So a couple of days ago i filled up my canteen cup with some pine resin, i found a damaged tree with some real massive globs on it so i had a very substantial amount. I put it on my fire to melt it down (i was making primitive fish hooks) and after a minute or so, the entire thing caught flame! The resin caught fire some how and was shooting huge flames out of the cup.
I dont really know why it did this. This was my first time trying to melt pitch.
I put it over a very hot fire, there were some read hot coals and very active flames. If you heat it up to hot too fast will it flame up?
Also, i had some hacked off pine branches on the fire. They had little fingerlings that suspended above the fire a little bit, is it possible that one of them caught fire and fell into the cup and set the whole thing ablaze?
Im really confused as to why is caught on fire.
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