> I would appreciate some info on the manufacture of Duragilt-type
> foundation, i.e., the foundation with a thin plastic sheet as the
> base for rigidity.
<snip>
> I noticed that one large dealer in the NE stopped carrying it
> because the wax tended to separate from the plastic.  I have had
> this happen, tho' rarely.  I wonder what others' experience is.
<etc.>
 
Try Permadent.
 
You'll never give any kind of  wax foudation another thought -- for
all the reasons you mentioned.
 
I have a bunch of Duragilt combs.  I can recognise them because
those are the combs that are bowed out to one side with a shiny
patch where the uncapper pulled off the wax -- permanently (the bees
won't touch it).
 
Until Plastic sheets were proven to work, I thought Duragilt was
great, but you couldn't *give* it ot me now.
 
 
Regards
 
Allen
 
W. Allen Dick, Beekeeper                                         VE6CFK
RR#1, Swalwell, Alberta  Canada T0M 1Y0
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