How to Make Your Own Survival Fire Putty

Step Six: Put On Your Plastic Gloves

If they’re not on yet, it is now time to don your plastic gloves.

Double check to make sure you are using gloves that will not dissolve from acetone or gasoline.

Step Seven: Pull the Putty Out and Finish Forming It

After you have mashed all of the Styrofoam tightly together with a pencil or stick and let it sit for a few minutes, your survival fire putty should be ready to come out of the bottle.

Again, if you are going to handle your creation, you MUST be wearing durable gloves that are able to handle acetone and gasoline.

We recommend pulling pieces roughly the size of a normal cotton ball. These are compact, yet they still burn long enough to build an emergency fire in challenging conditions.