How Do You Save Money On Heating By Making Your Own Firestarters Out Of Dryer Lint, Sawdust, Or Paper?
If you’ve ever started a fire in your fireplace, or at a campsite, you know that the job is a hundred times easier if you have firestarters to get the fire going. Firestarters are little bricks of wood shavings compressed with wax. The wax and small bits of wood ignite quickly, and the high flames help your logs catch fire. At $5 for a pack of 4 starters, it can get costly to start fires in your fireplace. If you have a few common household items, you can save money by making your own fireplace firestarters. Gather up all your unusable jar candles and put them in the freezer for about an hour. Remove from freezer and use a butter knife to pry the wax remnants from the jars. (If using Gulf parafin wax, cut up into chunks about the size of sugar cubes.) Put about 4″ of water in the sauce pan. Put the pan on the stove, at a medium heat. Put the glass jar in the pan. While the water heats up, get your cardboard egg container or toilet paper tube ready. If using the egg carton, fill each cu
