Went for a good hike up the canyon with the Badgerling this afternoon and came back with four boots full of snow, a renewed sense of wonder, a few good memories, and about a cup of good, dry conifer resin--mostly douglas fir, with bits of juniper and lodgepole pine thrown in. It is currently dissolving in alcohol. It smells wonderful.
The girls and I don't mind nice, mellow, natural smells. Just trying to avoid the smell of polyurethane and such.
Might melt some beeswax in some sort of oil (I have olive, grapeseed, neetsfoot, boiled linseed) to add in...plenty of time to decide on that later. Pat, thanks for the good trick, dissolving it in alcohol: It's pretty hard to tell pitch from bark this time of year, and straining out an alcohol extract will be a lot easier than straining out warm oil. Anyway, it seems to be dissolving pretty fast. Guessing it will be ready tomorrow morning.