How Matches Are Made

Red coloring makes the match head burn more vigorously. The mixture of the combustion controlling agent is just one of the many steps that go into the manufacturing of matches.
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[@tmck4138]

I would be so tempted to throw one lit match in

[@melododie]

Noooo!

[@terrapins8553]

Same

[@kimhyeon920]

They literally uploaded the how it’s made video

[@ToonGrizzly]

ElectricSpace In check the description

[@ariadnegmusdaedaloximo708]

"It only takes a single match to light your fire".
Wind : Allow me to introduce myself.

[@crashbasher4393]

I really like the INSIDER logo slapped on a how it's made video.

[@doreenwu5990]

I wonder what happens to the ones that fall out? I wonder if it ever occurred to them that it might grind against a box and start a fire. Wonder what would happen if it actually lit fire

[@beniaminm8506]

This matched the how it's made video
I'll go away now

[@killfy]

imagine lighting one of them in the factory XD

[@jaronschuurman6498]

2:04 imagine putting this on fore

[@oldbaldfatman2766]

Dec. 2017----Amazing and thanks for the video. Imagine a world where matches didn't exist/available or had to be made by hand.

[@lupe9183]

This is so satisfying

[@_curtis]

Like the How its made vid it *matches*, It is *lit*
I'm on *fire* 2day!
Ok ill go now...

[@tippyanimatesandstuffplus707]

Curtis Grove That joke was on *fire*
Sorry but I had to.

[@divisbleyuity8109]

That wasn't _EGG_ citing

[@janariver3450]

Wat, how matches r made or this.

[@ygmarte5884]

Ur everywhere

[@_curtis]

Adri Awesome where have u seen be b4??

[@ScoobyandShaggy5554]

Insider finally met its MATCH

[@gamerboi8092]

when someone accidentally dropped a match with fire.

[@SpAM-nu5oy]

This video sure was LIT 🕯🕯🕯

[@mawaaab]

It's lit

[@chicken-scratch]

AYYYYYYY :D

[@rimonbarua44]

u r everywhere

[@chicken-scratch]

rimon barua yeah, he/she is. And so am I if you look hard enough. And we know it. And we do it anyway

[@mawaaab]

Kai Drysdale she. I'm a she. (:

[@crumb8369]

Mawa J. Mayne Why do you torture us like that?

[@gupperbumper9603]

Everybody workin’ until a match gains enough friction to light up

[@ghourical9243]

1:17 it looks like fries if you think about it 😂

[@arifanmoonlightroblox2230]

not light one of them on fire during the process and burn down the whole factory

[@ScribblebytesWorldwide]

In my country Lion matches burn very slowly and they put themselves out before they get to your fingers. You can take 3 bong hits with one match strike. It's genius.

[@user-yt9mo8fu3h]

Me: today i'll sleep early
Me at 2am: how matches are made

[@bilypad9534]

Amazing

[@engr.kennedyanthony8129]

Can I know the name of this machine?

[@mudithaweerathunga3441]

Thanks.

[@putodango]

Now how do they light up

[@joni2760]

Lit AF🔥🔥🔥

[@swagtoons]

Anyone knows the first song

[@MuhammadAli-up6xf]

Save wood and use spark lighters

[@evamckay9859]

It lit af

[@Haxusu]

Wow thats lit

[@joshdove4562]

could the liquid compound catch on fire?

[@akadapper]

Intro/outro music?

[@lorddan666]

raithe laurence - urban chase

[@dr.frank1919]

Cool

[@BaberJacks]

well sometimetimes it takes more than one if its windy

[@michaelleiner9004]

I'm waiting for the moment that one match is dropped and scrapes on something and sends the entire factory up in flames

[@hoangvuluu9435]

Imagine just throwing a lit match in the big batch of liquid thingy

[@heyi2441]

I like "it's lit" and "how matches are made" get it? Get it? GET IT?!??

[@diamondgirl01gd89]

Woah... that's weird

[@inacardboardbox7033]

All that trouble of mixing dipping drying and waiting and we just burn it and throw it away.

