“Can dryer lint be used as a tinder? If so, how? How is it like Char Cloth?”
Comment #1: Take a bit of dryer lint put it in an ice tray and pour wax over it, let dry. Easy cheap.
Comment #2: Yes……I also carry Petroleum Jelly…….a bit of that on the Lint Ball hugely extends burn times…
Comment #3: Also, as a Boy Scout I learned that you can scrape material (lint) from your jeans with a sharp knife for tinder in an emergency.
Comment #4: When you see how easy that lint catches a spark you will be scared to run your dryer.
Comment #5: It is very flammable. I save mine all year. A small pinch and a spark will poof. It can also be used to start fresh wood over coals. Other people use it with a paraffin mix by melting the wax, stirring in the lint, then letting it harden in small molds (mini muffin trays lined with paper cups work great). You can add a wick to those for handy fire starters.
Comment #6: Take a toilet paper roll. pack it full of dryer lint. Melt Petroleum jelly in the microwave and pour it into the lint in the tube. carefully cut this into rounds. dip rounds into wax to protect. TO use scrape off wax to expose jellied lint, strike a spark into it and nurse your fire. But Charcloth is the single best thing I know of to coax a spark into flame.
Comment #7: I love using drier lint in toilet paper rolls, we never throw ours away. I have pals in both bathrooms for the empty rolls and one on the drier for lint and used drier sheets. Another handy way is to take cardboard egg cartons, pine cones, wax or perifin set lint in bottom of egg cups then place pine cones on top pour enough wax to cover bottom of the cone. Then tear off a cup whenever you need one. Be careful stuff burns better than cow chips.
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