Layering the Birch bark vertically in the container would allow the oil to drain downward more easily and enable any excess water vapor to rise freely and escape the container via the hole on top , as opposed to, layering the birch bark horizontally, which would not aid or induce drainage, Also layering the birch bark horizontally would inhibit water vapor from rising and escaping.
It contain betulin acid known for its anti cancer efficiency, apparently able to treat serious superbugs. Oil migth be great for skin problems, immunity boosting ..other way is to inhale wet birch bark smoke 7 days in raw to get rid of staffyloccocus it helped many people. Thanks for sharing
Not too good for the skin though, I think. But too many mosquitos is detrimental to your mental health, so I guess sometimes one just have to prioritize 🤣
When using pine pitch for glues a few things help to make it non brittle. 1:use the gooey semi fresh stuff, not the white crusty powdery stuff (the turps have evaporated off and makes more birrtle. 2: add about 1/4 or less char/ash (not sure if it matters but I swear hardwood ash works better), and 1/4 of less of finely chopped shredded dryer fiber (could be grasses, jute, ect whatever is finest n dry, hint crushed dry deer,moose, of other grazer droppings work amazing and what some natives used). Low low heat, melt resin, mix rest ingredients. Allow to temper (cool) to handling temp and go to town. U can glob around a sharpened stick with a groove so when u warm it up u can almost use it like a pencil gluestick. Depending on ur ratios u can keep it almost rubber like but I prefer alittle stiffer than silicone.
Great video. Thanks for posting. I'm gonna try this come spring or early summer. You know the birch remains (charcoal) can be used like char cloth. It will take a spark from fire steel and flint and put a piece of it in your twisted wood and blow it into a flame. Save and keep a container for the charcoal.
take 50% pine resin and 50% charcoal dust and combine it over a tiny flame until it melts and slowly turn in into balls as it cools and hardens and you can make a great addition to a basic tinder kit that'll help the fire burn longer and hotter, its not very practical to make but knowing that there is an option to get a fire going in poor conditions is always good to know
The dog is like "omg you're digging? But you never let me dig! Boss, boss, boss, i swear, there's no bones down there, I'd smell them if there were!" ^^,
Great vid! We don't get a lot of birch on the west coast here, but have always wanted to try this. Thanks for sharing, just subbed and look forward to seeing more of your vids. Cheers friend!
Thank you, in most of the vids I’ve seen, people are just using the outer paper layer, but I remember my grandfather using the under layer of the bark, as you have. Watching these other videos, it seems they’re missing out on a lot of oil.
Might want to set aside a few minutes to screw some lid latches onto your tin, you're probably losing half your yield through the vent. Be sure to reinforce where you attach them so the pressure doesn't blow them out though.
I bought a huge box of birch bark a year ago for a project that I never ended up up doing. So I have been trying to figure out something to use it for. Now I know what I can do with it. Thx u. It is taking up so much room so I can turn it into a medicine of sorts now and something to help with my woodworking and leatherworking etc so thx u thx u thx u. :)
Best to learn this stuff now, because you may need it next year... No one knows what tomorrow will bring. Best be prepared. It'll make life more pleasant during hard times.
You can make a shampoo from birch tar that is great if you have an itchy scalp, even for psoriaris it's a godsend. Downside of course is that you'll smell like tar for half a week. If I recall correctly you use about 5-10% birch tar in your shampoo.
Just wondering if the residue bark would be good flint and steel tinder? As for other uses for the oil, how about as lamp oil? PS. I have subscribed. Great channel thank you.
My dad once told me People will look away at our common ways of life and nature They will advance themselfs with computers and travel and polute every source we had given to us for free Only to find one way or another How to come back to common ways of life and nature..
I love the bush craft videos with a sidekick dog . It is a bit lonely it the wilderness alone . Great companions , early warning , protection and entertainment. Truly mans best friend they will literally lick your wounds and wipe your tears away with their tongue . That video .
Can this be done in an oven at high temperatures? Does the time of year make a difference? The reason I ask is it’s mid June and a storm blew a couple young trees down and I want to at least repurpose what I can from them if at all possible. Thank you! 🙏🏼
14:47 a recent vid I watched said if you add "lard" to your Pine Pitch it'll make it more pliable... just be careful how much you use because you could end up with silly puddy lol
I never knew about birch trees I'm in California we have redwood trees ...pine trees not sure about birch well at least in my part of Cali ... I am so excited about all this info on this wonderful tree
I live in maine, we have plenty of birch around. I going to do this for sure! is there anydifference in the quality of white birch oil vs. yellow birch?
