[vince noir rock n roll star]

its getting near the time when those of us with open fires think about lighting them ..so heres a simple solution which weve been using for many years now ..you will need to go to a cheapo pound shop and buy a couple of large candles ..we got ours for 50p for 4 big uns

then you will need a bit of wood and either a stanley knife of a little plane

and finally cake casings and cotton wool

1st get your wood and plane /whittle off as much as you can making longish strands of wood shavings
2nd melt down the candle (only do one at a time )
3 whilst thats melting lay out your cake cases (double them up )
4 scrunch the shavings into a ball for each cake
get a small dob of cotton wool for your wick

now put the shavings into into the cases and gently pour half a case full of the melted wax into them then just pop a blob of cotton wool on top et voila a firelighter that will burn for a good 15 minutes ..you only need one to light a fire so they work out very cost effective


for an hours work you can make enough to last the winter out ..when we used to use firelighters we would need 3 or 4 to get a fire going ..not with these we dont though

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[Scribb|e]

Clever - neat.

¿You didn't find a way to incorporate the PedEgg shavings into this particular invention then? I would imagine that they would maybe provide an interesting aroma dimension to your homely hearth.

[vince noir rock n roll star]

im on the case ..perfumed decorum cakes with added fuel

[GarageFlower]

sound tip there vince

[vince noir rock n roll star]

update


sitting in my lounge with the fire roaring on some cherry logs ..in me shorts and t shirt sweating ..hot brew on the go ,thats the great thing about an open fire ..you can boil a kettle on it and not have to get up to go to the kitchen to make a brew ,a rather delicious j of speed devil has been consumed all i need now is a bag of galaxy minstrels and im set for the night ..even though its only 4.20 ..dayum thats been happening a lot lately ..my dentist appointment is on the 20/04/2010 ..synchronicity with 420 again

[batfuds]

Pinecones work amazingly well as firelighters, if you can wrestle one or two off the local squirrels...

[vince noir rock n roll star]

aye ..they work well when dunked in candle wax too ..we tried them last year ..lovely smell to them as well ..but this year weve not really been foraging for woodland goodies ..normally we`d have a few branches /kernels and assortment of forest debris in our garden ..must get out soon and load up

[justonemore]

Nice idea Vince,

I'm sure Mrs JOM would love to make those, she likes stuff like that.

I just use a few newspapers under kindling, it is time to get the maul out though and split some wood........I can feel a bad back already

JOM

[Sheeps]

I am forever running out of firelighters so good call Vince

Mind you im always running out of wood and coal too, the winter is such a dissorganised time in this house hold.

Volc

[capetonian]

i dry out tea bags, then put them in an old jam jar and cover with parafin

[ratdog]

Scribb|e, on Oct 3 2009, 02:48 PM, said:

¿You didn't find a way to incorporate the PedEgg shavings into this particular invention then? I would imagine that they would maybe provide an interesting aroma dimension to your homely hearth.

I can just see it now, peeps turning up at Vinces with free carbon filters to pop on his chimney

[farmer boy]

i use tee light candles 100/£1 and just put 2 in the bottom off the fire with some kindling over the top off them or hand wipes from work (we get hundreds that we never use )

peace out farmer boy

[ribenademon]

Tobacco tin.

Cotton wool covered in Vaseline.

Portable, easy and cheap.