Have not used kindling in three years! Margaret, my wife, got this from her sister who got it from who knows where....
Things you need:
1. old candles(garage sales, neighbors, friends, everyone has a drawer of holiday candles somewhere)
2. cardboard egg cartons
3. lint (yep...drier lint)
Melt candled in double boiler or however you wish.
Stuff lint in egg carton partitions.
Pour melted wax into egg cartons, let harden, break into individual parts.
Place two logs in wood stove. Set fire starters on top and light. Add more wood on top of fire starters.
We keep a small basket of them by the stove. Especially great in the Fall when lighting an occassional fire. And, they make great 'tokens of appreciation' for friends.
I had surgery last Winter and a good friend came over and brought wood from the shed up to the house with the quad and trailer. Margaret slipped a plastic grocery bag of fire starters into his car. He had kind of pooh poohed fire starters in general, thinking of store bought ones. He called two days later saying they were the next best thing to maple syrup!
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Things you need:
1. old candles(garage sales, neighbors, friends, everyone has a drawer of holiday candles somewhere)
2. cardboard egg cartons
3. lint (yep...drier lint)
Melt candled in double boiler or however you wish.
Stuff lint in egg carton partitions.
Pour melted wax into egg cartons, let harden, break into individual parts.
Place two logs in wood stove. Set fire starters on top and light. Add more wood on top of fire starters.
We keep a small basket of them by the stove. Especially great in the Fall when lighting an occassional fire. And, they make great 'tokens of appreciation' for friends.
I had surgery last Winter and a good friend came over and brought wood from the shed up to the house with the quad and trailer. Margaret slipped a plastic grocery bag of fire starters into his car. He had kind of pooh poohed fire starters in general, thinking of store bought ones. He called two days later saying they were the next best thing to maple syrup!
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