DIY Waxed Fabric Wraps // Eco Craft
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- DIY Waxed Fabric Wraps // Eco Craft
I have been unhappy with the amount of disposable packaging in my home recently. When my town stopped the recycling program I realized that I wanted to change my habits so less ended up in the trash. Here are some of the steps I have taken so far:
Buying products in glass jars (then washing and saving the glass jars so I can use them as food storage)
If I must buy in plastic I go for larger tubs (like the kids yogurt) which can be washed and used for craft storage or donated to the school's art room.
I purchased some silicone suction lids which work great for leftovers and you can reheat items with them on! They are easier than foil or plastic wrap because you just lay them over the bowl and they cling. amzn.to/2Op6Z6W
I also got some silicone stretch lids which I don't like as much as kinda want to pop off unless the bowl has a lip on it. They worked pretty well on plates tho. amzn.to/2Qpo4v0
And now I am trying waxed fabric wraps! I saw them on Amazon amzn.to/2OqPCCJ but couldn't justify the $18 price tag so today I'll show you how to make them!
Supplies (affiliate links used)
100% cotton fabric (I used some fat quarters I had on hand but you can get it by the yard or recycle old clothing) amzn.to/2OpVGve
Beeswax pellets: amzn.to/2ItaPXb (Leftovers can be used in homemade lip balm recipes!)
Parchment paper: amzn.to/2OqrDDO
Iron: amzn.to/2Qk1QKH
Pinking shears: amzn.to/2QmC3kW
*I placed a teflon mat on my craft table to protect it but you might want a cookie sheet under your parchment paper to contain any wax that might seep out especially if you are working on an ironing board. If you are working on a table I'd also place a folded towel under the cookie sheet so the heat won't damage your table.
Directions:
1. Wash and dry your fabric, press if desired.
2. Cut fabric to desired sizes with pinking shears. A fat quarter cut in quarters will give you four 9"x11" pieces minus a bit of offcut when you trim off the frayed edges after washing. You can make these in whatever size meets your needs (and fits your bowls and dishes!)
3, Place a piece of fabric on parchment paper. (see noe about using a cookie sheet above) and sprinkle with wax pellets. Cover with another piece of fabric ideally the same size. Cover that with parchment paper and press with a hot iron to melt the wax.
4. Look at the fabric for any "dry spots" and add more wax if needed or reposition the fabric so it will sop up extra wax. Replace the parchment paper and repress.
5. Separate the fabric pieces and set aside on a piece of parchment paper to cool. Repeat for the remainder of your fabric using the same parchment papers.
Wait! Don't toss that used parchment paper!
You can use it to protect your work table after your next messy craft project or use pieces of it to help start your next campfire. Or, since parchment paper is biodegradable and compostable you can mix it in with your compost as any leftover beeswax is compostable too.
Remember after about 150 washes your fabric wraps may be used up, when that happens cut them into smaller pieces and compost them!
DIY Waxed Fabric Wraps // Eco Craft
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It is so funny to see this, because this is an old product to me. Grandparents used stuff like this, so it is glad to see it again. My great grandma would use white cotton with different colored wax to determine what its use was for. For example, each kid had their own color, which made them responsible for returning it for washing. One note if you cover something that has a strong odor it may leave the smell behind, such as covering an onion. After you wash it, if you still notice the smell you can spray it with a mixture of 2 parts water and one part regular vinegar. The vinegar smell goes away after it dries and in most cases the bad odor will too. It is not usually a problem in the beginning, but after 30 or more uses (after the wax starts to become worn in spots) this may become an issue. This method was also common for keeping bugs away from food while doing picnics because the wax is not something the bugs want.
great tip, thanks!
No problem. I use vinegar as my go to cleaner for basic clean up. I have one child with server skin issues, so bleach and other cleaners are too harsh.
Thanks for your added insight!
Thank you!😊
A lot of people who make these and sell them suggest to use a bee wax you can grate for quality purposes. They also suggest that you use some type of oil such as tea tree oil or jojoba oil for the their anti-fungal properties. It also helps with the cleaning of them and can keep the wax from cracking
Thank you for talking quickly, moving along, and not being self absorbed! Only video I have ever watched all the way through❣️
I dont undertand how anyone could thumbs down this. I love the diversity of your channel. I get to enjoy so many art ideas that you come up with as well as your many techniques in paintings, drawings, cards, jewelry, etc. I also learn from the various products used whether its watercolor, pastel, intense, colored pencil etc.
