Then you must study the almacigo trees to determine on how many natural varieties of almacigo trees are there in nature. For example, corn has 72 natural genetic varieties so the question one must ask is HOW MANY NATURAL GENETIC VARIETIES OF almacigo trees are there in nature in Puerto Rica.
@@shannonlandre4442 I wish there were fewer insensitive/thoughtless people like you in this world. Sorry, I don’t know if you’re like that in general (and we all have our sensitivities), but I just think it’s very wrong to be promoting and spreading that kind of ideology.
The Vikings used pine pitch to seal their lapstrake long ships. They made trips from Scandinavia to the British Isles, France, and down the European rivers as far south as Byzantium. Not a bad track record, for pine sap !
@@keithmoriyama5421 this is excellent news. Lapstrakes and canoes. I use it for leaky butthole. So far, it has a zero track winning streak. Excellent news!
brings back memories of helping my grandmother repairing old chairs and such. Lord this olefart missing those days. Modern folks don't know how much they have it made. Anywho thanke right kindly sir
So apparently (recent geological find here in the Netherlands) the Neandertals living in what is now the NorthSea, during the last ice age, used some form of Birch glue to hold their stone knives to the handle. As a stone knife was found on the beach with Birch tar on it, it was age tested to around 50k years old ... so while Pine pitch is great for Pine Forests, there are other options available in other regions of the globe. (like some other comment mentioned Almacigo Trees in the Puerto Rico) ... BTW. the reason the charcoal gets added and increases the strength of this stuff is because it's basically a sort of 'bio plastic', long chains of Carbon (CnH2n), by adding more Carbon to it some of the C-H connections on these strings are replaced by C-C connections (aka, the carbon in the charcoal replaces some hydrogen in the chain, which then makes it viable to connect to another chain in the same manner, connecting two chain (or the Carbon removes some H from the chains and the Carbon in those chains connect together. This turns, what is essentially a collection of long strings, to a collection of interconnected strings, you might be able to understand that these interconnections of these string make for a stronger bind... The reason the glue looses it's binding at 38C is because it's a thermal glue (similar to some plastics (thermo plastics) which can be changed in shape by heating them up so they become playable and then be reshaped, as they cool they become a solid again; Kydex, known from knife sheaths is such a material). So basically the pine-pitch is a thermal plastic with gluelike properties (as it sticks to stuff when it is liquid) then as it cools off it becomes solid (basically 'freezes' as we would say with water) and in said state hold things together (just like frozen water can hold things together). The reason why it won't get stronger below 0C is probably because at that temperature and lower it's as solid as it will ever get. And at 38 degrees it's liquid enough that it can't bear any load, it might still be very viscous though and likely very sticky.
Great video! I have been using this for years on furniture and cabinets. Unbelievably strong. This just goes to show nature provides. There are so many other things in nature that we have lost and forgotten the knowledge of. Keep up the great videos.
You're a saviour! I've been looking for a vegetarian natural alternative to hide glue for ages , and was considering researching tar when I came across your video. Of course! Wood resin! How could I not have thought about it!
Best video you’ve done in a long time. No offense intended at all. I think you nailed it with this tutorial style. Awesome job. Thank you for the information sir. Blessing and Prep On!
Poem.... Indians build canoes from birch trees and birch bark. Silently they sail along so soundless in the dark. But I can hear a birch tree bark! Canoe?
Awesome! Been waiting to see this since those short clips on IG. I've always heard all sorts of great things about pine pitch, but never seen it in action until now. This stuff really is no joke, I'm suprised a ton at the capabilities. Great video as always, man! Thanks for the knowledge. Have a good rest of your day ✊
In a forest fire, when ever a pine tree catches fire it has the potential to explode. This is due to the sap. With Coulter pines like in the San Bernardino's when ever a pine cone ( widow makers) catches fire it explodes spreading its seeds,unfortunately they also catch 4 to 5 other trees on fire.
In the Sam Bernardino's it's what we called the huge pine cones. The pine cones fall out of the trees regularly,branches not so much. The pine cones when they fall bounce off branches all the way down and you never know where they are going to land.
