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by lrasinen 70 days ago
Tar. Specifically wood tar,
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Pine tar is used in topical medicine for dermatology around the world I don't think it's limited to anywhere particular.
In Finland, they are most likely using birch tar.
Nah, it's pine.
Isn't that the same stuff as in soldering flux?

Smells good, for sure. But I don't know if it promotes good health.

And coal tar