A source of making a new source of biogasoline because you can get birch alcohol and mix them together and it kinda smells like a kerosene base but with a smell of alcohol on top of it
What's the difference in regards to the finished product between this oil, and steam distilled essential oil? Do you use it internally for. Pain relief?
This is burnt and distilled is clean. I would not recommend using this on skin compared with steam distilled. I’m trying to figure out how to do that method instead.
Hi Keep Focus, I just decanted it into another container,the two liquids do not mix together so it is easy to pour of the oil that is flouting on top of the water. You can heat the oil up to evaporate any moisture that is left over after you have decanted it. I hope this helps, thanks for the great question.👍
@Charles Clements, Good question, there is no reason it could be done in the stove,, essentially you are baking the bark to release the oil,the only draw back is that it may smoke your stove out once the bark has started to char, I don't know what the temperature would be in side the pot to be able to achieve the best efficiency for the process with a stove. I hope this helps.
Nice! If you're using bark from a downed birch tree, how old can the tree be before the bark dries out on its own? Or is the oil still in the bark even if the tree itself is decayed? I'm living for now in a part of Poland where there's tons of birch around, a lot of downed trees in the forest but many of them have been down for some time, it looks like. The bark looks still pretty viable but wondering if it's still good to extract oil from?
Hi @almishti, the Birch bark can still be used even if the tree has been down for a number of years,as the oils will preserve the bark. I hope this helps.
Hi @Snowrunner101 All I did was pour the majority of the water out very carefully and then warmed the Birch oil to evaporate any excess water left. I hoped this helped,thanks for the question.👍
You should have mentioned how very hard it is to get this stuff off your hands! I filtered mine in a coffee filter. Worked well. Trying to find a way to make it without burning it out. Boiling or something.
Only thing I can think of is too much oxygen is getting into the container and instead of sweating the wood or bark it's combusting all the violatiles.
@@henrymorgan3420 I just came up with an idea for a simple "pressure relief valve". Put a slightly larger can upside down on top of the can containing the bark. It will be like a lid, but let pressure out if it buids up.
why would you use shredded wood when pine resin lights instantly? YOU ARE getting birch oil correct? Wouldn't it be better to get some of that pine resin while you are out in the field? That way, it will light for you even in rain.
@@AlphaPrepping birch beer is more of a small beer. I'm just trying to figure out how to make the oil extract. If you read the ingredients on store bought birch beer(non alcoholic) it says birch extract
It was a logical question. The oil seems to do well in high heat which is great for frying. The smokey production process makes it gather lots of of unsavoury flavours, though.
Hi Nietzsches Muse,you can put it in the oven to bake but I wouldn't recommend it.the birch bark will produce lots of smoke and it will make your kitchen smell and it take time to get ride of that smell. I hope this helps,thanks for the great question.👍
Hi,it can be used from living trees but I try to use the resources from dead tree,it's good practice not to damage living trees. Great question👍 #alphamarc
The Finnish proverb regarding Birch tar's supposed medicinal properties is: "If Vodka, Sauna and Tar don't heal you, dig a hole".
Layering the Birch bark vertically in the container would allow the oil to drain downward more easily and enable any excess water vapor to rise freely and escape the container via the hole on top , as opposed to, layering the birch bark horizontally, which would not aid or induce drainage, Also layering the birch bark horizontally would inhibit water vapor from rising and escaping.
It contain betulin acid known for its anti cancer efficiency, apparently able to treat serious superbugs. Oil migth be great for skin problems, immunity boosting ..other way is to inhale wet birch bark smoke 7 days in raw to get rid of staffyloccocus it helped many people. Thanks for sharing
@Tomàs Belica Great information,thanks for your knowledge 👍👍👍
Birch oIl is also used as a mosquito (wasps, bees, black flies too) repellent by moose hunters in N. Ontario, CA.