I’ve been watching your videos for about a year and thanks to you I’m confident with my preps and outdoor capability I should be able to take care of myself and family for a comfortable amount of time. Thank you CP keep it up
Tin cans, man!! Tin cans!! Lol. Cheese cloth??? What?? Pop some holes in some tin cans. Heat it in a tin can. Filter it with a tin can. Melt it into a tin can. Store it in a tin can!
Never knew that pine sap could be made into glue. Thanks for the heads up on this. I can see its use also for gluing cordage around an arrow head after the TSHF.
Works great especially with charcoal, back in the day 1600s to 1800s from what ive gathered mix it with bees wax & its called cutlerys resin for installing handles on knives. 👍
Love your channel, long time fan here. I'm a seasoned bushcrafter, been making this for years. You didn't do too bad for your first time! Everyone always gets impatient when making this, but in my honest option, always use charcoal, lol. You should do a survival bow and arrow with Lilly. I believe she has used this glue to adhere flint arrow heads she made to the shaft.
Dear Canadian Prepper, Your speaking voice is golden and thank you for being human!!!! Your knowledge is extensive and I enjoy learning from you! I am a huge fan big time!!!! you rock!!! I hope to visit Canada and hope to meet you. Will you have small live weekend classes?
Thanks for your amazing video. Gum secretion from the trunk of trees, all have medicinal properties. In one case it was successfully applied as ointment on a large broken scalp instead of stitches when a doctor was not available. It healed perfectly without a doctor or medicine however it took longer.
Had to use some sap on the farm before once in a while if we had no glue , good tip Nate definitely reminds me to put a collection pot under a tree and I’ll try this technique next time
A straining device is very hard to find in nature, much easier to simply grind up the dried pitch and charcoal into a very fine powder, and then just heat it up. It always turns out nice and smooth for me doing it this way. Another way to simplify the process is to just make some small sticks from twigs and sort of stir the hot pitch which these and let the pitch sort of ball-up on the sticks as it starts cooling, and then just let them cool off.
i remember someone mentioned that first fanera/plywood was mass produced by this type of glue because it was cheap and hardened when plywood was heated in the machine press.
Tree sap has the very similar viscosity and properties as Hash Oil..... Like "shatter". It makes sense, they're both oils from plants... You also absolutely cannot get either off of your hands no matter how hard you try (unless you use a non-polar solvent like he said).
Hey CP great video and out of curiosity, have you heard of hide glue? It's fairly simple to make and it's still widely used today. Hide glue is basically animal skins boiled down to a jelly and allowed to cool. Just another option.
I live in Arkansas and we have mostly pine trees here and have collected so much older pine wood for the rosin and for the fat wood which we use to make fires with. I knew the pine rosin would make for a good glue and the reason many people who trim the trees cover the areas where limbs was cut off usually so the trees would grow taller. I also knew about coals being good for starting fires with, but didn't know it could be mixed with the rosin to make a stronger glue.
Best way to do this is to take a can and fill it with the resin. If you use birch you can use the bark, anyways use another can buried under the first and put a hole in the first. Start a fire around the top can, it will get rid of most impurities. Survival Lilly made a great video on it.
Nice, I didn't think of that angle, also for javelin building when good black powder, proper bullets, balls, steel and lead shot run out and piss nitrate/plant sugar charges, leaf wadding, pebbles and sand as shot loads rust and chip the internals of my muzzle loaders and/or stop working well for hunting.
Pine pitch was used extensively as far back as Noah's ark for water proofing the bottoms of boats. In Colonial America there was an entire industry based in the production of pine tar pitch where whole trees were processed and the pitch was contained in barrels, by the thousands, to be used in ship building in England. Being constantly cooled by water and not for structural use made it durable and very useful. Some may also recall that pine tar pitch has a history of controversy in major league baseball where its use, by both batters and pitchers is illegal.
we always poured the sap onto waxpaper in stips about the diameter of a straw---it made it easier to work for repairs and building things, as well as using it for firestarter or torches. Another good thing is to keep some #00 steel wool around---get the sap warmed up and fluff the steel wool into it for repairs--works great!
