Cheers, Joe. Till you have a strength of fragrance that suits you. Oh and moustaches. To make essential oils, start by harvesting the plants you want to make the oils with, like lavender and rosemary. From local to national, there are likely programs that either offer grants or subsidies to craftspeople, artists and possibly homesteaders. In fact, unlike many other essential oil plants, pine trees are durable and resistant to weather changes since they can withstand temperatures as low as minus 40 degrees! If you are using an exfoliant or scrub that is not water based and will not dissolve on contact with the sap, you should be fine. Do no harm, should be in the forefront of our minds whatever we occupy ourselves with. (You will notice it slowly becomes more firm at indoor temperatures. I found on a good afternoon, I could collect 2 ounces, enough to varnish several violins. Drain the water and rinse the needles well with clean water. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. It’s a very efficient way to educate people about so many things all at once, about how interconnected it all is. I would be happy to talk further and perhaps have a look at what you find growing around you to see how best to generate a financial return for yourself. Though each batch may differ slightly in complexities of fragrance, I believe these small distillations using planet friendly and non destructive practices, built on intimate personal relationships with nature, from the tapped or exposed saps of the trees, yield perfume and therapeutic ingredients of the highest quality. Another method for filtering it is to pass it through a cloth, sheet or pillowcase with the boiling water, after you have removed the large debris and before removing the finer particles. It is rich in woodsy essential oils and resins. Vitamin C. Pine needles have a very high amount of Vitamin C, among other nutrients. The laws of nature and physics dictate you will receive as you give. If you like, you can start by collecting unidentified Pine, Spruce and Fir saps, and distill a more generic essential oil from each tree type, until you can discern between them. If you're using a small pestle, bruise the needles in small batches. For a subtle aroma, simply spray the pine cones with a diluted essential oil solution. We have progressed and evolved as a civilization. There is plenty for you and the tree. I guess I have to put my still on BBQ grill. Only 200 pounds of flowers to make a pound of lavender essential oil. These more volatile liquids act as solvents in the sap, keeping it soft and sticky. You most effective extraction may be with a dry distillation. You will find professional artisan distillers who already work commercially with conifers as well as novices and beginners. If your diffuser holds more water, please adjust accordingly. There is no better use or service for our so-called “superior intellects”. But let me know I have a couple of old recipe books kicking around somewhere and I could dig them up if needed. I don’t have the expertise you need and don’t know of any chemicals that will boost the flammability of the essential oils in Pine. The price per liter is quite reasonable. This is done easily in a home-made pot still. I am going to focus on the external sap we can collect. We each exist in a relationship with nature, the planet, and much more than is visible to the eye. There is an intelligence of Nature that exists everywhere around us. Shake well. Hi Dan, You can always add more drops if you feel the scent isn't strong enough. I would be happy to hear how it goes. I was wondering what your suggestion would be for 1) extracting saps and resins from my cedars and pines that have no visible sap/resin. anti inflammatory and broad spectrum antibiotics. What a wonderful inspired adventure!!! Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Looks like you have decent Internet, so I suggest you focus your research on what might be available in your area. Thank you Elsa. Keep boiling the sap and testing it till the cool rosin has the consistency you need. We have excelled at taking and making, and most definitely gained a lot. Hi Melissa. I’ve had trouble finding someone with the know how and passion to produce oils from conifers. Strange, I was just thinking about building a ceramic still after seeing photos in the Artisan Essential oil distillers FB group. I haven’t distilled mango or Neem, though I recently saw a post where someone was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the Essential oil they distilled from mango fruit pulp after juicing. Dave Chandler here again, still experimenting with balsam resins for violin varnish. I should boil it in water till it loses stickiness? The most common source of Cedar, pine and Fir essential oils are needles and twigs. Rosin usually refers to the resin portion of Pine, Spruce or Fir sap after the essential oils have been removed through distillation. I’m pretty sure