>
> Graham Kleinschmidt said that in New Zealand many years ago they used
> copper naphthenate then wax dipped.


Trevor, I don't see the rot problem with paraffin/rosin, despite our long,
wet winters, unless the wood is touching the ground.  What I've been doing
for the past several years is to dip the cleats that set on the ground in
copper napthenate prior to dipping.

We've tried hot dipping immediately after applying the napthenate, but
didn't like the way that the copper then leached into the hot wax in the
tank and got over all surfaces (I don't want my bees, combs, honey, nor
myself exposed to copper napthenate), so now we let it dry overnight before
hot dipping.

Randy Oliver

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