Whether you’ve got an itch for a mini-flamethrower, a shower of burning sparks, or a exploding ball of flames, these little fireworks-producing lighters may be the answer to your pyrotechnic cravings!

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Memories of past teenage experiences

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Make mini flamethrowers, exploding fireballs, and flint bomb sparklers! Here’s how you can modify disposable lighters into small scale pyrotechnics!

Mini Flamethrower:

By hacking into the valve tensioner and adjusting it counter clockwise, you can shoot a flame 12 inches long!

Spark-Making Flint Bomb:

Taking the striker wheel off and removing the flint and spring is the next step toward making a flint bomb. The flint is spring-loaded and will fly out under pressure as soon as the wheel is removed, so be ready to catch it, or prepare for a scavenger hunt to recover it!

Wrap the flint into the spring so it holds securely, and now you can hold it in an open flame for about 25 seconds until it glows bright orange.

Throw it at the ground with force and watch the sparks fly!

Exploding Balls of Flames:

With the leftover lighter bodies still full of liquid butane, you can try smashing them down on the ground next to an open flame… For me, this resulted in a giant flaming fireball. Probably not the safest activity, but a lot of fun since nobody got hurt this time.

I sacrificed my kids clothes and a can of tuna to make some high quality fire starter! Here’s how to make a great batch of Char-Cloth to add to your emergency kit.

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Char cloth is a fabric, like 100% cotton, that has been converted into a slow-burning fuel that can ignite at very low temperatures.

The process of cooking the fabric, without burning it, is called pyrolysys. During pyrolysys, gasses such as hydrogen and methane are released from the fabric, and can be ignited and burned.

The process of making char cloth is very similar to making wood gas, and the gas released can be captured and burned as fuel.

Char cloth can be ignited by a single spark, that can in turn be used to ignite a tinder bundle to start a fire. Sometimes it’s difficult to ignite tinder directly, and char cloth provides a means that makes the process extremely simple.