:
 
Super Cedars. No newspaper, no cardboard, no explosive gases, no nothing. Super Cedars & a few sticks of kindling. Top-down, bottom-up, don't matter. Simple, clean, affordable. This from a softwood burner who typically has to start two fires basically from cold every morning (two stoves, little to no residual heat/coals after overnight...that's just the reality in which I live). Rick
 
I plan on using 1 SuperCedar on October 1 and then 1 again next year.
 
Ok ... well ... I guess this thread has gone full circle, as it were.

Thanks for the reassurances, and hopefully I won't have to be
lighting nearly as many fires if my forthcoming BKP has anything
like the burn-time performance it's supposed to.
 
BrotherBart said:
Hogwildz said:
firefighterjake said:
Hogwildz said:
Your all pussies, I rub 2 sticks together, like a true cave dweller.........................
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Sometimes I don't even do that . . . I just hope and pray that there will be a nearby lightning strike in a pine tree so I can get the fire going. :) ;)
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I heard from one of my fellow knuckle draggers, that one guy uses a kite with a key attached to it to catch the lightning.........
I don't believe it though, same guy says the earth is round, and we all know it is square..........
;)
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Go tie you some newspaper bows or Vanessa will come over and kick your butt. :lol:
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Tell her to send her daughter, and ya got a deal ;)
I ain't doing no paper, and no bows. Kindling & a grille lighter is all that is needed.
 
RustyShackleford said:
Ok ... well ... I guess this thread has gone full circle, as it were.

Thanks for the reassurances, and hopefully I won't have to be
lighting nearly as many fires if my forthcoming BKP has anything
like the burn-time performance it's supposed to.
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Not sure how you plan on burning. But once the cold is here to stay for the season. If your going to burn 24/7, you wont be having a need to start very much, cause it should be kept going continually.
At least thats how it goes here. Torch, matches, bows, whatever works for ya, use it. Just be safe.
 
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