Would that actually be safe to user IN a car? Seems dangerous to use unless your outdoors?
Very inventive though! :-)
Amy
· 7 months ago
How easy to do! Here's a question. I'm guessing it's obvious (or is it?) that a person would want to burn this outdoors, but what if the weather conditions were horrid? Would a person become sickened by the fumes if the coffee can heater were burned inside an enclosed space? Does anyone know? Thanks!
Janae
· 7 months ago
wondering if it needs to be an all metal can? I'm thinking that the cocoa can you show is cardboard and might not hold the flame?
gaby
· 7 months ago
well i have the same question does is safe to use indoor? because it's a really good idea, even you can use it too cook or warm things you just put on the top a small cooled rack for cookies and there you go \but I want to know if these is safe
thanks!! excellent idea !!! I love it.
Jodi -- Food Storage Made Easy
· 7 months ago
I answered some of the questions in my update above! Shame on me for not actually USING it before posting this ;)
gaby
· 7 months ago
thank you well then Im excited I'll put these on my car and probably we should add a kitchen cloth to hold it if we want to move it. and I'm sorry I don't know how you call it in english but the ones that we use to put hot pans on the table so we can put there a #10 can (form cannery) on the top and star the fire any way Im excited to give it a try. thanks girls!!!!
gaby
· 7 months ago
and actually if you have little kids like my Im a little concern to just have the alcohol in the car because sometimes my kids are playing there what am going to do is I'll put the bottle inside a vacuum sealer bag and seal it. so it can be safe for my kids , and when I need to use just open the bag and ready.
I think these my be interest for some one. have a great day!!!
gaby
· 7 months ago
or probably we can only use half of the toilet paper so we can have a moderation flame don't you think? if we have to use it inside the car so it will be not dangerous !! and the flame or fire it will not go very high. just a thought!!! sorry for all the many comments Im just thinking at loud!!! LOL any way!!! what do you think girls?
lvlc @ From Mom To Mom
· 7 months ago
Great Idea!!!! I love it! Nice idea to improvise a stove too. This reminded me of my passed grandmother. She was very catholic and did the rosary every single day. To do it. She lighted her candle. What's so funny about it? Well, her candles were not the usual wax candles!
She put a metal lid up side down. Put a cotton ball in the center. Spilled some vegetable oil over it. Made a peak in the top and then lighted it! I guess that's how they made it back in her times. I never got to ask her about it. Now that I think of it is brilliant but back then, did I cared about it! Nah! Shame on me!
sarahdanette
· 7 months ago
I just bought a bunch of Heat Cells (from shelfreliance.com for about $3 a piece, cheap!), which are little cans of fuel that you can burn for heat or to cook food. Each can will last up to 8 hours and is PERFECTLY SAFE to use INDOORS or inside a car (its an ecofuel that is odorless, non-toxic, and 100% biodegradable)! I think the coffee cans would be a safety hazard, and could eventually kill you, if in an enclosed space. It's very small and easy to store, I haven't checked to see if it's safe to keep in the car, but it's non-flammable, so I think it's probably ok.
I'm confused - the big swiss moss containers on the east coast are foil lined cardboard....do they ship them diffferently for the other side of the country? If you need a coffee can - as your neighbors - We do drink coffee so I've never had to worry....
Jodi -- Food Storage Made Easy
· 7 months ago
Ours are foil-lined cardboard too. I didn't realize it until after I had made the video. I did try to update the post to reflect the fact that you MUST use a metal container. Thanks for the heads up ;) It was late at night while I was making it so I have a little bit of an excuse. lol.
moana
· 7 months ago
You can use a new quart sized paint can. You don't ever have to replace the toilet paper just add more alcohol. That way the lid is metal and you just put the lid on to stop the flame, or put it on part way for a smaller flame. It can be used in the car but crack the window just a little bit. It is safe. I tape matches to the outside of the can. You can also tape a penny to the top to help open the can when you need it.
Jodi -- Food Storage Made Easy
· 7 months ago
Thanks for the tips! Julie's sister also used a paint can. I was just trying to find something I had handy around my house. I will have to look for a better container for my own kit!
kdonat
· 3 months ago
There are two types of rubbing alcohol, 70% and 91%. The 91% alcohol burns cleanest. Using a can as small as a tuna or catfood can works well for your 72 hour or car kits. Use cotton balls soaked in alcohol, cooking oil, or vaseline as the fuel and wick. Just make sure there's a hot pad or heat resistant surface on which you set the can. A piece of tinfoil can be wrapped around and over the can for storage, then be used to snuff the flame if needed. Also, a birthday candle gives off a good bit of heat (especially the kind that you can't blow out), several can be stored in a recycled pill bottle or film canister, and carried in a personal/car/or 72 hour kit. They also are good fire starters when camping or using other fuel sources out of doors .
Jodi - Food Storage Made Easy
· 3 months ago
Thanks for the great tips!
pukwudjivc
· 1 month ago
What we used to do as a kid (was a school project) is use a tuna can and a cofee can. We'd cut a one inch strip of cardboard and roll it up so it fit inside the tuna can. Melt some parafin wax and dump into the tuna can with the cardboard. This makes a nice little candle. Next we would cut a small slot out of the side of the cofee can which was a few inches wide. The slot is cut out of the open end of the can. Then you turn the cofee can over so the open end with the slot is sitting on the ground. Add a small vent in the top of the can for the gases to escape so the candle stays lit and you have a nice little hot plate. I hope you can picture this from my description, but basically you are using the bottom of the cofee can as your cooking surface. The candle can be lit and then slides under the cofee pot through the slot you cut.
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Very inventive though! :-)
because it's a really good idea, even you can use it too cook or warm things you just put on the top a small cooled rack for cookies and there you go
\but I want to know if these is safe
thanks!! excellent idea !!! I love it.
thanks girls!!!!
I think these my be interest for some one.
have a great day!!!
just a thought!!!
sorry for all the many comments Im just thinking at loud!!! LOL
any way!!!
what do you think girls?
This reminded me of my passed grandmother. She was very catholic and did the rosary every single day. To do it. She lighted her candle. What's so funny about it? Well, her candles were not the usual wax candles!
She put a metal lid up side down. Put a cotton ball in the center. Spilled some vegetable oil over it. Made a peak in the top and then lighted it! I guess that's how they made it back in her times. I never got to ask her about it. Now that I think of it is brilliant but back then, did I cared about it! Nah! Shame on me!
Turns out it lasts 10 hours!
If you need a coffee can - as your neighbors - We do drink coffee so I've never had to worry....
Next we would cut a small slot out of the side of the cofee can which was a few inches wide. The slot is cut out of the open end of the can. Then you turn the cofee can over so the open end with the slot is sitting on the ground. Add a small vent in the top of the can for the gases to escape so the candle stays lit and you have a nice little hot plate. I hope you can picture this from my description, but basically you are using the bottom of the cofee can as your cooking surface. The candle can be lit and then slides under the cofee pot through the slot you cut.
We called these hobo stoves.