Use Kombucha S.C.O.B.Y to Make Wax Wrap
Introduction: Use Kombucha S.C.O.B.Y to Make Wax Wrap
If you already produce the kombucha probiotic at home, this tutorial will please you.
As you know in the production of Kombucha, in addition to producing the healthy probiotic in the first fermentation, in a second fermentation you can flavor your kombucha or use kombucha to gasify natural juices creating natural soft drinks, and finally make vinegar.
Perhaps what you don't know is that the S.C.O.B.Y that forms on the surface of your Kombucha is a highly researched biotech material and is a nanocellulose produced by the bacteria in your kombucha culture.
In previous instructables I have already taught how to use this material as an alternative to animal leather, in wallets and cases. Now I'm going to show you how to simply transform it into a useful waxed wrap for packing food in a more ecological and sustainable way.
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I created a quick and easy tutorial for you to help reduce the amount of plastic we use in our daily lives.
S.C.O.B.Y Wax Wrap can have many applications and is food safe! Wrap your sandwich in it or make another shape you like and use it to replace plastic film production bags. 730
You can even use it as a waterproof material for pillow covers or the base of benches and chairs, whoever cheers up and even try to make clothes and other things with their own designs.
SCOBY Wax Wrap is water resistant and can be used many times, and if you need to throw it away it is fully biodegradable.
Supplies
To make a SCOBY Wax Wrap you will need a SCOBY , then you will need to wash and treat it and then dry it properly. See here in this video how to do this.
So for our instructables you will need:
1- a piece of SCOBY washed, treated and dried.
2- a piece of raw wood plate larger than your SCOBY
3- 2 sheets of non-stick paper such as tracing paper, each slightly larger than your SCOBY .
4- a pair of scissors or a knife
5- a clothes iron
6 - a sheet of beeswax, or a bar of grated beeswax, 100% natural
For the vegan version, use carnauba wax, coconut oil and pine resin. ( not tested yet
7 - a cheese grater or potato peeler
8- a woodem rolling pin or a metal or plastic tube
Step 1: Preparing the Workplace
Lay down some newspaper (to protect your table)
Cut two equal pieces of non-stick paper.
Step 2: Protect Your Base !
Place one of the non- stick papers on the wooden board and your dry and treated SCOBY on top of it.
Step 3: Adding the Wax
Then cut a piece of the beeswax sheet slightly smaller than your SCOBY sheet.
It's better to have too little beeswax and add more later, than too much.
Step 4: Covering the Set With Non-stick Paper
Now cover everything with the other sheet of non-stick paper.
Step 5: Melting the Wax
Put the iron on a low temperature and start ironing over everything until the wax melts.
Step 6: Impregnating SCOBY With Wax
When the wax is completely melted, use the roller or tube to press the wax against the SCOBY to make it waxed.
Step 7: Doing the Other Side
Then turn the paper/SCOBY/Wax/paper set over and do the same on the other side.
This is usually only necessary if your SCOBY is very thick.
Step 8: Cooling Down the Waxed S.C.O.B.Y
Now allow it to cool down and remove the sheets of paper from the waxed SCOBY.
Once cooled you can use it. 643