A very British way to light a fire

[Tommyd345]

Hello chaps,

So today I was playing about with natural tinders, and so had my firesteel out. I decided it was time for a cuppa. Looked at the tea bag and lightbulb! Thought to myself it should work! So I tested it out, straight away the bag burst into flame! The flame then heated up the tea which smelled nice and also made an ember which burned for a good 5-10 minutes!

Has anyone experimented with different teabags!? I was using clippers, nice big bag!

 

[garethw]

I did try this once but gave up when I realised I had nothing to drink except warm water.. :-D

 

[bushferret]

Sounds like a good way to use old tea bags I'll give it a go .

 

[Whittler Kev]

Unfortunately you have to do it before the tea?
Maybe keep and dry out used ones?

 

[Harvestman]

So you burnt the tea? I know the feeling. I've had a few burnt teas in my time...

 

[Tommyd345]

Has to be before tea making aye. I think it works well because it's extra dry? I'm going to try drying out some used tea bags and see what happens!

 

[Dave Budd]

I new a smith who would pile is used tea banks up on the side of the forge and when he did his forging day once or twice a week he would use them to light it

 

[Qwerty]

Sounds like the best use for tea bags, vile stuff!

 

[Midnitehound]

Sounds like the best use for tea bags, vile stuff!

Instant coffee lights better then Magnseium powder, try it.

 

[Tommyd345]

Instant coffee lights better then Magnseium powder, try it.

:O I'm trying this tomorrow! Cheap and cheerful stuff? Or specific brand?
This thread is becoming more and more interesting!! What other unexpected things catch fire super easy?

 

[Alreetmiowdmuka]

:O I'm trying this tomorrow! Cheap and cheerful stuff? Or specific brand?
This thread is becoming more and more interesting!! What other unexpected things catch fire super easy?

My work pants when grinding the end of a steel lintel once


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[Chaard]

I'm going to experiment tomorrow with tea bags, instant and real coffee. Also various hydrocarbons on face pads.what burns best and longest. Results to follow

 

[OldJimbo]

Sounds like the best use for tea bags, vile stuff!

I see they sell them there now!
I heard that "Sweet Afton" cigarettes and black shag pipe tobacco are gone now too.
Ireland is where I learned to love those little steel covers for pipe bowls, so that you could smoke in the rain..
Happy days back then....

Anyway for some real pyrotechnics (which means that you are not dressed in synthetics at the time, and are wearing safety glasses):

1. Coffee whitener powder, open packet blow onto fire.
2. Baby powder made with cornstarch rather than talcum, blow onto fire.
-Ball of flame.
Now we know why smoking is banned around grain elevators and wood mills.

 

[Tommyd345]

The instant coffee didn't work! I even ground it into a powder! Just wouldn't take a spark! Milk powder next muhaha

 

[OldJimbo]

Just be careful!
Things can go so wrong when you try stuff for the first time.....
Glasses and fire retardant clothing!

 

[Goatboy]

Did you never do the biscuit tin filled with icing sugar with a lit candle in it in science at school? Dust fires can be pretty spectacular and if controlled fun too. But yes be carefull.

Sent via smokesignal from a woodland in Scotland.

 

[Chaard]

Experiment postponed due to rain - yeh i know a good fire starter should light in the rain anyway but the used tea bags i had set aside still weren't completely dry and i want a good fair test.

 

[Wizzkid67]

I remember them type of science classes we used to do it for open days when I helped out blow flour across a flame big flames good times.

 

[Tommyd345]

Teabags absorb lighter fluid really well, I'm thinking of adding a few to my pack! One spark and POOF!

 

[Goatboy]

I remember them type of science classes we used to do it for open days when I helped out blow flour across a flame big flames good times.

It was fun when you still got to blow stuff up wasn't it :thumbup:

Sent via smoke-signal from a woodland in Scotland.