How to start a fire without matches!

[EthelMaltol]

Saw a vid on youtube, a wilderness survival thing by king of random. You take a bit of potperm (purifies water) and put some vg on top. It makes a chemical reaction that will start a campfire for you!

 

[UncleRJ]

Saw a vid on youtube, a wilderness survival thing by king of random. You take a bit of potperm (purifies water) and put some vg on top. It makes a chemical reaction that will start a campfire for you!

Link please?

 

[Tripster]

 

[EthelMaltol]

That's not it, I'm on my tablet, hard to do links, search householdhacker

 

[Tripster]

 

[Hobby Kid]

It must be the glycerin that causes the heat for a reaction. Glycerin is funny stuff. I've had medication with glycerin in and it's played havoc with my eyes making me see flashes and sparkles. I reckon it's something to do with glycerin anyway.

 

[Tripster]

It must be the glycerin that causes the heat for a reaction. Glycerin is funny stuff. I've had medication with glycerin in and it's played havoc with my eyes making me see flashes and sparkles. I reckon it's something to do with glycerin anyway.

Potassium Permanganate and Glycerin

 

[EthelMaltol]

Yep, that's it, they called it potperm in the vid, sounds like something useful to have around to purify water. I think the vid is called starting a "matchless" fire. Not trying to say the vg is flamable by itself, its the combination.

 

[jack]

Saw that in some survival show !! Very impressive .

 

[Celtic Fog]

glycol is a sugar alcohol. It has a flash point of around 160-180 depending on the conditions, and when it is introduced to its complex chain transition, the temperature can change rapidly. I tried making Kaluha once, without fully understanding chemical changes....made for a long few weeks of grounding when the parents came home and found the cabinets char broiled....hehehehhe. And potasium perm. is also known as potash. It is a very unstable oxidizer. So add that to a compound that is undergoing rapid changes where oxygen is being fed to a chemical combustion the two of them are like a mini stick of diiiinomiiiiiiiite.

 

[CaFF]

glycol is a sugar alcohol. It has a flash point of around 160-180 depending on the conditions, and when it is introduced to its complex chain transition, the temperature can change rapidly. I tried making Kaluha once, without fully understanding chemical changes....made for a long few weeks of grounding when the parents came home and found the cabinets char broiled....hehehehhe. And potasium perm. is also known as potash. It is a very unstable oxidizer. So add that to a compound that is undergoing rapid changes where oxygen is being fed to a chemical combustion the two of them are like a mini stick of diiiinomiiiiiiiite.

Or, Nitroglycerin?

 

[Celtic Fog]

boooooooom goes the campfire.