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Pine tar?
Pat B:
Sander, try heating it and see if it melts and if it is sticky.
sander:
Pat I put a lump in a soup can and heated it up it didn't melt just sort of shriveled up some
and maybe turned black I say maybe because I had beeswax and ground charcoal in the can
also. Dropped a lump in some water and to some small degree it is shedding little pieces
or dissolving. You mentioned denatured alcohol and varnish wondering if you could use a
small amount of alcohol to dissolve and then use like pitch? So melting didnt work resorted
to hide glue to haft my point with a sinew wrap hope its strong enough. Got to get those
turkey feathers out now another first for me.
markinengland:
Maddog,
Your liquid pine tar is full of volatile elements like turpentine. You would need to boil those off to make it thicker. Eventually it will turn into pine pitch.
maddog314:
Thank you all for the great info. I Am going to try just boiling this stuff down and see what hapens if it does not work there is no loss to me.
Pat B:
Handle it with care, MadDog. It is quite volatile and will combust if it gets too hot. Messy and dangerous! :o
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