Cleaning And Filtering Beeswax In A Homemade Wax Steamer

Getting clean wax from old combs and frames is not that easy. I do it in two stages. The first stage -- Wax Extracting -- is covered here This is the second stage -- cleaning blocks of dirty wax to get the bits and pieces out. If you just pour hot wax through a filter, it will cool instantly and solidify on the filter. That’s why it’s worth putting the whole thing in a box and heating with steam. Of course the pillow-cases get clogged up. When that happens you