dirty wax

[Guest Pot Licker]

I have bees wax that has a great quantity of dirt, (apparently the previous owner just melted it and poured it on the ground) some of the dirt settles but how can I clean the wax to have a dirt free product? Thanks for your help

[topofmurrayhill]

You'll want to filter your wax. People use panty hose, paper towels or even coffee filters. Often it's easiest to put the filter material into a strainer and pour through that.

Beeswax is viscous and it sounds like yours is pretty dirty. A slightly more heavy duty material I like for this purpose is the nylon filter fabric that the beekeeping suppliers sell. I think it's used for filtering honey and works well for wax too.

Good luck.

[Pam W]

I use multiple layers of cheese cloth.