Replacing Plastic Wrap DIY

Another great project to reduce your use of plastics. A bees wax, pine rosin, and jojoba oil impregnated cloth. These cloths can be used to wrap any food except meat. Use as bowl covers, sandwich wraps, store cheese, butter, etc. Easy to clean, just rinse with cold water and dry. The warmth of your hands helps mold the cloths around bowls so no use for cling wrap.

These are made from fat quarters purchased at my local craft store. Any 100% cotton cloth can be used. Wash in baking soda, then boil the cloth to remove manufacturing reside. 

Cut into desired sizes with pinking shears. Make sure the cloth is dry before adding wax. 

You will need: a metal cookie sheet (non-coated) and a metal putty knife. 

Recipe: 

4 oz bees wax

4 oz powdered pine rosin (this can be found on ebay)

2 oz jojoba oil

1. Use a pot, stainless bowl or mason jar that you will not use for anything else and set up like a double boiler. Mix the wax, pine rosin, and jojoba oil in the container and melt over boiling water until liquid. 

2. Lay the cloth on the cookie sheet, dip the putty knife into the wax mixture and start to work the wax into the cloth. You want the wax to impregnate the cloth without having a heavy visible layer. 

Do this with all the cloths you want to make, scraping the putty knife on the side of your wax container to re-melt. 

3, After you get wax on all the cloths, lay on the cookie sheet in layers and place in a warm oven for 30 minutes. (200 degrees or less)

This will help evenly melt the wax into the cloths. 

4. Remove from oven and pick up each cloth individually and shake to cool. 

5. Fold and place in a large glass jar to store. 

With the exception of meat you can use any way that you use plastic wrap.