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<blockquote data-quote="Maggie" data-source="post: 3983" data-attributes="member: 71"><p>At home, I have a solar melter, and that is fine for all my burr comb and any bits of wax. Last time I traded it, there was over a 100 kg of wax acceptable, and that wasn't just one year's lot. I use 2L ice cream containers as moulds. So I can get the wax out easily, I lightly grease the mould with a bit of kremalta on kitchen paper. 500 g of kremalta has lasted me 20 years & still going! I use the kremalta, cos when i started out, as a hobbyist, that was recommended for greasing tins when making candles. </p><p></p><p>If melter honey is in the base of the mould, I just put it through the next day. </p><p></p><p>I would have preferred if the wax melter would take a queen excluder, but this is what I inherited when I bought some gear. So I only melt wax in February/March and it suits outside during the day on the concrete when we get 30 plus temps, and it's pretty quick melting in those temps on the concrete. The ice cream container has a little wedge under it to tilt the container. The mesh gets put in the log burner to clean the mesh. There is a little hook inside the top of the melter to hold the mesh basket in place, which I thread a strand of mesh through. </p><p></p><p>But the cappings from honey extraction, go through the commercial wax melter. You wouldn't do big amounts as above, but the concept is still an option for a hobbyist. And also give an idea to a hobbyist as to what they might or might not want and make their design accordingly.</p><p></p><p>I do have photos of commercial cappings spinning & the melter room but JC bet me to it</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Maggie, post: 3983, member: 71"] At home, I have a solar melter, and that is fine for all my burr comb and any bits of wax. Last time I traded it, there was over a 100 kg of wax acceptable, and that wasn't just one year's lot. I use 2L ice cream containers as moulds. So I can get the wax out easily, I lightly grease the mould with a bit of kremalta on kitchen paper. 500 g of kremalta has lasted me 20 years & still going! I use the kremalta, cos when i started out, as a hobbyist, that was recommended for greasing tins when making candles. If melter honey is in the base of the mould, I just put it through the next day. I would have preferred if the wax melter would take a queen excluder, but this is what I inherited when I bought some gear. So I only melt wax in February/March and it suits outside during the day on the concrete when we get 30 plus temps, and it's pretty quick melting in those temps on the concrete. The ice cream container has a little wedge under it to tilt the container. The mesh gets put in the log burner to clean the mesh. There is a little hook inside the top of the melter to hold the mesh basket in place, which I thread a strand of mesh through. But the cappings from honey extraction, go through the commercial wax melter. You wouldn't do big amounts as above, but the concept is still an option for a hobbyist. And also give an idea to a hobbyist as to what they might or might not want and make their design accordingly. I do have photos of commercial cappings spinning & the melter room but JC bet me to it [/QUOTE]
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