HAHA Nice!

 

Huh. I read some things here about cooking and heating with candles. I have a lot of candles that I picked up at yard sales over the years. I have been melting the wax and putting it in cat food and tuna cans with wicks. I have also been saving the large cans from tomatos and such. Today I'm trying an experiment. I punched four holes top and bottom on one large tomato can and put the candle in the bottom. I have a pan of water sitting on top. It's steaming and bubbling. I'm waiting to see if it will boil. If it doesn't then I know I can heat food anyway if the power goes out. So thanks to all who contributed to this idea.

 

Great idea posted here last week.


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Also, if you know any Native American girls, or there is a trading post nearby, they will pay for the tin tops. "Jingle dresses" a form of Native American regalia, are made from bucksin and then convered in cones made from the tops. It takes hundreds for each dress. While I don't jingle dance, I salvage as many as possible and use them for barter at pow wows.

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I've got lots of wax.

I've been saving candle wax in gallon coffee cans for years but don't have any wicks. Is there something obvious around the house that I might be able to use for wicks or would you advise ordering wicks from some kind of candle company? 3 or 4 feet would last me a long time but I don't know if it's available that way.

 

I've been saving candle wax in gallon coffee cans for years but don't have any wicks. Is there something obvious around the house that I might be able to use for wicks or would you advise ordering wicks from some kind of candle company? 3 or 4 feet would last me a long time but I don't know if it's available that way.

Make your own wick.

A tooth pick alone will work as a wick... at least for a time.

 

the chew cans are plastic so i dont think the whole candle thing will work. but i did see rolls of wick on ebay.

 

Copenhagen cans are cardboard and would probably work for the candles. At least for any REAL man that chews Copenhagen rather than that Skoal crap.

 

On the contrary, real men dip Copenhagen. They are wax lined cardboard.

 

On the contrary, real men dip Copenhagen. They are wax lined cardboakrd.

I beg to differ the ("real men") I knew couldn't handle grizzly

 

In Iraq we used them to open steel doors. Boom! Ahhhh the good ol' days......

 

The whole concept of preping and stockpiling does not justify the mental health issue called hoarding.

Some things you just need to throw away.

 

You can use it to organize small things in you bob such as one for your snair wire also could make a fishing kit in one. How about long term storage for chew

 

I made up three cans each containing a couple hooks, box of matches, about 20 ft of fishing line, a couple weights, and some paper towel for tinder. I then sealed them with about three wraps around the side with electrical tape to keep water out. These are plastic cans. They would also be good for storing small nails, bolts, screws, seeds, tinder, or whatever else. I like them for what i use them for. They would also make a micro bob for the car, desk, locker.

 

i use mine for my pistol course in the back ravine i have my kids or my wife set them out on pine branches at ground level any place varied heights and distances then i do a quick walk thru with my s&w 9mm at a fast pace i usually hit at least once from a double tap(kind of depends it the can flies or stays in place.

 

I saw a guy once who had the bottoms of the tins lined up in rows inside the drawer of his toolbox, he used them for little bolts, screws,springs ect. thought it was a good idea

 

Wicks can be made from heavy cotton string and or twine. Soak the homemade wick in a salt and borax water solution and let dry. This will help make the wick fire proof so it does not burn up faster than the wax. Sorry not so relate to chew tobacco can uses F.G.

 

Dose any body know how to store chew for long term

 

The best I've come up with is the freezer. Never tried to vacuum a few cans of Copenhagen. Let alone having it sit around for a year, or two, and then trying it. I say Copenhagen, not just because it's my brand; but because it's got a wax-lined cardboard "can". I'm sure that will make a difference.

Good ? Hillbilly. I hope someones got an answer. Or I'm screwed PSHT

 

I use them at work to store tiny light bulbs, micro fuses, cotter pins, and apex bits in my small tool box. But for prepping, I stuff them with cottonball/vaseline firestarter. But they are good for lots since they keep their shape, waterproof, and free.

 

I was going to recommend the cotton ball/vaseline tinder too. Great stuff.

 

You could make a nice little urn for your ashes ....

 

I collect the cans to store firestarters with......Save old candle wax and dryer lint. Melt the candle wax in a pot and add lint and saw dust in equal parts, then pour them into the snuff cans. The can waterproofs it and protects the firestarter while you carry it in your backpack..... When you go to start a fire pop open the can, cut a piece off and light it.... then put the rest back in the can.

 

how about a small survival fishing kit.........be surprised what you could stuff in those little tins

 

freezing chew works fine. i had some in there dor a year and took it out and was as fresh as the day i bought it

 

some good ideas here. I have a ton of these laying around too. i can tell you that grizzly cans are NOT waterproof. They would be ok for something like rain, but if they go under, its gonna take on water. i have ruined many cans by washing them, and when i fell in a river while rafting.

 

10-4 on this. None of the cans are waterproof. Open the can and then close the lid then throw it in the wash with a load of laundry. At best, you will have a soaked can of dip. At worst you will have dip all over your clothing. Seems to be a very good idea for fishing gear and firestarter.

 

wicks are easy to make use cotton twine that you dip in melted wax, tie a small washer on one end and drop it in your candle form the pour in the wax.

 

i do alot with them

a can holds a bunch of .22 rounds, so i have a few for that

i also put my cotton ball+ vasaline tinder in them

also small fishing kits and medicine packs

 

I can fit 2 pair of contacts in a snus tin.

I keep a set in my BOB and in each of my cars

 

I keep a Skoal can full of dryer lint in my pack....makes a good firestarter

 

You can jam a bunch of cotton Balls coated with petroleum jelly in one dip can

Great firestarter in a small container

T-Bone