primus stove???

[mr. piper]

i have two old primus(optimus) stoves that i use regularly, i light them using small pieces of firelighter.This causes loads of soot, can any one suggest another method? i used them at school camp in the 70's and we used META FUEL which was little tabletty blocks that were also used as slug pellets? i can't get them anywhere, i would prefer not to use a liquid. cheers

[jake-the-peg]

Is this it?

http://www.surplusandoutdoors.com/ishop/877/shopscr1944.html

Mind you before you go mad and buy the store you might want to read this;

http://pmep.cce.cornell.edu/profiles/extoxnet/haloxyfop-methylparathion/metaldehyde-ext.html

It's not exactly DDT but it's not  the sort of thing  you want around a stove if you use it for cooking or making tea.

[mr. piper]

TA JTP. that is a perfect answer. CHEERS