Hello all, made some pine pitch this weekend after finding a tree that was practically a faucet for the stuff. MAJOR insect activity here. Collected about a pound of resin, could have collected 20 more if I had a ladder.
This is about 20% of what I collected, I only work with little amounts at a time.
To act as a filter I poked some holes in a soda can, help remove the bark and needles (and little white grubs)
My campfire, on high.
Pine pitch slowly melting
Here, if you look closely in the middle of the can, you can see the little white grub critter that was killing the tree, death to the invaders!
Doesn't look very appetizing does it?
After all the sap has melted away from the debris the can is removed and you continue to boil away the sticky aromatics.
The can worked like a charm! The little white spots you see is corn starch, keeps my hands from getting too sticky.
My final product, looks like peanut brittle. Haven't decided what I want to do with it yet, just enjoying the learning process. I have some beeswax and sawdust around to make some cutler's resin though.
Thanks for reading!
This is about 20% of what I collected, I only work with little amounts at a time.
To act as a filter I poked some holes in a soda can, help remove the bark and needles (and little white grubs)
My campfire, on high.
Pine pitch slowly melting
Here, if you look closely in the middle of the can, you can see the little white grub critter that was killing the tree, death to the invaders!
Doesn't look very appetizing does it?
After all the sap has melted away from the debris the can is removed and you continue to boil away the sticky aromatics.
The can worked like a charm! The little white spots you see is corn starch, keeps my hands from getting too sticky.
My final product, looks like peanut brittle. Haven't decided what I want to do with it yet, just enjoying the learning process. I have some beeswax and sawdust around to make some cutler's resin though.
Thanks for reading!
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