Starting A Fire With Cotton Balls and Ashes. The Fire Roll Method Actually Works! Quick & Easy

In this video we start a fire using A Cotton Ball and Ashes - The Fire Roll Method. This is part of a fire making series I am doing which includes videos on: Friction fire - Bow Drill Fire, Fire Plow, Fire Thong, Fire Piston, and more.

[juanignaciocaso]

another youtuber would've milked this for 30 minutes. thank you for making great videos that are all content and no filler.

[ItekTackle]

Wow! Sometimes you think you are smart... And then you see this... Brilliantly quick and looks simple. Thank you Shawn!

[andymanaus]

Here's a fun bit of information about cotton: Pulverised cotton is used in furniture laquers. The cotton powder is so reactive that it has to be kept wet under oil or water to stop it from spontaneously combusting. In lacquer applications, it has to be kept in a seperate, rated building. The force of an explosion in such a building is designed to go straight up to minimise damage to nearby buildings and people. A rep from one company I used to deal with told me that if the cotton exploded, the roof of the structure was expected to land anywhere within a 4km radius.

[tophat]

That is amazing!!! I have never heard of that way. So simple and fast! I love this series Shawn! Keep them coming please.👍🙂

[TP-hcqi]

That was awesome! I didn't even know you could unroll a cotton ball! You should talk to scientists to get them to explain how it works, that would be really interesting to know for these videos.

[heyphilphil]

I keep a zip lock bag of cotton balls soaked/smothered in vaseline in my backpack and a light at all times. I timed them they burn for like 10 mins rain/damp or not. this is sweet too...when u have nothing

[MrNathaneasterling]

I just found out about this method as well, I used rust instead of ash and it works well too

[thegreatiam]

One survival skill I'll probably never forget. Thank you for this

[Paleoman]

This is so cool Shawn, I saw this method one other time when a friend of mine that makes fire pistons showed me how he did this. Who would think that this would work, great demo my friend.

[jasont]

Holly cow, I just tried it and it worked!!! It took a couple tries but it worked! Super cool and I can't wait to show the kids next time we go camping! Thanks!!

[michaelorlando]

I like your videos because they are short and informative. A lot of other YouTube videos take 20+ minutes to describe what could be done in 3-4 minutes and filled with dumb junk filler that is either boring or that the YouTuber thinks is funny, but is not funny to others. Yours gets right to the point.

[ladeedaa]

Wow, I'm truly impressed by how easy and quick that was! 👏

[winrampen]

Shawn, Like many of the previous comments, I've not previously seen this method. It seems to have a lot really important advantages - the materials needed are compact, cheap, and easily protected. The effort required is very limited, Doesn't need sun. The smoking cotton seems to be much more durable than the tiny embers produced by other means. What is not to like? -will be trying it this morning when lighting my wood stove in Scotland. Thanks for the tip

[JeremyHatch]

I have never heard of this method before, it's like magic.

[jeangemmel]

I'm amazed at what you know Shawn. Tell me do you read up and search out stuff to get info on all the things you know about as you are very knowledgeable?
What I love about you is that you don't come across as 'a know it all' but just a genuinely lovely person who loves sharing his knowledge.
I've learned so much from you already, thank you Shawn xx Jean from Scotland.

[carypyke]

Thank you we may all need these skills sooner than we think.

[ultranitro]

If I ever get lost in the woods hopefully I'll be able to watch Shawn Woods videos to save myself.

[GrandmasGardenofHope]

What a great thing to know! Thanks, Shawn!!! I'm excited to see what other tricks you'll be showing us.

[gusmc]

Wow! I would never have thought of ever trying that. So cool.

[Spocket]

Shawn, you can also use things other than ashes to create the ember, such as cleanser powder, rust, or even baking soda.