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Distilling fatwood?

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paulc:
 I came across some bonus Fatwood the other day, tried today to distill it. I have 1/2 a soup can of brownish, honey or syrup thick material...can I continue to simmer it till it begins to harden?   Or will it stay sticky?

Thanks, Paul

Pat B:
Yes, Paul you can cook out the volatile oils and end up with hard, brittle pitch. Be careful because it will burst into flame if it gets too hot.

paulc:
I dumped the dregs from the paint can, thinking it was just charcoal, into my dying fire...not gasoline poof but it was a bit alarming for a sec or two  :-)  . Hate to spill this stuff on a person when its burning....

And I put a handle on my first "knife".

Paul

Pat B:
Well done.  :OK
 You can also boil the fat wood to leach the pitch out of it. Mullet just mentioned this a week or so ago.

Digital Caveman:

--- Quote ---I dumped the dregs from the paint can, thinking it was just charcoal, into my dying fire...not gasoline poof but it was a bit alarming for a sec or two  :-)  . Hate to spill this stuff on a person when its burning....

--- End quote ---

Yea, this stuff is like napalm.  I've burnt some by accident before and it is impressive!  It's to hard to get to burn for fun though. 

I wish there was a way to keep a little of the oil in it, because other wise it's just not that sticky, and far to brittle IMO for point mounting.

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