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We have recently built a home made Solar Wax Melter as a Dad-&-Son weekend project! How easy was that to do? We bought all the necessary supplies which include a short list of common household items such as: 1x roll of aluminium foil, 1x roll of cling wrap, 2x plastic black bags, staples, stapler & cardboard box.
Take a stock 4 size cardboard box and cut the box to show a slanted front-to-back angle of about 45 degrees. Cover the bottom of the box all around and up the sides with the black plastic bags. Staple the black plastic bags to the inside of the card board box using about 2-3cm of the inside of the box as the lip with the rest of the bag on th eoutside of the cardboard box. TIP: cover the underside of the box as well!
Take the aluminium foil and insulate the inside of the box on all sides and floor. Again staple regularly to ensure there is a tight fit. Make sure you also overlap on the outside by about 2 cm all around as well with foil. Finally, take the cling wrap clear plastic and cover the open space of the box to retain the heat inside. Start on the left of the box to the middle and right to the middle.
TIP: this allows for the 'loading' of wax containers into the middle of the box between the 2 halves of cling wrap. To keep the middle slit closed, place a glove or similar item to keep it closed. Wind can blow inside and remove heat.
Watch the SA Bee Journal for a a rendition of our Solar Wax melter by Hans Blokker after we showed him the Pilot Project!
It won't take more than 3 minutes!
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