Fire Starters?
By KKKBsmom
@KKKBsmom (1092)
United States
April 27, 2008 4:59pm CST
Here is a great free (if you use a dryer) Fire starters... Yeah I know it is the wrong time of year... but I totally forgot about this... so why not make them all summer and have them ready when fire season starts again!
Stuff your dryer lint into an empty toilet-paper cardboard tube. Then melt leftover candle wax and pour it into both ends to make a log!
Hope this works for you all!
2 people like this
6 responses
@happythoughts (4109)
• United States
29 Apr 08
It is a great idea to make them now so we are ready for when we need them. We dont have a fire place but we do a lot of camping. This could save a lot of us a lot of money. Thank you.
1 person likes this
@DonnaLawson (4032)
• United States
28 Apr 08
Sounds like it would work, although I do not have a fireplace.. You could have a winter supply when working on them all summer.. Even animals know how to save for the winter months, so we really should.. I am checking the web site you listed and will keep an eye out for any saving tips that pertain to me..
1 person likes this
@blackbriar (9076)
• United States
27 Apr 08
It is a great fire starter. I used to make them when I had a dryer. Now that I hang my clothes up, no more lint. Wonder if the laundromat would give me their lint. lol Going to have to ask next time I go in to dry my blankets and sheets.
@blackbriar (9076)
• United States
27 Apr 08
Just have to make sure they are cardboard egg cartons, not styrofoam.
@Ldyjarhead (10233)
• United States
28 Apr 08
Pinecones with melted wax on them are good too.
They even sell them in the stores for that very reason. I've seen wax covered pinecones in a nice basket with a ribbon in gift stores and such.
@GreenMoo (11833)
•
1 May 08
That certainly sounds like a good way to use up things you'd other wise throw away.
I just use pine cones as firelighters, just on their own. But I save up my toilet roll tubes all year for growing seedlings in.
I don't have dryer lint as I don't use a dryer, but you could put it in your compost heap if you ended up having too much of it.
