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Homemade Wax Cubes

Why spend $10 for a 14 oz. container of wax that (at most) will wax your legs two to three times?  There’s a simple homemade recipe that can produce gallons of wax at the same cost.

This recipe can be found on hundreds of places online, but only here on TinkerBot will you find an accompanying solution for storing the wax so it can be easily used in a warmer.  I recommend using a warmer because it is the safest method of heating wax.  NEVER heat wax in a microwave unless a product instructs you to do so because it is VERY easy to burn yourself.

This wax is designed to be spread over your skin and covered with muslin (cotton) strips, then pulled off.  You can either cut up old tee-shirts or drop by a craft store to pick up fabric for the strips.

So, on to the recipe!

Ingredients Needed:

• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 tbsp water
• 2 tbsp lemon juice

Supplies:

• Fork
• Small frying pan
• Flexible heat-resistant plastic container (ie: chinese take-out soup container)
• Ice cube tray
• Saran wrap
• Sturdy heat-resistant container

Prepping the kitchen:

• Make sure you have an empty sink to use.  Set a flexible heat-resistant plastic container such as a take-out soup container in the sink.
• Line an ice cube tray with saran wrap, making sure the saran wrap lines the inside of each compartment.

Making & Storing the Wax:

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1. Heat a small stove-top burner to medium-high.
2. Mix the ingredients (sugar, water, lemon juice) in a small frying pan using a fork.
3. Cook the mixture for 8 minutes once it begins to boil.  The mixture will bubble up so be sure to keep on stirring it with a fork to make sure it doesn’t bubble over.  Keep away from the center of the pan with your hands because the bubbles will burst and hot steam will rise.  You’ll know it’s done once it becomes a viscous brown colored liquid.
4. Pour the wax from the pan into the heat-resistant container in the sink.
5. Transfer the wax from the flexible heat-resistant container to the ice cube tray by squeezing the container to create a narrow lip to pour from.
6. Allow the wax to harden in the ice cube tray at room temperature.
7. Once the wax has hardened, peel away the saran wrap from the wax cubes.  If any saran wrap sticks in the crevices of the cube, simply cut away the wrap with a small paring knife.
8. Store the wax cubes in a sturdy heat-resistant container.

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