Not too good for the skin though, I think. But too many mosquitos is detrimental to your mental health, so I guess sometimes one just have to prioritize 🤣
When using pine pitch for glues a few things help to make it non brittle. 1:use the gooey semi fresh stuff, not the white crusty powdery stuff (the turps have evaporated off and makes more birrtle. 2: add about 1/4 or less char/ash (not sure if it matters but I swear hardwood ash works better), and 1/4 of less of finely chopped shredded dryer fiber (could be grasses, jute, ect whatever is finest n dry, hint crushed dry deer,moose, of other grazer droppings work amazing and what some natives used). Low low heat, melt resin, mix rest ingredients. Allow to temper (cool) to handling temp and go to town. U can glob around a sharpened stick with a groove so when u warm it up u can almost use it like a pencil gluestick. Depending on ur ratios u can keep it almost rubber like but I prefer alittle stiffer than silicone.
This is a WAY better comment than mine. Nice Job!
Great video. Thanks for posting. I'm gonna try this come spring or early summer. You know the birch remains (charcoal) can be used like char cloth. It will take a spark from fire steel and flint and put a piece of it in your twisted wood and blow it into a flame. Save and keep a container for the charcoal.
take 50% pine resin and 50% charcoal dust and combine it over a tiny flame until it melts and slowly turn in into balls as it cools and hardens and you can make a great addition to a basic tinder kit that'll help the fire burn longer and hotter, its not very practical to make but knowing that there is an option to get a fire going in poor conditions is always good to know
75% pine resin and 25% charcoal will give you an amazing "glue". Store it on sticks for later use.
Charcoal isn't needed with birch tar.
I take extra Bic lighters and don't need to fill my pockets with balls of pine coals.
Excellent video! I'm planning on doing this too sometime soon! Thanks for sharing your knowledge! 😁
Thank you mate... Your input is DEF apreciated.!.. Oil from Birch bark... Splendid.!
Very cool video, very informative. We have a lot of big river birch here in Georgia gonna have to try this out.
+Great American Survival would love to see some pics if you do get round to making some :)
The dog is like "omg you're digging? But you never let me dig! Boss, boss, boss, i swear, there's no bones down there, I'd smell them if there were!" ^^,
Great vid! We don't get a lot of birch on the west coast here, but have always wanted to try this.
Thanks for sharing, just subbed and look forward to seeing more of your vids.
Cheers friend!
good job on the fire lighting good tip
Excellent work mate . Great Vid , thanks
Thank you, in most of the vids I’ve seen, people are just using the outer paper layer, but I remember my grandfather using the under layer of the bark, as you have.
Watching these other videos, it seems they’re missing out on a lot of oil.
Thanks for sharing.
Useful information indeed.
Excellent, I will try this. next time i have the materials handy.
Might want to set aside a few minutes to screw some lid latches onto your tin, you're probably losing half your yield through the vent. Be sure to reinforce where you attach them so the pressure doesn't blow them out though.
Great video, and awesome dog! :)
Thank you from Ohio, USA
I bought a huge box of birch bark a year ago for a project that I never ended up up doing. So I have been trying to figure out something to use it for. Now I know what I can do with it. Thx u. It is taking up so much room so I can turn it into a medicine of sorts now and something to help with my woodworking and leatherworking etc so thx u thx u thx u. :)
Thank you for your positive feed back😃 if you need anymore advice all you need to do is just message me and I'll be happy to help
Thanks for the tip friend
We made fire, good man , well done mate. Thanks a lot
Good vid mate ! Amusing that you didn't just use some Birch bark to light the fire !?
The additional text running at the bottom of video 👍 is a must.
You have birch bark, use a ferro rod or flint n steel,,,birch bark charcoal,takes a spare any weather,,,birch oil, useful knowledge, thank y'all,,,
good skillz thanks for the lesson!
subbed!
Ojibways use birch tar for birch bark canoes,and extract DMT from common reed grass,which grows everywhere,!
Best to learn this stuff now, because you may need it next year... No one knows what tomorrow will bring. Best be prepared. It'll make life more pleasant during hard times.
You can make a shampoo from birch tar that is great if you have an itchy scalp, even for psoriaris it's a godsend. Downside of course is that you'll smell like tar for half a week. If I recall correctly you use about 5-10% birch tar in your shampoo.
Great video 👍
well done, thumb up
very good explained
+so steve thanks mate, much appreciated!
How would this work for candle oil? Thinking similar to a vegetable oil candle or Crisco candle...
Good vid will give this a go
That Wood Wool could use a squirt of Hand sanitizer or alcohol to make it fire steel friendly.
I have a 16 oz soda bottle of 90% alcohol in my kit.
great video
I use it in perfumes.
Thank you
Awesome 👍👍😎
Just wondering if the residue bark would be good flint and steel tinder? As for other uses for the oil, how about as lamp oil?