most of the volatile will evaporate for you at the boiling point of water. Everything leading up to the distillation is as important to the quality of our oils as the physical process of distillation. While the wax is heating up and melting, you can add the essential oils to the wax. well its just water that tastes like what ever you extracted, so i am usually making mint oil, so i make the mint oil hydro sol into mint jelly. Traditional techniques are cumbersome, but you can use your Crock-pot or other slow-cooker to extract some of the oils. If you want a very potent smelling candle, then up your oil amount to 45 drops of each! How would you suggest I proceed to make the cone style incense? Pine essential oil smells like a pine forest, crisp and clean with a resinous balsamic tone, transporting you to a woodland wonderland. Can you help? https://www.facebook.com/groups/1397983977111787/ Then place the pinecones in a bowl near the tree, or even hang them on the tree. Please let me know if I can be of further help and I promise to respond much more quickly. Unfortunately the resin is not easily to be removed from the still. Skyrocketing cancers and other diseases. If you distill a larger quantity and filter the residue you should have a very nice rosin for other applications. thanks for sharing such a detailed piece on distillation, the process seemed quite intricate, can it be properly executed at home? Life is awesome, but these winter months make income very difficult. If you plan to use it as a powder in your incense blend, I suggest you do all your blending and grinding outdoors in the cold. Deepen your relationships with the plants you engage, develop your own personal ethics, and methods of sustainable and mutually beneficial harvesting in the wild. An oil infusion seems ideal for children. Lucky for us Nature sees us as part of her, not the enemy, or we would have been disposed of and reabsorbed into the planet a long time ago. , should be in the forefront of our minds whatever we occupy ourselves with. Thanks for the advice! The Pinenes in these saps are considered anti inflammatory and broad spectrum antibiotics. I just got back from a “vacation” to northern Minnesota, where I found myself surrounded by balsam fir. Alcohol does act as a solvent as well, but poses more dangers and complexities in execution for any purpose other than a tincture. We raise our children detached from Nature. 5 … I have vehicles stored in my barns and wanted to use Balsam Fir to make concentrate for soaking corn cobs in and placing in trunks and the cab of vehicles. Cap the jar tightly and gently shake to coat the pine needles with the sweet almond oil. Clean with warm water and soap. We have intellectualized our role here, separating ourselves from nature as beings superior to all others. Probably need 2 liters per year. In the commercial processing of rosin and turpentine they do cook it directly and above 100 centigrade. There is a system of resin ducts under the surface of the bark that responds to injury by producing different types of resin products to protect and heal intrusions. I am leaning more and more towards hydro distillation of most plant materials. I would say you already have a relationship with them whether you recognize it or not. As the aroma fades, simply refresh them by using the spray bottle of essential oil mixture. Hi Dan. You need to set up a proper distillation train to collect the essential oils. I hope this was of some help to you. For every action there is a reaction, no energy invested ever disappears, and we reap what we sow. Someone once said “Loving someone is knowing them”. Literally. Pine essential oil is derived from steam distilling the needles of a pine tree, but the oil can even be distilled from the bark. As in many aboriginal traditions we communicate our intent, listen carefully, and give before we take. Thanks all Good luck with your next distillation! Essential oils are not for ingestion. The quality of the essential oils produced by these large industries can not compare to those you can distill in small quantities on your own. Always collect and distill Pine, Spruce and Fir sap separately. Number two would be storing it outside where it is still cold and will retard bacterial growth in the sap until you boil it. Depending on the type of Pine and the area it is growing in, you may or may not get production of sap from a surface injury. Hi David. I totally agree to your thoughts of respecting our fellow creatures. Squeeze the gauze to drain out as much of the pine tree essential oil as possible. I apologize for the delay responding to your comment. steers me towards gratitude… thank you. There are also materials that can be added to speed up drying, make your varnish more durable or flexible etc. The viscosity of your Balsam Fir sap is affected by 2 variables. Store the hydrosol and the essential oil in the refrigerator. They are whispered. hai Dan, I am in Madagascar at the moment. 