How to start a fire in very wet conditions. First you're going to want to clear a space. Next, wax and fat wetter your friends. You want something to catch the wax. First thing you want to do is take your scandal and put some small thin wax shavings in around. Remember, preparation is key. Get all your materials beforehand even if you can't find anything but wet twigs. Get them next. The fat would stick. First we're going to scrape something. Once you get a bunch of it, say the size of a tablespoon, put it with your waxy goop. You also want to make some curls, some bigger chunks of wet, even if this stuff is soaking wet. Put all that together. Grab your ferro rod. Make a pile of ferro shavings. Take slow, somewhat firm scrapes of your ferro rod until you get a small gathering of the metal. Once you get a small pile of it, strike it and off it goes.