Solar Wax Melter Kit

Your solar wax melter is now assembled.

Solar wax melter kit.

Wax drips into two bread pans creating cakes of wax. Place cappings in stainless steel tray place melter in hot summer sun and let the sun do the work. You start with the floor of the solar wax melter and work your way to the top. This is especially helpful if you put a bit of water in the bottom of the pail.

Step 4 on a sunny day when temperatures are above 79 degrees f place the solar wax melter outside in a sunny location. Click here for instructions on using your wooden solar wax melter. The corrugated insulated cover traps heat. Learn how to make a solar wax melter to melt beeswax that was comes from the beehive.

Well the name kind of gives it away. Attach the riser to the lower and upper floors. If you are new to beekeepingor maybe you don t keep bees at all then you may have never heard of a solar wax melter. What is a solar wax melter.

Paint the melter black to increase efficiency. The lid has a double pane of glass with a 3 4 separation dead air space that greatly increases the efficiency of the device. The solar wax melter is basically a box made out of 3 4 ply wood figure 1 and photo. Rendering beeswax can be very time consuming unless you have a good melter and i find solar to be a great option durin.

Learn how to build a solar wax melter. Our wooden solar wax melter is perfect for the budget conscious beekeeper. As the box warms up the wax will melt and filter through the paper towel into the plastic container. Ships assembled just attach legs with screwdriver.

Set the piece of glass on top of the box completely covering it. For larger amounts of wax a solar wax melter is often made using an insulated wooden box or melt and a sheet of thick glass for the top. A great way to melt down small amounts of wax. The wax will be used to make encaustic paint for my art projects and i.

It is basically a box with a see through lid that allows sunlight to get inside the box and heat the wax that has been placed inside the box. Wooden solar wax melter the frame is made in 15mm pine laminated board the inclination angle is 20 degrees an improvement to keep in mind would be to do it with adjustable inclination. The top is slanted so that the hinged top lid has a more favorable presentation toward the sun.