Originally Posted by Irving_D
Originally Posted by snubbie
Anybody tried to wet a vaseline soaked cottonball? I'm wondering if they'll light, really they can't absorb water much can they?
I just tried it the melting vaseline will cause the match to flare up but the cotton will not light. This was a soaked cotton ball I don't know about a damp one.


A sustained flame from a lighter will get a soaked pj cottonball to light, but you need to wring the water out first.

Here's an article on how to make fire straws from petroleum jelly soaked cottonball and giant pixy sticks.

http://seekoutside.com/giant-pixy-stix-fire-straws-in-an-altoids-tin/

Last edited by RockChucker30; 02/27/13.
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