Uncapping with heat gun?

[BugsInABox]

Where are all the lollywater feeding waxbuilding mob in this equation?

Broad dedicated knife and pricker - and set the supers for fatcomb.
Only a decapping machine beats the use of. IMHO OMMMV

Bill

I'm yet to get a 1st harvest ����. But with planning in mind. Why does the knife have to be dedicated, can I use a clean one from the kitchen?

Cheers

 

[eltalia]

I'm yet to get a 1st harvest ����. But with planning in mind. Why does the knife have to be dedicated, can I use a clean one from the kitchen?

Cheers

Sure thing... where domestic alliances allow.
In our home the kitchen and it's various trinkets are off limits to
"bee stuff" under threat of "dee aye vee ohh argh ess eeeeee."

Bill

 

[BugsInABox]

Ah thanks, your 1st post confused this beginner then sent Sabatier stocks soaring.

 

[birdsandbees]

Mica particles being blown into the honey.

Perhaps a tiny amount in theory but as it's not harmful if ingested especially in such tiny amounts, it's used in cosmetics and even Lipstick.
Even the COSHH sheets state that it's not particularly hazardous even when inhaled in larger amounts (may irritate the respiratory tract)

I guess you'd be well advised to avoid using some ropey old heat gun to reduce the amount as a precautionary measure.

 

[Murox]

I'm yet to get a 1st harvest ����. But with planning in mind. Why does the knife have to be dedicated, can I use a clean one from the kitchen?

Cheers

A good serrated "bread saw" dipped in warm water will work just fine. Avoid blades with rounded, shallow serrations, and don’t use one with a high number of smaller serrations - bigger deeper is better.

 

[Ian123]

Simple answer to this bar the fancy uncapping machines how many commercial guys use a paint stripper? I do however know quite a number who use a knife, and the only thing those forks are any good for is the odd scrape on any bits the knife can’t reach.

 

[eltalia]

Simple answer to this bar the fancy uncapping machines how many commercial guys use a paint stripper? I do however know quite a number who use a knife, and the only thing those forks are any good for is the odd scrape on any bits the knife can’t reach.

Precisely.
/thumbs up/

Start employing hands and the steam/electric knives go in the cupboard.
We never had heatguns of the nature you can buy today like cheap
"throw away" tools yet having tried it with such conclusion was.....
"bin it".

Bill

 

[Ian123]

Well the heat guns is not a new idea it’s been around since I started in the 80s am sure, just not really caught on.

 

[eltalia]

Well the heat guns is not a new idea it’s been around since I started in the 80s am sure, just not really caught on.

Sure... here also, just not at current supply. Our last was just $19AUD, and came with
a very usefull case - wirth more to us than the gun itself!

Bill
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