🚀 go-pugleaf

     Oh dear.  Was I supposed to CLEAN my torches?

     I wouldn't worry too much about cleaning your torches.  Wipe off
the excess soot with a cloth after each use and you can leave it at that.
After all, your only going to set fire to them the next time you use them.
If you have trouble getting to torches to go out you can use a water
soaked cloth or towel to smother them.  You can also use a "Hell Box" to
put out the torches.  The Hell Box is some container that doesn't burn -
metal is good - where you can let the torches burn themselves out.  You
need a closed box so that the fire consumes the oxygen in the container and
the fire dies out.  You don't want to wait for the fuel on the wicks to
run out because then the wicks themselves begin to burn.

     A great Hell Box can be made using an army surplus ammo box.  They
are metal, have sealed lids and are designed to carry things about the
size of a juggling club.  They are also very cheap.  I use mine to carry
around all fire stuff this helping to contain some of the smell.

-     Steve