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Sterilising old equipment

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#1 ·
Is flame the only effective way of sterilising secondhand equipment, or will something nasy and volatile, ie paraffin, petrol, creosote, etc. kill off EFB/AFB?

Regards,

Robert Brenchley

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#3 ·
Some beekeepers boil equipment in water with lye added. I've done it a couple times. In my thinking, very little is worth the work and the danger of this. A splatter can blind you, or burn your skin badly.

Dave
 
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