Pine tar -- how to carry?

[Matt.S]

With an aim to making some pine-tar soap I bought a tin of the stuff the other day. I've been applying it to the odd cuts and nicks I get and it works great so I'm wanting to be able to carry a small amount with me to apply as-and-when. Any ideas people? A small tin like the Vaseline ones would be more than big enough but then I'd get a lot of mess on my finger when applying it. Perhaps a small syringe?

 

[The Cumbrian]

Try explaining to the police that it's not Oil of Hashish.

Cheers, Michael.

 

[Shewie]

What about one of those tiny wee glass jars that the girls get the lip balm in ?

I wouldn't have thought it would get that messy once it's gone hard though.

 

[saddler]

I got a load of UNUSED medical specimin bottles on a group buy on another forum. One of those be any good??
You are more than welcome to one if it'll help...

 

[Matt.S]

I got a load of UNUSED medical specimin bottles on a group buy on another forum. One of those be any good??
You are more than welcome to one if it'll help...

You have PM

 

[The Cumbrian]

It's amazing how adding two letters to a definition can effect it's desirability...

 

[British Red]

Matt,

its gunky stuff, no doubt about it. Toddy kindly sent me some once and I know she had a devil of a job getting it into a smaller container.

My suggestion would be to put it in a urine sample tube (ask any pharmacist) and then use thouse wooden lolly stick stirers from Starbucks to apply it. the stick and tar can safely be burned or buried - both are just tree material.

Its messy stuff though - good for the 'osses 'ooves mind you


Go swift with the mould when you make the soap - it traces at bloody light speed.

Red

 

[saddler]

are you taking the/a ****??

...I'll get me coat...

Nurse, the screens please.

 

[saddler]

...My suggestion would be to put it in a urine sample tube (ask any pharmacist)

...or me, as them's very things that I have.

Great for spices, dried goods, batteries, matches, etc. etc. - and maybe, now - Pine Tar??

 

[British Red]

Indeed - amazingly useful bits of kit.

For anyone else wanting pine tar, you won't find it. Stockholm tar is however the same stuff and very cheap from most equine shops

Red

 

[Toddy]

I found that if I made up a standard lipsyl base, but went a teeny bit heavy on the beeswax then I could add the tar to that and it would mould fine.
Effectively, I just made a pine tar lipsyl that I could use to apply to cuts and grazes.

*Don't* do this in any pot you want to use for cosmeticy things again, I found the scent almost impossible to remove.
If you melt beeswax and heat coconut oil and get them happily together in a disposable container that you can safely hold and pour from (poundstore, 2 for £1 microwave pots with pouring lips , have the tar in it's bottle in a hot water bath so it's up to the same temperature. Then add tar to the wax/oil mix.
I found coconut oil better than my preferred almond or jojoba for this mix since it melts easier at skin temperature.

cheers,
Toddy

 

[Chris the Cat]

Red,why will one not be able to find pine tar? Matt.S talks about buying a tin!?
Any idea what else ( if anything!) is added to Stockholm tar?
Thanks.
Chris.

 

[Toddy]

Stockholm tar is nothing but pine.
We buy it in gallon containers for the boatyard.
It's wonderful stuff, it kills bugs, fungi, bacteria, protects wood and ropes, and I have lost count of the number of clothes I have lost to it's use in the yard
It's like syrup to handle, and like syrup it gets everywhere if you're not careful

cheers,
Toddy

 

[British Red]

Red,why will one not be able to find pine tar? Matt.S talks about buying a tin!?
Any idea what else ( if anything!) is added to Stockholm tar?
Thanks.
Chris.

Sorry CHris, I meant "I've never found it sold under the name of pine tar". I think thats generally only used to refer to the soap. Stockholm is what you want

Red

 

[Chris the Cat]

Thanks Red and Toddy!
Still on the lookout for a British pine tar soap maker since Red pointed out that my beloved 'Granpas wonder soap' used non-sustainable palm oil!!
Any ideas?
Thanks.
Chris.

 

[British Red]

Make your own and save a fortune Chris

 

[Chris the Cat]

You are,of course,right Red. I guess I have been putting off the inevitable!
( However,for a 'bushcrafty type' I can be quite kak handed!!)
My best.
Chris.