SUNNYSIDE CORPORATION 87032 1-Quart Pure Gum Spirits

Sunnyside Spirits1 Quart real Turpentine.Came in double box with plastic seal around entire can, very good packaging. Took about 18 days to arrive in the mail, so if possible, look for faster shipping options.You only want to use Turpentine that says "100% pure spirits of Turpentine." This means it is 100% natural and basically food grade, although it does say on the label that it's a lethal poison. The reason you use natural real Turpentine is because it is a food safe, non-toxic chemical that was frequently used as medicine before the 1930's petrochemical pharmaceutical industrialists came and outlawed all natural compounds, due to "safety" concerns.What you can do is mix this with your favorite natural oil, to make wood stain. You could use petroleum based thinner, but Turpentine mixed with food grade oils, should be a lot safer. Castor oil and turpentine can be mixed together and people have ingested this mixture, in small doses, to treat parasites.I believe, and this isn't based on facts or science, that making your own turpentine wood stain, using a food grade oil, dilluted with turpentine, is safer for toys, birdhouses, cutting boards, or household furniture in your bedroom. You don't want petroleum based solvents which are carcinogenic.Turpentine is the opposite. It contains 60 to 70% Alpha-Pinene. This compound is a Terpene that has anti-bacterial, anti-fungal action. And it has been known to actually treat diseases (use turpentine gum resin for skin).That's the magic of real Turpentine. It's the Alpha-Pinene. This compound is why modern medicine got scared and outlawed it as medicine. Do a Google search on Alpha-Pinene and its anti-pathogenic and medicinal properties. Turpentine is Alpha-Pinene and Beta-Pinene, mostly. These terpenes are what trees and eucalyptus plants use to fight off infections. Do you ever see a tree get infected when it's cut? No. You don't. The Alpha-Pinene assures that tree sap is sterile. Terpentine has this magic in it, but it's of a much, much higher concentration.Don't use petroleum products. Don't waste Turpentine, it's a natural product made from trees. Don't support companies that sell fake Turpentine alternatives, because the alternatives are not "food grade."

i used this product to cure an oak tree that was leaking about 2 feet from the ground. i drilled 4 holes in the tree and filled each hole with the pure gum spiritw weekly. it stopped the leak

very clean, pure product, very good price, shipping was great, Thank you Sunnyside!... I use several of this companies' products, and I continue to buy them again and again, because of the high quality and low price. Thank you.

The cap instructions are misleading. Pushing down does nothing. The grooves you feel when you turn the plastic cap are around the top of the inner metal cap. Pinch the plastic cap on the top part and turn. To see what I mean, the plastic outer cap comes off actually.Havent used it yet, so stars are just for the tricky cap.

I live in Maryland. I have often ordered Sunnyside Turpentine which I need to produce medium for fine art painting. Recently, I was unable to have Sunnyside Turpentine delivered to my address. I was able to get an alternative product but it had an obnoxious odor that permeated my workspace. I ended up trashing it at a hazardous landfill. I thought that the sale might be restricted because it was a "hazardous chemical." THAT WAS NOT the reason. It was because turpentine contains 100% VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds). VOC = Volatile means, it becomes a vapor, and Organic Compounds, means that the evaporated compounds contain carbon. SO I CAN'T BUY IT, delivered to my state because of GLOBAL WARMING! BEWARE, I ordered some products labeled PURE TURPENTINE that could be delivered to my address. I researched the product and found that it contained ONLY 30% turpentine. It should be illegal to label this product as "pure gum spirits." YES, DEFINITELY BUY SUNNYSIDE TURPENTINE if you can get it. In fact, stock up before the carbon police come to your state. I gave this company 5 stars because it had no appreciable odor, but be informed that because of costs, refinement is outsourced to multiple companies. I ordered a quart from another source and it had a strong odor even though it was 100% pure gum spirits of turpentine.

Product just as described and vey fast shipping.

Combined with boiled linseed oil to rejuvenate old wood - clean any cloth to prevent spontaneous combustion.

it works