{"id":4728,"date":"2017-07-19T07:15:21","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T14:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fightfast.com\/blog\/?p=4712"},"modified":"2020-04-08T14:45:20","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T14:45:20","slug":"bushcraft-bs-waterproofing-matches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/19\/bushcraft-bs-waterproofing-matches\/","title":{"rendered":"Bushcraft or BS:  Waterproofing Matches"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"blog\">\n<h4 id=\"top-header\">Let's Test This Out<\/h4>\nHave you ever heard about people waterproofing matches with wax? It sounds like it\u2019d make a mess of your backpack, so I thought we\u2019d try a few alternative methods of waterproofing matches instead. Dorothy is our resident amateur survivalist, so we thought we\u2019d let her take a crack at this one:<!--more-->\n\n[dfads params='groups=292&amp;limit=1&amp;orderby=random']\n<div class=\"flex-video\" style=\"float:none!important;margin: 0, 0, 1rem, 0!important\">\n  <iframe width=\"1365\" height=\"947\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KvPcyXsxMdc\" style=\"border:0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"small-12 medium-10 medium-centered large-6 large-centered columns\">\n\t[dfads params='groups=290&amp;limit=1&amp;orderby=random']<\/div>\n<h4>Breaking it Down<\/h4>\nThere are basically two types of nail polish: base, &amp; top coats. The book that this hack came from didn\u2019t say which one to use, so we decided to try both to see if there was a difference. Guess what, THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE!\n\nThe base coat was able to get soaked and still catch fairly easily while the top coat just made a bunch of smoke and went out.\n\n[dfads params='groups=292&amp;limit=1&amp;orderby=random']\n<h4>Instructions<\/h4>\n<div class=\"small-12 medium-6 large-4 columns right align-to-p img\">\n  <img src=\"https:\/\/www.fightfastvideos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/matches.jpg\" width=\"100%\"><\/div>\nSo in order to do this hack yourself, you need a base coat nail polish and a piece of wax paper. We used a bottle cap to poor the polish into in order to dip it, but you can also dip it directly into the bottle.\n<ul class=\"blog-lists\">\n \t<li>Place it on the edge of something that will keep the tip of the match from touching anything.<\/li>\n \t<li>Once the tip is dry, coat the rest of the match, and place it on the piece of wax paper.<\/li>\n \t<li>It takes a few hours to dry on the one side before you can turn it so that the other side can dry as well. Even after it dried, it was a little sticky, so just keep that in mind before you put them together in your bag.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nOther effective methods of waterproofing matches include buying them already waterproof, or putting them in a zip-lock bag, which, to me, just makes so much more sense.\n\nGot any other survival hacks that you want to see us put to the test? 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