[crazydave]

it could be that you over cooked it as it looks the same but wont catch.

[dezertdude]

it catches really easy its just if I blow too hard or too soft it will go out. I put it in a nest and blow but it won't start. But one strike with a firesteel will start the same nest so I don't think the nest is too damp. It's got to be the cloth.

[tjwilhelm]

Are you using 100% cotton cloth to make your charcloth?

[dezertdude]

yeah I just went out and charred it for another 15 minutes and now it stays lit and I started two grass needle leave nests with two pieces so now it works THANKS for the input guys!!

[tjwilhelm]

HOORAH! WOO HOO!! Good job, dezertdude!

[George]

We have good example of what happens when charr cloth in undercooked.

So when do we know it is overcooked, as mentioned in one of the posts above?

[dezertdude]

George, if it is overcooked I heard it crumbles and falls apart easily

[crazydave]

it wont take a spark.

[George]

Thanks,
good to know how to test "last resort" spark catcher.

[crazydave]

has a think about how to tell going by a bad batch of bathrobe I had. it all looked the same but the good stuff maintained some integrity while being gossamer light, the bad stuff was more like ash with a filiment and crumbly.