With Just Cotton Balls and Another Common Household Item, You Can Ignite a Long-Lasting Fire

cotton ball fire starter

Fire is one of the most important elements you must secure if you are confronted with a survival situation.

While not technically part of the “principles of three,” fire makes your life a lot easier, provides both warmth and security and is good for your morale.

Most of us know to always have several different methods of fire-starting with us whenever we venture into the wilderness, and we have the same in our bug-out bags and survival kits.

But a reliable fire-starter is all but useless if you cannot ignite tinder to get a larger fire started.

Luckily, there is an easy answer to the tinder question.

Using cotton balls and Vaseline, you have an assured method of igniting a fire that will last much longer than traditional tinder you find from your immediate surroundings.

In most cases, it will last long enough to light dry or even slightly damp tinder.

To see how this amazing fire starter is done, check out the next page.

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15 Comments

  1. Dave said:

    Also, if you have Cattail’s in your area, the white fiber inside of them makes great tinder.

  2. James Stealey said:

    Works great too, saturate cotton balls in Vaseline store in old medicine bottle or ziplock. Ignites with any spark!

  3. James Stealey said:

    Work great!! I store them in a old medicine bottle because they can be messy.

  4. Van Repp said:

    if you wouyld like to know how to make a better one that last 10-12 minutes I can help you out

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