Saturate an unrolled cotton ball with wood ash. Roll with fingers. Roll between two wood boards until tight. Roll with a heavy hand between boards until a coal is formed. About 10 or 20 passes. The rest is obvious.
![A cotton ball and jar full of wood ash sitting on a wood board](http://akaprepper.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/63120940-2B1C-44BE-A3E8-226BF191BB18-1024x1024.jpeg)
![Sprinkling wood ash on an unrolled cotton ball](http://akaprepper.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/A3211832-1BBE-4207-A866-216D6D74C49F-1024x1024.jpeg)
![A flat hand rolling a cotton ball covered with wood ash](http://akaprepper.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/202057BC-35E7-4152-AB98-272478A59472-1024x1024.jpeg)
![A flat hand rolling a cotton ball covered with wood ash](http://akaprepper.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/A12B907B-7C05-4C0D-B191-5234628555D2-1024x1024.jpeg)
![A tightly rolled cotton ball with wood ash rolled between two flat boards](http://akaprepper.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/95DB45A7-C362-4717-81A4-F6CCFC83E3DC-1024x1024.jpeg)
![A tightly rolled cotton ball with wood ash rolled between two flat boards](http://akaprepper.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/608FF876-E925-4DA9-96D7-61E490C3E77A-1024x1024.jpeg)
![A tightly rolled cotton ball with wood ash laying on a flat board](http://akaprepper.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/7CBD5F5B-4945-4DAB-9F47-E6127AB2CA07-1024x1024.jpeg)
![A tightly rolled cotton ball with wood ash rolled between two flat boards Being rolled fast between the boards](http://akaprepper.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/DEDC439A-770E-4FAD-AD72-C2722F479FAA-1024x1024.jpeg)
![The rolled cotton and wood ash laying on the board after rolling showing signs of ignighted embers](http://akaprepper.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/402BD543-356E-4BB6-9FCB-88FCFADB18E3-1024x1024.jpeg)
![The ignighted cotton and wood ash held in the firngers of a person](http://akaprepper.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/986067CA-5DB7-406C-BA4A-7982F538285A-1024x1024.jpeg)
![The bright orange embers of the ignighted cotton ball with in a nest of tinder](http://akaprepper.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/AEBCFADB-C39E-4AB2-AF47-35CC4B84745B-1024x1024.jpeg)
![A fully ignighted nest of tinder held in a persons hand](http://akaprepper.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/F449D924-9DF8-4AA6-975E-47D20150A6E3-1024x1024.jpeg)
Everyday Urban Citizen also known as Prepper
Saturate an unrolled cotton ball with wood ash. Roll with fingers. Roll between two wood boards until tight. Roll with a heavy hand between boards until a coal is formed. About 10 or 20 passes. The rest is obvious.