Keep it up and Thank You
Probably because she uses only beeswax. The best ones (by far) add jojoba oil and pine resin. These make the wraps more pliable and a bit sticky so they stick together properly.
Today is a .... lets see Lindsays' DIY projects for inspiration .... I love this one ... such a great idea and way to help reduce garbage and keep food fresh ...
Thank you very much for my viewing enjoyment :)
I come to you for watercolor, and then you give me THIS GOLD 😂❤️
Thank you for making this so easy! I saw or read a tutorial for these and it was so complicated, and because I had never seen these in action, I didn't know what they were, so I just thought I wanted to make these but was super skeptical. So now.....I will be making a bunch of these and will be using for gifts as well. Would be nice to make an instruction/ care label to put with these when gifting, you know, for folks like me that didn't know what or how to use these. Thank you so much! I love all of your videos. Don't let any haters bother you, more people like your videos than don't!
Are you kidding !!!! That's all there is to it? Wow...I am impressed! I was thinking while you were ironing....what comes next....and you were done! Thanks so much for sharing, definitely going to try this, so simple and so useful...I love it!
This was perfect timing! I wanted to make these as Christmas gifts for friends and family:-) oh, thank you for ironing before cutting, I was about to have a heart attack!
Made these today as gifts! So easy and going to be a great nonplastic alternative. Thanks!
Thanks for this wonderful tutorial, Lindsay! Every one of us has to be conscientious about cutting down on waste and this is an effective way to do that! I purchased my wax wraps from a group of students who made them for a fund-raiser; a great way for any clubs looking to raise money....
that's a great idea! Craft fairs too!
Wow! I've never seen or heard about this type of product. How clever. Thanks for sharing and teaching.
Wonderful Lindsay. Reducing waste is something we try to do so I looked into purchasing the ready made item here in Australia and was totally shocked. Now you've come to the rescue. Already we have begun discussing as a family how to approach and apply this brilliant idea. We have a household member with coeliac disease so his food can even be wrapped clearly in a design different to everything else. Yay! Looks like a great project is about to be undertaken here thanks to you. Very appreciative.
Great suggestion to make a different color for your family member who has celiac! I have it as well.
I did this a few months ago. I melted the wax over a medium low heat on a stove burner in an aluminum pan and dropped the cotton into it until it was covered. Look for your local Apiary's and support them vs buying off of Amazon-it smells so good!
"Buy Local" has been my motto for several years. Thanks for the tip to look for the wax at a local apiary!
Marianne Reddick hi! Question: you melted the wax in, say, a shallow pan like a cast iron skillet and then dunked the cotton in it?
@Donna Dayle Good for you! That's awesome 😊
Love, love, love this idea. Trying to eliminate plastic baggies, and other throw away type items(paper towels, plastic wrap, etc.)
I was not able to use reusable containers for hubbies lunches. They are to bulky to fit in his bag. This is the perfect solution for wrapping his sandwiches. Thank you so much for sharing.
Now I can make these and never buy plastic bags or wrap again🤗
Thanks for sharing and caring about the environment 😘
What a great gift to make for loved ones too. Store bought like these are expensive.
The irony in all of this is the fact that as a society we wanted convenience, now we are reverting back to practices that were being used from the early 1900s and up to the 1950s. Waste not, want not. Back then everyone was about using what they had, reusing food scraps in making stock or composting it. Now I've gotten on the kick of not buying anything that comes in plastic packaging. We used to put our trash and recycling out every week, now it's every two weeks! We've cut our trash consumption in half! Sometimes our recycling only goes out once a month. We lucked out this year on not having to buy a lot of meat, the hubby was able to get a deer this year. On occasion I still buy fund raising items from my kids because they are in Scouts, so it's a trade off. Lucky for my family I am a stay at home mother and am able to spend the time making foods more from scratch which is unheard of in this day and age, but I think it is the highest form of love for my family. Maybe that's the old school in me, maybe I'm just becoming more in tune with my true inner self.
I think I will give you a new title “Leave it to Lindsay”! Thanks so much for this DIY project.
Lindsey, you are the Best! You always come up with new ideas to create at home which are thrifty and eco friendly. Just a big hug and THANK you for providing all the links to things you mention. Your devoted fan in CR.
thank you!
you are a crafting guru....saving my life one video at a time!
Thank you for an excellent tutorial. I am thrilled to know how to make these wraps myself. I can control the what will be touching my food. I just returned a set because the manufacturer used scented wax.
