Solar wax melter

[gmick]

Made something homemade with a black bucket, a piece of duct work, a some plexiglass. The melted wax dripped into a plastic container with old tee shirt material as filter. Added small amount of water to container to make removal of wax easy. Worked best at high noon with direct overhead sun for the two hours of melting.

The waxmelter:



Wax cappings



2 hours later:


final filtered product:



Gail

[gmick]

I also tried melting two bad frames (got wet and mold)
frames at start:


2 hours later:


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[NorthALABeeKeep]

couldn't see the pictures. Can you repost?

[gmick]

just added photos back.
sorry....just learning how to do this.
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[Parke County Queen]

Oh, I like it. I have a homemade one that I made with a styrafoam cooler (spray painted black) and a tub with water that has a paper towel on the top. Works great, but I like that metal tray. How did you make it? How is it attached? Also, is it double glass?

[gmick]

Thanks. I picked out a piece of retangular duct work from Homedepot and just banged it with a hammer until it bent and fit over the plastic black box. The metal tray held the cappings from 3 boxes. This time I just left the wax out on the uncapping tray and let the bees clean it up so I didn't have to wash or dry the crude wax first. Used a piece of thick acrylic for the top. Total cost was under $40. Your insulated cooler idea sounds good to.
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