> No thoughts on how to get plastic frames and foundation clean, but as to the > second question, I would be very careful about irradiating plastic frames. > While you won't end up with radioactive frames, some plastics change with > irradiation. You could end up with frames too brittle to use. > > Suggest you try a few frames as a test and see what happens (and also contact > your frame supplied to find out exactly what plastic they are made from). > > W. G. Miller > Gaithersburg, MD > In getting my Perico plastic frames cleaned after freezing them and scraping all I can of the dark comb, I soak the frames in a solution of NaOH(lye) (drayno) and get out the remainder of the pieces. If a few are left, I had good acceptance by the bees in building new comb during the honey flow. JR. ************************************************ John Romanik BBKM #l03 3200 Pine Orchard Lane Ellicott City, Maryland 21042 email [log in to unmask] 15 miles west of Baltimore 39 degrees north of the Equator *************************************************o.org