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This is the list for other uses for bee’s wax some are for medical use like lip balms and hand creams and then some are for shoe polishes. I hope you find them usefull, hedgerow pete
Recipes for home made cosmetics
Skin cold creams
�� Add 5 parts of beeswax to 3 parts of coconut oil. Melt ingredients in separate heat-resistant
wide-mouth jars in a simmering pan of water, heated at about 70 o C. Mix thoroughly. Place
the mixture jar in a pan of cool water and continue stirring. Transfer the cool cream into final
containers. The cream that is fairly solid when cold but will "melt" onto your hands as you rub
it in Ingredients other than coconut oil may be used. It is in this formula because it melts at skin
temperature. Olive oil is often mixed with beeswax to make a skin lotion.
�� 1 part beeswax, 2 parts water, 3 parts oil, borax (5% to 6% of the beeswax used). Heat
beeswax and oil to 160 degrees F. Heat the borax and water to 160 degrees F. Mix and stir.
Perfumes or essential oils should be added at 140 degrees F, and the mixture should be stirred
until it is 120 degrees when it should be poured in jars and allowed to cool.
The borax emulsifies the beeswax, sort of like making soap. Borax is alkali and it neutralizes
the fatty acids in beeswax when mixed, producing an oil-water emulsion cream-like in
consistency.
Cream against rough skin
Roughly equal parts of beeswax and olive oil melted together is all that has been needed for
centuries to make a salve that helps prevent and heal chapping and rough skin. Olive oil has been
mixed with beeswax for centuries, and is good for dry skin that needs to be softened. In modern times
odourless/colorless mineral oil has been mixed with beeswax to make a soft, flexible coating that is
not absorbed by the skin and repels water yet is removed easily with soap and water.
Lip balm
2 part shredded beeswax, 4 parts of coconut oil, 1 part glycerine (optional)
2 parts liquid honey, 4 drops of essential oil such as almond, peppermint, orange or lemon. Heat the
beeswax, coconut oil and glycerine to 160 deg F. Remove from heat. Add the honey and stir until the
mixture starts to thicken (140 degrees or so), then evenly add the essential oil while stirring and
continue to stir the mixture until cool. Pour into final containers (small screw-top balm jars) at
about 120 degrees and let set until completely cool.
Natural lip gloss
1 part of shredded beeswax, 2 parts oil of your choice, natural colouring as needed. Heat the beeswax and
oil to 160 deg F. For colour, add a natural vegetable colouring (like beet powder, raspberry or blackberry
juice). You will have to experiment with the right combination of wax oil and colour. Pour into final
containers and let set until completely cool. Package with a lipstick brush.
The part measures are mostly by weight. If mixtures are heated use hot water, hot was is inflammable!
Moisturing Vitamin E Cream
4 oz. sweet almond oil
1 oz. beeswax
2 oz. water
10 drops Vitamin E oil
10 drops lavender essential oil
Melt the oil and the wax in a double boiler, Remove from heat, add water, and stir thoroughly.
Add your Vitamin E, essential oil and stir continuously until cool. This cream is very moisturizing and emollient.
It is nice for rough, dry, or chapped complexions and should help promote healthy looking skin.
After you have added the essential oil and the cream is still warm enough to pour, carefully pour it into Salve Jars or Metal Tins, we offer both below.
Antiseptic Balm ( Use instead of antiseptic ointment, this is far superior! )
Ingredients:
2 ounces Beeswax
3 ounces Sweet Almond Oil
1 ounce Jojoba Oil
20 drops Wheatgerm Oil
20 drops Myrrh Essential Oil
20 drops Tea Tree Essential Oil
( Makes enough to fill 4 each 1 ounce salve jars or 1 ounce metal tins )
A rule of thumb is 2 parts oil to one part beeswax. Simply heat the Sweet Almond and Jojoba oil in a saucepan and add Beeswax. If you want a thin consistency ( such as a cream or Vaseline ) add only a little bit of Beeswax. Want it thicker like wax? Just add more Beeswax.
Allow the base to cool down to see what the consistency is like. If it's too thick, add more Sweet Almond oil and reheat, too thin?, add more Beeswax.
As the base is cooling add the essential oils to enhance the healing effect of the balm. These essential oils can be found in our Essential Oil List.
After you have added the essential oil and the lip balm is still warm enough to pour, carefully pour it into Salve Jars or Metal Tins, we offer both below.
Herbal Salve
Make different Herbal Salves simply by changing/mixing differnet essential oils!
Ingredients:
2 ounces Beeswax
3 ounces Sweet Almond Oil
1 ounce Jojoba Oil
1/2 oz. Canola oil
40 drops total essential oil of your preference
( Makes enough to fill 4 each 1 ounce salve jars or 1 ounce metal tins )
Simply heat the Sweet Almond, Canola oil and Jojoba oil in a saucepan and add Beeswax. If you want a thin consistency ( such as a cream or Vaseline ) add only a little bit of Beeswax. Want it thicker like wax? Just add more Beeswax.
Allow the base to cool down to see what the consistency is like. If it's too thick, add more Sweet Almond oil and reheat, too thin?, add more Beeswax.
As the base is cooling add the essential oils to enhance the healing effect of the balm. These essential oils can be found in our Essential Oil List.
After you have added the essential oil and the lip balm is still warm enough to pour, carefully pour it into Salve Jars or Metal Tins, we offer both below.
Use Bayleaf Essential oil for relieving rheumatism.
Use Bergamot Essential oil for colds, bronchitis systems, i.e. chest rub.
Use Caraway Essential oil for antiseptic quality.
Use Cardamon Essential oil for aphrodisiac quality. Use Clary Sage Essential oil for anti-ainflammatory, aphrodisiac and scalp problems
Use Cedar Essential oil for relieving Chronic anxiety and stress.
Use Citronella Essential oil for making a insect repellent salve.
Use Eucalyptus Essential oil for chest rub, relieves congestion, eases breathing.
Use Frankincense Essential oil for asthma and other respiratory problems.
Use Gardenia Essential oil for chest rub, said to relieve flu conditions, fever, hypertension and palpitations.
Use Juniper Essential oil for emotionally cleansing effect. Calms the nerves.
Use Orange Essential oil for a lighter body lotion, said to relax, relieve sexual apprehension, and is antiseptic and antibactericidal.
Use Patchouli Essential oil for antiseptic, aphrodisiac qualities.
Use Rosemary Essential oil for relieving tired muscles.
Use Tea Tree Essential oil for Antiseptic, antifungal, antiviral qualities.
Itch Relief Salve ( Good for posion ivy, posion oak )
1 pint Sweet Olive Oil
2 ounces Beeswax
1 tablespoon Chickweed Powder
1 tablespoon Comfrey Powder
Put chickweed and comfrey powder into sweet olive oil and simmer 3 hours. Strain and add beeswax. Pour into salve jars or tins.
Coconut Butter Body Moisturizer ( Good for wind and sunburned skin )
Ingredients
2 tablespoons beeswax
2 teaspoons distilled water
4 oz. cocoa butter
4 tablespoons sweet almond
2 tablespoons coconut oil
Melt the beeswax over low heat with the water. Spoon in cocoa butter and blend. Gradually blend in oils. Pour into glass jar.
The lotion will thicken as it cools.
Vaseline Type Jelly
This makes a great vaseline type jelly.
1 ounce (weight) beeswax
1/2 cup baby oil
Melt the beeswax in a microwave or a double boiler. Stir in the baby oil.
Remove the mixture from the heat and stir until cool.
Skin Cream ( by Elaine White )
2 1/2 ounces (weight) beeswax
4 ounces (weight) lanolin
2/3 cup baby or mineral oil
3/4 cup water
1 teaspoon borax (sodium borate, CP)
Fragrant oil (optional)
Melt the oil, lanolin and beeswax to 160 degrees F. Heat the borax and water in a separate container to 160 degrees F. Be sure the beeswax is melted and the borax is dissolved. Add the water mixture to the oil mixture while stirring.
When a white cream forms, stir slowly until the mixture cools to 100 degrees F. Pour the cream into small, wide-mouth jars.
Pain Releif Salve
1 tablespoon Chickweed powder
1 tablespoon Wormwood Powder
10 drops Tea Tree oil
2 pints Sweet Olive Oil
3 ounces Beeswax
Mix together chickweed, wormwood powder, add the mixed herbs to sweet olive oil and simmer 3 hours. Strain and add beeswax and Tea Tree Oil. Pour into salve containers.
HAND CREAM
2 ounces beeswax
1 cup sweet almond oil
1 cup water
10 drops essential oil (if desired, for fragrance)
Heat beeswax and sweet almond oil until the wax melts. In another container, heat water until warm. Both mixtures should be warm, but not so hot as to be uncomfortable to the touch.
Place warm water in a blender. Cover the blender, leaving open the small opening in the cover. With the blender running on high speed, slowly pour in the beeswax-oil mixture in a thin stream. When most of the oil has been added, the mixture should begin to thicken.
At this point, add the essential oil. Continue to add oil and blend until the mixture is sufficiently thickened. Turn off the blender. You should have a thick cream. Spoon into salve jars or metal tins.
Body Lotion
This is a great recipe that does not spoil easily without the aid of refrigeration. It makes about 2 cups of lotion.
1 cup of aloe vera gel
1 teaspoon of lanolin 1 teaspoon of pure vitamin E oil
1/3 cup of coconut oil
1/2 ounce of beeswax
3/4 cup of almond oil
Up to 1 and 1/2 teapoons of essential oil of your choice or more to prolong scent
Place aloe vera gel, lanolin and vitamin E oil in a blender or food processor. Place coconut oil and beeswax in a 2 cup Pyrex measuring cup, microwave on high for 30 second and stir. Repeat in ten second blocks until fully melted.
Stir in almond oil, reheating if necessary. Run blender at low to medium speed, then pour in melted oils in a thin stream. As the oils is blended in the cream will turn white and the blender's motor will begin to grind. As soon as you have a mayonaise-like consistency, stop motor, add essential oils and pulse blend. do not overblend Transfer cream to glass jars while still warm because it thickens quickly.
This recipe was found in the Winter 97 issue of Handcraft Illustrated Magazine. The article was written by Amy Jenner
Sweet Lavender Ointment
4 ounces sweet olive oil
3 to 4 ounces beeswax
1 ounce cocoa butter
15 drops vitamin e oil
25 drops lavender oil
Combine the sweet olive oil, beeswax, cocoa butter and heat thoroughly in the top of a double boiler. Remove from the heat. Add the vitamin e, lavender oil and beat well. Pour into salve jars and allow the mixture to cool before covering.
Basic Lotion Bar
From an email from Patti's Pleasures
Ingredients:
3 ounces beeswax
2 ounces cocoa butter
3 ounces sweet almond oil
Melt and mix all ingredients thoroughly. Mold into desired shape.
Rich Hand Cream
by Rosemary Gladstar in Tasha Tudor's Heirloom Crafts
Ingredients:
3/4 cup sweet almond oil
1/3 cup coconut oil or cocoa butter
1 Teaspoon lanolin
1/2 ounce grated beeswax
Melt ingredients together over low heat and cool to room temperature. When cool, add:
2/3 cup rosewater
1/2 cup aloe vera gel
1 - 2 drops rose blend EO
5 drops Vitamin E oil
Whip all ingredients to a smooth consistency. Store in a sterile covered jar.
Solid Perfume
Ingredients:
3 parts Sweet Almond or Jojoba oil
2 parts White beeswax
1 part Cosmetic Grade Fragrance Oil, choose from our huge line of Rachel's Cosmetic Grade Fragrance Oils
Melt all ingredients over double boiler until well mixed and integrated. Pour into containers and let cool.
LIP GLOSS
2 teaspoons beeswax
2 tablespoons, sweet almond oil or coconut oil
5 drops essential oil (such as orange, lemon, grapefruit, tangerine, coconut or mint)
2 drops vitamin E capsule
(optional: to tint, up to 1/4 teaspoon lipstick)
Melt the oil and beeswax together. Remove from heat. If coloring, stir in the lipstick. When the mixture has cooled to lukewarm, stir in essential oil and the vitamin E. Transfer to a small container.
Stir occasionally while cooling . If a thicker gloss is desired, increase the amount of beeswax. (Experiment with other additions such as baking chocolate, crushed peppermint candy, cocoa butter, vanilla bean, oil of cinnamon, oil of camphor or eucalyptus for soothing chapped lips, wheat germ oil, etc.
Add oil-based ingredients to the oil phase, and water-soluble ingredients to the water phase.) This is a great way to use up leftover or too-dark lipstick.
