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Pine pitch and tallow

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BowEd:
+1 and it is a good idea for penetration reasons when ever applying any type finish to a bow to warm the bow before hand to a fresh lightly sanded surface reducing any oxidation on the surface before hand.
A side track subject but....PS....Long ago I used rendered deer tallow to make hand dipped beeswax and tallow candles.Think it was 1 to 4 ratio weight wise.Tallow to beeswax.9" long overall.They will burn longer the stronger the ratio of bees wax.Burned a good 12 hours a piece.They smell like honey while burning.

Allyn T:
Pappy you used beeswax with the tallow? Edward I'll have to play around with it and try different ratios and combinations. I don't have much tallow to start with but I'll save more this coming season

Handforged:

--- Quote from: Pappy on April 01, 2020, 06:53:36 am ---I rendered a lot of deer tallow this year and it works way better than tallow alone in all my projects and won't go rancid like tallow alone will.
Not sure it is as good as bear[never had any bear] but good stuff non the less. I feel sure you could heat the bow a little and rub it in alone and it would work fine. :)
 Pappy

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My neighbor down the mountain killed a Montana state record black bear (560 pounds). I helped dress and process it for him and walked away with almost 80 pounds of bear fat (two five gallon buckets full) that rendered down into about 4 gallons of oil. If I knew how to ship it, I'd send ya some. By the way, it makes the best biscuits you can imagine!

Pappy:
You can for finish or on it's on. I use bees wax and pine pitch with raw tallow[or rendered] when making pine pitch glue but have never used pine pitch in my finish. I Think some do though. :) you just have to mess around with it till you get what you like, it's not like it will hurt a bow just some works better than others.  :)
 Pappy

Allyn T:
What's the difference between rendered tallow and raw tallow? I heated the hard fat in a pan and poured the liquid through some panty hose and stored it in a vacuum bag

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