Melting Bees wax the messy way
Melting Bees Wax I had a phone call asking if I sold wax. Up to that point I usually put my wax cappings and bits of wax in a bucket and made a plan to deal with it later. Of course later as we all know usually means never. I had put the bucket in the deep freeze so at least the wax months would not have a feast. Following is the rather messy process I use. It is important before you start to make sure there are no responsible adults or inquisitive children in the house, the first will object to you using their saucepans and the second will burn them selves on the wax. 1. Gather your wax bits As you can see there is a real mix here of wax cappings, old brood, and bits a pieces. Melt the wax This is an old pressure cooker that's well past its pressure days. I poured about a couple of inches (5cm) in the bottom heated it up and put in all the cappings from the bowl above. The reason for the water is to stop the wax catching fire. Wax has a l...