Honey Lip Balm
3 ounces of beeswax (grated)
4 ounces extra-virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon honey
Half of a Vitamin E capsule (400 IU)
*Melt the oil and beeswax together in the microwave but do not allow to boil. Once melted, add the honey and blend well. Add the Vitamin E by piercing the capsule with a needle and squeezing in half of the contents contained in the capsule. Mix all of the ingredients well and store in airtight containers. Let set at room temperature for 48-36 hours or until it reaches the right consistency. This lip balm recipe will remain fresher if stored in the refrigerator.
Flavored Lip Balms
For a cocoa or chocolate flavored lip balm, use the same recipe and instructions as above but replace the honey with one-half teaspoon cocoa powder or four chocolate chips. The chocolate chips should be added to the mixture while it is still warm so that they melt. Kids will love having a homemade chocolate chip lip balm. However, even though this has a chocolate flavor and scent, it should not be eaten.
Soothing Lanolin Lip Balm
1/2 teaspoon grated beeswax
3 teaspoon coconut oil
1 teaspoon lanolin
1/2 capsule Vitamin E
1 teaspoon honey
*Heat all ingredients except the honey in a small non-stick pan over medium heat. Once the beeswax is melted, remove from heat and add the honey. Mix well and pour into small airtight containers.
In many craft stores, small cosmetic tins can be purchased that are perfect for storing homemade lip balms. They are small enough to fit nicely in the refrigerator, your vanity drawer, or in your purse. You can also make extra to give as gifts to friends and family. Some people are allergic to lanolin so always list the ingredients of the product on a small label and attach to the bottom of the container.
These lip balm recipes will produce an ample supply and should be stored in an airtight container. You can place smaller amounts in individual containers to carry along with you. Once you've made and sampled your first batch of homemade lip balm, you will never go back to store-bought products.
Beeswax Crafts Recipes
Lip balm
2tsp coconut oil
1 tsp beeswax
1 vitamin E capsule
Melt together and pour into a container, allow to cool.
There are endless variations using more and less of different ingredients, and other moisturizers for the lips. Various Essential Oils and flavors may be added to taste. Try a few drops of peppermint essential oil, Rosemary Essential Oil, Orange or Lemon Essential Oils, or any flavors you might enjoy! You can use the candy flavoring oils to be found in the candy making shops.
Skin Cream
2 1/2 ounces (weight) beeswax
4 ounces (weight) lanolin
2/3 cup baby or mineral oil
3/4 cup water
1 teaspoon borax (sodium borate, CP)
Fragrant oil (optional)
Melt the oil, lanolin and beeswax to 160 degrees F. Heat the borax and water in a separate container to 160 degrees F. Be sure the beeswax is melted and the borax is dissolved. Add the water mixture to the oil mixture while stirring. When a white cream forms, stir slowly until the mixture cools to 100 degrees F. Pour the cream into small, wide-mouth jars.
Petroleum Jelly
Petroleum jelly is easy to make and it is an ingredient of many other products. Naturalists may substitute a natural oil, such as grapeseed oil or sweet almond oil for the baby or mineral oil to create an "un-petroleum jelly."
1 ounce (weight) beeswax
1/2 cup baby or mineral oil
Melt the beeswax in a microwave or a double boiler. Stir in the mineral oil. Remove the mixture from the heat and stir until cool.
Basic Lotion Bar
3 ounces beeswax
2 ounces cocoa butter
3 ounces sweet almond oil
Melt and mix all ingredients thoroughly. Mold into desired shape.
Solid Perfume
3 parts Sweet Almond or Jojoba oil
2 parts White beeswax
1 part Scent
Melt all ingredients over double boiler until well mixed and integrated. Pour into containers and let cool.
Rosemary Cream
(excellent for getting mascara & makeup off) - FOR ALL SKIN TYPES EXCEPT OILY
Will keep without refrigeration for about 1 month, so don't make up too much at once.
Step 1
12g beeswax
15g emulsifying wax
1 tablespoon (thick) coconut oil
100ml olive oil.
Melt in a double boiler, I use the microwave in a pyrex bowl, works fine. Remove from heat.
Step 2
2 tablespoons water
1/4 teaspoon borax
1 tablespoon rosewater
Heat water mix slightly in a pyrex bowl till borax is dissolved. Add slowly to the melted oils from step 1 & stir constantly till almost cool. Doesn't take long (not like tracing). Mix well, when lukewarm, then add 5 drops essential oil, e.g.. rose geranium is good for general skin care.
If the E/O is added above 45C it will vaporize & you will loose your therapeutic qualities as well as most of the fragrance. Pot into sterilized glass jar.
Beeswax Castile Soap
16 oz weight olive oil
1 oz beeswax
1 oz palm oil
2.1 oz lye
1 cup water (8 fluid ounces)
(melt the beeswax with the fats)
Fat and lye/water temperature about 150 degrees F
Tracing time: about 12 minutes FAST! (This is not a good blender soap candidate!)
Time in molds: 48 hours
Place the soap in a freezer for 3 hours, then remove it from the molds
Age: 6 to 8 weeks for the bars to harden.
Cold Cream
Pour 84 ml olive oil and 28 g beeswax into a jar or basin and stand in a pan of hot water on the stove. Warm gently (do not boil!) until the wax is just melted. Warm 30 ml rosewater. Stir the oil and wax together and while stirring, add the rosewater gradually. Remove the jar from hot water and stir vigorously until cool. To make a cream which is effective in fighting wrinkles and scars, add the contents of one or two vitamin E capsules (prick the capsule and squeeze the contents out).
Candle Wicks
The herb Mullen was used centuries ago to make wicks for candles. You will have to find the seeds for Mullen and grow them yourself. Mullen is a tall straight plant with a hard stem. When the plant is fully grown and ripe, cut and remove the hard outer stem. In the centre of the stem is a vegetable cord like substance. Remove the cords and twist carefully, tying at top and bottom, then hang with a small weight like a pebble attached to the bottom. You can plait several cords of Mullen together to make the thickness of wick you require. Leave to dry for several weeks, then use in candles as normal.
Spice Sachets
1 1/2 oz. weight beeswax
1 cup applesauce
1 1/2 cup ground cinnamon or a mixture of cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and cloves.
Up to 1 teaspoon of essential oil from any of the spices may also be added.
Heat the wax and applesauce in a microwave or double boiler until the wax is melted. Stir in the ground spices. Knead the mixture until it is dough-like. Roll the dough into sheets and cut out forms or hand-form the dough into balls or beads. Place the forms on cardboard. They will harden in 3 or 4 days. The fragrance will last for years.
Sweet Honeyed Carrot Soap
7.5 oz Coconut Oil
8 oz castor oil
8 oz olive oil
16 oz Sunflower Oil
16 oz Crisco
2 oz Beeswax
8 oz carrot juice
14 oz water
7.58 oz lye (sodium hydroxide)
Instructions:
Measure oils on your scale. Warm on the stove or in the mircowave. Bring temperature to near 120° F. Exact temperature is not critical.Add sodium hydroxide to the water. Mix well. Allow to cool to near 120° F. Exact temperature is not critical. Combine oils and lye solution and carrot juice. Stir until trace. Stir well. Pour soap into molds. Allow to sit until soap is firm. Depending on the depth of the mold this will happen in 6 to 36 hours. Deeper molds allow for faster firming. Cut into bars. Stack to allow good air circulation. Allow to cure for several days before using. Longer curing will result in a harder bar.
Notes & Comments: At trace I added honey which had been caramelized in the microwave & aloe vera. The soap is a lovely almost translucent pale orange & has a warm sweet scent but not sickly sweet.
"Bee Good Soap"
16 oz wt Almond Oil
26 oz wt Canola oil
32 oz wt Coconut Oil
28 oz wt Olive oil
26 oz wt Hydrogenated Soybean Oilbean Oil
48 fl oz water
18 oz wt lye (sodium hydroxide)
4 oz wt Beeswax (.5 oz per pound x 8 lbs.)
4 oz wt Honey (.5 oz per pound x 8 lbs.)
Instructions:
Heat oils to 150° F. Add Beeswax (you can grate it, chunk it, pre-melt it). Cool to 115° F. Lye and water to about 110° F. Add lye/water to oils, at light trace, add the honey. Stir till well blended. Pour no more than an inch deep. Cover with Saran type wrap prevents soda ash). Don't wrap with a blanket, just put a cookie sheet over the top, as this will get warmer than soaps without honey.
Notes & Comments: You can scent this as you like, add scents at light trace.
Art Mediums with Beeswax
Wax Crayons
Parts by weight:
2 parts beeswax
1 part talc
pigment
Melt the wax in a microwave or small can placed in boiling water ( a double boiler). Stir in the talc and dry artist's pigment or fresco colors. Pour the mixture into a lubricated aluminum foil mold. The crayon may be melted again and more pigment added until it is the exact color desired. Caution: These crayons should not be used by children because some pigments are not food safe.
Wax Pastels
Parts by weight:
1 part grated soap
1 part beeswax
Pigment
Melt the beeswax in a small can placed in boiling water. Add the grated soap and stir until the soap melts and the mixture is smooth. Color the mixture with dry artist's pigment or fresco colors. Pour into lubricated aluminum foil molds. After testing the crayon, it can be melted again and more pigment added. Caution: These crayons should not be used by children because some pigments are not food safe.
Wax Pastels for Children
Follow the directions above for "Wax Pastel Crayons" using concentrated food coloring as the pigment. The paste is sold with cake decorating supplies. The crayons are food safe and they blend well. Their color is almost as concentrated as the crayons made with the artist's pigment.
Oil Paint #1
8 measures beeswax
3 measures turpentine
Melt the beeswax in a microwave or double boiler. Remove it from the heat and stir in the turpentine. For direct painting, combine the mixture on a palette with tube oil paint. Thin or thick coats can be applied over oil, tempera or glue paints. Use only a wax varnish over the finished painting.
Oil paint #2
4 measures beeswax
1 measure Damar varnish
1 measure boiled linseed oil
12 measures turpentine
Heat the ingredients in a double boiler until they are combined. Remove the boiler from the heat and stir until the mixture forms a soft paste. Combine the soft paste on a palette with tube oil paints. Apply the paint as a final paint layer or glaze. Varnish the painting with a wax varnish only.
Beeswax Polishes
Famous Three in One Solid Furniture Polish
Equal portions of linseed oil, warmed beeswax and turpentine.
This, like some of the other recipes, can be experimented with for best results. Here it is good to begin with small quantities, about a cup of each ingredient. The warmed materials should be carefully and thoroughly mixed together with a wooden stick, then pour into the usual wide mouthed storage jar. The final color is usually a rich gold.
Beeswax Polish
Beeswax furniture polish with it's soft, satin shine is considered the ultimate in wood care. Note that there is very little difference between this formula and the formula for shoe polish.
4 ounces (weight) beeswax
2 tablespoons carnauba wax
2 1/2 cups odorless turpentine or mineral spirits
Melt the waxes on high in a microwave or in a double boiler. Remove the waxes from the heat and stir in the turpentine or mineral spirits. Apply the polish with a clean cloth and rub in small circles. Turn the cloth as it becomes dirty. Allow the polish to dry, then buff with a clean cloth. If more than one coat is desired, wait two days between applications.
Liquid Polish
4 oz. (weight) beeswax
2 T. carnauba wax
2 1/2 Cups mineral spirits or Turpenoid
Melt the waxes on high in a microwave (watch closely) or in a double boiler. Remove the waxes from the heat and stir in the mineral spirits.
Beeswax Special furniture Cream Polish
4 oz. beeswax
1/4 cup liquid soap
2 cups turpentine
1 cup very warm water
1/4 cup pine oil
Dissolve the soap well in the warm water, and let cool. Using the double boiler technique, melt the beeswax shavings in the turpentine, remove and cool. When both mixes are cool , mix gently and thoroughly with a wooden stick. If, as happens, the mix cools too quickly and hardens again, re-heat gently while stirring.
Furniture Cream Polish #2
1 pint linseed oil
4 oz. beeswax
Melt together, mix thoroughly, and put into container.
Furniture Oil
1 pint linseed oil
6 oz. beeswax
Melt the two ingredients together over low heat and store in closed bottle.
Floor Polish
Melt equal portions of beeswax and turpentine together for use on wooden floors.
Holiday Floor Polish
4 oz. beeswax
1/2 cup liquid soap
1/2 pint water
1/4 cup linseed oil
1/4 cup turpentine
Melt the wax in the warm water, then mix in the soap. When cooled, add the turpentine and linseed oil. Store in covered container.
