Cheap DIY fire starter Got a wild hair today and wanted to…
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Cheap DIY fire starter
Got a wild hair today and wanted to try a cheap DIY fire starter from “waste” materials in my house.
Materials:
\- cardboard egg carton
\- bacon grease and chicken fat
\- dryer lint
\- wood debris
I had seen the cardboard egg carton trick with wax but didn’t have any wax, however I had left over grease/fat from our air fryer that we had poured into a glass jar.
I took some dryer lint and mixed some wood debris from our firewood bag for our wood stove, put that in an egg carton depression and poured some liquified fat/grease on top. I put it in our cold garage to solidify for a few hours.
We used it to start the fire in our wood stove today and it probably burnt for 5-10 minutes straight once we lit it.
I know it’s not groundbreaking tech but I just wanted to share a fun little win from today.
Things to note:
\- I understand how valuable fat is in a survival situation.
\- I used what I had on hand to see if I could.
\- This post is meant to get people thinking about what we have at hand and how to use it in creative ways.
For the future:
\- I’d love to see how this does outside instead of just in the wood stove.
\- I want to test it wet to see how easy it is to light.
I would love to hear about any fun things the community has been working on/experimenting/playing with.
Anyone else trying to be more thoughtful about what we view as “waste” in 2026?
#activity
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Got a wild hair today and wanted to try a cheap DIY fire starter from “waste” materials in my house.
Materials:
\- cardboard egg carton
\- bacon grease and chicken fat
\- dryer lint
\- wood debris
I had seen the cardboard egg carton trick with wax but didn’t have any wax, however I had left over grease/fat from our air fryer that we had poured into a glass jar.
I took some dryer lint and mixed some wood debris from our firewood bag for our wood stove, put that in an egg carton depression and poured some liquified fat/grease on top. I put it in our cold garage to solidify for a few hours.
We used it to start the fire in our wood stove today and it probably burnt for 5-10 minutes straight once we lit it.
I know it’s not groundbreaking tech but I just wanted to share a fun little win from today.
Things to note:
\- I understand how valuable fat is in a survival situation.
\- I used what I had on hand to see if I could.
\- This post is meant to get people thinking about what we have at hand and how to use it in creative ways.
For the future:
\- I’d love to see how this does outside instead of just in the wood stove.
\- I want to test it wet to see how easy it is to light.
I would love to hear about any fun things the community has been working on/experimenting/playing with.
Anyone else trying to be more thoughtful about what we view as “waste” in 2026?
#activity
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