Black and white newspaper getting harder to find

[sredlin]

newspaper is good, cardboard better, and those waxed drink cups really burn hot---alot of the time I use the waxed pressed sawdust squares made by Rutland with kindling ---those things are the best

 

[Wood Doctor]

Doctor Ed's Fire Starters

I use both B & W newspaper and cardboard, but perhaps in a slightly different fashion. I take one or two sections of newspaper and wrap it around 9" x 12" cardboard sheets that I have cut up from boxes using my band saw. I make about three of these newspaper loose "logs" per fire start.

In short, the cardboard is surrounded by a couple of layers of easy-to-light newspaper. Now I pile on a layer or two of kindling and a couple of nice logs on top of that. When I light the creation using the newspaper which catches fast, the kindling and logs keep the newspaper fly ash in place, and the cardboard is like a shot of adrenalin.

It never misses and eventually the newspaper fly ash becomes nothing but fine ash powder, just like the hardwood logs on top of it. Collect B & W newspaper only. Give the color mags and ads to the recyclers.

 

[mryb]

I've used plain old black and white newsprint for years to crumple up to help start my fires, but lately I find it harder and harder to find; just about every page has some color print on a good portion of it. Just wondering if its like that where you are?

I use cardboard egg cartons & the egg flats that eggs come on in restuarants. Drink carriers from fast food joints work too....Rick