Gum Copal
Natural Indonesian resin in four export grades.



Collected across Indonesia and graded by size, colour and cleanliness in our own warehouse — the grade on the bag is the grade in the bag.
Strong, distinct aroma. Fully dissolves in our mixing test with thinner and alcohol.
- Aroma
- Strong, distinct
- Solubility
- Dissolves in thinner and alcohol (mixing test)
- Grades
- PWS · DBB · WS · Dust
Three criteria. Four grades.
Size, colour and cleanliness set the grade: the larger the piece and the cleaner the colour, the higher the grade.

PWS
- Size
- Above 8 mm
- Colour
- Light, clean
- Sorting
- Machine & hand

DBB
- Size
- 2 – 8 mm
- Colour
- Light, clean
- Sorting
- Machine

WS
- Size
- Mostly above 8 mm
- Colour
- Darker
- Sorting
- Sorted

Dust
- Size
- Below 2 mm
- Colour
- Clean & mixed, mostly light
- Sorting
- Fine fraction
All our gum copal dissolves fully in thinner and alcohol — confirmed by mixing test.






