How To Start A Fire With Wet Wood

You can pour water on it or simply bury it in sand or dirt.

How to start a fire with wet wood. Can you use wet wood to start a fire. Split that wood into kindling size pieces. Once youve collected your fuel you need a dry base for the fire.

If you have tinfoil in your kit it makes a perfect barrier to ground moisture. The idea is to make something that burns slow and as hot as possible and the gunpowderacetone mix is by far the best in this regard. Create a wet wood fire following these steps and advice.

Start a small fire using the stripped kindling. Use a sharp knifehatchet to strip away as much bark and wet wood as possible. If you dont have any tinfoil laying down a small pile of dry kindling under your tinder could keep your fire lit long enough to catch your fuelwood.

While the outside will be wet when you whittle away that layer you should find dry wood at some point. The best fire-starter for wet wood can be home-made using black powder gunpowder and nail polish remover the one that contains acetone. That means split it into pieces approximately the size of your thumb and as small as your pinky.

If you like you could make a Fuzz Stick which is the stick with attached shavings to help start the wood on fire. CutSplit the Wet Wood. Make as dry a base as possible.

Carefully harvest any small dry twigs to form into a nest to start the fire. Cut triple or quadruple the amount of fine kindling and build yourself a thick teepee with a good amount of tinder to get it started. The dampness will soak into your tinder kindling and fuel.