Ok. NEWBIE ATTACK!!
Right, following on fom the advice i got regarding use of a fire steel i am nw able to likght most things as long as thay have some kind og flammable chemical on them.
So last night whilst swmbo was out i thought i would light the fire and warm the pace up.
So i started to thik of what i could use. I remember reading peeled back birch bark so tried this first.
We have a load of the stuff in the wood room, it has been there for the last year and is bone dry, i peeled the bark into transparent bits, made a nice airy pile and sparked it... nothing, lots of sparks, lots landed on the bark to, but not a glimpse of a flame.
I then tried the fluff from a tumble dryer filter, and the same thing happened... nothing.
SWMBO has sensitive skin so i know the cotton wool she uses id pure cotton, i teased this out into lots of threads and it was airy. sparked up..... Nothing
By this time i am thinking that had i been i a desperate need to light fire or freeze, my odds would have been on freezing.
I poped doenstairs and droped no more that 10 drops of meths onto the filter fluff.
back upstairs and one strike of the steel gave life and fire, the flame was good enough to build a lovely fire that warmed the whole house.
I am obviously dojng something very wrong. The tinder was bone dry the fire steel sparked ( hot too one got my hand) but it wouldn't light.
So is there anyone who would like to point me in te direction og firstly preping the tinder and secondly WHAT AM I DOING WRONG!?
Please help.
Thanks
Right, following on fom the advice i got regarding use of a fire steel i am nw able to likght most things as long as thay have some kind og flammable chemical on them.
So last night whilst swmbo was out i thought i would light the fire and warm the pace up.
So i started to thik of what i could use. I remember reading peeled back birch bark so tried this first.
We have a load of the stuff in the wood room, it has been there for the last year and is bone dry, i peeled the bark into transparent bits, made a nice airy pile and sparked it... nothing, lots of sparks, lots landed on the bark to, but not a glimpse of a flame.
I then tried the fluff from a tumble dryer filter, and the same thing happened... nothing.
SWMBO has sensitive skin so i know the cotton wool she uses id pure cotton, i teased this out into lots of threads and it was airy. sparked up..... Nothing
By this time i am thinking that had i been i a desperate need to light fire or freeze, my odds would have been on freezing.
I poped doenstairs and droped no more that 10 drops of meths onto the filter fluff.
back upstairs and one strike of the steel gave life and fire, the flame was good enough to build a lovely fire that warmed the whole house.
I am obviously dojng something very wrong. The tinder was bone dry the fire steel sparked ( hot too one got my hand) but it wouldn't light.
So is there anyone who would like to point me in te direction og firstly preping the tinder and secondly WHAT AM I DOING WRONG!?
Please help.
Thanks