While tree sap glue is used to keep stone and bone broad heads in place so it does bind well with most items although wood is its best use also wrapping somthing in line cloth or cord then using glue makes it stronger
Greetings, I carry a tin can (to gather and can boil and or double boil it in the same container) and a dollar store putty knife in a cardboard and grey tape sheath at the ready for this. Works easily and becomes a habit of gathering. Remember the ground charcoal additive as it tempers the product an makes it tougher. Haven't ever used the sieve. Good luck with that one. The pitch sticks will become softer and a bit sticky in "warm" weather. Just so you know. Good vid. Thanks. pax,
Super stoked on seeing this on UA-cam.but super bummed seeing you doing it without those cheaper cloves while doing so.i live in the Appalachian mountains and this is a great skill for bushscraft sealant that's passed through as general knowledge. But you should always keep your hands away. It will keep to your hands for daaaayyyysss.
If you have to use your steel cup at camp and you have nothing else you can always burn the excess off reducing it to Ash and grime it comes off fairly easy after that rub something abrasive like a crush up an aluminum foil ball
Impressive show of strength! (for the glue, I mean...) Making this with a twig stove or open fire without having some flame-up is next to impossible. Next time, I might try with a butane stove.
Is there any way to keep it soft? I mean like slimy? And what about adding some thinner to it, does it make any difference, or change its hardness? Thank you!
Do you know if this stuff has been used for binding in processed wood such as osb? Obviously fire hazards would need to be considered. Great vid. Thnx👍
Sir please explain in full details in English from South Africa so stunning unbelievable idea and label items used from where you get your items used in projects
Since this was used in ocean saltwater ships, I'm wondering if us saltwater reef aquarist's could use this for gluing rock together, and not fall apart ?
Here in Puerto Rico we have almacigo trees and I used its glue for repair my boots soles it's amazing much better than commercial glue
Then you must study the almacigo trees to determine on how many natural varieties of almacigo trees are there in nature. For example, corn has 72 natural genetic varieties so the question one must ask is HOW MANY NATURAL GENETIC VARIETIES OF almacigo trees are there in nature in Puerto Rica.
@@darthvader5300 who cares. Seriously? The almacigo tree police?
@@shannonlandre4442 I mean if the trees take care of you it’s my belief that you should try to take care of them back.
@@shannonlandre4442 I wish there were fewer insensitive/thoughtless people like you in this world. Sorry, I don’t know if you’re like that in general (and we all have our sensitivities), but I just think it’s very wrong to be promoting and spreading that kind of ideology.
The Vikings used pine pitch to seal their lapstrake long ships. They made trips from Scandinavia to the British Isles, France, and down the European rivers as far south as Byzantium. Not a bad track record, for pine sap !
The Natives used it for their canoes.
@@keithmoriyama5421 this is excellent news. Lapstrakes and canoes. I use it for leaky butthole. So far, it has a zero track winning streak. Excellent news!
Vikings made it all the way from Europe to Newfoundland so that says it works lovely
@Mary A I can use on viking shield to make it plausible to viking times?
And this is why I watch more UA-cam than TV these days learn so many useful random things
What is TV 🤔
me too love it
Not often do I see a fellow Northern Irish man on here
Yeah I like to watch things that Will help me survive not nonsense
HALLELUYAH!(PRAISE YE YAH!) Keep HIS Commandments or you can't get to HIS Kingdom(Revelations 22:14).
brings back memories of helping my grandmother repairing old chairs and such. Lord this olefart missing those days. Modern folks don't know how much they have it made. Anywho thanke right kindly sir
So apparently (recent geological find here in the Netherlands) the Neandertals living in what is now the NorthSea, during the last ice age, used some form of Birch glue to hold their stone knives to the handle. As a stone knife was found on the beach with Birch tar on it, it was age tested to around 50k years old ... so while Pine pitch is great for Pine Forests, there are other options available in other regions of the globe. (like some other comment mentioned Almacigo Trees in the Puerto Rico) ...
BTW. the reason the charcoal gets added and increases the strength of this stuff is because it's basically a sort of 'bio plastic', long chains of Carbon (CnH2n), by adding more Carbon to it some of the C-H connections on these strings are replaced by C-C connections (aka, the carbon in the charcoal replaces some hydrogen in the chain, which then makes it viable to connect to another chain in the same manner, connecting two chain (or the Carbon removes some H from the chains and the Carbon in those chains connect together. This turns, what is essentially a collection of long strings, to a collection of interconnected strings, you might be able to understand that these interconnections of these string make for a stronger bind...
