tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post5426039127197077617..comments2024-03-26T12:17:40.771-04:00Comments on Linda's Bees: Rendering wax from old combUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-51295178551383544582016-04-05T17:42:22.122-04:002016-04-05T17:42:22.122-04:00Thanks this was very helpful :) A few others said ...Thanks this was very helpful :) A few others said "old" comb was a waste but I figured they worked so hard to make it I should find a way to use it!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00573418713110292834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-90154122149258718562015-04-26T04:18:06.376-04:002015-04-26T04:18:06.376-04:00I just rendered some wax from old comb using a thr...I just rendered some wax from old comb using a thrift store vegetable steamer. Worked great, no mess. It was Black&Decker model (plastic, two tier). I used a leg off a pair of dollar store panty hose to filter it. Stretch the sock over a ring of some sort to open the end. Use large pvc pipe, old Chinese bamboo steamer with bottom knocked out, 6" concrete former tube, old crosstitch frame, anything like that. Stretch the sock over all the way like it's a drum, then punch down the middle a bit to make a pocket. Fill up with chunks of comb, pushing down as you go to fill the sock. Make this sausage small enough to fit in the smallest container (no holes, used for rice) in the steamer. Remove the sausage from the frame, twist the end shut, then double the remainder back over the sausage to make two layers over it. This will be your filter. <br />Fill the steamer base and turn it on. Assemble the lower condensed-water tray, one strainer basket and the rice container. Put your sausage in the rice container raised up off the bottom somehow. I used sime little stainless condinment cups. Next time I will drill holes in the container and make a rack of skewers for the sausage to rest on.<br />Steam for an hour or two and the clean yellow wax will drip into the rice container plus a small amount of condensed steam-water.<br />Remove and discard the sausage. <br />Some wax will be lost due to absorption into the sock and comb materials. I think the only way to get all of it is to press under hot water. Messy.Keithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-31547323411700367472012-05-19T22:34:32.234-04:002012-05-19T22:34:32.234-04:00Thank you.
My husband just brought me a ton of old...Thank you.<br />My husband just brought me a ton of old combs and I am trying to figure out what to do next.Kimberlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03383635329315687176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-6084048335423842942011-09-30T17:48:27.183-04:002011-09-30T17:48:27.183-04:00Yes, thank you indeed!
I also have tons of the stu...Yes, thank you indeed!<br />I also have tons of the stuff on hand and also looking to respect the amazing effort that went to create it. Kudos.Jason in High Woods (NY)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-2991931018036954172010-11-27T12:26:41.775-05:002010-11-27T12:26:41.775-05:00Thanks for the simple way of rendering old bees wa...Thanks for the simple way of rendering old bees wax, along with self explanitary photo's<br />Many, many thanks from Holland!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-11217908849480047112010-06-24T15:32:53.275-04:002010-06-24T15:32:53.275-04:00Please keep in mind that molten bees wax is highly...Please keep in mind that molten bees wax is highly flamable!! Take care ....but have fun ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-13681560070237260402010-06-24T14:57:57.461-04:002010-06-24T14:57:57.461-04:00wow, this is so cool. thanks for the pictures and ...wow, this is so cool. thanks for the pictures and some ideas on how to do this (small scale, in a garage) instead of the huge productions i normally see!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com