I have found that scraping the Pierco frame a couple times leaves the
cell structure filled in.  I Tried melting the wax off in hot water
but the frame warped.  Does anyone know what the distortion temp
for the Pierco plastic frames is?  Is there a better way to clean
down to a clean, thin coating of beeswax?  I don't have a ggod way to
deliver (that was supposed to be 'good') controlled temperature
hot water under pressure but this may be the way to do it if the
distortion temperature is higher than wax melting temperture but unde
under 212 F.
 
Oh, if you wind up with a smooth surface with cells filled in, the
bees will draw drone come right across the frame. or mix and match.
 
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+    Raymond J. Lackey                                     +
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