Consumer Napalm

[Snagglefoot]

I thought that would get your attention. Here is a report on Imperial gelled fire starter. To me it’s for days when you don’t have time to set up kindling in your fireplace or wood stove.

The interesting thing is it’s not volatile like petroleum based charcoal lighter. In my opinion it’s perfectly safe for use in contained burning spaces like wood stoves.

You can put a blotch on a piece of wood or run a short line on it. It lights easily and doesn’t flash. A flame on a line of it just travels slowly along the log. It will burn for about 5 minutes before it’s gone. It is a bit pricey, being 4 times the price of charcoal lighter. It doesn’t have a strong order so, will not stink up the storage area. Enjoy.

 

[demarpaint]

IIRC that type of lighter fluid has been around for a very long time. I started a lot of BBQs with it.

 

[dkryan]

Yep, nice thread title!

Question: I noted it’s ethanol based but would it leave some type of residue while burning that accumulates on the inside of a chimney?

 

[Snagglefoot]

Yep, nice thread title!

Question: I noted it’s ethanol based but would it leave some type of residue while burning that accumulates on the inside of a chimney?

Not sure, but it burns very hot and doesn’t smoke.

 

[Boomer]

Original napalm was developed by Professor Louis Fieser of Harvard University. He made a gelling agent for gasoline from naphthenic and palmitic acids, hence the name napalm. This was in the days before most synthetic polymers. Today, you can simply dissolve polystyrene (a coffee cup will do) in gasoline until you get the desired viscosity and have the same result. Sounds like the product shown above uses the same type of technology.

 

[zzyzzx]

When I saw the thread title, I thought that this was going to be about someone getting the snow/ice off their driveway.

 

[dadto2]

When I saw the thread title, I thought that this was going to be about someone getting the snow/ice off their driveway.

Now there's an idea!

 

[KGMtech]

Geez, I guess they could sell it at the perfume counter for some people, albeit only in the morning.

 

[D60]

Nature's fire starter for us. The one good thing about our pitchy pinion. But yeah, it'll clog your chimney if you don't use it sparingly. If you overload the stove with pitch the smoke smells exactly like our coal-fired train

 

[Sequoiasoon]

I have used Fatwood often. The Scouts used to get regular wood and rub it against the pine sap also.

 

[Elkins45]

We used to make resin torches from pine knots when we were kids.

 

[IndyIan]

Yep, nice thread title!

Question: I noted it’s ethanol based but would it leave some type of residue while burning that accumulates on the inside of a chimney?

Alcohols usually burn very very cleanly(see the old indycar crash footage where the fires were invisible!), where as wood usually burns relatively "dirty" and so you get creosote in chimney, especially if the fire isn't hot enough. Also I see that people use it to start smokers even, so it must be almost zero residue.

 

[cptbarkey]

Mix diesel and motor oil for a good time. burning a few piles of cactus this weekend.