Shoe Polish
Parts by weight:
1 part aluminum oxide powder
1 part tin oxide powder
1 part petroleum jelly
1 part beeswax
Melt the wax and petroleum jelly in a microwave or double boiler. Remove from heat and stir in the dry ingredients. Tin and aluminum oxide are sold by Chem Lab Supplies 714-630-790
Home Uses/Tool Box
Leather Waterproofing
4 oz. beeswax
4 oz. resin or rosin (music stores carry)
1 pint vegetable oil
Melt the solids in the oil, and apply while warm.
Arthritis wax treatment
Warm wax treatments are approved by the Arthritis Foundation to help relieve sore, painful joints caused by arthritis. Wax treatments provide moist heat, increase blood circulation, and ease stiffness due to joint inflammation.
5 lbs beeswax
2 cups mineral oil
Step 1: Melt ingredients in an oven set between 170 to 200 degrees F. Stir to mix the oil and wax.
Step 2: Remove the mixture from the oven and allow it to cool until there is a film of cooled wax on the surface (about 125 degrees F). Test the wax to be sure it is very warm, but not uncomfortable.
Step 3: The body part treated must be clean and dry. Dip the body part into the wax mixture and withdraw it. If the hand is being treated, keep the fingers apart. Do this a few more times until there is a thick coating of wax.
Step 4: Return the body part to the wax and leave there (15 to 30 minutes) until the mixture cools.
Step 5: Remove the body part and peel off the wax.
Save the wax in a closed container to use again. The treatment may be repeated. The mixture will melt more quickly now that the oil and wax are combined.
Waterproof & Leather Softener
1 oz. (weight) beeswax
8 oz/ (weight) petroleum jelly
Melt the ingredients in a microwave or double boiler. Brush the hot mixture onto the leather and allow it to penetrate. If possible, place the item in hot sun. Polish the leather with a cloth to remove excess waterproofing.
Ironing Wax
Rub a cake of wax over a hot iron, then press canvas or unbleached muslin. This wax finish gives a gloss and protects the cloth from dirt and water. While the iron is still hot, wipe it clean with a paper towel.
Envelope Sealing Wax
1/2 oz. weight beeswax
3 oz. weight blonde shellac
dry artist's pigment or fresco colors
Melt the beeswax in a microwave. Add the shellac flakes and microwave, stirring every 30 seconds until the mixture is melted (about 2 1/2 minutes total time). Stir in the dry pigment. Judge the amount of pigment to add by the color of the wax. Pour this into molds and let it cool.
Dust Mops & Dust Cloths
1 Tablespoon beeswax (1/2 oz. weight)
2 Tablespoons mineral oil
2 cups turpentine
Heat the wax and oil in a microwave or a double boiler until the wax melts. Remove this from the heat and stir in the turpentine. Wet flannel cloth or a dust mop in the liquid. Wring it out and spread it to dry.
Golf Club Grip Wax
2 oz. weight beeswax
1 teaspoon powdered rosin
Melt the ingredients together in a 250 degree F. oven. Pour this into a paper tube. Peel away the paper as the wax is used.
Sealing Putty
1/4 cup linseed oil
2 teaspoons beeswax
Whiting (calcium carbonate powder)
Whiting is sold by building suppliers or "Woodworker's Supply" (800-645-9292).
Melt the beeswax in the microwave or a double boiler. Add the oil and stir. Heat the mixture again if necessary to get a smooth texture. Let it cool. Stir in small amounts of whiting until the mixture is dough-like and can be handled. Knead the mixture until it is smooth and store it in an air-tight container.
Waterproof paper
4 oz. weight beeswax
6 oz. weight alum
1 oz. weight soap
1 quart water
fragrant essential oil (optional)
Combine the ingredients and boil them for 10 minutes. Be sure the beeswax is melted. Dip paper into the hot solution and hang it to dry. Alum is sold in the grocer's spice section.
Copper Cleaner
Parts by weight.
2.4 parts beeswax
9.4 parts mineral oil
42 parts vinegar, 5% to 7% acetic acid
42 parts citric acid, USP crystals
42 parts soap flakes
Combine the soap and vinegar to make a paste. Melt the beeswax and mineral oil together in a microwave or a double boiler. Stir in the soap mixture and the citric acid. Let the cleaner set overnight before using it. Apply the polish with a clean, damp cloth. Rinse the copper and wipe it dry with a clean cloth.
Beeswax Crafts Recipes
Lip balm
2tsp coconut oil
1 tsp beeswax
1 vitamin E capsule
Melt together and pour into a container, allow to cool.
There are endless variations using more and less of different ingredients, and other moisturizers for the lips. Various Essential Oils and flavors may be added to taste. Try a few drops of peppermint essential oil, Rosemary Essential Oil, Orange or Lemon Essential Oils, or any flavors you might enjoy! You can use the candy flavoring oils to be found in the candy making shops.
Skin Cream
2 1/2 ounces (weight) beeswax
4 ounces (weight) lanolin
2/3 cup baby or mineral oil
3/4 cup water
1 teaspoon borax (sodium borate, CP)
Fragrant oil (optional)
Melt the oil, lanolin and beeswax to 160 degrees F. Heat the borax and water in a separate container to 160 degrees F. Be sure the beeswax is melted and the borax is dissolved. Add the water mixture to the oil mixture while stirring. When a white cream forms, stir slowly until the mixture cools to 100 degrees F. Pour the cream into small, wide-mouth jars.
Petroleum Jelly
Petroleum jelly is easy to make and it is an ingredient of many other products. Naturalists may substitute a natural oil, such as grapeseed oil or sweet almond oil for the baby or mineral oil to create an "un-petroleum jelly."
1 ounce (weight) beeswax
1/2 cup baby or mineral oil
Melt the beeswax in a microwave or a double boiler. Stir in the mineral oil. Remove the mixture from the heat and stir until cool.
Basic Lotion Bar
3 ounces beeswax
2 ounces cocoa butter
3 ounces sweet almond oil
Melt and mix all ingredients thoroughly. Mold into desired shape.
Solid Perfume
3 parts Sweet Almond or Jojoba oil
2 parts White beeswax
1 part Scent
Melt all ingredients over double boiler until well mixed and integrated. Pour into containers and let cool.
Rosemary Cream
(excellent for getting mascara & makeup off) - FOR ALL SKIN TYPES EXCEPT OILY
Will keep without refrigeration for about 1 month, so don't make up too much at once.
Step 1
12g beeswax
15g emulsifying wax
1 tablespoon (thick) coconut oil
100ml olive oil.
Melt in a double boiler, I use the microwave in a pyrex bowl, works fine. Remove from heat.
Step 2
2 tablespoons water
1/4 teaspoon borax
1 tablespoon rosewater
Heat water mix slightly in a pyrex bowl till borax is dissolved. Add slowly to the melted oils from step 1 & stir constantly till almost cool. Doesn't take long (not like tracing). Mix well, when lukewarm, then add 5 drops essential oil, e.g.. rose geranium is good for general skin care.
If the E/O is added above 45C it will vaporize & you will loose your therapeutic qualities as well as most of the fragrance. Pot into sterilized glass jar.
Beeswax Castile Soap
16 oz weight olive oil
1 oz beeswax
1 oz palm oil
2.1 oz lye
1 cup water (8 fluid ounces)
(melt the beeswax with the fats)
Fat and lye/water temperature about 150 degrees F
Tracing time: about 12 minutes FAST! (This is not a good blender soap candidate!)
Time in molds: 48 hours
Place the soap in a freezer for 3 hours, then remove it from the molds
Age: 6 to 8 weeks for the bars to harden.
Cold Cream
Pour 84 ml olive oil and 28 g beeswax into a jar or basin and stand in a pan of hot water on the stove. Warm gently (do not boil!) until the wax is just melted. Warm 30 ml rosewater. Stir the oil and wax together and while stirring, add the rosewater gradually. Remove the jar from hot water and stir vigorously until cool. To make a cream which is effective in fighting wrinkles and scars, add the contents of one or two vitamin E capsules (prick the capsule and squeeze the contents out).
Candle Wicks
The herb Mullen was used centuries ago to make wicks for candles. You will have to find the seeds for Mullen and grow them yourself. Mullen is a tall straight plant with a hard stem. When the plant is fully grown and ripe, cut and remove the hard outer stem. In the centre of the stem is a vegetable cord like substance. Remove the cords and twist carefully, tying at top and bottom, then hang with a small weight like a pebble attached to the bottom. You can plait several cords of Mullen together to make the thickness of wick you require. Leave to dry for several weeks, then use in candles as normal.
Spice Sachets
1 1/2 oz. weight beeswax
1 cup applesauce
1 1/2 cup ground cinnamon or a mixture of cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and cloves.
Up to 1 teaspoon of essential oil from any of the spices may also be added.
Heat the wax and applesauce in a microwave or double boiler until the wax is melted. Stir in the ground spices. Knead the mixture until it is dough-like. Roll the dough into sheets and cut out forms or hand-form the dough into balls or beads. Place the forms on cardboard. They will harden in 3 or 4 days. The fragrance will last for years.
Sweet Honeyed Carrot Soap
7.5 oz Coconut Oil
8 oz castor oil
8 oz olive oil
16 oz Sunflower Oil
16 oz Crisco
2 oz Beeswax
8 oz carrot juice
14 oz water
7.58 oz lye (sodium hydroxide)
Instructions:
Measure oils on your scale. Warm on the stove or in the mircowave. Bring temperature to near 120° F. Exact temperature is not critical.Add sodium hydroxide to the water. Mix well. Allow to cool to near 120° F. Exact temperature is not critical. Combine oils and lye solution and carrot juice. Stir until trace. Stir well. Pour soap into molds. Allow to sit until soap is firm. Depending on the depth of the mold this will happen in 6 to 36 hours. Deeper molds allow for faster firming. Cut into bars. Stack to allow good air circulation. Allow to cure for several days before using. Longer curing will result in a harder bar.
Notes & Comments: At trace I added honey which had been caramelized in the microwave & aloe vera. The soap is a lovely almost translucent pale orange & has a warm sweet scent but not sickly sweet.
"Bee Good Soap"
16 oz wt Almond Oil
26 oz wt Canola oil
32 oz wt Coconut Oil
28 oz wt Olive oil
26 oz wt Hydrogenated Soybean Oilbean Oil
48 fl oz water
18 oz wt lye (sodium hydroxide)
4 oz wt Beeswax (.5 oz per pound x 8 lbs.)
4 oz wt Honey (.5 oz per pound x 8 lbs.)
Instructions:
Heat oils to 150° F. Add Beeswax (you can grate it, chunk it, pre-melt it). Cool to 115° F. Lye and water to about 110° F. Add lye/water to oils, at light trace, add the honey. Stir till well blended. Pour no more than an inch deep. Cover with Saran type wrap prevents soda ash). Don't wrap with a blanket, just put a cookie sheet over the top, as this will get warmer than soaps without honey.
Notes & Comments: You can scent this as you like, add scents at light trace.
Art Mediums with Beeswax
Wax Crayons
Parts by weight:
2 parts beeswax
1 part talc
pigment
Melt the wax in a microwave or small can placed in boiling water ( a double boiler). Stir in the talc and dry artist's pigment or fresco colors. Pour the mixture into a lubricated aluminum foil mold. The crayon may be melted again and more pigment added until it is the exact color desired. Caution: These crayons should not be used by children because some pigments are not food safe.
Wax Pastels
Parts by weight:
1 part grated soap
1 part beeswax
Pigment
Melt the beeswax in a small can placed in boiling water. Add the grated soap and stir until the soap melts and the mixture is smooth. Color the mixture with dry artist's pigment or fresco colors. Pour into lubricated aluminum foil molds. After testing the crayon, it can be melted again and more pigment added. Caution: These crayons should not be used by children because some pigments are not food safe.
Wax Pastels for Children
Follow the directions above for "Wax Pastel Crayons" using concentrated food coloring as the pigment. The paste is sold with cake decorating supplies. The crayons are food safe and they blend well. Their color is almost as concentrated as the crayons made with the artist's pigment.
Oil Paint #1
8 measures beeswax
3 measures turpentine
Melt the beeswax in a microwave or double boiler. Remove it from the heat and stir in the turpentine. For direct painting, combine the mixture on a palette with tube oil paint. Thin or thick coats can be applied over oil, tempera or glue paints. Use only a wax varnish over the finished painting.
Oil paint #2
4 measures beeswax
1 measure Damar varnish
1 measure boiled linseed oil
12 measures turpentine
Heat the ingredients in a double boiler until they are combined. Remove the boiler from the heat and stir until the mixture forms a soft paste. Combine the soft paste on a palette with tube oil paints. Apply the paint as a final paint layer or glaze. Varnish the painting with a wax varnish only.
