Keeping a disposable lighter dry
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I've often wondered, where does everyone get these unlubed johnnies supposedly so useful for everything from waterproofing lighters to sealing rifle barrels to carrying water (if kept in a sock)? Are they something that used to be common? I've never come across one (ahem). They wouldn't seem to be very useful for their main purpose.
Don't see a problem. I have one with a replaceable flint wheel so even if it got wet you could get sparks from that easily by removing from the lighter and using the stick it is attached to to hold it then run the wheel along your hand to get a shower of sparks. I've never thought a lighter getting wet is a problem but I don't need to use one that much.
Never thought a lighter needed to be kept dry. I only carry those disposable lighters with those replaceable lighter wheels. They come out and are on a stick that you can use to hold it then run down the hand to release a load of sparks. I think even if the lighter got wet that would work to light stuff. You can get emergency kits with something similar.
Its a good little tip I think as those flint wheels work when wet.
Its a good little tip I think as those flint wheels work when wet.
Get two old camera film canisters (ask nicely at photo shop) cut bottom off one with a hacksaw and the other one in half, maybe less (measure against size of lighter)... join the two cans by melting one end lightly and bind heavily with electrical tape. pop lid on and you have a very waterproof case. perfect diametrer.
clippers also become a spark stick (although you really have to work for it with a new flint, just lit some char cloth) if you remove the mechanism after the fuel has run out, and you have room in the tube for a packet of flints.
Just a thought, TBL.
clippers also become a spark stick (although you really have to work for it with a new flint, just lit some char cloth) if you remove the mechanism after the fuel has run out, and you have room in the tube for a packet of flints.
Just a thought, TBL.
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We have them in work kind-of... well, they are called 'finger cots' but i doubt you would get much more than a clipper in them LoL!
http://www.allegromedical.com/ostomy-supplies-c529/finger-cots-white-latex-p173238.html
I can get a good handfull if anyone wants to send an SAE.
TBL.
http://www.allegromedical.com/ostomy-supplies-c529/finger-cots-white-latex-p173238.html
I can get a good handfull if anyone wants to send an SAE.
TBL.
they look like someone stole the rest of the glove!
though they would work to cover the flint and gas vent area of a lighter
though they would work to cover the flint and gas vent area of a lighter
That's what I was going to say, just run it along your thigh a couple of times and flint will dry enough to spark. I've even dropped one over the side of the canoe and got it to light afterwards.
LoL! They have ended up in several birthday cards with a note saying 'just incase you get lucky tonight'
TBL.
Here?
http://http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/12-Pack-TROJAN-PREMIUM-NON-LUBRICATED-CONDOMS-_W0QQitemZ280569116624QQcmdZViewItem?rvr_id=157022028632&rvr_id=157022028632&cguid=d4f67c0d12b0a47a2ee09b00ffa808cc#ht_500wt_1156
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The best way of keeping your lighter dry is wrap it in a piece of duct tape. Duct tape is always useful and will stick back down over the lighter again. You can use it as an accellorant too, it burns great.
Something like this are you after?
http://uk.alibaba.com/product-image/294418898-Waterproof-container.html
http://uk.alibaba.com/product-image/294418898-Waterproof-container.html
To be honest, I have never broken a disposable lighter in 25 years of using them on a daily basis, so am not convinced they break easily lol.
I will try to describe how I keep mine dry, but am not sure it will be easy to follow without pics (I may be able to take some tomorrow if anyone wants.
I take an ordinary disposable lighter and then wrap masking tape all around the top of the case (just under the silver bit). I wrap the masking tape with the sticky side outwards.
On top of the masking tape I then wrap self amalgamating tape all round and upwards until it is level with the top of the silver part of the lighter (like a rectangular tube). After this, I form a lid over the tube with more self amalgamating tape to complete the water proof cover. Once the tape has amalgamated and is thus 100% waterproof, I slide it off upwards, and remove the masking tape stuck to its inside.
Thus, I have a very tight fitting cover that is totally rain proof, and virtually waterproof, yet will pop off easily and not break or lose stickiness.
On some of the amalgamating tape covers I incorporate a loop of some thin cord (usually reflective) so the lighter can be tied to something or hung around the neck. I suppose in a desperate situation you could always burn the rubber tape to get a fire going too.
I prefer disposable lighters to most other types, as you can just leave then in your pack and they will be ready whenever you want them. I do have some that are over ten years old and still perfect, which is certainly something you could not do with a zippo.
Edited to add: Mainland Europe has always been the place to buy unlubricated condoms, while ones for sale in the UK have always been mostly lubed.
I will try to describe how I keep mine dry, but am not sure it will be easy to follow without pics (I may be able to take some tomorrow if anyone wants.
I take an ordinary disposable lighter and then wrap masking tape all around the top of the case (just under the silver bit). I wrap the masking tape with the sticky side outwards.
On top of the masking tape I then wrap self amalgamating tape all round and upwards until it is level with the top of the silver part of the lighter (like a rectangular tube). After this, I form a lid over the tube with more self amalgamating tape to complete the water proof cover. Once the tape has amalgamated and is thus 100% waterproof, I slide it off upwards, and remove the masking tape stuck to its inside.
Thus, I have a very tight fitting cover that is totally rain proof, and virtually waterproof, yet will pop off easily and not break or lose stickiness.
On some of the amalgamating tape covers I incorporate a loop of some thin cord (usually reflective) so the lighter can be tied to something or hung around the neck. I suppose in a desperate situation you could always burn the rubber tape to get a fire going too.
I prefer disposable lighters to most other types, as you can just leave then in your pack and they will be ready whenever you want them. I do have some that are over ten years old and still perfect, which is certainly something you could not do with a zippo.
Edited to add: Mainland Europe has always been the place to buy unlubricated condoms, while ones for sale in the UK have always been mostly lubed.
Right, I am sure that may not have made much sense, so I have just taken a pic with my Iphone to try to show what I mean.
Here is one of my lighters next to some self amalgamating tape.
It is worth remembering that as the tape becomes one solid piece, it cannot unwrap unlike ordinary tape or suffer from a loss of stickiness. The cover is also smaller in diameter than the lighter so grips tightly too (as the tape was wound tight, and so shrinks). The cord is reflective purely to aid retrieval in the dark if dropped etc.
Here is one of my lighters next to some self amalgamating tape.
It is worth remembering that as the tape becomes one solid piece, it cannot unwrap unlike ordinary tape or suffer from a loss of stickiness. The cover is also smaller in diameter than the lighter so grips tightly too (as the tape was wound tight, and so shrinks). The cord is reflective purely to aid retrieval in the dark if dropped etc.