LOVE THIS! I bought some awhile ago and thought them too expensive. Thanks! I am also trying to be less wasteful with less plastic, no styrofoam, etc. Am proud of you for all your efforts.💕
I've not heard of these before, but I'm sure happy I have now! This is a great idea! Now I won't have plastic wrap guilt.
LOVE this! You are so clever. I thoroughly enjoy your watercolor videos and watch them all religiously. You have taught me so much that, soon, I am planning on opening an Etsy shop to sell watercolor cards. This, however, is genius; it takes the cake!!
This is truly genius!! I will be trying this project in the coming weeks! Thanks!
A wonderful money saver, and kinder to the environment!
I remember as a kid, my aunt used to have covers that looked like shower caps. My mother used to collect dishes to place on top of her bowls in the fridge and then you could layer the bowls. Clever!
I did that too with dishes on bowls until i got my silicone lids (which are awesome!)
I use waxed paper and foil for lots of different things and I really like this idea. I've also got a friend who's a bee keeper and has a business so I may have to put an order in if she sells wax. Thanks for helping out our environment.
perfect! Your beekeep friend might actually be able to sell these wraps too!
Thanks so much for this, Lindsay, I'd love to see more of this kind of environmental craft project. I'm sorry your local recycling program failed, we've found that people who are indifferent to environmental matters (such as participating properly in recycling programs to make them effective & efficient) sing a different tune when their hip pocket is affected.
South Australia, where I live, has had a container deposit/refund program in place since 1975, to encourage people to return bottles, cans, tetrapaks etc for a small refund. The deposit is only small (it was doubled to 10cents about 10yrs ago) but it has resulted in us being the least littered (populated) part of the country, gives community groups & others a source of fundraising, & keeps recycling practices in people's minds, helping other recycling programs stay current & relevant. Of our 6 states & 2 territories, all but 2 have now initiated programs based on this model & the remaining 2 are looking into it atm.
A similar situation arose in 2009 when SA banned single use plastic bags from being issued at Point of Sale. Now you must bring your own bags, or you can be given a compostable bag or buy a re-usable one. The throwaway ones can no longer be sold given free, retailers are subject to fines of $5k-$20k & if shoppers don't bring their own bags, they must buy reusable bags every time they forget their own. There are now similar programs either running or due to start in 4 other states & 1 territory. I'm glad these programs are working, but sadly, the evidence shows that some people just don't care to make the effort unless they have a financial incentive or penalty to encourage them.
Luckily we have bottle deposits too and if you are too lazy to take them back for a refund the boy scouts will pick them up from you and cash them in to help their fundraising efforts:) You rarely see a bottle on the ground here.
“If you’re a bee-product-free vegan, you can substitute beeswax for candelilla wax. While it works well on it’s own, I think it’s best with the pine resin.” Bees are dying and going extinct this product is a good idea but not if it feeds another problem.
Environmental scientists all over the world are looking into the bee problem with a view to improving it. In the big picture, the petroleum-free candle making industry uses huge amounts of unnecessary wax, as do others & there have been no suggestions from govt or science that they should be stopped. This small project reduces landfill & marine microplastic pollution, while using an almost negligible quantity of wax by comparison in a more sustainable manner. While there is no 'us' without bees, until & unless both govt & science deem it necessary to stop the industrial-level usage, criticising those who try to live more sustainably while we can, does not help the bees or us.
Environmental scientists all over the world are looking into the bee problem with a view to improving it. In the big picture, the petroleum-free candle making industry uses huge amounts of unnecessary wax, as do others & there have been no suggestions from govt or science that they should be stopped. This small project reduces landfill & marine microplastic pollution, while using an almost negligible quantity of wax by comparison in a more sustainable manner. While there is no 'us' without bees, until & unless both govt & science deem it necessary to stop the industrial-level usage, criticising those who try to live more sustainably while we can, does not help the bees or us.
I'm making some for my son & DIL - the recipe I'm using calls for some pine resin & jojoba oil in with the beeswax. It's supposed to make them more sticky. I LOVE your idea for the bags!
great way to wrap up holiday treats for a gift! 💖💖💖
What a great idea, thanks for showing us how to make these waxed covers!
You are soooooo awesome, i have had nightmares lately about our trash we are conservative but we could do a lot better and i am so thankful that you posted this!! I have wanted to ask you about storage ideas! Thanks so much!
Awesome! Our town is phasing out recycling as well. This is easy enough for even me to do. I'm not the craftiest person around. Thanks again Lindsey. Your such a peach!💜💜😙
thanks!
