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 #1641  by Sipa
 06 Jan 2019, 13:52
Here is a tip on how to clean wax from queen rearing equipment, things like the Nicot or JZB cups used for grafting.
At the end of the queen rearing season we like to clean and sterilse all the equipment.
Take a large pickle jar and half fill with warm vegetable oil, rape/ canola will be fine. Drop the queen cups in and give a vigourous shake. Leave the jar somewhere warm or on a radiator. Give it a good shake now and then. After a few days all of the wax will fall off the cups. you can then drain, wash in detergent and sterilse.
They come out good as new !
 #2631  by Chrisbarlow
 06 Apr 2019, 17:10
I did eventually get around to trying this and it worked well. thanks
 #2641  by AdamD
 07 Apr 2019, 09:25
Thanks for the reminder, I have some to do.