PS. I have subscribed. Great channel thank you.
My dad once told me People will look away at our common ways of life and nature They will advance themselfs with computers and travel and polute every source we had given to us for free Only to find one way or another How to come back to common ways of life and nature..
my dad told me about things your dad did in the forest
Good on yah champ! Dog is a tressure! Method amazing! I would imagine early men using clay containers for this. Chadiho!
Did you use some green wood on purpose to control the temperature?
☀️ _Thanks_ 🌲
I love the bush craft videos with a sidekick dog . It is a bit lonely it the wilderness alone . Great companions , early warning , protection and entertainment. Truly mans best friend they will literally lick your wounds and wipe your tears away with their tongue . That video .
So, what can this product all be used for??
Interesting. What does it smell like?
Does anyone know if there is a video of someone doing this on a larger scale I own a tree service in New England and bring back birch every week
Can this be done in an oven at high temperatures? Does the time of year make a difference? The reason I ask is it’s mid June and a storm blew a couple young trees down and I want to at least repurpose what I can from them if at all possible. Thank you! 🙏🏼
G00D Morning from Auckland, New Zealand it’s Saturday, January 25, 2020
14:47 a recent vid I watched said if you add "lard" to your Pine Pitch it'll make it more pliable... just be careful how much you use because you could end up with silly puddy lol
Also a great bug repellent!
hi how would u use it as a bug repellent? please dont tell me u have to smear it all over yourself?lol
@@sharonx1840 if you want it to repel those bugs FROM YOUR SKIN...
Interesting
What’s the difference from Pone Tar and Birch oil? Also the shelf life ?
...you can also use the bark to start the fire.
I never knew about birch trees I'm in California we have redwood trees ...pine trees not sure about birch well at least in my part of Cali ... I am so excited about all this info on this wonderful tree
I live in maine, we have plenty of birch around. I going to do this for sure! is there anydifference in the quality of white birch oil vs. yellow birch?
Hi @joetheiault9108 thanks for viewing the video 😃 I have found that silver/yellow Birch had a higher resin content than white/paper Birch.
Thank you for a great instructional video. What breed of dog is that?
Hi,it's a Labrador cross with a Springer spaniel. His name is Arnie.
@@AlphaPrepping Nice cross, he is a good looking dog.
A source of making a new source of biogasoline because you can get birch alcohol and mix them together and it kinda smells like a kerosene base but with a smell of alcohol on top of it
Don't forget the finn's used birch tar as gum a few thousand years back
yes we did to keep our teeth white haha :D
This was an excellent video. Why did you quit? It's been a year since you made your last video...
Use it as lamp oil too
👍🇧🇷 Parabéns
that is not just ash left in the can afterwards. that is charcoal. it is many uses.
wikipedia says it's a good repellent of gastropods, lasts for up to two weeks.. does it smell good?
Hi,it smell like smoke.#alphamarc
What's the difference in regards to the finished product between this oil, and steam distilled essential oil? Do you use it internally for. Pain relief?
This is burnt and distilled is clean. I would not recommend using this on skin compared with steam distilled. I’m trying to figure out how to do that method instead.
always trying to learn something new
lOVE IT MARC.. MY GRAMPA WAS SKILLED LIKE YOU...BACK TO THE WAYZ OF OLD...THANKS A BUNCH..
Is there a better time in the year to harvest birch bark for tar, or is it good to harvest year round?
Hi Bo Do, Great question, the bark is usable all year round.
wow
so how did you separate the oil? did you boil off the water? Great video
Hi Keep Focus, I just decanted it into another container,the two liquids do not mix together so it is easy to pour of the oil that is flouting on top of the water. You can heat the oil up to evaporate any moisture that is left over after you have decanted it. I hope this helps, thanks for the great question.👍
Can this process be done in a stove? What would be the temperature inside the pot?
@Charles Clements, Good question, there is no reason it could be done in the stove,, essentially you are baking the bark to release the oil,the only draw back is that it may smoke your stove out once the bark has started to char, I don't know what the temperature would be in side the pot to be able to achieve the best efficiency for the process with a stove. I hope this helps.
Thanks for the information👍 when used you end up smelling like a camp fire.😊
Nice! If you're using bark from a downed birch tree, how old can the tree be before the bark dries out on its own? Or is the oil still in the bark even if the tree itself is decayed? I'm living for now in a part of Poland where there's tons of birch around, a lot of downed trees in the forest but many of them have been down for some time, it looks like. The bark looks still pretty viable but wondering if it's still good to extract oil from?
