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What's in it, Mark?
This site describes it as food-safe and it can be rinsed and leaves no residue, reducing the risk of chemical contamination of food products.
According to the COSHH data sheet, Isopropyl alcohol, 4% sodium metasilicate not much elseWhat's in it, Mark?
This site describes it as food-safe and it can be rinsed and leaves no residue, reducing the risk of chemical contamination of food products.
Sodium metasilicate is not a cleaning agent by itself. It is a VERY strong base. The pH of a 1% aqueous solution is about 13. In moist air it is corrosive to metals like zinc, aluminium, tin and lead, forming hydrogen gas. As a strong base, it reacts violently with acids. A major use is as a builder (a material that enhances or maintains the cleaning efficiency of a surfactant, principally by inactivating water hardness) in soaps and detergents.
It may be used as part of a component in a chemical degreaser, where it would react with fatty acids(animal grease) to form a soap, which is then rinsed away.
No need to jump on the band wagon here who said they were cleaning the insides??But why would you want to clean propolis off poly hives anyway ? Or any hives for that matter ... the bees go to great lengths to coat the inside of hives with propolis ... why ? I don't know... but if the bees do it then they must have a reason .... my view ... leave well alone.
More of this 'we are cleaner than the bees' nonsense ...
No band wagon jumping here but I’d leave it on the shelf !No need to jump on the band wagon here who said they were cleaning the insides??
1.Polys observation perspecs and feeders ok.
2.Out side where I've handled the boxes and got propolis on them from my gloves.
Three frames.... Is that cleared that up hey!!!!!
I coat the inside of bait hives with propolis for that very reasonBut why would you want to clean propolis off poly hives anyway ? Or any hives for that matter ... the bees go to great lengths to coat the inside of hives with propolis ... why ? I don't know... but if the bees do it then they must have a reason .... my view ... leave well alone.
More of this 'we are cleaner than the bees' nonsense ...
Useful for other surfaces - the car, the cat, the dining table, the bathroom floor (still there from last summer).But why would you want to clean propolis off poly hives anyway ?
Yes ... Keep it for that ... makes more sense.Useful for other surfaces - the car, the cat, the dining table, the bathroom floor (still there from last summer).
Well ,,, your initial post did not make that clear ,,, " boy does it clean propolis from poly and wooden boxes frames etc. " I don't think I've ever had to clean propolis off the outside of my hives so I think I can be forgiven for thinking you were cleaning the insides ....No need to jump on the band wagon here who said they were cleaning the insides??
1.Polys observation perspecs and feeders ok.
2.Out side where I've handled the boxes and got propolis on them from my gloves.
Three frames.... Is that cleared that up hey!!!!!
Yes... I do the insides of any new hives as well.....get them started.I coat the inside of bait hives with propolis for that very reason
You don’t need any Blue Magic, thenYes... I do the insides of any new hives as well.....get them started.
Well ... No. If I get propolis on my gloves and it looks like I would spread it about on the outside of my poly hives I have a bucket of washing soda when I do inspections (to keep my hive tools clean) and a quick rinse in the bucket gets my hands clean. Can't abide sticky fingers ...You don’t need any Blue Magic, then
It may cost alot but you can dilute it loads and a little goes a long way, it will never take place of my bucket of washing soda which I use out in the field all the time.Well ... No. If I get propolis on my gloves and it looks like I would spread it about on the outside of my poly hives I have a bucket of washing soda when I do inspections (to keep my hive tools clean) and a quick rinse in the bucket gets my hands clean. Can't abide sticky fingers ...
Washing soda .. 10p a bucket full.. Black Magic £30 a litre - No contest !
Prevention cheaper than cure ...
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