Project:Beeswax Wrap

ProjectInfoBox Wax Cloth to Wrap Food
Status:	planning
Release Date:	late 2018
Initiator:	Lukas
Materials Used:	beeswax, kitchen towels (or straight fabric)
Tools Used:	scissors, flatiron (Bügeleisen)
Approx. Cost:	12 € (fabric) + ??? € (wax) for ??? wraps

In order to reduce our use of aluminum foil and cling foil (Frischhaltefolie) even more, my wife and I want to make some beeswax-impregnated wrapping cloth. It should be affordable and easily made so it can be copied by others and given away as a small present.

Materials

• beeswax
  • local? perhaps HeidelbergHonig
  • Bio-Honig.com (4.90 €/100 g)
  • already mixed with other ingredients? [1], [2] 
• cotton fabric
  • two 140 × 60 cm pieces from Stoff-Ideen (Plöck)
    • strawberries: 125 g/m²
    • yellow: 131 g/m²

Starting Points

search terms:

• Wachstücher/Bienenwachstücher
• wax wrap

DIY instructions:

• "Beeswax Wrap - Reusable Substitution for Plastic Wrap" on Instructables
• Zerowastefamilie.de - add oil for flexibility?
• Utopia.de
• Wax Wrap "workshops" page - very few details
• Johanna Rundel - hairdryer for final touch, 20 % oil!

commercial options:

• Bee's Wrap (high shipping cost to Germany)
• Wildwax Tuch (still pretty expensive...but sold in some Heidelberg stores)
• Wax Wrap - also add resin, sell "DIY wax blocks"