Rubber Inner Tube

[Jared]

Surely you are able to find some
Easily accessible flammable substance which one end of the inner tube can be dipped into to make easily lit by a fire steel?! Hymn. I think I have found a new mini project ...


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Was thinking of preshreading the tube, like feathering, so only have to make one cut to get a load of fine stuff.

 

[W0lf]

That's a good idea.


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[Big Stu 12]

I think the beauty of uysing Inner tube is you can wrap it around somthing, anything really it can be out side in the rain and you can still use it, the truoble with pre shedding it it then has to be in bag and another thing you have to make sure your've got it, I have some around tins, and ligthers, and round knife sheath's, little 1/2" stips every where so I ve always got a bit to hand

 

[rancid badger]

you can get inner tube to light better is you fluff it up with a knife blade, just scrape away at it till you get a small pile of very very fine rubber, almost powder like...

works a treat but takes some time to get a little pile of the stuff....

chris.

Neither of the following are advised for kids or folk not too handy in the "practical tinkering" disciplines TAKE CARE!!
Try rolling a bit of inner-tube into ( more or less) a cigar, about 20mm-30mm diameter, then scrub the end across an old cheese grater-the bit used (I think) for very hard, dry cheese,with the tiny triangular teeth, not the larger oval holes.

hope that makes sense?

Anyway, also watch your fingers and knuckles but this should produce some pretty good "powdered" rubber

An alternative for producing this stuff, is to use a wire cup brush in an electric drill, scrubbing off rubber from an old car tyre-even more hazardous but quite effective

Steve

 

[W0lf]

Daft question but won't rubbing in Vaseline to one end work or do you need a carbon based material to help the Vaseline catch?!


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[shaggystu]

If you carry alcohol based hand cleanser as part of your first aid/hygiene kit that can be used as a great way to get from spark to flame with all sorts of materials, rubber inner tube included.

Cheers,

Stuart.

 

[W0lf]

Good call thanks.


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