[ocba] [Fwd: processing beeswax]

Jeff Bollinger jeff01 at email.unc.edu
Tue May 13 16:16:19 EDT 2008


  > Hello,
> 
> I have tried processing cappings into wax over this past weekend, I took 
> the cappings directly from the uncapping tank, put them into a double 
> boiler and melted everything down to liquid. There was a lot of brown 
> gunk in it. When I tried to run this thru cheesecloth it just plugged 
> up. I then decided that it was too thick so I dumped the 2 quarts of 
> liquid into the hot water in the boiler. I then poured the resulting 
> liquid thru some nylon panyhose and let sit overnight. In the morning I 
> had  a thin skim of hardened wax with a layer of brown sugar like 
> material underneath, all floating on brown water.  I want to know if 
> there is anyway to salvage this batch?
> 
> I keep my bees in Northeastern Pennsylvania.
> 
> Thanking you in advance for any help you may deliver.
> 
> Jeff

Sounds like that wax could be saved still.  Here's what I did the last 
time I "harvested" and cleaned beeswax:

http://www.theocba.org/?q=node/47

Jeff


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