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In a short video, Barbara shows how you can easily make your own beeswax cloths.
Beeswax cloths - completely natural and creative
Beeswax cloths are perfect for wrapping food and covering bowls. They are a natural alternative to plastic or aluminium foil. The antibacterial properties of beeswax keep food fresh for longer. Ideal for bread, cheese, sliced fruit and vegetables.
Wrap a bread roll like a present, for example. When heated by hand, the beeswax cloth becomes flexible and sticks to itself. This allows the bread roll to be wrapped very tightly.
After use, the cloth can be washed off with cold water and reused after drying.
This is what you need for 2 beeswax cloths (30 x 30 cm):
- 4 heaped tablespoons (60 g) 100% BW yellow (discolours the fabric yellowish) or bleached in pastilles
- 1/3 teaspoon organic coconut oil (e.g. Alnatura at Migros)
- ½ teaspoon of pine resin
- 2 fabric cuttings (30 x 30 cm) made from light, washed 100% cotton fabric
- 1 teaspoon and 1 tablespoon
- Various pan lids (mark out roundels)
- Felt-tip pen
- Covering material (newspapers, plastic...)
- Heat-resistant base (e.g. old terry towel or wooden board)
- Wax melting pot, hob, tin or preserving jar & pan for melting the wax in a water bath
- Old iron from the second-hand shop
- Heat-resistant base
- Scissors or pinking shears
- Brush approx. 5- 6 cm wide
- Baking release paper (2 sheets)
- Stirring rod
- Household paper
Step-by-step instructions
Step 1
Cut the washed fabric into the desired pieces with scissors or zigzag scissors. Use pan lids to help with the rondelles.
Step 2
Fill the wax melting pot with water and heat to a medium temperature.
Alternative water bath:
Place a preserving jar or tin can in a pan filled with a little water
Step 3
Grind ½ teaspoon of pine resin with a spoon.
Step 4
Pour 4 tablespoons of wax pastilles into the wax melter. (Enough for 2 pieces of fabric 30 x 30 cm)
Step 5
Add ½ teaspoon of pine resin powder and stir until the resin has melted, increase the heat if necessary (75-80 degrees).
Step 6
As soon as the wax is liquid and the resin has dissolved, add 1/3 teaspoon of coconut oil. Reduce the heat and heat the iron to medium heat.
Step 7
Place a piece of baking paper on a heat-resistant surface (e.g. an old terry towel, which absorbs any escaping liquid wax well), prepare a second piece of baking paper.
Step 8
Place the fabric on the baking paper and use the brush to apply the liquid wax as evenly as possible to the fabric.
Step 9
Place the second piece of packing paper over the waxed piece of fabric and iron over the baking paper from the inside to the outside to distribute the wax evenly on the fabric and bond it to the fabric.
Step 10
Carefully lift the piece of fabric by two corners and wiggle it in the air for a few seconds until the wax has cooled down. Do the same with the second piece of fabric.
Step 1
Cut the washed fabric into the desired pieces with scissors or zigzag scissors. Use a pan lid to help with the rondelles
Step 2
Fill the wax melting pot with water and heat to a medium temperature.
Alternative water bath:
Place a preserving jar or tin can in a pan filled with a little water
Step 3
Grind ½ teaspoon of pine resin with a spoon.
Step 4
Pour 4 tablespoons of wax pastilles into the wax melter. (Enough for 2 pieces of fabric 30 x 30 cm)
Step 5
Add ½ teaspoon of pine resin powder and stir until the resin has melted, increase the heat if necessary (75-80 degrees).
Step 6
As soon as the wax is liquid and the resin has dissolved, add 1/3 teaspoon of coconut oil. Reduce the heat and heat the iron to medium heat.
Step 7
Place a piece of baking paper on a heat-resistant surface (e.g. an old terry towel, which absorbs any escaping liquid wax well), prepare a second piece of baking paper.
Step 8
Place the fabric on the baking paper and use the brush to apply the liquid wax as evenly as possible to the fabric.
Step 9
Place the second piece of packing paper over the waxed piece of fabric and iron over the baking paper from the inside to the outside to distribute the wax evenly on the fabric and bond it to the fabric.
Step 10
Carefully lift the piece of fabric by two corners and wiggle it in the air for a few seconds until the wax has cooled down. Do the same with the second piece of fabric.
Variant with oven
- Preheat the oven to 150 degrees (never heat above 180 degrees – fire hazard!!)
- Place a piece of baking paper in the baking tray
- Place 2 pieces of fabric of the same size on top of each other on the baking parchment (the bottom piece absorbs the excess wax)
- Use the brush to apply the liquid wax as evenly as possible to the upper fabric
- Place the baking tray in the oven preheated to 150 degrees for approx. three minutes to spread the wax evenly over the fabric and bond it to the fabric (stay with it)
- Place the tray on a heat-resistant surface
- Carefully detach the upper piece of fabric from the lower fabric at two corners, lift it up and wave it in the air for half a minute until the wax has cooled down
- Proceed in the same way with the second piece of fabric
Barbara's notes
Resin has a disinfectant, antibacterial and antiviral effect. This benefits the shelf life of the packaged food. Beeswax cloths are not suitable for wrapping raw meat, sausage, fish, sliced pineapple, warm or hot food.
Adding oil makes the wax cloth softer. If you reduce the amount of oil, the oilcloth will keep its shape better.
The thicker the fabric, the more wax is absorbed = the oilcloth becomes firmer.