Homemade fire starters...on the cheap.

We used fatwood a lot over the last 7 years. They work good.
But nothing lights as fast as our homemade starters.

 

Down here the locals call fatwood “lighter knot”...I had never heard this.

 

Have you ever tried shredded paper in place of wood chips in your homemade fire starters?

 

Indeed, Eric at Solid Rock Masonry is an artist.

 

Super Cedar discount code for FHC members

 

I haven't.
I have trash cans full of hard wood shavings from my wood lathe.

 

Thomas says the "FHC" branded Supercedars are only through the swag shop.

FHC20 is the code for the discount at Supercedars

 

Ordered an 8 pack to start with. Thanks for the code, saved 40%!

 

I’ll give these all a good run then see what I can DIY. Rutlands barely got me going tonight. Not enough surface area.

 

I've used the Rulands but never felt they worked that good. Seemed they were hard to get lit.

 

Its hard to beat a Supercedar...maybe some oak kindlin soaked in kerosene or something, that's about the only thing I can think of that would light as easy, burn as long, and as clean...

 

Supercedars arrived yesterday. They’ve definitely set the bar. Planning to try a home version with wax and shredded paper sometime this season to see how they compare.

 

Looking back at this thread. I think this comment deserves it own thread.

 

I made small batches of fire starters for Mom and a friend. I used egg cartons, really dry sawdust mixed with cross cut shredded paper and wax. campinspecter tried one out in the boiler and we were amazed at how long it burned for. It is not really ideal for the boiler because of the layout but campinspecter may try a few over the next couple of burns.

 

I've found if i put a 1/4" of wax in the paper cup first, it glues the bottom of the cake together and the paper is glued to the cake.

I did get a bag of Dixie cups at a yard sale for free but i haven't tried them yet.

 

I don't conserve the wax much. I probably used half a crock pot of wax for my batch a couple weeks ago.
I don't measure anything and the wax is (almost) free. I fill the paper cups about 1/2 way.

No kindling needed. All my fires are started with full size splits

 

Let me know if you need wax, i just got a little...

 

Dang, you hit paydirt!