Great idea. Thanks for sharing and showing us how to make these covers.
I made some in the oven but i like your idea better. It seems to be easier and less messy. Love your videos.
Must be living under a crafty rock....never heard of these before. You've piqued my interest Lindsay! Have cotton, have beeswax, have iron.....can feel a dash of curious experimentation coming on now. TFS!
They make great gifts too!
Was just looking to buy some of these the other day but the price held me back!! Can’t wait to make a bunch-thank you!!!
the price held me back too! I am so glad I tried making some, it was really easy!
I’ve got never heard of these but I think they are a great idea. I can never match my lids with my containers and with these that wouldn’t be a problem. Well done!
I never can find the right lid either!
thefrugalcrafter Lindsay Weirich - Girl, SAME. 😂🤷🏻♀️😂
This is just the neatest idea!! These will be soooo handy! They also would make great gifts! Thank you so much for this tutorial. :)
so so so happy to see you doing crafts like this!! - Thank you for being awesome as per usual :)
How can a town suddenly stop recycling? My garbage service did essentially the same thing by reducing the number of things we’re allowed to put in our recycling bin to pretty much nothing. It’s infuriating! Now more than ever we should be recycling, and it seems that if individuals are willing to do their part companies and communities should be willing to do the same, if not more. We all share the responsibility of saving our planet.
Christina Todd it’s not cost effective to recycle. Many recyclables also end up getting tossed because people don’t sort properly. China is also ceasing to accept our recyclables...
That was the reason, our town used to make money on our recycling when we had to clean and sort it but then they went to zero sort so more people would comply and they broke even. Now, as Miss GIJoe said China is rejecting a lot of the recyclables from the USA so they have started to landfill it! To continue to send it to the recycling company was so much more expensive and they were housing some and landfilling some because there is no market for it. The upside was that it made me look at my consumption much more closely. All of our trash now will be incinerated and turned into energy which is better than landfilling but they are burning everything, plastics and all which can't be good no matter how good they filter the particulates out.
That said if out recycling has to be shipped half way around the world to be recycled how good for the earth is it? All the gas to ship it and then recycle it? It is better to not consume it in the first place if we can help it. It sure is challenging tho.
Our town did the complete opposite. We have to recycle everything. Additionally none of the items can be in bags, you literally need to dump everything into a big bin. A lot of the combustible stuff like paper is thrown into a fire system that helps power the conveyor belt. Since I live near multiple military bases we have plenty of scrappers who buy the metals, cardboard and glass.
Wow. I don't know any of that information. You're right, we need to tackle the problem at the source, purchasing it in the first place.
Yes, in our area people put plastic bags in their recycling bin, don't break down the cardboard boxes, put non-recyclable items (batteries and electronics) in the bin and don't rinse anything. It is not cost effective to have to sort and clean trash that is in the recycling bins.
Genius!!! Haven't seen these in years my grandma used to use them. Didn't know how to make them now thank you so much! 🌰XO❤XO🎃XO❤🍁
Awesome! I was just looking on amazon for these! I want to eliminate as much plastic from my life as possible. Now I can do it for much less cost! Thanks!
awesome! I got some silicone suction lids on amazon (check around because the prices fluctuate like crazy, I paid $8 for 4 and then it went up to $29!) but they are amazing and you can reheat with them where you don't want to heat up the wax wraps.
These would be awesome to wrap small gifts in as well!
great idea!
I do have a question...after they are used for a while, can you re-coat with more bees wax for extended uses? Before you toss to the compost?
I'm so happy you posted this!! Thank you so much!! I love these but yes they are super expensive online so i figured it wasn't realistic for me. I'm so happy I can use it now :)
I use mine all the time! They save money and are very convenient!
This is so cool, I have never heard of this before.
thanks!
Wonderful idea Linsay. Thank you for sharing!!!!
I am so excited to make these, some for myself & some for Christmas gifts for my girl friends. I better start, lots of girl friends
Thank you so much for sharing.
Mary
I absolutely love this tutorial. It is an inspiration and I am now on the lookout for beeswax. Thank you so much.
thanks Laura:) You can alternatively get a block of beeswax and grate it if that is easier to find locally.
“If you’re a bee-product-free vegan, you can substitute beeswax for candelilla wax. While it works well on it’s own, I think it’s best with the pine resin.” Bees are dying and going extinct this product is a good idea but not if it feeds another problem.