The reason the glue looses it's binding at 38C is because it's a thermal glue (similar to some plastics (thermo plastics) which can be changed in shape by heating them up so they become playable and then be reshaped, as they cool they become a solid again; Kydex, known from knife sheaths is such a material). So basically the pine-pitch is a thermal plastic with gluelike properties (as it sticks to stuff when it is liquid) then as it cools off it becomes solid (basically 'freezes' as we would say with water) and in said state hold things together (just like frozen water can hold things together). The reason why it won't get stronger below 0C is probably because at that temperature and lower it's as solid as it will ever get. And at 38 degrees it's liquid enough that it can't bear any load, it might still be very viscous though and likely very sticky.
PIN THIS COMMENT! Carbon-fibre reinforced sap!
Great video! I have been using this for years on furniture and cabinets. Unbelievably strong. This just goes to show nature provides. There are so many other things in nature that we have lost and forgotten the knowledge of. Keep up the great videos.
You're a saviour! I've been looking for a vegetarian natural alternative to hide glue for ages , and was considering researching tar when I came across your video. Of course! Wood resin! How could I not have thought about it!
Best video you’ve done in a long time. No offense intended at all. I think you nailed it with this tutorial style. Awesome job. Thank you for the information sir. Blessing and Prep On!
That's interesting that they used to use this to make furniture, log cabins and Birch bark canoes.
Poem.... Indians build canoes from birch trees and birch bark. Silently they sail along so soundless in the dark. But I can hear a birch tree bark! Canoe?
@@mb4lunch lol
Awesome! Been waiting to see this since those short clips on IG. I've always heard all sorts of great things about pine pitch, but never seen it in action until now. This stuff really is no joke, I'm suprised a ton at the capabilities. Great video as always, man! Thanks for the knowledge. Have a good rest of your day ✊
Wow who would of thought? This is amazing !
Thank you for the video. You're a good man and I appreciate all your videos.
The video is educational and we'll produced. Never knew all pine spruce resin could do.thanks
In a forest fire, when ever a pine tree catches fire it has the potential to explode. This is due to the sap. With Coulter pines like in the San Bernardino's when ever a pine cone ( widow makers) catches fire it explodes spreading its seeds,unfortunately they also catch 4 to 5 other trees on fire.
A widowmaker is a branch that can fall on you.
In the Sam Bernardino's it's what we called the huge pine cones. The pine cones fall out of the trees regularly,branches not so much. The pine cones when they fall bounce off branches all the way down and you never know where they are going to land.
@@ryandavis4689 or it csn be the dead trees themselves..
Nice...good to add to my knowledge bank. Too bad I'm surrounded by palm trees though in SoCal :)
I was wondering about those have you ever tried to tap one... give it a try.
+City Prepping They have sap but I think it's used for alcohol?
@@CanadianPrepper not sure if they do. Research time!
I live in SoCal too, a quick trip to Perris lake, idyllwild, forest falls, or big bear, you’ll be able to find pine trees to harvest sap from
A good warm winter day outing project! I can make glue and fire starter.
I will use this for my fletchings.
Outstanding use
I’ve been watching your videos for about a year and thanks to you I’m confident with my preps and outdoor capability I should be able to take care of myself and family for a comfortable amount of time.
Thank you CP keep it up
Tin cans, man!! Tin cans!! Lol. Cheese cloth??? What?? Pop some holes in some tin cans. Heat it in a tin can. Filter it with a tin can. Melt it into a tin can. Store it in a tin can!
my grandfather had a small water can type for his pitch.
Who woulda thunk
Can do!
@@hopefilledsinner3911 the can man can! He's a genius when it comes to cans! 😂
Wouldnt a tin be single use tho?
Never knew that pine sap could be made into glue. Thanks for the heads up on this. I can see its use also for gluing cordage around an arrow head after the TSHF.
Works great especially with charcoal, back in the day 1600s to 1800s from what ive gathered mix it with bees wax & its called cutlerys resin for installing handles on knives. 👍
a very good video and it's free.
Hell of a video!!! thanks so much for your time and consideration!!!
Well, that is pretty amazing! The husband knew all about it, but I, alas, did not. Thanks for sharing! Blessings from NE Missouri!
