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Make Your Own Wax Screen
When I first started rendering beeswax, I had a heck of a time straining out the wax from the liquid. I went through a fair amount of cheese cloth and aggravation and many messes before my wonderful husband got tired of hearing me rant like a lunatic during this process and volunteered to make a wax screen for me. He designed a very simple and highly effective screen that I just love! He made mine 11" x 11" - because that fit over my pail perfectly. You can adjust the size to your needs.
Below I'll take you step-by-step on how to make your very own wax screen and, quite possibly, save your marriage.
You will need:
1" x 2" Pine
Screen
Small Brad Nails
Heavy Duty Staples
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Bernie measured 11 inches of the pine and cut it off with 45 degree angles. |
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He says you could just use square cuts, but he made mine with 45 degree angles. |
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Then he used his pneumatic nail gun and nailed the pieces together into a square. You can just use small brad nails if you don't have a pneumatic nailer. |
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Then I cut a piece of screen about 1/2" shorter on each side than the total square. As you can see by my face, I took this very seriously. |
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Bernie used the stapler and stapled the screen to one side of the square. |
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He went back and put in extra staples for reinforcement. |
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And finally he took the second square he made (same as the first) and nailed the two of them together, with the screen in the middle. |
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And, as you can see, the screen fits just beautifully over my pail! And Bernie no longer has to listen to my ranting when I render wax. |
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To see the screen in action, check out the Rendering Beeswax page! |
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