Hi @almishti, the Birch bark can still be used even if the tree has been down for a number of years,as the oils will preserve the bark. I hope this helps.
@@AlphaPrepping yes, thank you!
The polish bloke on Australia found this very helpful too! Thank you both
Cool Video 👍
Cool Guy 👍
@SifuSas Do, cheers👍😃
How did you separate the oil from the watery part?
Hi @Snowrunner101 All I did was pour the majority of the water out very carefully and then warmed the Birch oil to evaporate any excess water left. I hoped this helped,thanks for the question.👍
I plan on collecting birch oil to combine with pine resin to make a candle
Sounds awesome Sammie, send us some pics when you do it 👍
@@AlphaPrepping Perhaps I'll make a video when I do.
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If you used less of the cambium cell layer just beneath the bark, you will get a cleaner product.....Good for mosquito repellant
Hi,thanks for the tip👍 #alphamarc
you do not want to lay it flat...put it in vertical...
Hi mister. The russian guys use just the white part of the bark
Make a fire starter with pvc pipe useing compression.
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You should have mentioned how very hard it is to get this stuff off your hands! I filtered mine in a coffee filter. Worked well. Trying to find a way to make it without burning it out. Boiling or something.
This'n that he said in the video that it’s like superglue.....
BillyN31 the oil not the boiled down glue.
Did you ever try boiling it ?
Please tell me where I went wrong
After 3 hrs I checked my tin and I had nothing in the bottom and all my bark was like charcoal
Had the same problem today. Did you find a solution by any chance?
Only thing I can think of is too much oxygen is getting into the container and instead of sweating the wood or bark it's combusting all the violatiles.
It’s the oxygen. Best to have a sealed top and the birch is laid vertical not horizontal.
@@henrymorgan3420 I just came up with an idea for a simple "pressure relief valve". Put a slightly larger can upside down on top of the can containing the bark. It will be like a lid, but let pressure out if it buids up.
why would you use shredded wood when pine resin lights instantly? YOU ARE getting birch oil correct? Wouldn't it be better to get some of that pine resin while you are out in the field? That way, it will light for you even in rain.
What is the video about?
Is this good for birch beer?
Medical woo The Birch oil wouldn't be any good for beer making but tapping the Birch tree in spring time for its sap might.
@@AlphaPrepping birch beer is more of a small beer. I'm just trying to figure out how to make the oil extract. If you read the ingredients on store bought birch beer(non alcoholic) it says birch extract
Im tonna use Ash bark for this.
Great video! This may be a daft question? With it been a oil can u use it for cooking?thanks shaz
Hi,not to my knowledge,it would taste awful.
it was a daft question then lol thanks for your answer
It was a logical question.
The oil seems to do well in high heat which is great for frying.
The smokey production process makes it gather lots of of unsavoury flavours, though.
So can I cook my fried egg in this oil? if not what do you use the oil for? many thanks
Thank you for selecting a fallen tree, rather than using a live tree.
Smokey The Bear says....where is your fire extinguisher, a water source, fire perimeter....something in case the fire gets out of control?
Hi,it's off camera,I always have a water source to hand just in case. Great question👍 #alphamarc
Fun fact: Smokey and his friends still struggle with concepts like off-camera.
Can you just put the Birch bark in the household oven?
Hi Nietzsches Muse,you can put it in the oven to bake but I wouldn't recommend it.the birch bark will produce lots of smoke and it will make your kitchen smell and it take time to get ride of that smell. I hope this helps,thanks for the great question.👍
@@AlphaPrepping It was just curiosity because lately I sample a perfume with birch tar which I loved a lot. Thank you.
Tips for pet owners, chemically, Birch Sugar and Xylitol are very similar and equally as poisonous to dogs cats and ferrets.
Does it work only on dead trees or does it work on live trees too
Hi,it can be used from living trees but I try to use the resources from dead tree,it's good practice not to damage living trees. Great question👍 #alphamarc
Why strip a live tree, removing the bark from a live tree will kill it.
Can’t hear you
Nothing sexier than a man and his dog. I’m in love.
Evidence show that the Neanderthals also did this.
That is fascinating.
What was their favourite tinned food, back then?
it is a good idea to start a fire in a forest
You are making birch oil why not just start your fire with birch bark?
He explained that in the video.....