Interesting and unusual ways to light a match. How to light a match without a box at home?

Methods of ignition of matches without a box at home.

There are situations in our life that require a non -standard approach to resolving the issue, the manifestation of ingenuity.

Fans and professionals of hiking on nature are faced with the need to light a bonfire, but a box with matches can damp or its incendiary part.

Knowledge will come to the rescue about the methods of ignition of matches with alternative methods.

They will be discussed in this article.

How to light matches on the boxes correctly?

Firstly, the technique depends on the material of the matches. For example, it will not work to light paper in the same way as wooden. We need more dexterity and practice.

Set the ignition of ordinary wooden matches on the box at the following steps:

• remove the match and take it in the middle with two fingers - index and thumb. The head of the match should look from you,
• in the other hand, fix the box with the same fingers so that the incendiary element on its side is turned to the match,
• set it at the top at the start point of the strip for settling and moderately press the match head. Adjust the pressure if you need to repeat this action again,
• sharply and accurately draw a match along the incendiary strip of the box,
• if the flame flashed, push the match from it. If not, repeat the movements indicated above.

Ways to light a match

There are many ways to light up matches in the absence of a box. We list the most common.

If the match is dry, then they will work:

• paper
• wallpaper
• window window and mirror surface
• clothes
• a stone with a dry smooth surface
• brick and/or painted wall
• concrete floor
• tile
• burning flame
• battery
• the step is in the entrance
• flint

In the case of a damp match before ignition, spoil her on your hair.

Is it possible to light a match with a fingernail?

The answer is ambiguous. If without special means that the nail was greased on the eve, then no.

On the forums of those who are interested in the campaigns and abilities of human ingenuity, they say that lighting a match with a fingernail is quite real. To do this, act in any of the 2 ways:

• soften the head of the match in the water and apply it to the surface of the nail. Wait for a complete drying of the product. Then set fire to a new match, pressing it tightly to the nail,
• cover the nail plate with a liquid red phosphorus, and on top with varnish. Take your hand with a painted finger from contact with water. Repeat the application of phosphorus again after 3-4 days. Feel only a dry match.

How to light a match with an elastic band?

You need:

• 2 dry matches
• chancellery gum, or otherwise for money

Procedure:

• fix the elastic in the form of a tight loop around the head of one match,
• insert the second match into the free edge of the gum so that its head is located just above it,
• hold the fixed match with your hand, and pull the second together with the elastic band to the maximum state. But do not allow the break
• drown sharply a free match down. At this moment, due to the friction created, it should light up.

How to light a match on paper?

• Take a dry match with the thumb and forefinger and bring it to the thick paper lying on the table,
• place a match at an acute angle, slightly touch its head to paper,
• with pressure, sharply and with a tightening, draw a match along the entire length of the paper sheet,
• if the attempt was unsuccessful, repeat the actions above again. Follow the amount of sulfur on the side of the head of the match, which is carried out on paper. If it is erased, turn the match upside down.

Is it possible to light a match under water?

Understanding literally the question, we will answer definitely - no.

If you took it with humor, then easily light a match under water in cases:

• your stay in the submarine
• performing action under any capacity of water, for example, a pelvis or a glass
• using special hunting matches in rainy weather under an umbrella

How to light a match on glass?

• To get started, prepare the glass surface itself. Treat it with any degreasing liquid. Let it dry.
• With the fingers of one hand, fix the match so that its head is in contact with the glass.
• Without unnecessary pressure, at an acute angle to the glass, with a wide scale, sharply draw a match.
• If the first attempt was unsuccessful, repeat again. Follow the integrity of the head. If it is broken, turn the match with the other side.

How to light a match with one hand?

• Gently open a box with matches with one hand and remove one.
• Close the box and put it vertically on one of the ribs of the sliding part.
• Press the box on one side with a thumb, on the opposite with a match. Place its head towards the sulfur strip of the box, and click the free edge between the ring and middle fingers.
• Raise the box 4-5 cm above the surface of the table and drop it sharply down. In this case, the match will move from the bottom up the sulfur strip. Having reached the top point, it will burn.

How to light a match from the battery?

Prepare:

• battery
• match
• a piece of isolated wire
• scissors
• kusachki for the wire
• insulating tape

Procedure:

• gently remove the insulation on both sides of the wire with nippers
• stir one end with veins with scissors
• at the second end, separate one vein, and remove the rest with nippers
• the cleaned end of the wire fix it with electrical tape to the battery from the minus
• wire the free vein of the wire around the match head
• keep the last two fingers in the middle
• bring a match C Speak to the battery to plus
• after a second, a flame will flash on a match

So, we got acquainted in detail with the methods of ignition of matches without a box. When you practice them, be sure to follow the fire safety rules. And, of course, perform experiments without children so that they do not want to repeat your experiments with matches.

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