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

@AlphaPrepping

3 жыл бұрын

@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.

@VanaheimrUllr

10 ай бұрын

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.

@DragonUdo

Жыл бұрын

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

@Ludifant

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@planetclownfishbrain7052

3 жыл бұрын

I take extra Bic lighters and don't need to fill my pockets with balls of pine coals.

Thank you mate... Your input is DEF apreciated.!.. Oil from Birch bark... Splendid.!

Excellent video! I'm planning on doing this too sometime soon! Thanks for sharing your knowledge! 😁

Very cool video, very informative. We have a lot of big river birch here in Georgia gonna have to try this out.

@AlphaPrepping

7 жыл бұрын

+Great American Survival would love to see some pics if you do get round to making some :)

good job on the fire lighting good tip

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.

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. :)

@AlphaPrepping

2 жыл бұрын

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 sharing. Useful information indeed.

Excellent work mate . Great Vid , thanks

Excellent, I will try this. next time i have the materials handy.

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!" ^^,

Thank you from Ohio, USA

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.

We made fire, good man , well done mate. Thanks a lot

good skillz thanks for the lesson!

@Bowwylad

Жыл бұрын

subbed!

Great video, and awesome dog! :)

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.

The additional text running at the bottom of video 👍 is a must.

Thanks for the tip friend

Good vid mate ! Amusing that you didn't just use some Birch bark to light the fire !?

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.

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.

Good on yah champ! Dog is a tressure! Method amazing! I would imagine early men using clay containers for this. Chadiho!

well done, thumb up very good explained

@AlphaPrepping

7 жыл бұрын

+so steve thanks mate, much appreciated!

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.

great video

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

How would this work for candle oil? Thinking similar to a vegetable oil candle or Crisco candle...

Great video 👍

Thank you

Ojibways use birch tar for birch bark canoes,and extract DMT from common reed grass,which grows everywhere,!

lOVE IT MARC.. MY GRAMPA WAS SKILLED LIKE YOU...BACK TO THE WAYZ OF OLD...THANKS A BUNCH..

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,,,

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 .

Good vid will give this a go

I use it in perfumes.

Also a great bug repellent!

@sharonx1840

5 жыл бұрын

hi how would u use it as a bug repellent? please dont tell me u have to smear it all over yourself?lol

@tiltil9442

4 жыл бұрын

@@sharonx1840 if you want it to repel those bugs FROM YOUR SKIN...

Awesome 👍👍😎

Did you use some green wood on purpose to control the temperature?

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! 🙏🏼

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

Interesting. What does it smell like?

G00D Morning from Auckland, New Zealand it’s Saturday, January 25, 2020

☀️ _Thanks_ 🌲

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

So, what can this product all be used for??

Use it as lamp oil too

Don't forget the finn's used birch tar as gum a few thousand years back

@Bakaku

3 жыл бұрын

yes we did to keep our teeth white haha :D

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..

@tiltil9442

4 жыл бұрын

my dad told me about things your dad did in the forest

What’s the difference from Pone Tar and Birch oil? Also the shelf life ?

This was an excellent video. Why did you quit? It's been a year since you made your last video...

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?

@AlphaPrepping

Жыл бұрын

Hi @joetheiault9108 thanks for viewing the video 😃 I have found that silver/yellow Birch had a higher resin content than white/paper Birch.

always trying to learn something new

I plan on collecting birch oil to combine with pine resin to make a candle

@AlphaPrepping

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds awesome Sammie, send us some pics when you do it 👍

@1990SammieJ

4 жыл бұрын

@@AlphaPrepping Perhaps I'll make a video when I do.

Interesting

...you can also use the bark to start the fire.

If you used less of the cambium cell layer just beneath the bark, you will get a cleaner product.....Good for mosquito repellant

@AlphaPrepping

5 жыл бұрын

Hi,thanks for the tip👍 #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?

@frogjunk

4 жыл бұрын

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.

Thank you for a great instructional video. What breed of dog is that?

