Tried something a little different - Cotton carbon patch

[Wise Old Owl]

I found some wonderful large amount of pure cotton in a recent package from Amazon for non prescription vitamins. A really large amount... I had no idea that cotton could be that plentiful when picked....anyway would not it be better than denim or shirts to catch a spark? If Cotton was pulled apart and larger would it not light better? Well maybe not. Or maybe I did something wrong. I set up a camera and everything went south after 5 minutes. I had a tin- small hole on top and I stuck it on a Backpacking burner and after 5+ minutes - it stopped smoking and was reduced to black and 50% smaller. It sucked at catching a spark - I was confused.

So I stuck it back in the tin - fired up the burner and went 5+ more minutes and more smoke came out (flipped it over) and guess what it turned brown. And the smoke stopped... Now it catches a spark really well and works far much better - had something to do with the angle of looking at the tin. So make sure the cotton is carbonized and black may not be the best color.

I wont show the video - its a travesty.

Just sharing. Next time over cooking cloth and cotton may be better.


Suggestions?

[DSJohnson]

I have never tried "charing" pure cotton balls before. There is lots of cotton grown around where I live still and I have always carried "raw" fresh cotton, from the field, in my reenacting kit for wound packing, gun cleaning and fire starting. Guess I will try charing some, just for fun. Interesting.

[hunter63]

I have never tried it either.....cotton balls generally catch a spark pretty well as is.....so never gave it a thought.

Thanks for posting another option.

[kyratshooter]

Char needs to have a certain degree of durability to it since it is going to be moved and handled a bit in the fire making process. I can not see pure cotton balls handling that requirement.

I actually prefer linen fabric to cotton for char-cloth because the linen is more durable.

And, as Hunter has stated, cotton usually catches a spark with no problem in its normal state, only it goes directly to flame rather than glowing. You have to work fast. That is one reason the petroleum jelly is used. A cotton ball saturated with PJ will burn for several minutes.

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