Shoe Polish
Parts by weight:
1 part aluminum oxide powder
1 part tin oxide powder
1 part petroleum jelly
1 part beeswax
Melt the wax and petroleum jelly in a microwave or double boiler. Remove from heat and stir in the dry ingredients. Tin and aluminum oxide are sold by Chem Lab Supplies
Arthritis wax treatment
Warm wax treatments are approved by the Arthritis Foundation to help relieve sore, painful joints caused by arthritis. Wax treatments provide moist heat, increase blood circulation, and ease stiffness due to joint inflammation.
5 lbs beeswax
2 cups mineral oil
Step 1: Melt ingredients in an oven set between 170 to 200 degrees F. Stir to mix the oil and wax.
Step 2: Remove the mixture from the oven and allow it to cool until there is a film of cooled wax on the surface (about 125 degrees F). Test the wax to be sure it is very warm, but not uncomfortable.
Step 3: The body part treated must be clean and dry. Dip the body part into the wax mixture and withdraw it. If the hand is being treated, keep the fingers apart. Do this a few more times until there is a thick coating of wax.
Step 4: Return the body part to the wax and leave there (15 to 30 minutes) until the mixture cools.
Step 5: Remove the body part and peel off the wax.
Save the wax in a closed container to use again. The treatment may be repeated. The mixture will melt more quickly now that the oil and wax are combined.
Waterproof & Leather Softener
1 oz. (weight) beeswax
8 oz/ (weight) petroleum jelly
Melt the ingredients in a microwave or double boiler. Brush the hot mixture onto the leather and allow it to penetrate. If possible, place the item in hot sun. Polish the leather with a cloth to remove excess waterproofing.
Ironing Wax
Rub a cake of wax over a hot iron, then press canvas or unbleached muslin. This wax finish gives a gloss and protects the cloth from dirt and water. While the iron is still hot, wipe it clean with a paper towel.
Envelope Sealing Wax
1/2 oz. weight beeswax
3 oz. weight blonde shellac
dry artist's pigment or fresco colors
Melt the beeswax in a microwave. Add the shellac flakes and microwave, stirring every 30 seconds until the mixture is melted (about 2 1/2 minutes total time). Stir in the dry pigment. Judge the amount of pigment to add by the color of the wax. Pour this into molds and let it cool.
Dust Mops & Dust Cloths
1 Tablespoon beeswax (1/2 oz. weight)
2 Tablespoons mineral oil
2 cups turpentine
Heat the wax and oil in a microwave or a double boiler until the wax melts. Remove this from the heat and stir in the turpentine. Wet flannel cloth or a dust mop in the liquid. Wring it out and spread it to dry.
Golf Club Grip Wax
2 oz. weight beeswax
1 teaspoon powdered rosin Melt the ingredients together in a 250 degree F. oven. Pour this into a paper tube. Peel away the paper as the wax is used.
Sealing Putty
1/4 cup linseed oil
2 teaspoons beeswax
Whiting (calcium carbonate powder)
Whiting is sold by building suppliers or "Woodworker's Supply" (800-645-9292).
Melt the beeswax in the microwave or a double boiler. Add the oil and stir. Heat the mixture again if necessary to get a smooth texture. Let it cool. Stir in small amounts of whiting until the mixture is dough-like and can be handled. Knead the mixture until it is smooth and store it in an air-tight container.
WARNING: Wax is inflammable and must not be melted over direct heat, so when melting wax it is always necessary to use a double saucepan or tin/basin in a saucepan of water. Never overheat wax. For mixing, remove from heat.
Paste Polish: is a simple blend of wax with a suitable solvent. The traditional solvent is pure turpentine. This can be replaced by turps substitute or white spirit if cost is a factor. A half and half mixture gives the best of both worlds.
Melt 4oz. of beeswax in a double pan to no more than 70C /160F. Pour ½ pint of warmed solvent into wax and stir thoroughly. Pour into prepared containers. Leave to set before adding lids. The addition of Carnauba wax (obtainable from bee equipment suppliers) will eliminate any tackiness and reduce the amount of "elbow grease" required when buffing.
Ingredients are ½oz. carnauba wax, 4½oz. beeswax, and 1-pint solvent. Method as before. Vary amount of solvent to achieve preferred consistency.
Emulsion Polish: An emulsion is a mixture of two liquids (wax phase and water phase) that don’t normally mix. Emulsions clean and polish in one operation and are easy to apply.
Wax phase: Melt 4½oz. of beeswax in double pan and then add 1 pint of solvent. Raise temperature to about 80C/180F.
Water phase: In pan with pouring lip dissolve ½oz. of soap flakes by pouring 1 pint of hot water over. Adjust temperature to 80C/180F.
Remove from heat. Begin to stir wax phase . Use a hand-whisk gently at slow speed using only one paddle. Very slowly pour water phase into wax. Continue stirring for several minutes after a good emulsion forms. Using a funnel pour into warmed bottles or jars.
Hand Cream 1: an excellent soothing balm for rough skin or chapped hands and is equally good as a face cream.
Heat 2oz. of pale colour beeswax in a double saucepan: when melted stir in 6oz. liquid paraffin. It will cloud slightly but will clear again as the temperature rises. Allow cooling to 120F.
In another saucepan, slightly heat 4oz. distilled water and stir in one eighth of an ounce of Borax until dissolved. Allow cooling to 120F and then pouring into wax and liquid paraffin the mixture will immediately begin to turn to white. Have containers ready with lids off.
Stir briskly with wooden spoon until mixture thickens and then add scent – say 12 drops of rose essence (not rose water) or other preferred scent. Continue to stir and then place in containers. If it cools rapidly you may have to knife the mixture into the last container.
Hand Cream 2: Heat 7gm. pale colour beeswax and 60ml. almond oil (carrier oil) in a heat resistant bowl. Stir over pan of boiling water until the mixture melts. Remove the bowl from the pan, and SLOWLY add 30ml. flower water or distilled water stirring constantly. Keep stirring while the cream begins to cool, then add 4-6 drops of essential oil. Stir until mixture has thickened, then transfer to sterilised jars. Makes approximately 100ml.
Supplies
One wide-mouth Mason jar or other canning jar with two-part ring-seal lid
One cake of good-quality natural, non-bleached beeswax (It will be yellowish in color)
Pure distilled Turpentine (NO TURPENTINE SUBSTITUTES)
One piece of plastic wrap
One wood paint mixing stick or other non-food use stirring implement
Optional Additions
A dropper of Lemon Oil (approximately a teaspoon)
A dropper of Orange Oil
A dropper of Lavender Essential Oil
Assorted artist dry pigments for tinting and coloring polish for darker woods (Ochre and umbers work beautifully)
Method
Shave or shred enough beeswax into the Mason jar to fill it about two-thirds full. Then pour in enough turpentine to cover the beeswax, up to three-fourth full. At this point you can add either the lemon, orange or lavender oils for extra fragrance and/or the dry pigments for the degree of color need for the polish. Add color at about a half or an eight of a teaspoon at a time. I discovered that a mixture of one teaspoon of burnt umber with an eighth of a teaspoon of lamp black makes a great polish for darker woods such as aged oak or walnut. A teaspoon of yellow ochre is great for natural pine and other lighter-colored wood. Mix the contents well with a wood paint mixer or other non-food use stirring implement.
Cover the top of the jar with the plastic wrap. Then close the jar with the two-part, ring-seal lid. The plastic wrap will keep the ring-seal on the lid for breaking down from the turpentine fumes. Place the jar outside in the sun for several days. Make sure it’s a warm day. Or place the jar in a warm place in your house for several days. Stir or shake the jar each day to mix the contents even more. The process can be speeded up by placing the sealed jar in a pan of warm just simmering water (not boiling) until the wax melts and blends with the turpentine. When the wax has completely melted into the turpentine, a soft paste will be formed.
Application and Uses
The finished paste can be used in place of most commercial waxes on most hardwood furniture that does not already have an oil finish. The beauty of the beeswax polish is that a little goes along way and does not have to be applied every time you clean or dust your furniture. Start with a clean, dust free surface. Do not use any commercial preparations to clean or dust the surface. A clean lint-free rag will suffice. A cloth diaper is ideal if they can still be found. Dab a little paste onto a clean rag and apply in a circular motion then finish with strokes along the grain of the furniture. REMEMBER A LITTLE GOES ALONG WAY. Let dry for about a half an hour to let the turpentine evaporate. Then buff the surface well in the direction of the wood grain with another clean soft lint-free cloth. This will bring out a nice shine. To maintain a piece of furniture that has be treated with beeswax paste. Just dust and buff the surface with a clean soft rag. No commercial sprays or other cleaners are needed. And if something spills on the surface, the natural waterproof properties of the beeswax will help prevent damage caused by most spillage. Just wipe with a gentle soap (Ivory) on a damp rag and dry thoroughly. Most people who use beeswax –base polish only apply them once, maybe twice a year depending on the furniture. If you have a dining room table which is used every day, an application two maybe three times a year will work best. If you have a cabinet which is never used, an application of once every two years is fine. Just remember to dust and buff weekly if possible to revive the finish. If this method of cleaning is used, you do not ever have to worry about wax build up. It will never happen and is only something advertisers use to sell more expensive cleaning products.
Waxes (Raw ingredients)
Beeswax
Comes out of bees. A "waste" product from honey production, get close to the source and they're only too happy to shift it. Soft, low melting point, but chemically fairly stable
Paraffin wax
Made from crude oil, and comes in a range of grades with varying hardness and melting point. Of fairly limited use. Usual material for candles. Chemically stable.
Stearin
A hard and opaque wax, used as an additive in candle making. Very little use for polishes. Cheaper than paraffin wax, so cheap candles may use a sizable proportion. Sintered candles and tea lights (made from squashed-together wax powder, rather than casting) are usually stearin.
Microcrystalline wax
Take paraffin wax and refine it until the paraffin has gone. The remains are microcrystalline wax. Chemically very stable. Too hard to use on its own.
Carnauba wax
Candelilla wax is similar, but even more so. These are hard vegetable waxes. Unusable alone, but they harden up other mixtures.
Waxes (Prepared recipes)
Simple beeswax polish
Hot melt 1 part beeswax in a double boiler and add 3 parts turpentine (genuine turpentine, not petroleum spirit based substitutes). Make at least a pint, because otherwise it's easier just to buy it (your beekeeper often sells it).
Creamed beeswax
A softer and easily buffed version that's good for leather. Can leave a residue in the pores of open-grained bone or wood.
5oz beeswax, melted in the double boiler.
Remove from heat and stir in 1 pint of turpentine in a large vessel.
Mix 1 tablespoon of ammonia with 1 pint of water.
Add the ammoniated water to the wax and stir hard.
Pot it while still warm.
Glossy wax polish
Good for polishing wood or bone to a high sheen.
Melt 3 parts beeswax with 1 part carnauba wax.
Remove from heat, stir in 3 parts of turpentine.
Bull wax
Shiny, but hard work.
Mix something like 2-3 parts of beeswax, 1 part of carnuaba and 1 part of candelilla wax in the double boiler.
Remove from heat, stir in turpentine - about three times as much as there is wax.
General guidance on making wax polishes
You should usually melt wax to mix it with a carrier like turpentine, then apply it cold. Hot-applied waxes tend to chill when they hit the cold surface and not penetrate.
Melt wax carefully with a double boiler, because it can catch fire otherwise. Alternatively use a controllable electric hotplate somewhere where you don't mind large hydrocarbon fires (don't use an exxtinguisher, just put the lid on and switch off the heat)
Grating wax on a cheesegrater, or just by shaving with a knife helps it melt more quickly.
shoe polishes,
Instructions
things you'll need:
• 5 oz. petroleum jelly
• 5 oz. beeswax
• 5 oz. tin oxide powder
• 5 oz. aluminum oxide powder
• Small tin cans with lids
1.
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Place the petroleum jelly and beeswax in a double boiler over medium heat. If necessary, make a double boiler by placing a small pot inside a larger pot filled with water. Place the petroleum jelly and beeswax in the smaller pot to allow the hot water to melt the ingredients.
o 2
Stir the ingredients until the beeswax and petroleum jelly melt. The substance will appear thick, but the two ingredients will blend well.
o 3
Remove the petroleum jelly and beeswax from the heat.
o 4
Add the tin oxide powder and aluminum oxide powder. Stir the dry ingredients until they blend well with the melted wax and petroleum jelly.
o 5
Place the shoe polish in small tin cans with lids once it cools. Store them in a cool, dry environment until ready to use. When you apply the shoe polish, use a clean, lint-free cloth that you will only use to polish shoes.
Tips & Warnings
• Add shoe polish to your shoes once a month to prevent them from cracking and appearing faded.
• This shoe polish recipe uses a one-to-one ratio; make more or less shoe polish depending on your needs.