@AlphaPrepping

5 жыл бұрын

Hi,it's a Labrador cross with a Springer spaniel. His name is Arnie.

@davidphelan6861

5 жыл бұрын

@@AlphaPrepping Nice cross, he is a good looking dog.

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

wikipedia says it's a good repellent of gastropods, lasts for up to two weeks.. does it smell good?

@AlphaPrepping

5 жыл бұрын

Hi,it smell like smoke.#alphamarc

Cool Video 👍 Cool Guy 👍

@AlphaPrepping

4 жыл бұрын

@SifuSas Do, cheers👍😃

Thanks for the information👍 when used you end up smelling like a camp fire.😊

Is there a better time in the year to harvest birch bark for tar, or is it good to harvest year round?

@AlphaPrepping

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Bo Do, Great question, the bark is usable all year round.

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?

@AlphaPrepping

Жыл бұрын

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.

@almishti

Жыл бұрын

@@AlphaPrepping yes, thank you!

@RI-uq1jz

Жыл бұрын

The polish bloke on Australia found this very helpful too! Thank you both

Can this process be done in a stove? What would be the temperature inside the pot?

@AlphaPrepping

4 жыл бұрын

@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.

that is not just ash left in the can afterwards. that is charcoal. it is many uses.

so how did you separate the oil? did you boil off the water? Great video

@AlphaPrepping

3 жыл бұрын

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.👍

you do not want to lay it flat...put it in vertical...

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.

@BillyN31

4 жыл бұрын

This'n that he said in the video that it’s like superglue.....

@frogjunk

4 жыл бұрын

BillyN31 the oil not the boiled down glue.

@treeguymushrooms

7 ай бұрын

Did you ever try boiling it ?

👍🇧🇷 Parabéns

How did you separate the oil from the watery part?

@AlphaPrepping

Жыл бұрын

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.👍

Im tonna use Ash bark for this.

wow

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

2 жыл бұрын

What is the video about?

Make a fire starter with pvc pipe useing compression.

Smokey The Bear says....where is your fire extinguisher, a water source, fire perimeter....something in case the fire gets out of control?

@AlphaPrepping

5 жыл бұрын

Hi,it's off camera,I always have a water source to hand just in case. Great question👍 #alphamarc

@tiltil9442

4 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: Smokey and his friends still struggle with concepts like off-camera.

Great video! This may be a daft question? With it been a oil can u use it for cooking?thanks shaz

@AlphaPrepping

5 жыл бұрын

Hi,not to my knowledge,it would taste awful.

@sharonx1840

5 жыл бұрын

it was a daft question then lol thanks for your answer

@tiltil9442

4 жыл бұрын

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

잘 봤어요~ 고맙습니다 *^^*

🌸

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

@PaulSchortemeyer

5 жыл бұрын

Had the same problem today. Did you find a solution by any chance?

@nlh719

5 жыл бұрын

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

5 жыл бұрын

It’s the oxygen. Best to have a sealed top and the birch is laid vertical not horizontal.

@steinhavardludvigsen1598

5 жыл бұрын

@@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.

Is this good for birch beer?

@AlphaPrepping

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@muricawoo6587

2 жыл бұрын

@@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

Can you just put the Birch bark in the household oven?

@AlphaPrepping

3 жыл бұрын

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.👍

@nietzschesmuse

3 жыл бұрын

@@AlphaPrepping It was just curiosity because lately I sample a perfume with birch tar which I loved a lot. Thank you.

Hi mister. The russian guys use just the white part of the bark

Thank you for selecting a fallen tree, rather than using a live tree.

Does it work only on dead trees or does it work on live trees too

@AlphaPrepping

5 жыл бұрын

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

@ianbinns5011

4 жыл бұрын

Why strip a live tree, removing the bark from a live tree will kill it.

Tips for pet owners, chemically, Birch Sugar and Xylitol are very similar and equally as poisonous to dogs cats and ferrets.

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.

@tiltil9442

4 жыл бұрын

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?

@InDisskyS131

4 жыл бұрын

He explained that in the video.....