Cheap Homemade Firestarter/Tinder Plugs

[Willy Pete]

I'm bored and figured I'd post what is (in essence) a free way to make a decent firestarter. What you do is simple: collect dryer lint and use it to fill toilet paper rolls. It'll take a good few loads of laundry, but I've got a bunch of these things under my desk at home. 

[odizzido]

Have you tried one?

[Willy Pete]

@odizzidoHaven't had a chance to yet, I live in a hot and dry climate so starting fires for fun isn't ideal. I have tried using just dryer lint before and it seemed to burn pretty slow. I might just light one on cement just to see how it burns.

[odizzido]

Cool, let me know I am curious. I mean I guess I could always try it myself, though it would be a bunch of burning hair(four dogs)

[wilsonaka]

It would work even better if you mixed the lint with a bit of petroleum jelly. Not that this by itself wouldn't work.

[Willy Pete]

On 5/27/2020 at 3:57 PM, wilsonaka said:

It would work even better if you mixed the lint with a bit of petroleum jelly. Not that this by itself wouldn't work.

True, I'm just too lazy to go through the extra effort.