cleaning wax?

Started by Caribou, August 06, 2016, 08:16:27 PM

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Wombat2

My process - for what it's worth:

Drain cappings though course mesh in cappings tank for whatever period between extractions (2 weeks in season)

Press in a home made "wine Press"

Solar wax melter - place a queen exluder in the bottom of the melter to catch all the "junk" with a disposable cleaning cloth (Chux brand here) across the outlet to strain the fines. Wax comes out pretty clean on top of any residual honey

Final clean in a water bath - I have made one from an old kitchen boiler about 18" x 18" - put a 3/4" stop bleep about 6" up from the bottom - fill with water to the bottom of the stopcock opening, add wax, bring to the boil when wax is melted open stop bleep and drain wax (floating on water which is below opening) into suitable container/moulds

David L

Wombat2

Thought a picture of the queen excluder holding back the junk would help

David L

Eric Bosworth

Can you explain what you mean by a "liner". I have a crock pot but no liner.

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They sell cheap plastic disposable liners for crocpots. I got mine at wally world but I'm sure that you can get them at any  grocery store.

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