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I have up to now used either a solar Melter or more frequently a steamer and brood box set up to render down old wax for exchange, whilst at the same time cleaning old up frames . Neither have any insulation, are not tightly sealed and work fine. I now have a stainless steel container to steam the wax out of and was looking at insulating this with a hot water tank jacket, on the basis that this should prevent heat loss and allow the melter to work more efficiently. 2 questions for the forum
1) has anyone else insulated their stainless steel wax steamer?
2) by (presumably) keeping the temperature higher in the steamer, is the wax quality impacted?
Not intending to melt capping wax in this, they go in the oven at 65 -70C.
TIA
1) has anyone else insulated their stainless steel wax steamer?
2) by (presumably) keeping the temperature higher in the steamer, is the wax quality impacted?
Not intending to melt capping wax in this, they go in the oven at 65 -70C.
TIA