Love your channel, long time fan here. I'm a seasoned bushcrafter, been making this for years. You didn't do too bad for your first time! Everyone always gets impatient when making this, but in my honest option, always use charcoal, lol. You should do a survival bow and arrow with Lilly. I believe she has used this glue to adhere flint arrow heads she made to the shaft.
More videos like this please
Haven't even finished the add yet guessing it's birch tar or pine pitch?
Also, first?
Dear Canadian Prepper, Your speaking voice is golden and thank you for being human!!!! Your knowledge is extensive and I enjoy learning from you! I am a huge fan big time!!!! you rock!!! I hope to visit Canada and hope to meet you. Will you have small live weekend classes?
I'm collecting sap from a tree in front of my home, 1/4 cup not till i have a full 3 cups will a start experimenting with it
Charcoal is easily replaced by wood ash.
Some kind of fibre adds to the strength. 💚
Hello my teacher survive, tanks you video, good bless you :)
Good for a bandaid
Thanks for your amazing video. Gum secretion from the trunk of trees, all have medicinal properties. In one case it was successfully applied as ointment on a large broken scalp instead of stitches when a doctor was not available. It healed perfectly without a doctor or medicine however it took longer.
nate: Re post this video. THIS is the kind of information we need the most!
Love the backpack. Thanks for another good informative video Bro.
AWESOME vid CP!! I knew pitch was sticky but that is insane!
Had to use some sap on the farm before once in a while if we had no glue , good tip Nate definitely reminds me to put a collection pot under a tree and I’ll try this technique next time
I keep ziploc bags and a spatula in the car so whenever I see injured pine trees I can collect the sap
A straining device is very hard to find in nature,
much easier to simply grind up the dried pitch and charcoal into a very fine powder, and then just heat it up.
It always turns out nice and smooth for me doing it this way.
Another way to simplify the process is to just make some small sticks from twigs and sort of stir the hot pitch which these and let the pitch sort of ball-up on the sticks as it starts cooling, and then just let them cool off.
i remember someone mentioned that first fanera/plywood was mass produced by this type of glue because it was cheap and hardened when plywood was heated in the machine press.
Perfect for fire arrows 🔥🏹
Nice!
Tree sap has the very similar viscosity and properties as Hash Oil..... Like "shatter".
It makes sense, they're both oils from plants... You also absolutely cannot get either off of your hands no matter how hard you try (unless you use a non-polar solvent like he said).
Great information. Thanks.
Great video topic, thank you. Amazing demonstration.
Very cool..thanks😊
Hey CP great video and out of curiosity, have you heard of hide glue? It's fairly simple to make and it's still widely used today. Hide glue is basically animal skins boiled down to a jelly and allowed to cool. Just another option.
ever heard of fish head glue? (not joking) you take the fish heads and boil them down strain and you have glue.
Very cool. Thanks for experimenting and bringing us along.
I live in Arkansas and we have mostly pine trees here and have collected so much older pine wood for the rosin and for the fat wood which we use to make fires with. I knew the pine rosin would make for a good glue and the reason many people who trim the trees cover the areas where limbs was cut off usually so the trees would grow taller. I also knew about coals being good for starting fires with, but didn't know it could be mixed with the rosin to make a stronger glue.
@CanadianPrepper How about strategies for small towns? That's the key in my understanding.
Let's get real! 🤠
Ah, we have tons of pines in the South, yellow pine is very resinous.
Best way to do this is to take a can and fill it with the resin. If you use birch you can use the bark, anyways use another can buried under the first and put a hole in the first. Start a fire around the top can, it will get rid of most impurities. Survival Lilly made a great video on it.
Nice, I didn't think of that angle, also for javelin building when good black powder, proper bullets, balls, steel and lead shot run out and piss nitrate/plant sugar charges, leaf wadding, pebbles and sand as shot loads rust and chip the internals of my muzzle loaders and/or stop working well for hunting.
Pine pitch was used extensively as far back as Noah's ark for water proofing the bottoms of boats. In Colonial America there was an entire industry based in the production of pine tar pitch where whole trees were processed and the pitch was contained in barrels, by the thousands, to be used in ship building in England. Being constantly cooled by water and not for structural use made it durable and very useful.
