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Offline Edward

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Homemade silicone vax cell mold
« on: January 24, 2014, 06:32:12 pm »
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Re: Homemade silicone vax cell mold
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2014, 07:15:49 pm »
Very nice. I think if I was going to use beeswax foundation, it would pay to have some way of making your own. Thanks for sharing.
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Re: Homemade silicone vax cell mold
« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2014, 10:29:19 pm »
thanks edward, have you tried this?  if so, results?
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Re: Homemade silicone vax cell mold
« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2014, 12:21:22 am »
No, not yet, a friend from our Queen breeding Group sent it to me.

Seems kinda easy and simple so I might give it a try.

I use wooden double Deeps as a brood chamber and all plastic frames in my supers.

It would bee nice to have total Control over my wax and to know what's not in it!


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Re: Homemade silicone vax cell mold
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2014, 04:49:58 am »
With silicone foundation molds, a common practice is to apply a release solution to the mold before the wax.

A few years ago the Herring wax foundation mold was marketed. It was 2 sheets of impressed hard silicon joined along the top edge. The beek had a session making sheets of thin plain wax. A sheet of wax was placed between the silicone plates. The parcel was then run through a mangle (wringer). The impressed sheet of wax was later cut to size and wired. All this took time and labour.

I don't know anyone who makes their own wax foundation now but there will be someone. A Herring kit in last years bee equipment auction went for peanuts.

For additional info ........ Do a search for "Herring" on the Dave Cushman site........ dave-cushman.net

Hope this helps.        :)
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