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Pine pitch
JackCrafty:
OK, I looked it up. ;D
Pine rosin usually melts at around 165 degrees with a flash point of 400 degrees. Beeswax melts at about 145 degrees.
Marc St Louis:
If your pitch is brittle then it needs more fat or beeswax or it will break off from whatever you put it on over time. I use about 50% ~ 60% resin, 30% ~ 40% beeswax and the rest charcoal, depending on how dark I want the pitch. The fat or beeswax not only makes the pitch flexible it also helps it to stick and stay stuck
Pappy:
Ya the first I made was brittle and broke off the first time I shot an arrow,I used about what you said Marc and it seem to work very good.I used bees wax,may try the deer tallow on the next batch.I just have trouble finding the pitch to start with in enough to do much with. Got loads of pines on my farm and 50 or 60 around my house,I just need to figure out how to make them
bleed >:D .I was thinking I would trim some big limbs in the spring when the sap is really rising might be the best time,what do yall think about that ???
Pappy
HoBow:
Pappy,
If you hit it with an ax in the spring a couple of times, it will bleed pitch pretty good all summer....or you can just cut back some limbs.
Marc St Louis:
A good source of almost pure sap is the cones. They are covered in pure, clean sap, I've just got to figure out an easy way of getting it off. I figure filling a big pot with a bunch of them, putting a lid on and just heating them up will do it but it will still be messy and you can kiss the pot goodbye for cooking after
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