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Lucasade:
If I want to make a mix of beeswax, resin and fine tallow, what resin do I need? Or can I just use wax and tallow?

Pat B:
I've made leather dressing with bees wax, bear grease and pine pitch.

Lucasade:
Would they have used pine pitch in Tudor England? I guess there were pine trees but assumed it would be something else they would use.

Pat B:
Pine, spruce, fir and probably others

WillS:
Pork fat and beeswax!  Waterproof, traditional and easy to mix a batch and apply.

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