Put your dryer lint to good use! Make some fire starters!
I had collected dryer lint and cardboard egg cartons for a long time, intending to make fire starters but kept procrastinating making them. They were cluttering up my laundry room, so it was either use them or throw them away.
Here’s how to do it:
- Fill the egg cups in cardboard egg cartons with dryer lint, packing it down.
- Melt paraffin (Gulf Wax) in a can or glass jar you do not want to keep. Set the can or jar in a pan of boiling water to melt.
- Carefully pour the wax over the lint in the carton to saturate all the lint. Be careful. The cans and the wax will be very hot. Use hot pads, gloves, or large silicone tipped tongs to handle the cans.
- Allow the wax saturated lint to cool.
- Close down the lid of the carton for storage and stacking.
To use: cut or tear the cups apart. Light a corner of the cardboard cup to use as starter fuel for a fire.
Tips:
• Two empty 15-ounce cans will fit in a standard 2-quart saucepan.
• Squeeze the tops of the cans slightly to form a pouring spout.
• Don’t put too much water in the saucepan or the cans will float.
