[DaveInTexas]

I have several boxes and frames, covers etc that I would like to clean up.
They have wax, wax moths, spiders, comb with all sorts of damage and discoloration. The comb is on a plastic 'starter'.
I would like to know how to clean it, make it presentable for sale or use, what not to do (any chemicals, no doubt).
Thanks.

 

[Michael Bush]

Scrape off the wax moth cocoons. Just scrape things down. Some people boil it in lye and that's not a bad idea but takes a lot of equipment and is dangerous. You have to be very careful. You could also cook it in beeswax and rosin or paraffin and rosin.

 

[patncin]

Where do you get a cheap tank to boil boxes in?

 

[Michael Bush]

If you are going to do lye water, I would cut a 55 gallon drum in half. If you are wax dipping, I would probably do a specially made box.