Howdy, Owen.

We've used a heat gun (like they remove paint with) as a decapper the last
two seasons, and are well pleased with it.  It works like a charm on new
cappings; old brown ones need some scratching afterwards.

The best thing about it is that there are no cappings to mess with.

Walter
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Owen Watson <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 7:44 AM
> Subject: Hot wire uncapping
>
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> > I've just been extracting my first honey of the season and doing the
> > uncapping with a bread knife. Has anyone investigated a cheap hot
> > uncapper using a hot wire (perhaps a bit of the wire used for frames
> > with a very low voltage accross it).