Aluminum oxide powder and tin oxide powder are available for purchase through specialty stores. These two ingredients shine and buff the shoes
Recipes for home made cosmetics
Skin cold creams
�� Add 5 parts of beeswax to 3 parts of coconut oil. Melt ingredients in separate heat-resistant
wide-mouth jars in a simmering pan of water, heated at about 70 o C. Mix thoroughly. Place
the mixture jar in a pan of cool water and continue stirring. Transfer the cool cream into final
containers. The cream that is fairly solid when cold but will "melt" onto your hands as you rub
it in Ingredients other than coconut oil may be used. It is in this formula because it melts at skin
temperature. Olive oil is often mixed with beeswax to make a skin lotion.
�� 1 part beeswax, 2 parts water, 3 parts oil, borax (5% to 6% of the beeswax used). Heat
beeswax and oil to 160 degrees F. Heat the borax and water to 160 degrees F. Mix and stir.
Perfumes or essential oils should be added at 140 degrees F, and the mixture should be stirred
until it is 120 degrees when it should be poured in jars and allowed to cool.
The borax emulsifies the beeswax, sort of like making soap. Borax is alkali and it neutralizes
the fatty acids in beeswax when mixed, producing an oil-water emulsion cream-like in
consistency.
Cream against rough skin
Roughly equal parts of beeswax and olive oil melted together is all that has been needed for
centuries to make a salve that helps prevent and heal chapping and rough skin. Olive oil has been
mixed with beeswax for centuries, and is good for dry skin that needs to be softened. In modern times
odourless/colorless mineral oil has been mixed with beeswax to make a soft, flexible coating that is
not absorbed by the skin and repels water yet is removed easily with soap and water.
Lip balm
2 part shredded beeswax, 4 parts of coconut oil, 1 part glycerine (optional)
2 parts liquid honey, 4 drops of essential oil such as almond, peppermint, orange or lemon. Heat the
beeswax, coconut oil and glycerine to 160 deg F. Remove from heat. Add the honey and stir until the
mixture starts to thicken (140 degrees or so), then evenly add the essential oil while stirring and
continue to stir the mixture until cool. Pour into final containers (small screw-top balm jars) at
about 120 degrees and let set until completely cool.
Natural lip gloss
1 part of shredded beeswax, 2 parts oil of your choice, natural colouring as needed. Heat the beeswax and
oil to 160 deg F. For colour, add a natural vegetable colouring (like beet powder, raspberry or blackberry
juice). You will have to experiment with the right combination of wax oil and colour. Pour into final
containers and let set until completely cool. Package with a lipstick brush.
The part measures are mostly by weight. If mixtures are heated use hot water, hot was is inflammable!
Moisturing Vitamin E Cream
4 oz. sweet almond oil
1 oz. beeswax
2 oz. water
10 drops Vitamin E oil
10 drops lavender essential oil
Melt the oil and the wax in a double boiler, Remove from heat, add water, and stir thoroughly.
Add your Vitamin E, essential oil and stir continuously until cool. This cream is very moisturizing and emollient.
It is nice for rough, dry, or chapped complexions and should help promote healthy looking skin.
After you have added the essential oil and the cream is still warm enough to pour, carefully pour it into Salve Jars or Metal Tins, we offer both below.
Antiseptic Balm ( Use instead of antiseptic ointment, this is far superior! )
Ingredients:
2 ounces Beeswax
3 ounces Sweet Almond Oil
1 ounce Jojoba Oil
20 drops Wheatgerm Oil
20 drops Myrrh Essential Oil
20 drops Tea Tree Essential Oil
( Makes enough to fill 4 each 1 ounce salve jars or 1 ounce metal tins )
A rule of thumb is 2 parts oil to one part beeswax. Simply heat the Sweet Almond and Jojoba oil in a saucepan and add Beeswax. If you want a thin consistency ( such as a cream or Vaseline ) add only a little bit of Beeswax. Want it thicker like wax? Just add more Beeswax.
Allow the base to cool down to see what the consistency is like. If it's too thick, add more Sweet Almond oil and reheat, too thin?, add more Beeswax.
As the base is cooling add the essential oils to enhance the healing effect of the balm. These essential oils can be found in our Essential Oil List.
After you have added the essential oil and the lip balm is still warm enough to pour, carefully pour it into Salve Jars or Metal Tins, we offer both below.
Herbal Salve
Make different Herbal Salves simply by changing/mixing differnet essential oils!
Ingredients:
2 ounces Beeswax
3 ounces Sweet Almond Oil
1 ounce Jojoba Oil
1/2 oz. Canola oil
40 drops total essential oil of your preference
( Makes enough to fill 4 each 1 ounce salve jars or 1 ounce metal tins )
Simply heat the Sweet Almond, Canola oil and Jojoba oil in a saucepan and add Beeswax. If you want a thin consistency ( such as a cream or Vaseline ) add only a little bit of Beeswax. Want it thicker like wax? Just add more Beeswax.
Allow the base to cool down to see what the consistency is like. If it's too thick, add more Sweet Almond oil and reheat, too thin?, add more Beeswax.
As the base is cooling add the essential oils to enhance the healing effect of the balm. These essential oils can be found in our Essential Oil List.
After you have added the essential oil and the lip balm is still warm enough to pour, carefully pour it into Salve Jars or Metal Tins, we offer both below.
Use Bayleaf Essential oil for relieving rheumatism.
Use Bergamot Essential oil for colds, bronchitis systems, i.e. chest rub.
Use Caraway Essential oil for antiseptic quality.
Use Cardamon Essential oil for aphrodisiac quality. Use Clary Sage Essential oil for anti-ainflammatory, aphrodisiac and scalp problems
Use Cedar Essential oil for relieving Chronic anxiety and stress.
Use Citronella Essential oil for making a insect repellent salve.
Use Eucalyptus Essential oil for chest rub, relieves congestion, eases breathing.
Use Frankincense Essential oil for asthma and other respiratory problems.
Use Gardenia Essential oil for chest rub, said to relieve flu conditions, fever, hypertension and palpitations.
Use Juniper Essential oil for emotionally cleansing effect. Calms the nerves.
Use Orange Essential oil for a lighter body lotion, said to relax, relieve sexual apprehension, and is antiseptic and antibactericidal.
Use Patchouli Essential oil for antiseptic, aphrodisiac qualities.
Use Rosemary Essential oil for relieving tired muscles.
Use Tea Tree Essential oil for Antiseptic, antifungal, antiviral qualities.
Itch Relief Salve ( Good for posion ivy, posion oak )
1 pint Sweet Olive Oil
2 ounces Beeswax
1 tablespoon Chickweed Powder
1 tablespoon Comfrey Powder
Put chickweed and comfrey powder into sweet olive oil and simmer 3 hours. Strain and add beeswax. Pour into salve jars or tins.
Coconut Butter Body Moisturizer ( Good for wind and sunburned skin )
Ingredients
2 tablespoons beeswax
2 teaspoons distilled water
4 oz. cocoa butter
4 tablespoons sweet almond
2 tablespoons coconut oil
Melt the beeswax over low heat with the water. Spoon in cocoa butter and blend. Gradually blend in oils. Pour into glass jar.
The lotion will thicken as it cools.
Vaseline Type Jelly
This makes a great vaseline type jelly.
1 ounce (weight) beeswax
1/2 cup baby oil
Melt the beeswax in a microwave or a double boiler. Stir in the baby oil.
Remove the mixture from the heat and stir until cool.
Skin Cream ( by Elaine White )
2 1/2 ounces (weight) beeswax
4 ounces (weight) lanolin
2/3 cup baby or mineral oil
3/4 cup water
1 teaspoon borax (sodium borate, CP)
Fragrant oil (optional)
Melt the oil, lanolin and beeswax to 160 degrees F. Heat the borax and water in a separate container to 160 degrees F. Be sure the beeswax is melted and the borax is dissolved. Add the water mixture to the oil mixture while stirring.
When a white cream forms, stir slowly until the mixture cools to 100 degrees F. Pour the cream into small, wide-mouth jars.
Pain Releif Salve
1 tablespoon Chickweed powder
1 tablespoon Wormwood Powder
10 drops Tea Tree oil
2 pints Sweet Olive Oil
3 ounces Beeswax
Mix together chickweed, wormwood powder, add the mixed herbs to sweet olive oil and simmer 3 hours. Strain and add beeswax and Tea Tree Oil. Pour into salve containers.
HAND CREAM
2 ounces beeswax
1 cup sweet almond oil
1 cup water
10 drops essential oil (if desired, for fragrance)
Heat beeswax and sweet almond oil until the wax melts. In another container, heat water until warm. Both mixtures should be warm, but not so hot as to be uncomfortable to the touch.
Place warm water in a blender. Cover the blender, leaving open the small opening in the cover. With the blender running on high speed, slowly pour in the beeswax-oil mixture in a thin stream. When most of the oil has been added, the mixture should begin to thicken.
At this point, add the essential oil. Continue to add oil and blend until the mixture is sufficiently thickened. Turn off the blender. You should have a thick cream. Spoon into salve jars or metal tins.
Body Lotion
This is a great recipe that does not spoil easily without the aid of refrigeration. It makes about 2 cups of lotion.
1 cup of aloe vera gel
1 teaspoon of lanolin 1 teaspoon of pure vitamin E oil
1/3 cup of coconut oil
1/2 ounce of beeswax
3/4 cup of almond oil
Up to 1 and 1/2 teapoons of essential oil of your choice or more to prolong scent
Place aloe vera gel, lanolin and vitamin E oil in a blender or food processor. Place coconut oil and beeswax in a 2 cup Pyrex measuring cup, microwave on high for 30 second and stir. Repeat in ten second blocks until fully melted.
Stir in almond oil, reheating if necessary. Run blender at low to medium speed, then pour in melted oils in a thin stream. As the oils is blended in the cream will turn white and the blender's motor will begin to grind. As soon as you have a mayonaise-like consistency, stop motor, add essential oils and pulse blend. do not overblend Transfer cream to glass jars while still warm because it thickens quickly.
This recipe was found in the Winter 97 issue of Handcraft Illustrated Magazine. The article was written by Amy Jenner
Sweet Lavender Ointment
4 ounces sweet olive oil
3 to 4 ounces beeswax
1 ounce cocoa butter
15 drops vitamin e oil
25 drops lavender oil
Combine the sweet olive oil, beeswax, cocoa butter and heat thoroughly in the top of a double boiler. Remove from the heat. Add the vitamin e, lavender oil and beat well. Pour into salve jars and allow the mixture to cool before covering.
Basic Lotion Bar
From an email from Patti's Pleasures
Ingredients:
3 ounces beeswax
2 ounces cocoa butter
3 ounces sweet almond oil
Melt and mix all ingredients thoroughly. Mold into desired shape.
Rich Hand Cream
by Rosemary Gladstar in Tasha Tudor's Heirloom Crafts
Ingredients:
3/4 cup sweet almond oil
1/3 cup coconut oil or cocoa butter
1 Teaspoon lanolin
1/2 ounce grated beeswax
Melt ingredients together over low heat and cool to room temperature. When cool, add:
2/3 cup rosewater
1/2 cup aloe vera gel
1 - 2 drops rose blend EO
5 drops Vitamin E oil
Whip all ingredients to a smooth consistency. Store in a sterile covered jar.
Solid Perfume
Ingredients:
3 parts Sweet Almond or Jojoba oil
2 parts White beeswax
1 part Cosmetic Grade Fragrance Oil, choose from our huge line of Rachel's Cosmetic Grade Fragrance Oils
Melt all ingredients over double boiler until well mixed and integrated. Pour into containers and let cool.
LIP GLOSS
2 teaspoons beeswax
2 tablespoons, sweet almond oil or coconut oil
5 drops essential oil (such as orange, lemon, grapefruit, tangerine, coconut or mint)
2 drops vitamin E capsule
(optional: to tint, up to 1/4 teaspoon lipstick)
Melt the oil and beeswax together. Remove from heat. If coloring, stir in the lipstick. When the mixture has cooled to lukewarm, stir in essential oil and the vitamin E. Transfer to a small container.
Stir occasionally while cooling . If a thicker gloss is desired, increase the amount of beeswax. (Experiment with other additions such as baking chocolate, crushed peppermint candy, cocoa butter, vanilla bean, oil of cinnamon, oil of camphor or eucalyptus for soothing chapped lips, wheat germ oil, etc.
Add oil-based ingredients to the oil phase, and water-soluble ingredients to the water phase.) This is a great way to use up leftover or too-dark lipstick.
