Thought I'd share my endeavor with cleaning beeswax. This is not an end all for cleaning, but it worked for me. I didn't want to have to find a pot roaster or find some type of clothe to filter.
A guy at work maintains several bee hives and gave me a 5 gal. bucket of beeswax for his pick of our pears.
I used a small skillet for the hot water, some cut-off neck/shoulders of 223 brass as a spacer for the pan to melt the wax down. I did this in the garage using a $10 hot plate.
As the wax melted down, I kept adding wax.
After the pan is 3/4 full of melted wax, I would pour into a wax paper milk carton. Once I poured a fair amount, I could see when the scumgum, I believe that is what they refer to the waste, starting to come out. I would stop pouring. Let the pan cool.
I would work the top waxy layer that harded, and scrap most of the scum off the wax. Plus the scumgum needed wiped out of the bottom of the pan for the next melt.
After all wax melted and poured the 1st time, there was still impurities that sank to the bottom. After all the wax was melted the 1st time, then I remelted a second and final time.
A 5 gal. bucket of raw beeswax yielded about 4 lbs. of wax.
A guy at work maintains several bee hives and gave me a 5 gal. bucket of beeswax for his pick of our pears.
I used a small skillet for the hot water, some cut-off neck/shoulders of 223 brass as a spacer for the pan to melt the wax down. I did this in the garage using a $10 hot plate.
As the wax melted down, I kept adding wax.
After the pan is 3/4 full of melted wax, I would pour into a wax paper milk carton. Once I poured a fair amount, I could see when the scumgum, I believe that is what they refer to the waste, starting to come out. I would stop pouring. Let the pan cool.
I would work the top waxy layer that harded, and scrap most of the scum off the wax. Plus the scumgum needed wiped out of the bottom of the pan for the next melt.
After all wax melted and poured the 1st time, there was still impurities that sank to the bottom. After all the wax was melted the 1st time, then I remelted a second and final time.
A 5 gal. bucket of raw beeswax yielded about 4 lbs. of wax.