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Pine pitch waterproofing/sealing sinew

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Hawkdancer:
Enlighten me, refresh me or just wallop me along side the head to jar my memory >:D -  pine sap, I know, pick it off the trees, but what are the differences between pine tar, pine pitch, and brewer's pitch( which I got)?  I have used pine tar, turpentine, and linseed oil, equal parts, to make a varnish.  I used it on my lodge poles, but got it on the wooden canoe site
Hawkdancer

shackleton:

--- Quote from: Hawkdancer on March 14, 2018, 11:30:34 pm ---Enlighten me, refresh me or just wallop me along side the head to jar my memory >:D -  pine sap, I know, pick it off the trees, but what are the differences between pine tar, pine pitch, and brewer's pitch( which I got)?  I have used pine tar, turpentine, and linseed oil, equal parts, to make a varnish.  I used it on my lodge poles, but got it on the wooden canoe site
Hawkdancer

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As a rookie I could use this info.too.
Scott

Pat B:
I've never used anything but hard, brittle pitch I found on pine trees. If it was not hard I had to cook out the turps to make it so.
 If what you use becomes hard and not sticky when it dries then it should work fine.

Tracker0721:
Pine pitch is usually sap, charcoal, and I’ve used beeswax and rabbit poop and other fixes into it. You’re saying straight sap and alcohol?

bjrogg:
Tracker this isn't pitch glue we're making. This is a way of sealing like varnish. You use the same pine pitch but the hard dried up stuff. You dissolve it in denatured alcohol and strain it to clean it up. You have to store it in a sealed container. When you brush it on something like arrow or sinew the alcohol evaporates leaving a thin film of pine pitch to seal the water out. At least that's how I understand it.
Bjrogg

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