How To Make Vaseline Saturated Cotton Balls For Fire Starter

I don't presaturate mine. I just carry the bulk Vaseline and cotton balls. Seeing how wet the tinder is determines how much Vaseline I use. Sometimes, it requires a big gob on the cotton, other times, just a smear. I also like the option of having untreated cotton balls for the fire roll.
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[DavidWestBgoodppl]

I don't presaturate mine. I just carry the bulk Vaseline and cotton balls. Seeing how wet the tinder is determines how much Vaseline I use. Sometimes, it requires a big gob on the cotton, other times, just a smear. I also like the option of having untreated cotton balls for the fire roll.
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[jamiemoore]

I could not seem to figure out what you used on the untreated cotton ball that you rolled out.

[stuartmarkman]

I saturated cotton balls with Vaseline and stufdfed them in large plastic drinking straws. I cut the straws in 3" pieces first and after I stuffed them I folded the ends over and put them in a empty pill bottle. They work great and you can carry as many of them as you can stuff in the pill bottle. I just lite the end of the cotton with a Striker of choice and I have a few minutes of fire so I can start a camp fire.

[KENFEDOR]

Something tells me if you took up "pediatric neurosurgery", you'd do just fine. Love your videos and how easy you make it look!

[travelingtracer]

I still carry matches in my survival pack but my go to fire starting method is a cotton ball with Bag Balm and a ferro rod. Like you, I carry a few saturated cotton balls, and some dry ones and a small tin of Bag Balm. I like it better than Vaseline because it works so well on dry skin and lips so the saturated cotton balls do double duty. Thanks for all you do!

[scenicdriveways]

Nice video David,
I make mine a little different. I wear a pair of latex gloves ( like the ones at the doctors office ) so I don't get Vaseline all over my hands. Then I scoop out some Vaseline and work it into a cotton ball really good. After that I put it in an Altoids tin. When the tin is full I ran a band of black electrical tape around it to seal it up. I keep a tin of them in my truck, as well as in my hunting backpack, and my travel vest.
When I'm ready to use one I spread the cotton ball out to expose the fibers and it lights right up with my Ferrocerium Rod.

JT

[HelgiThorisson]

I tried to put some vaseline in cotton balls a few days ago and light one with a ferro rod. Worked like a charm even though I am terrible at starting fires. From now on Vaseline and cotton balls will be in my bugout bag and I will even use them to start fires in my fireplace.

[thomasmusso]

👍👍👍
Thanks David. Making fire .. never ages 😊.
Take care ..

[jasonuren]

Makes a lot of sense as it's petroleum jelly. Great tip 👍

[bulldozer]

Thanks David for your vast knowledge and experience.

[mikeboone]

Another us David for the Vaseline is on the blade of your knife been using it now for over 65 years as did my grand father before me. the only rust issue I have ever had is opening the box of a new knife to find light rust on both high end knives and the lower end . Happy Trails and keep on firing things up .

[clintonroushff]

You make it look easy, practice is your best friend.
Take care David

[douglascarter]

What was in the blue bottle you put on the fire roll?

[starlingblack]

Thanks David; a good idea to customize the cotton balls to meet the current demands of fire building.

[erolkavlakverizon]

Thanks again David, for another great video..
Sorry you have to listen to those leaf blowers..
Have a great day

[MichaelR]

Good demonstration David , have a great day , thanks for sharing, God bless

[caniaccharlie]

The vaseline cotton balls seem like the best firestarters to me. For the price and longevity that they will burn, two or three would dry out most any appropriate tinder I would think. I carry about 40 cotton balls and a couple fat wood sticks in an old water tight phone case in my pack always.

[eyessee]

Thank You David, I learn so much from you. What did you pour on the untreated cotton? Rolling the wood on top of cotton, is what caused it to ignite?

[henrysinclair]

One strike each only because of the untreated part. Brilliant.

[francescomagistrali]

David, this is Francesco, a big fan of yours in Italy. Congratulations for your amazing work! I was thinking: in a real survival situation where there’s no way to create fire and then ashes (ashes that would be used to create the next fire with the fire roll technique) do you think (already tried?) that sand would work instead ashes inside the cotton roll to generate friction? I was imagining a scenario like castaway on a island where you can find fibers, wood and sand but no ashes. What do you think? Best Regards from Italy! Thank you Sir!!