Another great video! I've wanted to try something like this for a while now but thought it would be too messy/difficult. Now I know how simple it can be , I'm going to get on it!
Hi Lindsay. I am very excited about this project. I had no idea this even existed. I am going to make them to give presents to all my family. Easy, affordable and you can even use super cute fabrics . ❤️.Thank you so much !!! I subscribed to your channel , I cant wait to see more tutorials from you. Bay the way...do you mind giving me the information for your husband's cutting boards ? He has a website? or TH-cam channel? I want to check them out !!! Thank you !!!!!
In theory couldn't you rewax the sheets after the lifespan of uses?
nvaranavage I was asking the same question!
Yes! Lots of ways to do this so just Google it. My favorite, place the wrap between 2 sheets of parchment paper and iron it.
This is so cool! I love the fabric you used too!
Thanks Lisa! My daughter Lila got me these fat quarters for my birthday:)
This is awesome, ty for sharing! You are full of surprises! 😄
I love this. You come up with the neatest stuff!
thank you!
I did consultancy a while ago for a company that sold these made of linen, beeswax and various plant resins (still not on the market, however) but they were Bacteria-free after 12 months of use.
Nice!
You a brilliant! I have wanted to buy these but they are so expensive tfs
thanks! It is so easy and not very time consuming either:)
It's been a couple months now... Are you still using them? Are they still working as expected? Have you had to rewax them at all?
Yes, they still work great. I have not rewaxed them. I wash them with lukewarm soapy water and time and air dry. I misty use them to wrap fruit, veg and naked goods or stuff that needs a cover but does not need to be airtight. I also use silicone suction lids and stretch lids if I have something like soup to store. The suction lids I prefer to the stretch kind. Amazon has some good deals as they ate expensive in home stores.
Oh wow I love this idea!!! I’m excited to try this, thanks so much for sharing how to make wax wraps, I’d love to use something other than plastic wrap. 👏🏻
Very cool. I watched someone else put theirs in the oven, but I like hands on better, and I’m in the camp of, I’m glad you ironed the material first! 😂
I’m not sure if the fabric I found lying around in my house is 100% cotton. It might be a polyester blend. Could I still use it for this? Thank you!
Oh my goodness. I have been trying to figure out how to do this! I was thinking paraffin; which probably wouldn't have worked as well. Thank you!!
if you use food grade paraffin (aka canning wax) you would probably want some oil added to it to make it a bit softer as paraffin is a harder wax but it would be fine, I'd suggest jojoba or food grade mineral oil.
Great idea, quick question are the dyes used for the fabric okay for compost that goes into a vegetable garden? My husband doesn't trust any of the dyes used on boxes so I always rip the first layer off.
That is where prewashing the fabric comes in, any of the dye isjust staining the fabric at this point so it is miniscule. You could for for a 100% cotton unbleached muslin if you prefer tho.
Hi, Lindsay. I am one of ur biggest fan. Ur very brilliant.
i have a really really important question, can I re ink distress ink pads with distress oxide reinkers, cause i spent a fortune on distress ink pads but i didn't like the result and also they came very dry.
I had to play the beginning of this video a second time because I thought I had mis-heard....so surprised that your town is not recycling :( (or stopping recycling). That's a shame.
great project !!
thank you for these vids!!
I've been looking at these online for months, but the cost was prohibitive. I don't know why it didn't occur to me to make my own, but thanks for the push in the right direction, and the Christmas gift idea.
Great video! Thats why I like your channel.. its always different! I saw these a few years ago.. $50 for a small pack. Wow.. soo I keep buying foil. Also. Did you mention how to clean them? Water maybe?
8:20 she tells how to maintain them
Thanks !!!
Great video. I had forgotten about these. I hate using plastic and this is such a great alternative. I remember my Mom using these when I was little. My Grandmother made them for her. Thank you so much. (What is the deal with stopping recycling??)
It costs too much, we used to get paid to recycle, well our town did anyway, but now with the zero sort I think so much stuff got thrown in that could not be recycled at it got expensive to sort and China is now reject our recycling so no one wants to recycle it. Many small town the area can't afford to recycle all of a sudden, it's sad but hopefully this with encourage others to consume less packaging, save and reuse jars and refuse plastic. We could learn so much from the way our grandparents did things:)
I’ve been interested in getting some of these and now I know how to make my own! I think I would use these as fire starter (we have wood heat)when the time comes.
