Do you know how to filter beeswax? - Purification method of beeswax

  When we think of bees, we usually think of honey. But that's not all we get from them. Bees also produce beeswax, which is even more valuable when you enjoy DIY and craft projects. This is why many people like to filter beeswax themselves. But how to filter beeswax at home?

   The beeswax generally adopts a three-step method for cooking beeswax. The beeswax made by this method is neat and is not easy to waste. If we only use it at home, it is generally done in one step, which means that it looks a little ugly. A one-step method is also used to boil beeswax for its own application. So if we want to get beeswax neat and not extravagant, how do we actually do it?

   The following are the steps of beeswax purification. After reading it, it will be much easier for you to operate.

• 1. Put 2/3 volume of water in an aluminum pot and bring to a boil. Tie the mouth of the bag containing the beeswax raw materials with cotton thread, tie a slip knot, put it in water, and then boil the water.
• 2. Place the large bathtub at an angle and pour an appropriate amount of cold water, so that half of the bottom area of the basin is submerged in the water and half of it is above the water surface, that is, the bottom of the entire basin is in a semi-wet and semi-dry state.
• 3. Lift the freshly boiled bag containing beeswax with iron clips, put it in a dry place above the bottom of the bathtub, press hard with a pressure plate, press out the wax inside, and let it flow into the water below the bottom of the basin. After cooling, remove and place in a medium-sized basin.
• 4. Put the wax bag that has not been squeezed completely back into the aluminum pot, and continue to heat. After the water boils, take out the wax bag with an iron clip, and squeeze and extract the beeswax in the same way.
• 5. In this way, after burning, squeezing and taking a bag of wax repeatedly for three times, open the bag mouth and pour out the wax residue. Then put a bag of beeswax raw materials, and use the same method to repeatedly burn, squeeze and take the beeswax three times.
• 6. Pour out the sewage in the aluminum pot and wash it, and replace it with half a pot of clean water.
• 7. Pour the beeswax that has just been extracted and placed in a medium-sized water basin into an aluminum pot, cover the pot, and slowly bring it to a boil over low heat. Because beeswax is flammable, it cannot be burned with an open flame, otherwise it will easily catch fire, causing waste and danger.
• 8. After it is boiled, in order to make the purified beeswax beautiful and good for sale, use a spoon to remove the foam on the surface of the wax floating in the pot. Take it out after it cools down, and it becomes pure beeswax

Pure natural beeswax : divided into yellow beeswax, white beeswax. White beeswax is a beeswax made from bees' spleen, natural comb, synthetic comb foundation, and heated and pressed. After boiling, pour it into the stirring cold water, stir it into a flower shape, and then wind, sun, and decolorize the beeswax.

• In the candle processing industry, various types of candles can be manufactured with white beeswax as the main raw material.
• In beekeeping, nest foundations and wax bowls can be made;
• In the pharmaceutical industry, white beeswax can be used to make dental casting wax, base wax, sticky wax, shells of pills;
• In the food industry, it can be used as coatings, packaging and outerwear for food;
• In the cosmetics manufacturing industry, beeswax is contained in many beauty products, such as bath lotion, lipstick, indigo, etc.;
• In agriculture and animal husbandry, it can be used in the manufacture of fruit tree splicing wax and pest adhesives;
• In addition, white beeswax is also used in the production of floor wax, various glazing waxes, crayons, ironing waxes, etc., as well as in folk batik crafts.

Before starting every beeswax cleaning project, consider the time you're willing to invest and the results you want. Beeswax is just as flammable as grease, so you should wear the right protective gear in the right environment when filtering beeswax.