poor quality fake foundation?

[thomaso123t]

Hi all
I wander if anyone could help me with this…
I have recently purchased some foundation from well-known UK seller and have some serious concerns about its quality. Basically, the foundation doesn’t smell like bees wax the colour isn’t right and it feels like it wasn’t made from real bee’s wax. I have used bees wax from various sources in the past and have some left over from different suppliers and this one is very much different.
I did go back to the seller to express my concerns but I was assured that it came from good source and that there is nothing wrong with it!
Now is the question. Is there any way to check if it is a real bees wax? I read that some people add paraffin but this to me looks like 100% artificial material of some sort.
Any advice?
Thanks
Tom

 

[B+.]

Hi all
I wander if anyone could help me with this…
I have recently purchased some foundation from well-known UK seller and have some serious concerns about its quality. Basically, the foundation doesn’t smell like bees wax the colour isn’t right and it feels like it wasn’t made from real bee’s wax. I have used bees wax from various sources in the past and have some left over from different suppliers and this one is very much different.
I did go back to the seller to express my concerns but I was assured that it came from good source and that there is nothing wrong with it!
Now is the question. Is there any way to check if it is a real bees wax? I read that some people add paraffin but this to me looks like 100% artificial material of some sort.
Any advice?
Thanks
Tom

The "Sale of Goods" Act requires the product to be of merchantable quality. Clearly, it is not fit for the purpose for which it was intended so you should claim a full refund.

 

[REDWOOD]

Melt test. 62c to 64c

 

[enrico]

Just for the record the colour can differ from a bright yellow to a dull grey/brown. If you run a hair dryer over it the smell should be obvious.
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[jenkinsbrynmair]

The "Sale of Goods" Act requires the product to be of merchantable quality. Clearly, it is not fit for the purpose for which it was intended

How can you state it's 'clearly' not fit for purpose?
The OP hasn't even put it into the hives to see how the bees react and has no real proof it's not beeswax.
TS would just laugh in your face if you quoted SOGA on what we've heard so far.

 

[Erichalfbee]

Just for the record the colour can differ from a bright yellow to a dull grey/brown. If you run a hair dryer over it the smell should be obvious.
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It can, can't it!
I have some wax from Kemble that is yellow yellow; some from Thorne that is less yellow and some that is pale grey/straw colour. Bees don't care.
I did try some crimped foundation this year and that's another ball game. The bees took most of the wax away from the wires leaving strips of drawn comb hanging from the top bars!

 

[Curley]

Melt test. 62c to 64c

That's the way. Use as small a sample as practicable and a cheapo thermometer off fleabay - they are surprisingly accurate. Any contamination will tend to depress the melting point but as Redwood says, pure beeswax should melt between 62 and 64 celsius .