How To Make Firestarters With Sawdust And Wax
Make a tear in the side of the cup above the wax sawdust.
How to make firestarters with sawdust and wax. Pack sawdust into paper muffin cups. Melt paraffin wax or old candles in a double boiler pour over the sawdust and allow to cool. Slow burning when lit these hotcakes make great starters for a fireplace or campfire. The mix should look like the photo below.
If you don t have any sawdust or wood chipping lying around then you can use the paper and or card from your recycling bin. After the stockpot is completely cooled and the wax hardened i put the leftover sawdust plastic cup and skimmer in the stockpot and store in the garage until i need them again. Sprinkle sawdust on oil or finish spills to absorb the mess then complete the cleanup with the. If too liquid add more sawdust.
Light the exposed edge. The trick to using paraffin wax is melting it without burning down the house. Place a spoonful of sawdust or wood chipping into each case. 6 shredded paper cupcakes.
Lay out your cupcake cases. Light one edge of your sawdust firestarter it should ignite once the wax has melted and the flame touches same sawdust. Make sure your egg carton is on top of the wax paper. Put your wax inside the can and simmer the water on the stove gently melting the wax without ruining your pot.
The birth of a fire starter. After the wax is completely melted and the tray is stuffed full of your kindling lint sawdust you can begin to pour out the wax slowly into the egg carton. Pour melted wax over the sawdust and leave to set. Then melt paraffin wax in a double broiler pour over your sawdust and allow to harden.
Line a baking pan with parchment paper tin foil or plastic wrap and then fill it with sawdust. Find paraffin wax in the canning aisle at your local supermarket. Paper muffin cups with tray or old cardboard egg cartons. Try to make a nice stiff mixture of the wax and sawdust.
If you don t want to buy paraffin wax old candles melted down work well too. Less sawdust and more wax will give you a slower lazy flame. If mixture is too dry add more wax. Pack the sawdust down a bit with the palms of your hands.
From now on the starter will burn hot and fast depending on the ratio of sawdust and wax. Be careful the wax is very hot. Ladle approximately 4 oz of melted wax to the saw dust. More sawdust less wax provides a quick hot burning flame.