making incense

ok, I know what you're thinking, it's really stupid and i'm never gonna read this, however maybe not, incense are a wonderful thing, the smell that they can emit can differ exponentially, I am here to teach you to be able to make your own, all you have to do is follow the following steps.  You can just google common incense recipes.  A list of recipes will show up, for example mine is 1 part cedar, 1/4 part mint, and 1/4 part pinion pine tree sap.  Now once you have that get all of you ingredients, and you may have to do something to them, for example I had to cut a metal can, and put the unhardened tree sap into the metal tin can,which was hot cuz I was burning it, melt the sap and pour it onto a piece of parchment paper wait for it to cool then ground it up in a mortar, then filter out all the pieces that are larger than a grain of sand then mix that with the tree resin that was already ground up without cooking it.  Ok, a little background info you must have three bases before you  start. You need a top topic, a middle topic and a base topic, each topic does its unique job.  The top gives flavor mixed with the middle and the base is used to bind and hold everything together.  Once all of all your ingredients are ground up, mix them together with a binding agent called makko powder, which is a natural combustant that is also water adhesive, which makes the whole process amazingly simple.  All you need to do is just mix equal parts of the makko powder with the mixed topics and add distilled water until it becomes something similar to dough.  Then mend this dough onto any stick or cone:

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 Then you may need to open these incense to the sun for a few days and let them dry out so that the soaking process with the makko is done. Then  you need to heat them to the lowest temperature in your oven that you possibly can.  This will allow the makko powder to fully set in.  

I know it seems like a lot to put a handle on but once you're done you may  be able to create your own natural essence.  You may want to keep in mind this is all one hundred percent natural, there are no harmful chemicals at all.  Even the makko powder comes from the bark in a tree in asia.  I state my point again, you can customize your smell and this can also have medical benefits, and its all natural. I really hope that you guys liked this post, it was one of my favorites because I not only get to tell you how to make your own but I hope you comment later on, and if you decide to di it list some of your favorite recipes.  Thanks bye.