Different fire starte
I have not heard of the parrafin was fire starter before. (I like it). I know I might get some responses saying this is not a good idea and I have not done it lately but years ago someone told me you could make a firestarter with about a coffee can worth of sawdust and 4 or 5 tablespoons worth of used engine oil. It does work well. Don't know if there would be any problems about the burning of oil in the fireplace? Anyways that is another version of firestarter with sawdust.
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