Honey Lip Balm
3 ounces of beeswax (grated)
4 ounces extra-virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon honey
Half of a Vitamin E capsule (400 IU)
*Melt the oil and beeswax together in the microwave but do not allow to boil. Once melted, add the honey and blend well. Add the Vitamin E by piercing the capsule with a needle and squeezing in half of the contents contained in the capsule. Mix all of the ingredients well and store in airtight containers. Let set at room temperature for 48-36 hours or until it reaches the right consistency. This lip balm recipe will remain fresher if stored in the refrigerator.
Flavored Lip Balms
For a cocoa or chocolate flavored lip balm, use the same recipe and instructions as above but replace the honey with one-half teaspoon cocoa powder or four chocolate chips. The chocolate chips should be added to the mixture while it is still warm so that they melt. Kids will love having a homemade chocolate chip lip balm. However, even though this has a chocolate flavor and scent, it should not be eaten.
Soothing Lanolin Lip Balm
1/2 teaspoon grated beeswax
3 teaspoon coconut oil
1 teaspoon lanolin
1/2 capsule Vitamin E
1 teaspoon honey
*Heat all ingredients except the honey in a small non-stick pan over medium heat. Once the beeswax is melted, remove from heat and add the honey. Mix well and pour into small airtight containers.
In many craft stores, small cosmetic tins can be purchased that are perfect for storing homemade lip balms. They are small enough to fit nicely in the refrigerator, your vanity drawer, or in your purse. You can also make extra to give as gifts to friends and family. Some people are allergic to lanolin so always list the ingredients of the product on a small label and attach to the bottom of the container.
These lip balm recipes will produce an ample supply and should be stored in an airtight container. You can place smaller amounts in individual containers to carry along with you. Once you've made and sampled your first batch of homemade lip balm, you will never go back to store-bought products.
Beeswax Crafts Recipes
Lip balm
2tsp coconut oil
1 tsp beeswax
1 vitamin E capsule
Melt together and pour into a container, allow to cool.
There are endless variations using more and less of different ingredients, and other moisturizers for the lips. Various Essential Oils and flavors may be added to taste. Try a few drops of peppermint essential oil, Rosemary Essential Oil, Orange or Lemon Essential Oils, or any flavors you might enjoy! You can use the candy flavoring oils to be found in the candy making shops.
Skin Cream
2 1/2 ounces (weight) beeswax
4 ounces (weight) lanolin
2/3 cup baby or mineral oil
3/4 cup water
1 teaspoon borax (sodium borate, CP)
Fragrant oil (optional)
Melt the oil, lanolin and beeswax to 160 degrees F. Heat the borax and water in a separate container to 160 degrees F. Be sure the beeswax is melted and the borax is dissolved. Add the water mixture to the oil mixture while stirring. When a white cream forms, stir slowly until the mixture cools to 100 degrees F. Pour the cream into small, wide-mouth jars.
Petroleum Jelly
Petroleum jelly is easy to make and it is an ingredient of many other products. Naturalists may substitute a natural oil, such as grapeseed oil or sweet almond oil for the baby or mineral oil to create an "un-petroleum jelly."
1 ounce (weight) beeswax
1/2 cup baby or mineral oil
Melt the beeswax in a microwave or a double boiler. Stir in the mineral oil. Remove the mixture from the heat and stir until cool.
Basic Lotion Bar
3 ounces beeswax
2 ounces cocoa butter
3 ounces sweet almond oil
Melt and mix all ingredients thoroughly. Mold into desired shape.
Solid Perfume
3 parts Sweet Almond or Jojoba oil
2 parts White beeswax
1 part Scent
Melt all ingredients over double boiler until well mixed and integrated. Pour into containers and let cool.
Rosemary Cream
(excellent for getting mascara & makeup off) - FOR ALL SKIN TYPES EXCEPT OILY
Will keep without refrigeration for about 1 month, so don't make up too much at once.
Step 1
12g beeswax
15g emulsifying wax
1 tablespoon (thick) coconut oil
100ml olive oil.
Melt in a double boiler, I use the microwave in a pyrex bowl, works fine. Remove from heat.
Step 2
2 tablespoons water
1/4 teaspoon borax
1 tablespoon rosewater
Heat water mix slightly in a pyrex bowl till borax is dissolved. Add slowly to the melted oils from step 1 & stir constantly till almost cool. Doesn't take long (not like tracing). Mix well, when lukewarm, then add 5 drops essential oil, e.g.. rose geranium is good for general skin care.
If the E/O is added above 45C it will vaporize & you will loose your therapeutic qualities as well as most of the fragrance. Pot into sterilized glass jar.
Beeswax Castile Soap
16 oz weight olive oil
1 oz beeswax
1 oz palm oil
2.1 oz lye
1 cup water (8 fluid ounces)
(melt the beeswax with the fats)
Fat and lye/water temperature about 150 degrees F
Tracing time: about 12 minutes FAST! (This is not a good blender soap candidate!)
Time in molds: 48 hours
Place the soap in a freezer for 3 hours, then remove it from the molds
Age: 6 to 8 weeks for the bars to harden.
Cold Cream
Pour 84 ml olive oil and 28 g beeswax into a jar or basin and stand in a pan of hot water on the stove. Warm gently (do not boil!) until the wax is just melted. Warm 30 ml rosewater. Stir the oil and wax together and while stirring, add the rosewater gradually. Remove the jar from hot water and stir vigorously until cool. To make a cream which is effective in fighting wrinkles and scars, add the contents of one or two vitamin E capsules (prick the capsule and squeeze the contents out).
Candle Wicks
The herb Mullen was used centuries ago to make wicks for candles. You will have to find the seeds for Mullen and grow them yourself. Mullen is a tall straight plant with a hard stem. When the plant is fully grown and ripe, cut and remove the hard outer stem. In the centre of the stem is a vegetable cord like substance. Remove the cords and twist carefully, tying at top and bottom, then hang with a small weight like a pebble attached to the bottom. You can plait several cords of Mullen together to make the thickness of wick you require. Leave to dry for several weeks, then use in candles as normal.
Spice Sachets
1 1/2 oz. weight beeswax
1 cup applesauce
1 1/2 cup ground cinnamon or a mixture of cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and cloves.
Up to 1 teaspoon of essential oil from any of the spices may also be added.
Heat the wax and applesauce in a microwave or double boiler until the wax is melted. Stir in the ground spices. Knead the mixture until it is dough-like. Roll the dough into sheets and cut out forms or hand-form the dough into balls or beads. Place the forms on cardboard. They will harden in 3 or 4 days. The fragrance will last for years.
Sweet Honeyed Carrot Soap
7.5 oz Coconut Oil
8 oz castor oil
8 oz olive oil
16 oz Sunflower Oil
16 oz Crisco
2 oz Beeswax
8 oz carrot juice
14 oz water
7.58 oz lye (sodium hydroxide)
Instructions:
Measure oils on your scale. Warm on the stove or in the mircowave. Bring temperature to near 120° F. Exact temperature is not critical.Add sodium hydroxide to the water. Mix well. Allow to cool to near 120° F. Exact temperature is not critical. Combine oils and lye solution and carrot juice. Stir until trace. Stir well. Pour soap into molds. Allow to sit until soap is firm. Depending on the depth of the mold this will happen in 6 to 36 hours. Deeper molds allow for faster firming. Cut into bars. Stack to allow good air circulation. Allow to cure for several days before using. Longer curing will result in a harder bar.
Notes & Comments: At trace I added honey which had been caramelized in the microwave & aloe vera. The soap is a lovely almost translucent pale orange & has a warm sweet scent but not sickly sweet.
"Bee Good Soap"
16 oz wt Almond Oil
26 oz wt Canola oil
32 oz wt Coconut Oil
28 oz wt Olive oil
26 oz wt Hydrogenated Soybean Oilbean Oil
48 fl oz water
18 oz wt lye (sodium hydroxide)
4 oz wt Beeswax (.5 oz per pound x 8 lbs.)
4 oz wt Honey (.5 oz per pound x 8 lbs.)
Instructions:
Heat oils to 150° F. Add Beeswax (you can grate it, chunk it, pre-melt it). Cool to 115° F. Lye and water to about 110° F. Add lye/water to oils, at light trace, add the honey. Stir till well blended. Pour no more than an inch deep. Cover with Saran type wrap prevents soda ash). Don't wrap with a blanket, just put a cookie sheet over the top, as this will get warmer than soaps without honey.
Notes & Comments: You can scent this as you like, add scents at light trace.
Art Mediums with Beeswax
Wax Crayons
Parts by weight:
2 parts beeswax
1 part talc
pigment
Melt the wax in a microwave or small can placed in boiling water ( a double boiler). Stir in the talc and dry artist's pigment or fresco colors. Pour the mixture into a lubricated aluminum foil mold. The crayon may be melted again and more pigment added until it is the exact color desired. Caution: These crayons should not be used by children because some pigments are not food safe.
Wax Pastels
Parts by weight:
1 part grated soap
1 part beeswax
Pigment
Melt the beeswax in a small can placed in boiling water. Add the grated soap and stir until the soap melts and the mixture is smooth. Color the mixture with dry artist's pigment or fresco colors. Pour into lubricated aluminum foil molds. After testing the crayon, it can be melted again and more pigment added. Caution: These crayons should not be used by children because some pigments are not food safe.
Wax Pastels for Children
Follow the directions above for "Wax Pastel Crayons" using concentrated food coloring as the pigment. The paste is sold with cake decorating supplies. The crayons are food safe and they blend well. Their color is almost as concentrated as the crayons made with the artist's pigment.
Oil Paint #1
8 measures beeswax
3 measures turpentine
Melt the beeswax in a microwave or double boiler. Remove it from the heat and stir in the turpentine. For direct painting, combine the mixture on a palette with tube oil paint. Thin or thick coats can be applied over oil, tempera or glue paints. Use only a wax varnish over the finished painting.
Oil paint #2
4 measures beeswax
1 measure Damar varnish
1 measure boiled linseed oil
12 measures turpentine
Heat the ingredients in a double boiler until they are combined. Remove the boiler from the heat and stir until the mixture forms a soft paste. Combine the soft paste on a palette with tube oil paints. Apply the paint as a final paint layer or glaze. Varnish the painting with a wax varnish only.
Beeswax Polishes
Famous Three in One Solid Furniture Polish
Equal portions of linseed oil, warmed beeswax and turpentine.
This, like some of the other recipes, can be experimented with for best results. Here it is good to begin with small quantities, about a cup of each ingredient. The warmed materials should be carefully and thoroughly mixed together with a wooden stick, then pour into the usual wide mouthed storage jar. The final color is usually a rich gold.
Beeswax Polish
Beeswax furniture polish with it's soft, satin shine is considered the ultimate in wood care. Note that there is very little difference between this formula and the formula for shoe polish.
4 ounces (weight) beeswax
2 tablespoons carnauba wax
2 1/2 cups odorless turpentine or mineral spirits
Melt the waxes on high in a microwave or in a double boiler. Remove the waxes from the heat and stir in the turpentine or mineral spirits. Apply the polish with a clean cloth and rub in small circles. Turn the cloth as it becomes dirty. Allow the polish to dry, then buff with a clean cloth. If more than one coat is desired, wait two days between applications.
Liquid Polish
4 oz. (weight) beeswax
2 T. carnauba wax
2 1/2 Cups mineral spirits or Turpenoid
Melt the waxes on high in a microwave (watch closely) or in a double boiler. Remove the waxes from the heat and stir in the mineral spirits.
Beeswax Special furniture Cream Polish
4 oz. beeswax
1/4 cup liquid soap
2 cups turpentine
1 cup very warm water
1/4 cup pine oil
Dissolve the soap well in the warm water, and let cool. Using the double boiler technique, melt the beeswax shavings in the turpentine, remove and cool. When both mixes are cool , mix gently and thoroughly with a wooden stick. If, as happens, the mix cools too quickly and hardens again, re-heat gently while stirring.
Furniture Cream Polish #2
1 pint linseed oil
4 oz. beeswax
Melt together, mix thoroughly, and put into container.
Furniture Oil
1 pint linseed oil
6 oz. beeswax
Melt the two ingredients together over low heat and store in closed bottle.
Floor Polish
Melt equal portions of beeswax and turpentine together for use on wooden floors.
Holiday Floor Polish
4 oz. beeswax
1/2 cup liquid soap
1/2 pint water
1/4 cup linseed oil
1/4 cup turpentine
Melt the wax in the warm water, then mix in the soap. When cooled, add the turpentine and linseed oil. Store in covered container.
Shoe Polish
Parts by weight:
1 part aluminum oxide powder
1 part tin oxide powder
1 part petroleum jelly
1 part beeswax
Melt the wax and petroleum jelly in a microwave or double boiler. Remove from heat and stir in the dry ingredients. Tin and aluminum oxide are sold by Chem Lab Supplies 714-630-790
Home Uses/Tool Box
Leather Waterproofing
4 oz. beeswax
4 oz. resin or rosin (music stores carry)
1 pint vegetable oil
Melt the solids in the oil, and apply while warm.
