Roll your own fire starter

[Easy Livin’ 3000]

Used one peice of newspaper, sprinkled crumbs leftover from a supercedar, some crumbs from the bottom of a bag of potato chips (greasy!), and a small twist of wax paper. Rolled it up like a roll your own cigarette, and inserted it in a space between north-south rounds and splits. No kindling. Went almost all the way to the back of the stove. Worked great.

 

[jetsam]

I filled up 2 plastic storage bins with splitter scraps this summer to start fires with.

I may have been overly ambitious, as it is currently looking like 20 gallons of scraps is going to last about 60 years at the rate that I start fires.

 

[Bad LP]

Used one peice of newspaper, sprinkled crumbs leftover from a supercedar, some crumbs from the bottom of a bag of potato chips (greasy!), and a small twist of wax paper. Rolled it up like a roll your own cigarette, and inserted it in a space between north-south rounds and splits. No kindling. Went almost all the way to the back of the stove. Worked great.

Don't bogart it.

 

[woodhog73]

If you noodle rounds with your saw I've found the long shavings / noodles left behind make good fire starters just crumbled up. I know it's green shavings but there's so much air in the bunched up pile it us useful in cold starts. But certain wood works better than others.

Save some of the noodles in a bag and let them dry for some time and then they make great fire starters.

 

[TreeGoomba]

Microwave popcorn bags also make great greasy firestarters. I throw a handful of sweepings from under the indoor woodpile in one and twist like a doob.

 

[xman23]

Home brew Fire Starters always a good thread. There must be a lot of thing where putting in land fills that would make good fire starters. Mine is the paper products that have a inner cardboard inner tubes.

Lets here what your secret starter is.

 

[Grateful11]

With the crazy rollercoaster weather we've had this season I've started more fires than any year I can remember. Seems like 3-4 days of burning and then 3-4 days of no fire at all, just too warm. I'd just a soon burn all Winter long. Grass is even greening up on the manured pastures already.

 

[HisTreeNut]

Home brew Fire Starters always a good thread. There must be a lot of thing where putting in land fills that would make good fire starters. Mine is the paper products that have a inner cardboard inner tubes.

Lets here what your secret starter is.

Wax covered produce boxes cut into 1"x2" strips. I get them from work or from the local supermarket.
Have never used more than two of them to start a fire. The wifey usually sees my cut up box, forgets what I am using it for, and it winds up in recycling.
That being said, they work well.

 

[Easy Livin’ 3000]

Wax covered produce boxes cut into 1"x2" strips. I get them from work or from the local supermarket.

Have never used more than two of them to start a fire. The wifey usually sees my cut up box, forgets what I am using it for, and it winds up in recycling.
That being said, they work well.

I think this is my favorite idea, I'll need to hunt for some of the waxy boxes to stockpile some starters.

Sounds like you may need to sit the little woman down and have a serious conversation about priorities. ;-)

 

[HisTreeNut]

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I think this is my favorite idea, I'll need to hunt for some of the waxy boxes to stockpile some starters.

If you go camping a lot, the waxy boxes are great for getting the campfire going in no time at all. I have a friend who would gather a few when he went camping, that's where the idea came from.

Sounds like you may need to sit the little woman down and have a serious conversation about priorities. ;-)

Wifey is 7 months preggo & stays home with the kiddos...some battles are just not worth fighting.