Some may also recall that pine tar pitch has a history of controversy in major league baseball where its use, by both batters and pitchers is illegal.
we always poured the sap onto waxpaper in stips about the diameter of a straw---it made it easier to work for repairs and building things, as well as using it for firestarter or torches. Another good thing is to keep some #00 steel wool around---get the sap warmed up and fluff the steel wool into it for repairs--works great!
While tree sap glue is used to keep stone and bone broad heads in place so it does bind well with most items although wood is its best use also wrapping somthing in line cloth or cord then using glue makes it stronger
Very cool indeed. If you have not already done so, your next project should be extracting birch tar. Another example of natures bounty.
The boiling pitch kinda looks tasty.....
😂right?
I'll have to try this! Thanks for the great video, and best wishes! I love your informative vids!
Nice video. I would love to see a collaboration with the wooded beardsman. Both canadians and only a couple provinces away.
Thanks for the Hack!
Double Boiler! Used to not burn your product!
I use to use it to glue tiny bone and wood hooks when I was a kid
wow thanks for you time bro. is great .
Have you tried collecting tar with dry distillation? I have some cones gathered to attempt this.
Try something like a lead ingot mold or bread pan coated with grease to form your block.
If you ever messed with sap. You dam know that shet is sticky
Amazing! Thanks for sharing
Greetings, I carry a tin can (to gather and can boil and or double boil it in the same container) and a dollar store putty knife in a cardboard and grey tape sheath at the ready for this. Works easily and becomes a habit of gathering. Remember the ground charcoal additive as it tempers the product an makes it tougher. Haven't ever used the sieve. Good luck with that one. The pitch sticks will become softer and a bit sticky in "warm" weather. Just so you know. Good vid. Thanks. pax,
Good info.
Hey !!! You john-listed pine resin uses ... !!!!! You missed resin wine of the Romans and Greeks for their Vit C and wine preservative.
Along with charcoal you can also add fine fur I prefer rabbit personally it adds tensile strength to it
Hi, Prepper potourri sent me, I subscribed.
Super stoked on seeing this on UA-cam.but super bummed seeing you doing it without those cheaper cloves while doing so.i live in the Appalachian mountains and this is a great skill for bushscraft sealant that's passed through as general knowledge. But you should always keep your hands away. It will keep to your hands for daaaayyyysss.
+Jeremy Hand sanitizer removes it immediately.
Wow Thanks 😊 👏👏👏
Hell yeah
Awesome thanks for the video!
Wow cool thanks Nate
This is a really great video
That was great...truly useful and so interesting. Like you CP, I live in the North...lots of pine, birch and maple (for syrup).
Thank you! That was really interesting!
Cool! Do you think that freezing the box with the filtered resin might cause the resin to shrink itself free from the box?
THANKS FOR THE info
Very informative, I like these types of videos
Merci, from Montreal.
If you have to use your steel cup at camp and you have nothing else you can always burn the excess off reducing it to Ash and grime it comes off fairly easy after that rub something abrasive like a crush up an aluminum foil ball
Cool! Thank you!
Fascinating! Great video 😊 x
That will bind the hell out of my mom and dad together.
😂☹
Impressive show of strength! (for the glue, I mean...)
Making this with a twig stove or open fire without having some flame-up is next to impossible. Next time, I might try with a butane stove.
1:36 to the video, and you already gave all "old school" uses of pine sap:) Greetings from Finnland.
sick, thanks for the vid
As an experiment, have cast pitch into .530 calibers roundballs for my 54 caliber muzzle loader for my winter deer hunts. They work.....
I hope you dont shoot deer with them.
Good to know. Does it bond better to its own species or does that matter?
Is there any way to keep it soft? I mean like slimy? And what about adding some thinner to it, does it make any difference, or change its hardness? Thank you!
Love it!
Great video. I have a question though. After the initial boiling, was it necessary to steam it to soften it again? Thank you! Love your videos!
Do you know if this stuff has been used for binding in processed wood such as osb? Obviously fire hazards would need to be considered. Great vid. Thnx👍
Sir please explain in full details in English from South Africa so stunning unbelievable idea and label items used from where you get your items used in projects
Since this was used in ocean saltwater ships, I'm wondering if us saltwater reef aquarist's could use this for gluing rock together, and not fall apart ?
Interesting, I have read about using hide, warming it into a glue. Is this glue stronger than hide glue?
Wow very nice