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Pine tar: natural protection for wood and ropes
Pine tar, also called pitch, is a natural protective agent already used in Viking times to caulk ships, by coating the wood of the ship's hull to make it watertight, as well as to waterproof ropes and sail seams. Hence the name Swedish tar or Norwegian tar.
Even today, it is used in boating to protect wooden boat decks and hulls, but it has especially spread in gardens and homes as an ecological and biodegradable alternative to many treatments.
This vegetable tar is a natural, durable, and easy-to-use product, obtained by carbonization of pine, more precisely by pyrolysis of wood, a slow combustion without oxygen.
From Norway to Les Landes
Widely used in Scandinavian countries for centuries, pine tar is also often called Norwegian tar.
Over the centuries, international trade, particularly via Holland, Sweden, and Denmark, as well as manufacturing needs and processes, led to tar acquiring many names such as tar, Stockholm pitch, or vegetable tar.
The presence of Pinus pinaster, the maritime pine, in Gironde and Les Landes later allowed the manufacture in France of this natural oil used for wood protection. The natural pine tar we offer comes from Les Landes.
Using pine tar
Liquid, it applies very easily and quickly to all outdoor wood that needs protection. It can be used for a garden shed, a terrace, a door, or a window frame. Throughout the garden, you can also apply it to your fences and any wooden decorative elements.
It restores the wood's luster, revives and protects its colors, and emits a "smoked" scent.
Treating wood with pine tar prevents it from blackening and rotting over time and with humidity. It also prevents drying out, as dry wood cracks and becomes permeable.
Historically, vegetable tar has other virtues and is also well-known among arborists and farmers, particularly for its antiseptic properties: often used to preserve horses' hooves or as wound protection on trees.
Another advantage of pine tar is that it can be used, as the Vikings did in their time, to protect and waterproof a natural fiber rope: cotton, hemp, or jute rope. Covered in this way, the rope will be more resistant to humidity and will have a longer lifespan for outdoor use. Useful for plantations or near animals.
A 100% natural product
Guaranteed creosote-free (a highly toxic pollutant), this product is harmless to the environment, 100% biodegradable, and is an ecological wood tar that effectively protects all outdoor wood. It is an ideal replacement for other more chemical treatments such as wood stain or autoclave treatment.
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