Its raining. Time to sort out all those plastic spacers taken off when extracting and put aside to clean, a bundle of extremely gungy rhombus escapes and some porter escapes (used because they were to hand on the day) also gunged up. My supply of washing soda has been "borrowed" for another job apparently..
What to do? A large box of Persil non-bio is looking at me. Bung in half a cupfull into a large ex-washing up bowl half full of tap hot water and bung it all in. Leave for a couple of hours whilst out with friends and dogs, return to sloosh them round by hand in nitrile glove and brush over rhombus with old nylon brush then rinse - everything clean as a whistle! Who knew?
I have been a faithfull advocate for washing soda for over 15 years but to be honest it is better at melting propolis than a propolis / wax mixture, which it tends to turn to a different type of lighter coloured gung which still has to brushed off. Have never managed to clean plastic rhombus clearers before very well as they have all the little plastic mesh holes which get clogged up, even with soda and boiling water soak. Don't have burco boilers etc.
I would only use on plastic or steel things like hives tools, not sure what it might do to wood and what the residue might be.
Now wondering if biological washing powder might do even better or how about a dishwasher tablet maybe? Anybody tried them?
What to do? A large box of Persil non-bio is looking at me. Bung in half a cupfull into a large ex-washing up bowl half full of tap hot water and bung it all in. Leave for a couple of hours whilst out with friends and dogs, return to sloosh them round by hand in nitrile glove and brush over rhombus with old nylon brush then rinse - everything clean as a whistle! Who knew?
I have been a faithfull advocate for washing soda for over 15 years but to be honest it is better at melting propolis than a propolis / wax mixture, which it tends to turn to a different type of lighter coloured gung which still has to brushed off. Have never managed to clean plastic rhombus clearers before very well as they have all the little plastic mesh holes which get clogged up, even with soda and boiling water soak. Don't have burco boilers etc.
I would only use on plastic or steel things like hives tools, not sure what it might do to wood and what the residue might be.
Now wondering if biological washing powder might do even better or how about a dishwasher tablet maybe? Anybody tried them?