firelighters

QrizB

annabanana82 said:

Cotton wool with a dab of vaseline 

A second vote for this. Cotton wool and vaseline makes a great firestarter.

something like this (although I use an old sweet tin rather than a saucepan, then keep the cotton wool balls in the tin once cooled):

https://www.instructables.com/Cotton-Wool-Ball-and-Petroleum-Jelly-Firestarters/

PrincessFrog20

Dried corn cobs (corn consumed) also make great fire starters, once fully dry they can keep burning for a while to help start a fire/bbq.

Also second the vote for filled toilet roll tubes, a good way to put a structural starter under firewood/briquettes. 

clive0510

when I had a coal here years ago, I used to chuck all the junk mail and flyers you get in the post on it. used to make it go like the clappers.

clive0510

coal fire that should say.

PrincessFrog20

clive0510 said:

when I had a coal here years ago, I used to chuck all the junk mail and flyers you get in the post on it. used to make it go like the clappers.

Makes for quite colourful flames too!

richcook54

any zoo keepers use dried camel dung?

Frugalista

Dried pine cones dipped in candle wax (or old cooking fat).

tbriggs166

I used to use the newspaper method but havn't has newspaper in our household for years. So we now get https://woodcycle.co.uk/ woodcycle firelighters. They make them from recycled wood and recycled candle wax.