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Mustapha Started conversation Apr 3, 2000
If they could only invent a match that doesn't go out if the air shifts suddenly.
You're on fire today, Reinhard, a 2nd Entry chosen to be linked at the Historical Society. 
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Phil Posted Apr 3, 2000
Well you can get the so called waterproof matches.
These have the red stuff going further along the stick bit. It's also covered with a varnish like substance to stup ot getting wet and falling off the stick, but harder to light.
Try looking for them in outdoors or yachting shops.
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Pseudemys Posted Apr 18, 2000
It is possible to make your own waterproof matches by dipping the heads of ordinary (red, strike-anywhere) matches in candle wax. It works a treat.
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