we boiling ours in a large metal pan on a hot plate with soap added to the pan
of water.
patsy

Carol Brown wrote:

> Our facility has, over the years, varied the process in which we clean our
> base molds.  We have most recently been avoiding the use of xylene or it's
> substitutes do to the odor and, upon subsequent washing, is hard on the
> plastic plumbing and rubber washers is the washer that we use.
> Since we no longer use a paraffin solvent prior to washing our dishwasher is
> plugging up due to the solidification of paraffin.
> How do other facilities remove the paraffin from their metal base molds and
> have them clean for the next use?
> Thanks in advance for your assistance.
>
> Carol Brown
> Technical Administrator
> Westman Regional Laboratory
> Phone-204-726-2549
> Fax 204-725-0259