There are times when you urgently need to light a fire, but there is either no firewood at all, or it is wet from the rain and is in no way suitable for starting a fire. In these cases, this camp candle will help you out. A kind of analogue of dry alcohol for tourists.
Its advantages:
- - does not take up much space in the backpack,
- - will not leak, since it does not have liquid flammable fuel,
- - easy to manufacture and does not require expensive components,
- - waterproof and will not get damp, which is very important,
- - shelf life is unlimited,
- - safe, as it is not explosive and does not spontaneously ignite,
- - long burning time, which is perfect for cooking.
An excellent thing for winter fishing, where there is no firewood at hand.
What do you need to make a candle?
- - tin can;
- - any corrugated cardboard from boxes;
- - paraffin candles, household candles or briquettes of paraffin or wax.
Tools:
- - regular scissors or a round knife as in my case, a ruler, a pencil, a container for melting paraffin.
Making a long-burning camp candle
Take a tin can and place it on cardboard.This is necessary in order to determine the width of the strips into which we will cut the cardboard. There are two indicators here: if you take the width of the cardboard a little wider than the can, then the flame will burn more intensely, and if it is smaller, then the combustion will be a little worse, but more economical. It's up to you to decide which goals to use. I took a slightly wider can.
In general, cardboard will act as a wick in this candle.
Cut strips of corrugated cardboard.
We roll these strips into a “snail” and insert the jar.
You don’t need to insert it tightly, rather everything should be loose. Just put a rolled round.
Take a ladle or pan. Place candles or paraffin briquettes. Melt on fire.
Since I took candles, the wicks float in the paraffin. You can remove them, they are not needed.
Pour paraffin into a jar with cardboard in several batches.
We pour it in for the first time and wait a little while the paraffin (wax) flows down the can and is absorbed into the cardboard. Then we repeat several times until the jar is completely filled.
At the final stage, we insert a wick made from the same cardboard into the center. With it you can quickly light a candle.
Leave to cool. Despite its size, it will take a long time.
Candle tests
I will place a pot of water on the bricks and put a candle at the bottom. When traveling, you can take long tin cans instead of bricks.
Light the candle wick. After 3 minutes the candle was fully lit. The pot, with about three liters of water, boiled in less than half an hour. This is an excellent result.