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The ancient Egyptians also supposedly used pine kernels in their co… Christmas Essential Oil Blend Recipes. Especially now, during the holidays, Pine is "the" scent! What type of still and does the wood/twigs need to be finely chopped in order to best extract the oil. If you are planning to make your own diy reed diffuser from scratch or you have a store bought diffuser in need of diffuser replacement oil you are in the right spot. In the winter the tree is dormant, the cold weather inhibits the growth of organisms and micro organisms that could attack an exposed area of the tree. Not only in the world, but in the products we create from nature. Once they are removed, the resin portion of these oleoresins becomes hard, brittle and translucent to varying degrees. It could also mean utilizing your local wild medicinals in useful products you could sell online. Next point, if balsam source colophony and pine colophony are the same, then it seems cheaper/easier to get the cheap stuff. This could mean wildcrafting and preserving local plant material for sale. Thanks for visiting and sounds like an exciting project! Best regards from Canada There is no moisture in your Fir sap, just fragrant essential oils and equally fragrant resin. A future ambition of mine. If you try a small amount of linseed oil make sure it is the double boiled variety. But I will definitely try out putting the sap directly into the water. Is it safe to distill them all together? I don't see much use for the pine hydro sol, but for food, or bath stuff … What do you normally do? As you know, the essential oils act as a solvent to the resin and once they depart it turns into a hard mass at room temperature. Especially with that disturbing photo of turpentine collection…. I did a small scale experiment yesterday at the university and we steamed a sample but never found any essential oils. PROUD! You can make pine essential oil with freshly harvested pine needles. Alcohol can also work as your final solvent and might be worth trying. You may be able to extract a higher return of essential oil. I will clear a plot for some cropland and a greenhouse but the more use I can find for the gifts that are readily available the less I have to worry about clearing more forest. Sap collected from the exterior of the trees. Rosin is used to add friction to violin bows and the ropes of rodeo riders, in glues and some varnishes, and is an important component in the plastic and rubber industry among others. Is it safe to distill them all together? Let me know if you have any further questions I might be of help with. Once the plants are dry, fill an essential oil still with water and put the plants inside of it. What are we missing? It’s a role and place I find gives me great satisfaction and meaningful relationships with the plant world. Herbal Apothecary, Wildcrafter, Sculptor, Craftsman. If you would like more information formation about this let me know. Dan. Essential oils (we recommend you get this brand of balsam fir needle oil, spruce essential oil, pine oil, and possibly some others that you like). More than this, we are innately and intimately involved in this dance, as individuals and societies. The essential oils act as solvents. Any residue can be cleaned up with paint thinner, turpentine, varsol or olive oil then washed with warm soapy water and rinsed.. They are the vanguard of change and evolution. Just as in any important relationship. Liquifying it like this is also an opportunity to filter it through a pillowcase or cotton cloth if you wanted to do so. Hi Tori. The Beauty of Pine Essential Oil. For this reason, it is thought, that these saps and their essential oils have a greater healing potential, and are especially suited to managing skin ailments, aging skin, wrinkles and scarring. Place the pine cones in a gallon-size zip-top bag, and pour at least 10 drops of essential oil right inside. Compared to these, lavender seems like a bargain! Continue rubbing … the rosin is usually slightly heavier than the water and should settle to the bottom where you can collect it when cooled. Internet is a challenge. Using this method you can do your final cooking in the second part. Michael, Hi Michael. Wow, Dan, your advice worked fantastically! Hi Brandy. It takes 2000-5000 pounds of rose petals to yield one pound of rose essential oil. Do I need to evaborate water out of this variety of sap or is this variety liquid at room temperature no matter what? David, the alcohol as a solvent before filtering is a great idea for your application. is possible to extract some fuels that can be used for combustion in an engine from the resin from pinus kesiya pine tree.if possible how can we distillate or what are some of the other substance that you can add to the distillates from resin to make it more flammable for fuel use. I will try that. 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