Arthritis wax treatment
Warm wax treatments are approved by the Arthritis Foundation to help relieve sore, painful joints caused by arthritis. Wax treatments provide moist heat, increase blood circulation, and ease stiffness due to joint inflammation.
5 lbs beeswax
2 cups mineral oil
Step 1: Melt ingredients in an oven set between 170 to 200 degrees F. Stir to mix the oil and wax.
Step 2: Remove the mixture from the oven and allow it to cool until there is a film of cooled wax on the surface (about 125 degrees F). Test the wax to be sure it is very warm, but not uncomfortable.
Step 3: The body part treated must be clean and dry. Dip the body part into the wax mixture and withdraw it. If the hand is being treated, keep the fingers apart. Do this a few more times until there is a thick coating of wax.
Step 4: Return the body part to the wax and leave there (15 to 30 minutes) until the mixture cools.
Step 5: Remove the body part and peel off the wax.
Save the wax in a closed container to use again. The treatment may be repeated. The mixture will melt more quickly now that the oil and wax are combined.
Waterproof & Leather Softener
1 oz. (weight) beeswax
8 oz/ (weight) petroleum jelly
Melt the ingredients in a microwave or double boiler. Brush the hot mixture onto the leather and allow it to penetrate. If possible, place the item in hot sun. Polish the leather with a cloth to remove excess waterproofing.
Ironing Wax
Rub a cake of wax over a hot iron, then press canvas or unbleached muslin. This wax finish gives a gloss and protects the cloth from dirt and water. While the iron is still hot, wipe it clean with a paper towel.
Envelope Sealing Wax
1/2 oz. weight beeswax
3 oz. weight blonde shellac
dry artist's pigment or fresco colors
Melt the beeswax in a microwave. Add the shellac flakes and microwave, stirring every 30 seconds until the mixture is melted (about 2 1/2 minutes total time). Stir in the dry pigment. Judge the amount of pigment to add by the color of the wax. Pour this into molds and let it cool.
Dust Mops & Dust Cloths
1 Tablespoon beeswax (1/2 oz. weight)
2 Tablespoons mineral oil
2 cups turpentine
Heat the wax and oil in a microwave or a double boiler until the wax melts. Remove this from the heat and stir in the turpentine. Wet flannel cloth or a dust mop in the liquid. Wring it out and spread it to dry.
Golf Club Grip Wax
2 oz. weight beeswax
1 teaspoon powdered rosin
Melt the ingredients together in a 250 degree F. oven. Pour this into a paper tube. Peel away the paper as the wax is used.
Sealing Putty
1/4 cup linseed oil
2 teaspoons beeswax
Whiting (calcium carbonate powder)
Whiting is sold by building suppliers or "Woodworker's Supply" (800-645-9292).
Melt the beeswax in the microwave or a double boiler. Add the oil and stir. Heat the mixture again if necessary to get a smooth texture. Let it cool. Stir in small amounts of whiting until the mixture is dough-like and can be handled. Knead the mixture until it is smooth and store it in an air-tight container.
Waterproof paper
4 oz. weight beeswax
6 oz. weight alum
1 oz. weight soap
1 quart water
fragrant essential oil (optional)
Combine the ingredients and boil them for 10 minutes. Be sure the beeswax is melted. Dip paper into the hot solution and hang it to dry. Alum is sold in the grocer's spice section.
Copper Cleaner
Parts by weight.
2.4 parts beeswax
9.4 parts mineral oil
42 parts vinegar, 5% to 7% acetic acid
42 parts citric acid, USP crystals
42 parts soap flakes
Combine the soap and vinegar to make a paste. Melt the beeswax and mineral oil together in a microwave or a double boiler. Stir in the soap mixture and the citric acid. Let the cleaner set overnight before using it. Apply the polish with a clean, damp cloth. Rinse the copper and wipe it dry with a clean cloth.
Beeswax Crafts Recipes
Lip balm
2tsp coconut oil
1 tsp beeswax
1 vitamin E capsule
Melt together and pour into a container, allow to cool.
There are endless variations using more and less of different ingredients, and other moisturizers for the lips. Various Essential Oils and flavors may be added to taste. Try a few drops of peppermint essential oil, Rosemary Essential Oil, Orange or Lemon Essential Oils, or any flavors you might enjoy! You can use the candy flavoring oils to be found in the candy making shops.
Skin Cream
2 1/2 ounces (weight) beeswax
4 ounces (weight) lanolin
2/3 cup baby or mineral oil
3/4 cup water
1 teaspoon borax (sodium borate, CP)
Fragrant oil (optional)
Melt the oil, lanolin and beeswax to 160 degrees F. Heat the borax and water in a separate container to 160 degrees F. Be sure the beeswax is melted and the borax is dissolved. Add the water mixture to the oil mixture while stirring. When a white cream forms, stir slowly until the mixture cools to 100 degrees F. Pour the cream into small, wide-mouth jars.
Petroleum Jelly
Petroleum jelly is easy to make and it is an ingredient of many other products. Naturalists may substitute a natural oil, such as grapeseed oil or sweet almond oil for the baby or mineral oil to create an "un-petroleum jelly."
1 ounce (weight) beeswax
1/2 cup baby or mineral oil
Melt the beeswax in a microwave or a double boiler. Stir in the mineral oil. Remove the mixture from the heat and stir until cool.
Basic Lotion Bar
3 ounces beeswax
2 ounces cocoa butter
3 ounces sweet almond oil
Melt and mix all ingredients thoroughly. Mold into desired shape.
Solid Perfume
3 parts Sweet Almond or Jojoba oil
2 parts White beeswax
1 part Scent
Melt all ingredients over double boiler until well mixed and integrated. Pour into containers and let cool.
Rosemary Cream
(excellent for getting mascara & makeup off) - FOR ALL SKIN TYPES EXCEPT OILY
Will keep without refrigeration for about 1 month, so don't make up too much at once.
Step 1
12g beeswax
15g emulsifying wax
1 tablespoon (thick) coconut oil
100ml olive oil.
Melt in a double boiler, I use the microwave in a pyrex bowl, works fine. Remove from heat.
Step 2
2 tablespoons water
1/4 teaspoon borax
1 tablespoon rosewater
Heat water mix slightly in a pyrex bowl till borax is dissolved. Add slowly to the melted oils from step 1 & stir constantly till almost cool. Doesn't take long (not like tracing). Mix well, when lukewarm, then add 5 drops essential oil, e.g.. rose geranium is good for general skin care.
If the E/O is added above 45C it will vaporize & you will loose your therapeutic qualities as well as most of the fragrance. Pot into sterilized glass jar.
Beeswax Castile Soap
16 oz weight olive oil
1 oz beeswax
1 oz palm oil
2.1 oz lye
1 cup water (8 fluid ounces)
(melt the beeswax with the fats)
Fat and lye/water temperature about 150 degrees F
Tracing time: about 12 minutes FAST! (This is not a good blender soap candidate!)
Time in molds: 48 hours
Place the soap in a freezer for 3 hours, then remove it from the molds
Age: 6 to 8 weeks for the bars to harden.
Cold Cream
Pour 84 ml olive oil and 28 g beeswax into a jar or basin and stand in a pan of hot water on the stove. Warm gently (do not boil!) until the wax is just melted. Warm 30 ml rosewater. Stir the oil and wax together and while stirring, add the rosewater gradually. Remove the jar from hot water and stir vigorously until cool. To make a cream which is effective in fighting wrinkles and scars, add the contents of one or two vitamin E capsules (prick the capsule and squeeze the contents out).
Candle Wicks
The herb Mullen was used centuries ago to make wicks for candles. You will have to find the seeds for Mullen and grow them yourself. Mullen is a tall straight plant with a hard stem. When the plant is fully grown and ripe, cut and remove the hard outer stem. In the centre of the stem is a vegetable cord like substance. Remove the cords and twist carefully, tying at top and bottom, then hang with a small weight like a pebble attached to the bottom. You can plait several cords of Mullen together to make the thickness of wick you require. Leave to dry for several weeks, then use in candles as normal.
Spice Sachets
1 1/2 oz. weight beeswax
1 cup applesauce
1 1/2 cup ground cinnamon or a mixture of cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and cloves.
Up to 1 teaspoon of essential oil from any of the spices may also be added.
Heat the wax and applesauce in a microwave or double boiler until the wax is melted. Stir in the ground spices. Knead the mixture until it is dough-like. Roll the dough into sheets and cut out forms or hand-form the dough into balls or beads. Place the forms on cardboard. They will harden in 3 or 4 days. The fragrance will last for years.
Sweet Honeyed Carrot Soap
7.5 oz Coconut Oil
8 oz castor oil
8 oz olive oil
16 oz Sunflower Oil
16 oz Crisco
2 oz Beeswax
8 oz carrot juice
14 oz water
7.58 oz lye (sodium hydroxide)
Instructions:
Measure oils on your scale. Warm on the stove or in the mircowave. Bring temperature to near 120° F. Exact temperature is not critical.Add sodium hydroxide to the water. Mix well. Allow to cool to near 120° F. Exact temperature is not critical. Combine oils and lye solution and carrot juice. Stir until trace. Stir well. Pour soap into molds. Allow to sit until soap is firm. Depending on the depth of the mold this will happen in 6 to 36 hours. Deeper molds allow for faster firming. Cut into bars. Stack to allow good air circulation. Allow to cure for several days before using. Longer curing will result in a harder bar.
Notes & Comments: At trace I added honey which had been caramelized in the microwave & aloe vera. The soap is a lovely almost translucent pale orange & has a warm sweet scent but not sickly sweet.
"Bee Good Soap"
16 oz wt Almond Oil
26 oz wt Canola oil
32 oz wt Coconut Oil
28 oz wt Olive oil
26 oz wt Hydrogenated Soybean Oilbean Oil
48 fl oz water
18 oz wt lye (sodium hydroxide)
4 oz wt Beeswax (.5 oz per pound x 8 lbs.)
4 oz wt Honey (.5 oz per pound x 8 lbs.)
Instructions:
Heat oils to 150° F. Add Beeswax (you can grate it, chunk it, pre-melt it). Cool to 115° F. Lye and water to about 110° F. Add lye/water to oils, at light trace, add the honey. Stir till well blended. Pour no more than an inch deep. Cover with Saran type wrap prevents soda ash). Don't wrap with a blanket, just put a cookie sheet over the top, as this will get warmer than soaps without honey.
Notes & Comments: You can scent this as you like, add scents at light trace.
Art Mediums with Beeswax
Wax Crayons
Parts by weight:
2 parts beeswax
1 part talc
pigment
Melt the wax in a microwave or small can placed in boiling water ( a double boiler). Stir in the talc and dry artist's pigment or fresco colors. Pour the mixture into a lubricated aluminum foil mold. The crayon may be melted again and more pigment added until it is the exact color desired. Caution: These crayons should not be used by children because some pigments are not food safe.
Wax Pastels
Parts by weight:
1 part grated soap
1 part beeswax
Pigment
Melt the beeswax in a small can placed in boiling water. Add the grated soap and stir until the soap melts and the mixture is smooth. Color the mixture with dry artist's pigment or fresco colors. Pour into lubricated aluminum foil molds. After testing the crayon, it can be melted again and more pigment added. Caution: These crayons should not be used by children because some pigments are not food safe.
Wax Pastels for Children
Follow the directions above for "Wax Pastel Crayons" using concentrated food coloring as the pigment. The paste is sold with cake decorating supplies. The crayons are food safe and they blend well. Their color is almost as concentrated as the crayons made with the artist's pigment.
Oil Paint #1
8 measures beeswax
3 measures turpentine
Melt the beeswax in a microwave or double boiler. Remove it from the heat and stir in the turpentine. For direct painting, combine the mixture on a palette with tube oil paint. Thin or thick coats can be applied over oil, tempera or glue paints. Use only a wax varnish over the finished painting.
Oil paint #2
4 measures beeswax
1 measure Damar varnish
1 measure boiled linseed oil
12 measures turpentine
Heat the ingredients in a double boiler until they are combined. Remove the boiler from the heat and stir until the mixture forms a soft paste. Combine the soft paste on a palette with tube oil paints. Apply the paint as a final paint layer or glaze. Varnish the painting with a wax varnish only.
