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Plastic was invented specifically as an alternative to ivory. Many items made of plastic today, such as combs or Chess pieces, were made of ivory or sometimes bone, horn, mother of pearl, or tortoise shell. However, a wide variety of materials have been replaced by plastics, including glass, wood, metal and stone.
There is a wrap, sealer and container material made from traditionally used materials for wrapping such as beeswax fused with hemp and/or cotton, linen, silks or rayon material.
"The best water to use when working with beeswax is soft, clean rainwater. Hard water contains lime that reacts with the wax and saponifies it.
Beeswax is slightly acidic and containers made of aluminum, brass, copper, zinc, pewter, tinplate or iron must never be used with beeswax, as they will react with the beeswax and the wax will be stained. Suitable materials to use when working with beeswax are containers made from enamel, stainless steel, nickel, or plastic." ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/012/i0842e/i0842e12.pdf
Directions on how to make this concoction is at http:/userszperiodzchariotzperiodznetzperiodzau/~DNA/beeswaxzperiodzhtm
Treating Cloth Material with Beeswax
To add to the land of milk, honey and beeswax, directions for treating cloth with beeswax is explained next. This is useful for individuals who use cloth to cover their kefir-making jars. Cotton, linen, silks or rayon material, including nylon [the material used for curtains e.g.] can be treated with beeswax.
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seal the material so less to no air, dust, microbes and molds find their way into the kefir.
waterproof the material.
render the material bacteriostatic and fungistatic [prevents the growth of bacteria, yeasts and mold on the material itself].
help to reduce chemical reactions between certain nylon material and the acidic component of kefir.
reduce energy cost and eliminates the use of detergent [simply wash the waxed cloth with warm or cold water].
How to treat natural fibers [including nylon fibers or materials] with beeswax
On a suitable surface that can withstand heat, place down a rectangular sheet of brown paper. Place another rectangular sheet of aluminum foil to match and mate the brown paper, edge for edge. Fold in half to make a square, then open and lay flat once again, with foil facing upward [this it to create a mid line seam as a reference point].
Place the material intended to be treated with beeswax, on one side of the mid line [in the middle of the square]. Evenly distribute a small amount of beeswax shavings over the material and then fold the paper-foil over to sandwich the material. Pass a hot iron [set to medium] over the brown paper to distribute an even layer of melting beeswax over the entire area of the material, which is sandwiched between the brown paper-foil.
Quickly open the brown paper-foil while still hot from ironing, and remove the wax treated material. That's it! You now have beeswax treated material. You can place the waxed material over your kefir jar, and secure it in place with an elastic rubber band, or tie it with string.
Examples of a type of this product is at abeego.ca
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