Just double check with your furnace tech if wax is safe to burn. It is OK in an open hearth but it is not in our fireplace insert. It would be great in a campfire tho!
I definitely want to make some of these.
Great idea!
I have one question, I want to try making this at home using old t-shirts. They're 100% cotton, or at least that's what the tag says, but I'm sure dyes must have been used. Should I buy 100% organic cotton fabric or would these old t-shirts work? I'm concerned they might leave some residue or toxin on the food, suggestions?
It's fine, go ahead and use it:)
This is totally brilliant~! I bought some, but I think I will definitely make some more, I have a huge block of beeswax somewhere. I think I will have to grate it though. They would smell amazing!
yes you will but it shouldn't be too hard:)
Do you melt the wax to the side which the food might touch? Or the outside side? (If that makes sense?).
Thank you :-)
It saturates the cloth so it's on both sides
@@thefrugalcrafter Thank you :-)
Going to try this thanks for the idea 😀
really love the idea by using the iron, Because I dont have any oven
excited to try making this as i have long been trying to find alternative fabric food wraps. planning to buy the wax pellets you linked and trying to figure out how many bags of the beeswax to get as i am planning to make them for gifts. i know that it all depends on the size of the fabric but if using a fat quarter, how many pcs can be waxed with 1 bag of the beeswax pellets?
You can do a lot! I recommend you work on a shallow pan like a cookie sheet and any leftover wax will absorb into the next theet. I'd guess you could do 60 fat quarters with on 1lb bag.
oh wow! that's awesome!!! can't wait to try it out! thanks for the quick response:)
you're welcome, have fun with the craft and I suggust having something good to listen to or a movie on when you are making these if you are making a lot as it will take some time. Your home will smell divine too!
Just seen another vid on this and your vid is sooo much more informative and less effort sooo. Soo glad i found you and i will Thank You with a SUB 🤗👍✌️💝💝 loved this could NOT be More up my Alley. Im such the naturalist
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Any ideas for trash bags, we can take to dump? We don't have pick up here in Waterboro Maine
This is really neat
Great idea...thanks so much for sharing...
I love this idea!!!!!!!!!
thanks Kelly!
It’s been a few years. How have the waxed wraps worked out?
I’d like to make cloth tankard covers for our cups during the Renaissance fair. Instead of the expensive smelly leather ones. Any hints or tips are welcome.
Very well, I think they could be a bit stickier but not bad
Amazing! Luv this! #TeamRecycle
Wow-I just got a big bag of the exact wax you have, and far quarters are .99 at Walmart. This sounds like something that will be happening soon at our house!
great! I love fat quarters, they size is useful for crafts and i love having a variety on hand:)
More on the topic: what is the benefit of this covers over covering the bowl with a plate? Does it seal better or is it the adjustable size? We don't use plastic wrap (except for some water-coloring sometimes:D) - in the kitchen I just cover the bowl with a plate or a silicon cover - we've bought them about 15 years ago and they still look like new (and usually things in our household age quite quickly;). If somebody wouldn't be able to find beeswax or wouldn't want to go through all this for whatever reason but still wanted to do something for the environment...
If you're putting that bowl in the fridge, sometimes the plates on top can get knocked off or are too big/add height to the bowl so don't fit, so these work better. They'd also work better than a plate/etc. if you're transporting something that needs a cover.
@@KaloCheyna Thank you very much for your answer. I'll let you know how ours will work out:).
Thanks so much for this I Love this idea. I love these types of videos from you. Sad your town stopped the recycling program. That stinks
Are these washable and do they hold bacteria after use? Thanks
yes, wash the with dish soap and cool water. Other wax wraps were tested for bacteria after a year of use and they were fine, now, that said I am a vegetarian so I am not wrapping up meat or poultry or eggs so you might want to avoid that and definitely don't wrap raw meat in them but for other items like sealing bowls they will be perfect.
I never heard about these waxed cloths but it was fun watching you make them...I don't know if it would work for me cause my hands are always cold...tfs
mine too but I can still seal them:)
If you're able to rub your hands together vigorously that might help. Or even warm your hands with some hot water.
Sounds like a good idea.
Nice work 👍😊
I love this!
How do you store these? Just put parchment between the sheets?
I just fold and stack them
Thank you
Lindsey these are wonderful. I live in Florida and keep the house about 77-78 to save money. Would there be any chance they would melt? How will the humidity affect them? Thanks for all you do.
no, that's fine, they will seal up well for you too:)
Very Interesting!
Thank you just what I was looking for