Great Firestarter: Making My Version Of Waxed Jute Twine! 

Scented candles are usually made of soy wax, while most emergency candles are made of parafin wax. Parafin wax will generally have a higher melting temperature, although some wax blends can be an exception to this. If you are in an area where it typically gets up to 120F, then you may find soy wax candles will get soft or melt in your bag. However, if you are in an area where it does not get that hot then you may appreciate that soy wax is less brittle (will stay on the twine better) and will burn longer. Parafin wax is slightly cheaper. Soy wax will not leave black soot like parafin wax does. Each wax has its pros and cons - weigh them yourself for your situation. I throw the leftover pieces of used candles into a can and set the can on the wood stove to re-melt.

A good idea, I really like that you added Magnesium to the mix 👍 I went to a goodwill store and bought a single coffee mug heater plate....I use it to melt wax....😜 LOL No flame to worry about 👍

Okay I am five years late to your review. Excellent idea with the rope, thank you for sharing. When I make fire starters it has been with round cotton makeup wipes woman use. After the paraffin is melted, I add liquid paraffin to the melted wax, some folks add lighter fluid as well. Then dip the cotton circles same as you do with the rope. Also, liquid paraffin is outstanding in hurricane lamps, it will not smoke as lamp oil does, and does not produce an off-putting aroma.

Waxed jute twine is the best. That was a super easy way of doing it! (I did skip ahead a bit, cause I do it basically the same way, haha).

Excellent idea. I was actually building a candle kit with cardboard rolled in a metal soup can. I am going to put a standard lantern wick in the center and pour the melted wax all throughout the can. I will work on the jute twine like this too. Thanks for the information. 👍👍😎🇺🇸

This was an awesome tutorial 👍👍👍

I very much like the idea of the magnesium dust... Thank you for that. Good video....

Great to see you making again 👍

what a cool idea, now I've got to make some too.....your lighting demo showed how easy it lights

Very cool brother

This works pretty well and does work with a dead lighter. nice addition of what i call " fire glitter"

I've found that kind of coiling or scrunching up the wax twine into a ball with one end left out for fraying/lighting makes it burn with a higher flame and doesn't really affect the burn time that much.

Good idea for fire starter thanks for video sir .

I use a heat gun and an aluminum pie pan. I also roll the jute around my finger a dozen times and make kind of a lasso. Handy, easy and holds a lot of wax.

Paraffin blocks are cheap and hard! In the caning section of your local grocer.

Great ideal.

Ty

Good tutorial.

Ty for the share

Is this the same a Fat Rope Stick? Great video and a easy project for scouts

Good nice video thanks u it was educational t me ur welcome buddy