I use PermaDent which is a wax coated plastic foundation. Unlike Pierco it
needs to be fitted in a wooden frame.

I scrape my empty honey frames -never had any brood in them- with a hive
tool and use them again. The plastic mid rib has still some wax on it.

Brood frames are a little more difficult to clean. Scraping does not remove
the material in the mid rib indents but a power washer will take care of
that. I have done a few hundred brood frames this year. Frames which sat
around for a number of weeks after scraping were easier to power wash. What
is left is bare plastic.

This leaves me with a problem. I like to have them coated with wax again
before reuse but have not yet tried to do so.

Lambert van der Veen
VEPEX Bee Farm
Ontario, Canada

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