Post by armando on Aug 27, 2022 12:39:00 GMT -7
So I'm wondering if any of you have ever had a similar problem.
I have a wooden cheese-box style canteen I needed to line so I used brewer's pitch (from Townsends)
Seemed to work fine for a long time but possibly because it dried out (even though I kept it filled) it started to leak.
When I went to re-apply brewer's pitch again (melting it all first, etc) and I poured into the canteen, the pitch just all sparked and crackled and would explode (dangerously) out of the canteen spout like a miniature volcano, spreading hot tar-like pitch everywhere (yes...even on me).
I assumed this was caused by moisture left in the interior so I let it dry out for a month and tried again....same result.
I need to get this lined before a trek in 2 weeks or come up with an alternative. Anyone have a similar experience? Any suggestions?
I have a wooden cheese-box style canteen I needed to line so I used brewer's pitch (from Townsends)
Seemed to work fine for a long time but possibly because it dried out (even though I kept it filled) it started to leak.
When I went to re-apply brewer's pitch again (melting it all first, etc) and I poured into the canteen, the pitch just all sparked and crackled and would explode (dangerously) out of the canteen spout like a miniature volcano, spreading hot tar-like pitch everywhere (yes...even on me).
I assumed this was caused by moisture left in the interior so I let it dry out for a month and tried again....same result.
I need to get this lined before a trek in 2 weeks or come up with an alternative. Anyone have a similar experience? Any suggestions?
