In the past we kind of let our wax go, honey was more important. But now I am trying to render wax for my better half to make candles and also to take advantage of the wax working done by suppliers. So I have some questions please.
First it seems that my wax does not come out of my cappings melter hot enough to settle in a mold and make those nice 2 pound blocks I see at the beek suppliers. Do I need to use something other then a cappings melter to do that with?
How many times do you feel I need to run wax thru a melter to render it? Seems like we need to do it atleast twice to get it nice.
Lastly, I had a friend give me some old cappings that were dry (he ran them one time thru his melter to get honey out) these are dirty, lots of wings, cocoons, and other trash. Is there a good way to filter them?
First it seems that my wax does not come out of my cappings melter hot enough to settle in a mold and make those nice 2 pound blocks I see at the beek suppliers. Do I need to use something other then a cappings melter to do that with?
How many times do you feel I need to run wax thru a melter to render it? Seems like we need to do it atleast twice to get it nice.
Lastly, I had a friend give me some old cappings that were dry (he ran them one time thru his melter to get honey out) these are dirty, lots of wings, cocoons, and other trash. Is there a good way to filter them?