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Pine Resin and Charcoal Glue Recipe

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nugget:
Can you use the pine sap in any state or does it have to be dry?. I collected some the other day , some of it is dry and crumbly and some of it is still a little moist.

richpierce:
goopy is better in my limited experience because it has fewer impurities than some dried stuff that usually has bark, insects etc.  But it's all good.  I end up with about 1/2 to 1/4 the volume I started with after cooking and straining.

Pat B:
I like to cook the pine pitch so the volatile oils evaporate off and them the pitch hardens as it cools. Pat

michbowguy:
i scrape the white hard as a rock stuff off of old cuts and knots in the tree, i collect the syrupy stuff as ell and the musshy goobed up resin with the bark and bugs.

put it inside of a soup can with holes in the bottom of the can, and that sits inside of a tuna can to collect the now strained resin.

i cook this on a small cookie tin on the barbique or heater in garage, this keeps flare ups from happening.

after i think most of the resin is out of the bark and stuff from the soup can i slowly lift off with pliers.

then i stir it up and add a little beeswax, or beargrease

then i let it cook, not boil.

then i put it on a stick to cool and i check if it is too brittle,or runny.


then i either add hardwood ash,and or wood dust.

salt to taste!

ok, skip the last step.
mbg

nugget:
Good deal . I will give it a try. Definetly outside. Don't want to burn the house down :o

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