How to use petroleum jelly to survive

How to use Vaseline in your preps

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#3 Vaseline Use: Keeps stuff from sticking.
As a lubricant Vaseline is useful to keep stuff in your home from
sticking. Use it like oil or grease.

Loosen a stuck ring. Vaseline can provide lubrication to
help you slide off a ring from a swollen finger. Here's how to
get a ring of your finger using Vasoline and d ental f loss.

Emergency lubrication for a firearm. See the video at the
bottom of the page from Sensible Prepper on how to use
Vaseline for your equipment, including a firearm.

Keeps candle wax from sticking. Sometimes candle wax
gets stuck at the bottom of a candle holder. To help with
this sticky situation, coat the inside portion where you insert
the candle with Vaseline. Doing this before you insert the
candle will make things easier the next time around. Plan
ahead and you can avert mess and get at the last bit of
wax, which could be helpful in a long term survival situation
where resources are limited.

Vaseline helps other things run smoothly:

Lubricates light bulb sockets, so they don't stick.
Keeps appliance racks in your refrigerator or oven from
sticking.
Ensures window casters slide smoothly.
Greases sliding doors and door hinges, too

#4 Use of Vaseline: Prevents rust on Machinery
Vaseline has an extraordinary uses for machinery and metal
gadgets.In an economic crisis, Vaseline is good to have to keep
your machinery in good working order to prevent rust and
corrosion. You'll find many more ways than listed here:

Lubes a bike chain in the event you don't have bike lubricant.
Provides proper friction for skateboard wheels.
Greases keyholes to ensure locks and keys work smoothly
and efficiently. Helps locks work better especially in cold
weather.
Prevents batteries from corroding.

#5 Use of Vaseline: Helps get zippers unstuck.
One way to use petroleum jelly to survive is to help you with
your gear in inclement weather. With Petroleum Jelly you can
lubricate zippers on tents, pillowcases, duvet covers, sweat
shirts, pants and jackets to ensure they pull smoothly and you
stay warm. Petroleum Jelly is handy around the tent, but also
your home.

Chapstick is another handy survival tool because it contains
Petroleum Jelly. If you don't have Vaseline, look for your lipbalm
to lubricate the zippers that get stuck.

#6 Use of Vaseline: Gets rid of a sticky mess.
Improvise use of petroleum jelly to get rid of a sticky problem,
such as resins on your hands.

Vaseline to clean hands. Clean dirty sticky hands with
Vaseline. Your hands will feel soft, but it's not a moisturizer.
The reason your hands will feel soft is that the Vaseline
traps the moisture that would escape from your hands.

Removes gum. Petroleum jelly will remove gum stuck to
hair or wood. Using Vaseline you can apply and work to slide
of the gum .

#7: Vaseline use: Pest control.
An unusual use of Vaseline is for pest control.

Traps flies. Flies in the Vaseline ~ it's a song and a method
for pest removal. Make a fly trap with paper and petroleum
and here's how: layer petroleum jelly to paper strips and
hang. Bugs land and can't fly away or tear their legs trying
to get out of the sticky problem.

Curbs the ants problem. Keeps the ants away from your
pet's food. When you mark the territory around the pet food
with petroleum jelly and it will act as an invisible border.

Carpenter bees. Filling in the paint cracks and holes is the
best way to keep carpenter bees from destroying your
house. It's also possible to kill Carpenter bees by mixing
Vaseline with drione dust. Here's how to kill carpenter bees.

#9: Vaseline use: Lets you "shave" without water!
Petroleum Jelly helps you shave without water. While most use
petroleum jelly as an aftershave application to soothe legs and
face, if you are without water, you can use petroleum jelly to
shave. Then just wipe legs or face clean with a towel.

Again, we recommend you try coconut oil or shea butter before
you use petroleum jelly, but if you have no other options then
use the Vasoline.

