Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Pine tree gum or sap where can i find?

i am looking for pine tree gum or raw sap to use as binding

Pine tree gum or sap where can i find?
This might be what you are looking for:





http://jas-townsend.com/product_info.php...





and there are various folks who sell pinon resin to burn as incense, here is one:





http://www.thepurplepeople.com/resins/pi...





and a few additions to the post above;





Traditionally, "longleaf pines" are used.





And in addition to a small hole, one can cut a bigger gash (but make sure the gash does not circle the tree, because then the tree will die). They used to collect it year round.





To collect the sap, one can hang a cup or other appropriate container on the tree.





images of longleaf pines:





http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/im...
Reply:I'm not aware of any resource that sells this, but if you can find a pine tree, you can do the same thing they do in Vermont for Maple syrup. On a warm winter day after a cold spell, get a sharp nail and hammer it into a pine tree about 1-2 inches, then remove it.





The cold day slows down the running of the sap and water into the tree. The warm day picks up the pace and sends water up into the tree, thereby creating more water pressure inside the tree's tissues to push out the sap.


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