Outdoor clothing wax can be expensive. Here is my homemade wax for outdoor clothing.
A lot of clothing I wear can take a coating of wax to make it more waterproof or hard wearing.
When out and about say foraging for fungi and good water proof jacket is a must.
Some people say that most of my clothing holds a Fjällraven badge and yes it does its due to there clothing being perfect for the outdoor environment.
The Fjällraven G-1000 material is really well made and takes wax very well. Fjällraven make there own wax: Greenland Wax.
Greenland wax is made mainly from bees wax and parafin wax with other secret ingredients and is a great product to protect your clothing.
At £9.00 a bar it is quite expensive if you have many items to wax and once the garment is washed it normally needs re-proofing even if wash in a cold wash.
So after a little experimenting I have come up with my recipe for homemade wax for outdoor clothing.
How to make homemade wax for outdoor clothing
Ingredients:
- Bees wax beads
- Parafin wax beads
- Pine tar essential oil
- Pine resin
- Citronella Essential Oil
You will need an old sauce pan, gas stove, something to stir with and some mounds for the bars (I used old plastic snus tubs).
Method.
Measure equal amounts of bees wax and parafin wax into the saucepan and add about 10-15 drops of pine tar/citronella essential oil and pine resin.
Gently melt and stir the ingredients now the pine resin might have some foreign particles in it and these should sink to the bottom.
Once all of the wax has melted and the mix is well stirred gently pour into mounds and cool.
So why add the pine resin and pine tar oil?
Pine tar is used in many natural products in Nordic Countries and the Sami use the pine tar as a natural mosquito repellent.
I can’t say that it is 100% guaranteed to get rid of these tiny vampires but if your like me and get bitten any help is better than none hence the reason some citronella is added as well.
Once the was has cooled remove from the moulds, I use a Stanley knife to cut down the side of the snus tubs and pull the wax out and there you go homemade wax for outdoor clothing.