#9: Vaseline use: Prepper First Aid.
Vaseline has a melting point that's just above body temperature,
and so it literally just melts into skin, between cells and gaps a
lipid barrier. It creates a barrier to lock in moisture and
simultaneously protects from the drying elements. Because of
these properties, petroleum jelly has many uses for first aid and
beauty when applied topically:

Helps stitches heal better after surgery.
Vaseline helps protect skin when applied after minor cuts,
scrapes, and burns in absence of a topical antibiotic, such as
Neosporin or Polysporin or if you are allergic to either of
those medicines.
Vaseline protects skin from wind burn and chapping to
ounder cold weather conditions. To help heal chapped hands,
load a generous portion on hands, then cover hands with
gloves or mittens to keep them moistened for 20-minutes.
Vaseline softens rough heels and elbows with petroleum
jelly. By night, apply petroleum jelly to feet and cover with
socks and you'll wake to softer feet.
Vaseline relieves dry, itchy skin (eczema).
Prevents diaper rash. (For diaper rash, use hospital grade
white petroleum jelly, pictured right.)
Guards against windburn.*

* NOTE: Do NOT use petroleum jelly on burn

wounds,

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product will

provide

barrier and trap bacteria.

#10 Vaseline Use: has infinite cosmetic value!
If you're a spendthrift then you'll love petroleum jelly and if you
need to make do with something inexpensive, Vaseline

Vaseline uses for the lips. Vaseline acts as a lip balm to
moistens lips (use petroleum jelly as a lip balm or gloss)!

Vaseline uses for hangnails on fingers and toes. Vaseline
keeps hang nails at bay with petroleum jelly by rubbing
some around your nail bed to keep the area moistened.

Vaseline uses for facial or foot scrub. Epsom salt mixed
with petroleum jelly makes an excellent exfoliant scrub, use
gently on the face or scrub away skin to soften heels with
Petroleum Jelly!

Vaseline uses for hair:

Vaseline helps keeps scalp moist (reducing childhood
dandruff).
Vaseline provides hair sheen and reduces the appearance of
split ends!

Vaseline alternatives
Looking for an alternative to Petroleum Jelly? Surprisingly,
Vaseline is an organic product, but as luring as it is for preppers
to use Vaseline in the name of preparedness, both Vaseline and
the generics are a byproduct of the petroleum industry! As such
many preppers are looking for more natural alternatives. As good
as Vaseline is for preppers, there are alternatives.

Waxelene as a Vaseline alternative: Waxelene, pictured
top right, is a Jelly alternative! Simple, natural and certified
organic ingredients with amazing properties plus a patented
aeration process have enabled Waxelene to use no
petroleum or artificial ingredients. Use for dry skin, make-up,
lips, sports, babies and so much more! Waxelene is made of
organic soy oil, beeswax, organic rosemary oil, and natural
Vitamin E (from soybeans). That's it.

Alba Botanica Un-Petroleum Jelly: Alba Botanica Un-
Petroleum Jelly, pictured in orange, provides a rich moisture
barrier to protect skin from chafing and irritation while
offering petroleum-free hydration. Formulated with pure
plant oils and all botanical waxes, there's no petroleum
jelly, no parabens, no phthalates, nor any synthetic
fragrances. Made iwth 100% vegetarian ingredients, this
multi-purpose jelly soothes, moisturizes and softens.

Coconut Oil as a Vaseline alternative: Coc onut oil, which
thickens nicely, applies beautifully to moisturize skin like
Vaseline.

Honey as a Vaseline alternative: H oney applied topically
heals wounds, just like Vaseline.

Olive Oil as a Vaseline alternative: Olive oil has lubricating
properties, just like Vaseline.

Beeswax as a Vaseline alternative: Beeswax makes an
excellent lip balm, like Vaseline and is a popular ingredient
in many cosmetics for this reason.

Recipe for Home-made Vaseline. Here is a recipe for
homemade Vaseline made from Beeswax and Olive Oil.

What is Petroleum Jelly?
Petroleum jelly is the generic name of Vaseline, a lubricant, and
is a byproduct of the petroleum industry. Surprisingly, Vaseline is
an organic product, but that doesn't mean you should put some
on your skin. Better options for Vaseline include, coconut oil,
shea butter and basically any carrier oil you may use, or
Waxlene, pictured right, which is a petroleum jelly alternative.
See more alternatives listed at the bottom of the page.

Take note that Vaseline brand of Petroleum Jelly is "highly-
refined, triple-purified and regarded as non-carcinogenic,"
according to the manufacturer. Made from 100 percent pure triple
purified petroleum jelly, Vaseline contains no colors, fragrances,
or other irritants. It is hypo-allergenic, and non-comedogenic,
meaning it will not block your pores, which isn't necessarily true
of the other brands. Again, it's great for an emergency, but it
doesn't mean you should apply the stuff on your skin when there
are better options.

