# Best way to manage these old flow frames?

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**Created:** [May 1, 2021, 7:07am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/best-way-to-manage-these-old-flow-frames/30227 "2021-05-01T07:07:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dawn\_SD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/dawn_sd/32/15954_2.png) [@Dawn\_SD](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Dawn_SD)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2021, 7:12am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/best-way-to-manage-these-old-flow-frames/30227/2 "2021-05-01T07:12:14Z")

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You can use the search tool to look for posts on Cleaning Flow frames. 😊

I found one to get you started:

> [@Cleaning the Flow frames](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/cleaning-the-flow-frames/1187/40):
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> I was given a flow hive that had been left standing for a couple of years. As a result the hive tool couldn’t move the seized sections up or down. due to propolis gumming up the works. I tried freezing and washing in hot water which removed most of the old wax and honey but still left the propolis in situ. I stripped the frames to their component parts and immersed them in a weak solution of caustic soda overnight then washed and brushed them to remove the softened gunge. After a thorough rinsin…

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