Shoe Polish
Parts by weight:
1 part aluminum oxide powder
1 part tin oxide powder
1 part petroleum jelly
1 part beeswax
Melt the wax and petroleum jelly in a microwave or double boiler. Remove from heat and stir in the dry ingredients. Tin and aluminum oxide are sold by Chem Lab Supplies
Arthritis wax treatment
Warm wax treatments are approved by the Arthritis Foundation to help relieve sore, painful joints caused by arthritis. Wax treatments provide moist heat, increase blood circulation, and ease stiffness due to joint inflammation.
5 lbs beeswax
2 cups mineral oil
Step 1: Melt ingredients in an oven set between 170 to 200 degrees F. Stir to mix the oil and wax.
Step 2: Remove the mixture from the oven and allow it to cool until there is a film of cooled wax on the surface (about 125 degrees F). Test the wax to be sure it is very warm, but not uncomfortable.
Step 3: The body part treated must be clean and dry. Dip the body part into the wax mixture and withdraw it. If the hand is being treated, keep the fingers apart. Do this a few more times until there is a thick coating of wax.
Step 4: Return the body part to the wax and leave there (15 to 30 minutes) until the mixture cools.
Step 5: Remove the body part and peel off the wax.
Save the wax in a closed container to use again. The treatment may be repeated. The mixture will melt more quickly now that the oil and wax are combined.
Waterproof & Leather Softener
1 oz. (weight) beeswax
8 oz/ (weight) petroleum jelly
Melt the ingredients in a microwave or double boiler. Brush the hot mixture onto the leather and allow it to penetrate. If possible, place the item in hot sun. Polish the leather with a cloth to remove excess waterproofing.
Ironing Wax
Rub a cake of wax over a hot iron, then press canvas or unbleached muslin. This wax finish gives a gloss and protects the cloth from dirt and water. While the iron is still hot, wipe it clean with a paper towel.
Envelope Sealing Wax
1/2 oz. weight beeswax
3 oz. weight blonde shellac
dry artist's pigment or fresco colors
Melt the beeswax in a microwave. Add the shellac flakes and microwave, stirring every 30 seconds until the mixture is melted (about 2 1/2 minutes total time). Stir in the dry pigment. Judge the amount of pigment to add by the color of the wax. Pour this into molds and let it cool.
Dust Mops & Dust Cloths
1 Tablespoon beeswax (1/2 oz. weight)
2 Tablespoons mineral oil
2 cups turpentine
Heat the wax and oil in a microwave or a double boiler until the wax melts. Remove this from the heat and stir in the turpentine. Wet flannel cloth or a dust mop in the liquid. Wring it out and spread it to dry.
Golf Club Grip Wax
2 oz. weight beeswax
1 teaspoon powdered rosin Melt the ingredients together in a 250 degree F. oven. Pour this into a paper tube. Peel away the paper as the wax is used.
Sealing Putty
1/4 cup linseed oil
2 teaspoons beeswax
Whiting (calcium carbonate powder)
Whiting is sold by building suppliers or "Woodworker's Supply" (800-645-9292).
Melt the beeswax in the microwave or a double boiler. Add the oil and stir. Heat the mixture again if necessary to get a smooth texture. Let it cool. Stir in small amounts of whiting until the mixture is dough-like and can be handled. Knead the mixture until it is smooth and store it in an air-tight container.
WARNING: Wax is inflammable and must not be melted over direct heat, so when melting wax it is always necessary to use a double saucepan or tin/basin in a saucepan of water. Never overheat wax. For mixing, remove from heat.
Paste Polish: is a simple blend of wax with a suitable solvent. The traditional solvent is pure turpentine. This can be replaced by turps substitute or white spirit if cost is a factor. A half and half mixture gives the best of both worlds.
Melt 4oz. of beeswax in a double pan to no more than 70C /160F. Pour ½ pint of warmed solvent into wax and stir thoroughly. Pour into prepared containers. Leave to set before adding lids. The addition of Carnauba wax (obtainable from bee equipment suppliers) will eliminate any tackiness and reduce the amount of "elbow grease" required when buffing.
Ingredients are ½oz. carnauba wax, 4½oz. beeswax, and 1-pint solvent. Method as before. Vary amount of solvent to achieve preferred consistency.
Emulsion Polish: An emulsion is a mixture of two liquids (wax phase and water phase) that don’t normally mix. Emulsions clean and polish in one operation and are easy to apply.
Wax phase: Melt 4½oz. of beeswax in double pan and then add 1 pint of solvent. Raise temperature to about 80C/180F.
Water phase: In pan with pouring lip dissolve ½oz. of soap flakes by pouring 1 pint of hot water over. Adjust temperature to 80C/180F.
Remove from heat. Begin to stir wax phase . Use a hand-whisk gently at slow speed using only one paddle. Very slowly pour water phase into wax. Continue stirring for several minutes after a good emulsion forms. Using a funnel pour into warmed bottles or jars.
Hand Cream 1: an excellent soothing balm for rough skin or chapped hands and is equally good as a face cream.
Heat 2oz. of pale colour beeswax in a double saucepan: when melted stir in 6oz. liquid paraffin. It will cloud slightly but will clear again as the temperature rises. Allow cooling to 120F.
In another saucepan, slightly heat 4oz. distilled water and stir in one eighth of an ounce of Borax until dissolved. Allow cooling to 120F and then pouring into wax and liquid paraffin the mixture will immediately begin to turn to white. Have containers ready with lids off.
Stir briskly with wooden spoon until mixture thickens and then add scent – say 12 drops of rose essence (not rose water) or other preferred scent. Continue to stir and then place in containers. If it cools rapidly you may have to knife the mixture into the last container.
Hand Cream 2: Heat 7gm. pale colour beeswax and 60ml. almond oil (carrier oil) in a heat resistant bowl. Stir over pan of boiling water until the mixture melts. Remove the bowl from the pan, and SLOWLY add 30ml. flower water or distilled water stirring constantly. Keep stirring while the cream begins to cool, then add 4-6 drops of essential oil. Stir until mixture has thickened, then transfer to sterilised jars. Makes approximately 100ml.
Supplies
One wide-mouth Mason jar or other canning jar with two-part ring-seal lid
One cake of good-quality natural, non-bleached beeswax (It will be yellowish in color)
Pure distilled Turpentine (NO TURPENTINE SUBSTITUTES)
One piece of plastic wrap
One wood paint mixing stick or other non-food use stirring implement
Optional Additions
A dropper of Lemon Oil (approximately a teaspoon)
A dropper of Orange Oil
A dropper of Lavender Essential Oil
Assorted artist dry pigments for tinting and coloring polish for darker woods (Ochre and umbers work beautifully)
Method
Shave or shred enough beeswax into the Mason jar to fill it about two-thirds full. Then pour in enough turpentine to cover the beeswax, up to three-fourth full. At this point you can add either the lemon, orange or lavender oils for extra fragrance and/or the dry pigments for the degree of color need for the polish. Add color at about a half or an eight of a teaspoon at a time. I discovered that a mixture of one teaspoon of burnt umber with an eighth of a teaspoon of lamp black makes a great polish for darker woods such as aged oak or walnut. A teaspoon of yellow ochre is great for natural pine and other lighter-colored wood. Mix the contents well with a wood paint mixer or other non-food use stirring implement.
Cover the top of the jar with the plastic wrap. Then close the jar with the two-part, ring-seal lid. The plastic wrap will keep the ring-seal on the lid for breaking down from the turpentine fumes. Place the jar outside in the sun for several days. Make sure it’s a warm day. Or place the jar in a warm place in your house for several days. Stir or shake the jar each day to mix the contents even more. The process can be speeded up by placing the sealed jar in a pan of warm just simmering water (not boiling) until the wax melts and blends with the turpentine. When the wax has completely melted into the turpentine, a soft paste will be formed.
Application and Uses
The finished paste can be used in place of most commercial waxes on most hardwood furniture that does not already have an oil finish. The beauty of the beeswax polish is that a little goes along way and does not have to be applied every time you clean or dust your furniture. Start with a clean, dust free surface. Do not use any commercial preparations to clean or dust the surface. A clean lint-free rag will suffice. A cloth diaper is ideal if they can still be found. Dab a little paste onto a clean rag and apply in a circular motion then finish with strokes along the grain of the furniture. REMEMBER A LITTLE GOES ALONG WAY. Let dry for about a half an hour to let the turpentine evaporate. Then buff the surface well in the direction of the wood grain with another clean soft lint-free cloth. This will bring out a nice shine. To maintain a piece of furniture that has be treated with beeswax paste. Just dust and buff the surface with a clean soft rag. No commercial sprays or other cleaners are needed. And if something spills on the surface, the natural waterproof properties of the beeswax will help prevent damage caused by most spillage. Just wipe with a gentle soap (Ivory) on a damp rag and dry thoroughly. Most people who use beeswax –base polish only apply them once, maybe twice a year depending on the furniture. If you have a dining room table which is used every day, an application two maybe three times a year will work best. If you have a cabinet which is never used, an application of once every two years is fine. Just remember to dust and buff weekly if possible to revive the finish. If this method of cleaning is used, you do not ever have to worry about wax build up. It will never happen and is only something advertisers use to sell more expensive cleaning products.
Waxes (Raw ingredients)
Beeswax
Comes out of bees. A "waste" product from honey production, get close to the source and they're only too happy to shift it. Soft, low melting point, but chemically fairly stable
Paraffin wax
Made from crude oil, and comes in a range of grades with varying hardness and melting point. Of fairly limited use. Usual material for candles. Chemically stable.
Stearin
A hard and opaque wax, used as an additive in candle making. Very little use for polishes. Cheaper than paraffin wax, so cheap candles may use a sizable proportion. Sintered candles and tea lights (made from squashed-together wax powder, rather than casting) are usually stearin.
Microcrystalline wax
Take paraffin wax and refine it until the paraffin has gone. The remains are microcrystalline wax. Chemically very stable. Too hard to use on its own.
Carnauba wax
Candelilla wax is similar, but even more so. These are hard vegetable waxes. Unusable alone, but they harden up other mixtures.
Waxes (Prepared recipes)
Simple beeswax polish
Hot melt 1 part beeswax in a double boiler and add 3 parts turpentine (genuine turpentine, not petroleum spirit based substitutes). Make at least a pint, because otherwise it's easier just to buy it (your beekeeper often sells it).
Creamed beeswax
A softer and easily buffed version that's good for leather. Can leave a residue in the pores of open-grained bone or wood.
5oz beeswax, melted in the double boiler.
Remove from heat and stir in 1 pint of turpentine in a large vessel.
Mix 1 tablespoon of ammonia with 1 pint of water.
Add the ammoniated water to the wax and stir hard.
Pot it while still warm.
Glossy wax polish
Good for polishing wood or bone to a high sheen.
Melt 3 parts beeswax with 1 part carnauba wax.
Remove from heat, stir in 3 parts of turpentine.
Bull wax
Shiny, but hard work.
Mix something like 2-3 parts of beeswax, 1 part of carnuaba and 1 part of candelilla wax in the double boiler.
Remove from heat, stir in turpentine - about three times as much as there is wax.
General guidance on making wax polishes
You should usually melt wax to mix it with a carrier like turpentine, then apply it cold. Hot-applied waxes tend to chill when they hit the cold surface and not penetrate.
Melt wax carefully with a double boiler, because it can catch fire otherwise. Alternatively use a controllable electric hotplate somewhere where you don't mind large hydrocarbon fires (don't use an exxtinguisher, just put the lid on and switch off the heat)
Grating wax on a cheesegrater, or just by shaving with a knife helps it melt more quickly.
shoe polishes,
Instructions
things you'll need:
• 5 oz. petroleum jelly
• 5 oz. beeswax
• 5 oz. tin oxide powder
• 5 oz. aluminum oxide powder
• Small tin cans with lids
1.
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Place the petroleum jelly and beeswax in a double boiler over medium heat. If necessary, make a double boiler by placing a small pot inside a larger pot filled with water. Place the petroleum jelly and beeswax in the smaller pot to allow the hot water to melt the ingredients.
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Stir the ingredients until the beeswax and petroleum jelly melt. The substance will appear thick, but the two ingredients will blend well.
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Remove the petroleum jelly and beeswax from the heat.
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Add the tin oxide powder and aluminum oxide powder. Stir the dry ingredients until they blend well with the melted wax and petroleum jelly.
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Place the shoe polish in small tin cans with lids once it cools. Store them in a cool, dry environment until ready to use. When you apply the shoe polish, use a clean, lint-free cloth that you will only use to polish shoes.
Tips & Warnings
• Add shoe polish to your shoes once a month to prevent them from cracking and appearing faded.
• This shoe polish recipe uses a one-to-one ratio; make more or less shoe polish depending on your needs.
Aluminum oxide powder and tin oxide powder are available for purchase through specialty stores. These two ingredients shine and buff the shoes