[@dorodorodoro8766]

I wonder what will happen if all the thing that the sricks are dipped in are lit up...

[@kitkat4883]

Cool :)

[@notyasin5904]

One fire, everything will be lit

[@skybubblemist4871]

imagine one just accidently lights on fire

[@georgeschlaline6057]

What about sulfur

[@GrapeOfLife]

*match lights up*

[@anthonytan4231]

One little fire factory burn

[@sleepless9994]

I would just like to take one lighted match and light one match

[@adityachatterjee1158]

Imagine lighiting the liquid on fire

[@crystalxxx_xplays28blogs98]

This is such a dangerous job

[@DanielLCarrier]

Matchmaker matchmaker make me a match.

[@gotfan7749]

But how the heck those sticks are fed in those holes???

[@Absolute_Nothing]

When I see that 2:37
I knew it was my country !!!
The match box said ตราพยานาคี

[@GDXdominator]

it takes one match to cause the whole factory to go down in flames..

[@pistachio6975]

The total of the match that they made every year is 262,800,000
I calculated it i was shocke also for every month they produce 720,000 matches so many matches

[@Luke-bf1wt]

WOULD IT BE IRONIC IF A MATCH SET THIS ALL OFF *LIGHTS MATCH AND THROWS IT*

[@evamckay9859]

I thought I was watching how its made😂

[@danplace8226]

It’s not red liquid it’s thermite or a smaller alternative

[@jenylie6998]

Omg it looks soooooo uneven !!!!

[@anxietea9009]

Matches are made on match.com must be eighteen years or older to join

[@ThePearIsJuicy]

That's a messy process..lol

[@julianacardo9063]

I can't

[@bbry000]

Am I 'never gonna buy this again because I know how it's made?'

[@amandastawicki9775]

Oh I thought they meant relationships

[@cathycurry1]

Coolkidxdog523 Gaming 😂

[@flyuff]

I used to eat the red parts of matches when I was little

[@ssinzssazm]

LOL SAME

[@flyuff]

ssinz7 ssazm330 glad I’m not alone then !

[@ssinzssazm]

:D

[@birdy9767]

Small mistake = big mistake
You know what I mean one match is lit then all the matches are lit 🔥🔥🔥

[@moscow2753]

This is from "how it's made" right so why did you take their video

[@lhowenhendrix6941]

Uggh this is to MATCH

[@vimzy8507]

If I just, throw a lit match in the machine...

[@BinhNguyen-we3qz]

I wonder what happen if someone start a fire here

[@robertszymanski717]

To make a match head bomb, one needs a book of paper matches and a wire cutter! Cut all the heads off.. about 5-6 packs of matches is enough to make a bomb! Aluminum foil and fuse and yer all set to make a 4th Ole July bomb!

[@Deathtrap-yj7zl]

Imagine if a worker smoked in there

[@nongcue]

Thai matches?

[@pie4762]

If a fire happened, they'd be screwed.

[@bowster]

I was watching a lizard video :3

[@alexgamez7311]

if there is a fire 😨

[@felixy6223]

Imagine if you let all the red stuff dry and then lit it on fire.
With it's own match.

[@saleemyousaf7097]

Funny poetry
🥳🥭🐍

[@michelleantonio7977]

You made this video last year....

[@fairyyoonmin4591]

matches is made for me to burn up my bestfriend.

[@natefliszar1348]

For the love of god please stop using how it's made clips without giving credit

[@bosszhou5011]

It Thailand match โคตรเทพ

[@kirby2430]

Early

[@lollylolly3879]

26th

[@widisobarna8437]

🐱🐈

[@anayaqurashi1279]

Uupuuu77

[@HyouMix]

How about throw a single match in there that already burn in fire... will it be the end of the world

[@batvigilante1827]

Poor machinery

[@jannatrehan726]

O matches are haram

[@hafzamacie8858]

I found some amazing plans for Stodoys plans. Just check them out.

[@shannongibson325]

Make it wooden with the help of the Woodprix instructions.

[@lancemc1977]

Good job stealing another companies produced video