I have a tub of Vaseline and have hardly scratched the surface. I’m curious whether anyone uses it for anything other than their lips.

  • @spread@programming.dev
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    731 year ago

    Mixing Vaseline with cotton and rolling it into small balls makes for surprisingly effective firestarter. Catches fire from almost everything (even flint and steel) and the burns with strong flame for like 2 minutes.

    • @jws_shadotak@lemmy.world
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      161 year ago

      I used these a bunch in some jungle training. Any petroleum based jellies worked great, so we used bacitracin packets as our additive.

      Fun fact: dead bamboo will always be dry in the middle between two joints. You can split it up into a couple thin pieces and it makes great kindling.

      Live bamboo will create a small pressure bomb.

      • iesou
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        151 year ago

        Another fun fact for if you’re in a deciduous forest, beach tree bark will always light, even when wet. It contains a flammable oil.

    • @thegreatgarbo@lemmy.world
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      11 year ago

      We put a cotton ball in the dogs’ ears when giving them a bath to prevent water going in their ears, and we apply Vaseline to the exposed part of the cotton ball - makes the cotton ball waterproof. I thought you were describing that when I started reading your comment.