If your matches are wet or your lighter is out of fuel, it's hard to get a friction fire going. Another scenario is it is a cloudy day which is making your magnifying glass useless. If this sounds like an experience you've been through before, then it's likely you're sick of wasting your time trying to get that fire going.
Who likes to go through a rough weekend in the woods?!
Thankfully, if you've ever been in a high school chemistry class, you can come up with a handy little fire just with some sugar from home and potassium permanganate.
This easy trick utilizes the chemical nature of the two ingredients and results in a nice little flame that more than hot enough to ignite any tinder you can get your hands on.
After the break, you'll be impressed at just how easy this method is after you watch the video on the next page.
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James Earl Brannan this is what I was talking about
These videos be like “if you’re ever in a survival situation all you need to start a fire is some phosphorus nitrate sodium potassium powder 3 bars of uranium and the blood of the first pharaoh.” Like wtf
Idea….not hack
Dan Gilbertson
Beth Kosanovich
Oh man my Bic just ran out of fuel and I lost my ferro rod! How am I gonna get this fire started now? Oh wait I’ve got some sugar and some potassium permanganate in my pocket.
Potassium Permanganate is great stuff but it stains skin and clothing like a son-of-a-gun. Keep it in a water tight container.
disposable lighters…. buy a couple dozen and youre set for life for fire starting. youre welcome
I always walk around with potassium permanganate in my pocket,. Lmfao! Really?
Nicholas Trinidad Moran
Sugar and what?
Brian Morrow Joe Bradford Jordan De La Rosa Paula Ogle Bobby Ogle Justin Davis
Potassium mmffpmmfp
Stephen Meyer Jr.
Add who carries around potassium permanganate
@Brian
Don’t know if people can see my comments or not but I can’t see yalls for some reason.
Thats what I said ^
Maybe u should start?
Potassium what?
Potasium permaganate
Someone explain cause I ain’t clicking this s**t
Glen
Yeah, you just happen to have to have potassium permanganate handy.. lol
Other uses?
If you have a container to keep the two ingredients dry, why not just store some slightly more standard/available fire starters in said containers
Like a 9 volt battery and some steel wool.. or.. you know, matches. :-p
Of course, chemical fire is more reliable and burns hotter.. but you could just get a torch lighter and magnesium ribbon from a hobby shop
Well, my matches got wet, my lighter ran out of fuel.
Luckily I have this dry sugar and potassium in my ruck sack
I use Potassium Permanganate and Glycerin
Easier to get a damn match
Ya Your not the only one that just wants the damn title to get to the point without all the reading of pointless crap and ads.
Paul Newsome
This is misleading. Saying just sugar is a lie
Dale Grosz
Use this a lot. I mix it with glycerin though. Plus both items have multiple uses for them.
I wish you would quit posting this like sugar and water is all you need because potassium permanganate is not a common household product
You let your matches get wet, but kept your sugar dry?
Actually, it is. You can buy it at Home Depot or Lowe’s. It’s sold as a water softener.
Priorities.
I use to do it with pure nitric acid and Potassium Perchlorate. Another is nitric acid and sodium nitrate. To make a time delay fire starter I use a mixture of glycerin and nitric acid ppures into Potassium Perchlorate or Sodium Nitrate.
Oh yeah, I have that potassium fermangenate mixture with me ALLLLLLL the time. It’s so much more efficient. Never mind that it takes a part of a food stuff to make. Just ignore that. And I am sure they are going to be carrying that in the corner store any day now. Yes, nice to see how to make a fire using chemistry.
Households dont have water softener..actually. Thom is correct
Actually you can use potassium nitrate(salt petter).
I use it to make my paper cartridge cases for my sharps rifle
My question is.why would a normal person have this with them(other than in a car)
All people can carry a knife or s.all magnifying glass
James Blackburn
Water purification tabs, and hand sanitizer will have the same effect.
In the military a EOD guy showed me one, mix equal parts pool chlorinated powder and brake fluid. Chemical reaction produces flames in just over a under a minute.
Although this may not apply to those who are not preparing for something to happen ( preppers) it is a piece of info to add to your skills. Sad that people don’t want to learn anything anymore.
Yeah Billy Twowolf Hall I’ll just go piss in a bucket keep letting that evaporate and extract the saltpeter out of that so I can make a fire after I’m in the wilderness after s*** hits the fan