Tung oil

zpeteman · Post by **zpeteman** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 11:05 am

I have a Tung tree in my yard that drops tons of fruit. Anyone know how to extract the Tung Oil? Or know of a good resource for learning how? My net searching skills turned up nil.

Glen Smith · Post by **Glen Smith** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 8:31 pm

This one was a tough nut to crack!

My searching turned up two methods: chemical extraction using "hexane" and manual extraction using a screw-press. There are books available on the manual method.
http://www.nextag.com/oil-extraction/search-html

zpeteman · Post by **zpeteman** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 10:27 pm

Thanks Glen, clearly your net searching skills are greater than my own. I think I'll get that book and see what I can learn. It'd be really satisfying to be able to finish things with something I grew in the back yard :)