Above, Instructibles illustrates how effective Vaseline is with tinder in
firestarting.

#2 Use of Vaseline: As a candle.
With petroleum jelly you can create a makeshift candle. Be sure
to transfer the jelly into an appropriate vessel. Do not use the
plastic jar that contains your jelly as it can catch fire and add
more problems to your emergency. Likewise, thin glass may not
be able to withstand the heat. Below is a video with the simple
instructions. You need just three things: cotton, petroleum jelly
and a metal plate:

Surprising Survival uses of Vaseline
Learn how Petroleum Jelly can help you survive

How to use Vaseline for Survival:
Vaseline petroleum jelly is an extremely useful salve to have on
hand in a survival situation. For starters, Vaseline applied to a
cotton ball is popular firestarter (it's an accelerant to speed the
chemical process), but it also has several first aid uses and
petroleum jelly also can help maintain key survival gear.

Go beyond thinking of Vaseline only for your chapped lips, rough
elbos and hands! Below is how to use petroleum jelly to survive...

How to Use Vaseline for Survival
Originally called "wonder jelly," this oddly green slime has many
fascinating uses for preppers in first aid and beyond. It's sublime
for survival! Discover the unconventional uses for petroleum jelly
to help you survive, but first know this: while petroleum jelly has
many uses, but you should never use Petroleum Jelly on burns.

Do NOT use Vaseline for burns! Why? Never apply grease
to a burn as the initial aim in first aid for burns to reduce
the latent heat! To deal with burns, always immerse skin in
cold water. The National Institute for Health says "Grease
should never be applied to a fresh burn where the superficial
part of the skin is missing. In addition to being occlusive, it
is non-sterile, promotes bacterial proliferation on the surface
of the wound, and may lead to infection."

Here's the

proper way to deal with burns

et a burn kit and

know how to use it.

Here's how to use Petroleum Jelly for Survival

#1 Use of Vaseline: As an accelerant.
One of the most basic survival uses of Vaseline petroleum jelly is
as an accelerant to help give your campfire a boost. Petroleum
jelly fuels your fire in combination with tinder (it won't work
without the tinder):

Cotton balls and Vaseline: Scouts douse cotton balls in
Vaseline and store them in zip locked bags for easy retrieval
when lighting a fire while camping. Each ball will burn about
ten minutes. The combination is a classic fire starter, but
you can mix Vaseline with any fluffy tinder you have. In
nature or in your bugout bag.

Chips and Vaseline. You can use Cheatos or Doritoes chips
with Vaseline in an emergency to really get your fire going.
On the list of weird survival tools, these chips will burn on
their own, but with Vaseline you'll find a more robust and
immediate flame. For obvious reasons, this technique isn't
recommended if you have little ones around.

Gauze and Vaseline: Soldiers keep gauze in their medical
kits with petroleum jelly because they are multi-use survival
items. If you keep them separate, you'll have gauze
dressings ready for medical purposes and you're also ready
for firestarting.

Dryer lint and Vaseline. Another of the variations of this
firestarting method is to collecting lint from the dryer to use
as your tinder. Mix lint with Vaseline and insert into a tube
of toilet paper. Light with a match and leave it in the tube
to get your fire going.

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Above, Sensible Prepper shares some of his favorite ways to use Petroleum
Jelly. We caution however, not to take his advice on using Vaseline on cuts.
Vaseline is non-sterile, and will actually promote bacterial proliferation!

Don't use Vaseline on burns and cuts. Other than that you'll find a
bevvy of creative uses of petroleum jelly if you're a prepper.

Happy endings...
Vaseline is a lubricant that can put a shine on you! Because it's a
lubricant it can help chapped lips, cracked heals, deal with diaper
rash and lubricate your skin in many other ways. It's a personal
care product that will work also to put fix a squeaky door, unstick a
zipper and light a fire. Now you'll never look at a bottle of Vaseline
in the same way again.

A cotton ball fire starter is the simplest way to get started using
Vaseline in prepping—and it couldn't be easier. Just dip a cotton
ball or flat cosmetic cotton with petroleum jelly. For camping you
can store them in an empty egg container until you're ready to use.

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