Vaseline for leather boots - Bushcraft USA Forums A small 35mm film canister or a small Vaseline tin should hold enough SnoSeal to protect your boots for your trip into the highlands I did have a tub of the product which lasted for years I now have a tube (similar in size to a toothpaste tube) of SnoSeal I have used it but barely dented the content
Saw dust and vaseline - Bushcraft USA Forums Hydropel is the active ingredient in underarm deodorant, aluminum chloride I believe, mixed in a petroleum base, similar to Vaseline I put this in a very small ( 3 ounce) cream jar and carry it in my kit So, I toss in a film canister of cotton balls (0 2 ounces total) for a great fire starter Believe me
Vaseline vs paraffin - Bushcraft USA Forums Paraffin does burn longer but there is a little more labor in preparing them An alternative to cotton balls is dryer lint I collect it out of the dryer lint trap and keep it in a zip lock bag I rub some Vaseline into the dryer lint it lights and burns well It will even light when wet
Cotton balls and Vaseline. . . is there a better way? If you get the CB completely saturated they tend not to take flame from a firesteel as readily I normally take a CB and a gob of vaseline and work it in with my fingers This time of year it helps my poor old dry cracked hands anyway Leaving some cotton fiber "dry" helps it take flame easier faster and the vaseline helps it burn longer
vomiting hairball - butter or vaseline? | TheCatSite Butter doesn't interfere with the absorption of needed nutrients in food Vaseline does But butter is added fat - whereas the molecules in vaseline are too large to be absorbed by kitty But use of vaseline does need to be timed, especially if you're going to use it a few days in a row, or every few days regularly as maintenance
Vaseline Constipation | TheCatSite Vaseline (aka white petrolatum, or petroleum jelly) is the active ingredient in many of the hairball remedies sold for cats It won't hurt your cat It's indigestible, so it goes through the digestive tract The only precaution is that it does interfere with nutrient absorption, so it shouldn't be given before a meal (else the food is just wasted)
(B) Student Practice for 5 Manmade Tinders - Bushcraft USA Forums I like to keep some hard pine pitch, fatwood sticks, and charcloth in the tin, and a film container of cotton balls w vaseline Of course the steel, TP and the Opinel are always on hand The chapstick is a nice dual purpose piece Rub a little into some jute or the like and is a little less messy than vaseline Also good knife lube
Scents in vaseline? - Trapperman Forums She always had it on her face!!! I used to tease her about her high-gloss look Kinda hesitant to admit that, but anyway, she kept bananas and a jar of Vaseline in her back pack purse, and the Vaseline always smelled like bananas It just picked the smell up from being in the same bag That was partly why I tried it as a base
Putting Vaseline on surgical incision? | TheCatSite He ended up pulling a single stitch out a couple of days ago The vet recommended putting Polyporin or Vaseline on it to help the wound stay moist while it healed, since she deemed it unnecessary to put another stitch back in (the open part is only about a centimeter) I did some research and it seemed like Vaseline is safer than Polysporin
Who All Uses Vaseline For A Base In Lure Making??? I just put the container in a pan of water and boil it till it a liquid and add my scents to the vaseline pros: inexpensive, easy to mix and store, as long as it stays cool con: when it gets warm it gets runny and gets every where,forgot a jar in my truck bed this summer in 100 degree weather you could smell the beaver castor for 100 yrds lol