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Pine pitch
mullet:
Wayne, with a piece of Fat Lighter split up it takes no time at all to get a nice size ball.
Pat B:
I think boiling the pine cones is a good way to separate the pitch. It will self separate from the water.
Steve parker talked about a pitch separater(from stumps I think) that the mountain folks used. Basically it was a large cast iron pot on a fire(or in the coals) and covered so air(oxygen) doesn't get in and allow it to burn. I think the intense heat drives the pitch out of the wood.
Pappy:
Are we talking about pine cones when they are green or after they fall ?
Pappy
Marc St Louis:
After they fall. They are just coated with sap. The winged seeds would be a pain boiling in water though
mullet:
Like I said, I just boil Heart pine, Lighter knot, Fat pine, whatever you want to call it, split up and the sap piles up on the surface. Real simple and easy.
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