Field Test
Took the petroleum/cottonballs to Caddo Lake. Did learn something the first night. I pre-built the campfire for later in the evening. I found that the pj balls do not do as well when left in the open air. They still lit three hours after the wood was stacked, but not as fast as my lab test. The next night I kept the balls in the rubbermaid container until it was time to light the campfire. They did much better.
I made the pj balls because I didn't collect my favorite tinder (cedar bark) when I cut firewood over Christmas. The day after I came back from Caddo Lake, an ice storm in Dallas brought down a three story pencil cedar tree in my back yard. I will have plenty of tinder now to start fires.
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