From: "Ricus and Lidwien" <riclid@planet.nl>
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 09:59:55 +0200
To: <BiologicalBeekeeping@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: Wax

For melting wax I use 2 methods. In summer I use a self made solar wax
melter, which is a sloping tray with a glass cover. Putting the wax at the
top, it melts and slowly trickles down through a filter which is a hardware
cloth into a collector (I use a cake form) On the way down the dirt in the wax tends to stick on the tray. The advantage is that you just fill the melter and when the wheater is nice the wax is melted in 1 or 2 days. In winter time when in this region the sunshine is limited and not very intense I put the wax
with some stones in a pantyhose or some cheese cloth. This I drop in a pan
with water. Heating up the water but do not let it boil (wax melts at about 60
degrees centigrade) The wax will float on the water, after letting it cool down you can just take out the wax. At the onderside of the wax blocks, made by both methods, you can scrape of some dirt. To make the wax even more pure you can repeat the process. I must say I only melt small amounts.
Good luck

Ricus