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Use vegetable oil as a fire lighter. (lemmy.today)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A couple glugs of olive or sunflower oil into tissues or paper towels makes a great easy firelighter for wood burning stoves etc.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I wouldn't burn anything greasy or oily in a wood burning stove. All that junk will end up accreting in the chimney pipe. Especially if you have a catalytic combustor. My wood stove user manual says don't burn anything but clean wood for this reason. A wad of paper and pile of kindling should get you going fine without burning oil in there.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

I’m not talking about a cup of oil, just a tsp or so. Sometimes all our kindling etc is a little damp and stuff seems reluctant to get going. The oil or even an old tea-light paraffin candle helps it marvellously!