No-Wax Dryer Lint Fire Starters
Recycle your dryer lint and cooking oil into a no-waste fire starter quickly and easily! These no-wax, dryer-lint fire starters are a great alternative to the chemical-laden fire starters sold at stores.
Servings 1 jar
Equipment
Ingredients
- dryer lint
- cooking oil (can be used cooking oil)
Instructions
- Pack dryer lint into a small glass jar and cover it with oil. This is most easily done if you work in layers.
- To help saturate the lint with the oil, press on the lint as you add it over the oil from the previous layer. Keep adding layers of lint and oil until your jar is full, or until you have used up all of your materials.
- Cover the jar with a lid and store it near your fireplace.
- To use your fire starter, pull off a small piece of oiled dryer lint and ignite it. It should burn for long enough to help you start your fire!
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Notes
If using used cooking oil, strain it first to remove any solids or residues of other ingredients in the oil.
For portable fire starters, wrap small amounts of the oily lint in wax paper. The wax paper ignites easily, offering an extra burst of flame, while keeping it mess-free and easy to grab. To protect them from moisture, store these packets in a waterproof container, such as a plastic bag.
For safer, non-toxic fire starters, use dryer lint collected from drying clothes made with natural fibers like cotton or linen.