Turpentine oil is obtained by distillation of pine resin. It is mainly composed of alpha-pinene and beta-pinene, with small quantities of carene, camphene, dipentene and terpinolene. Turpentine oil is a colorless, oily, solvent with a strong odor. In earlier times, turpentine oil was sourced from a mediterranean tree called Terebinth, which is related to the pistachios family. Nowadays, turpentine is obtained from Maritime pine, Sumatran pine, Aleppo pine, Longleaf pine, Masson’s pine,Ponderosa pine, and Loblolly pine. To remove the pine arks, turpentiners used various tricks tap into the layered sap. On debarking, oleoresin is secreted by the pine tree so as to protect from insects, microbes and to prevent sap loss. This oleoresin is collected and processed as the spirit of turpentine by the turpentine oil suppliers . On subjection to steam distillation, oleoresin gives rise to top product turpentine which is taken from the condenser, and bottom product molten rosin. Different Us...