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I've never put wax paper in the oven, but having left it accidentally on a hot burner, I've seen the mess it makes. When I said no about the oven, I was thinking cookies rather than cakes or casseroles. Melted wax all over the cookie sheet.
For all of you who are feeling "old" I thought I would chime in.
I'm only 25 and I know perfectly well what wax paper is, and actually used it to put my sandwiches in when I was in middle school (though that might have been after reading the "molly" american girl books about WWII).
I've never put wax paper in the oven, but having left it accidentally on a hot burner, I've seen the mess it makes. When I said no about the oven, I was thinking cookies rather than cakes or casseroles. Melted wax all over the cookie sheet.
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We did the same thing. But my favorite was to put crayon shavings between wax paper and then iron it.
Blue & Red Box Cut-Rite it's in my bottom drawer with my press n seal and parchment paper along with the blue box of aluminum foil.
Western MA gal just turned 40 last month.. could not live without it in my house. My oldest is 16 when he was 3 I would pack his day care lunch in wax paper sandwhich bags, haven't seen those in ages.
Parchment is for cooking/baking wax paper is for pressing leaves, melted crayons...and the kids ca nonly play with play doh on the d/r table if they lay down wax paper first! :}
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LoL this post has me giggling! I am 24 yrs old and I know what wax paper is and so should anyone who bakes! Its great to put cooking on after they are cooked. In School we use to put crayon shavings or leafs inbetween 2 pieces and iron it together! SOOO MANY things to use wax paper for!
I just use tissue paper and stamp my images and seal into my candle with my heat tool it works great not sure how you are using the waxpaper but just thought I would let you know you can just stamp you images on tissue paper and you can either do smaill images or wrap a whole large 3 wick candle in it just have to watch it burn so the tissue paper doesnt catch fire.. Jodi
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My mom always wrapped our sandwiches for school lunches in wax paper and lined her cake pans with it. I keep a roll on hand to cover things that I reheat in the microwave. (It's a lot easier to peel cheese off wax paper than a paper towel when you reheat pizza!) I also use it to line the pans when I make chocolate peanut clusters and/or fudge chews. And it's handy for keeping layers of brownies (or peanut clusters or fudge chews) from sticking together when you have to stack them in a container for storage.
Oh, and besides using it when you stamp on candles, you can also make nifty wax paper resist backgrounds with it! Crumple a sheet so that you make a lot of crease marks in it, and then unfold it. Lay a piece of glossy cardstock glossy side up on a heat resistant surface. Put the wax paper over the cardstock, and then put another piece of glossy cardstock glossy side down over the wax paper. (That will allow you to make two backgrounds at one time.) Cover that with a towel or some similar protective cloth, and iron over it with your iron. The heat of the iron will melt the wax onto the glossy cardstock. Then you can either brayer or sponge ink over it and the ink will resist the wax and make a nifty random pattern. You can check out an example here: Dad's Birthday Card
In my 38 years, I've never seen a brand of wax paper other than Cut-Rite. It's like they have a monopoly on it, or something! :lol:
In my 38 years, I've never seen a brand of wax paper other than Cut-Rite. It's like they have a monopoly on it, or something! :lol:
You know, I was sitting here thinking everyone is crazy for never seeing Reynold's wax paper (you know Reynold's wrap aluminum foil? Same brand for the wax paper). So I went into the kitchen- sure enough Cut-Rite is made by Reynolds! Guess that's what I have too.
Who'd of thought you could get sooooo much conversation out of wax paper!! Too funny. Here's a moldy oldly...... who had cigar boxes for pencil/crayon storage at school??
LOL... I just checked the cabinet and we have Zee brand wax paper - I swear this roll of wax paper is almost as old as I am (and I'm 27.) I really don't remember ever seeing anything other than that beat up box. The box has these giant flowers on it that makes me think it was packaged in the 1970s or early 1980s.
I almost thought this was a trick question! (I thought the "wax paper" was a new material just coming out. I didn't feel old until now! Another one from GR!!!
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Only 4 ft. of wax paper a year? I can go through a box a month--2 in December when really baking a lot. I'd probably have a panic attack if I ran out of the silly stuff!!
We use it for t-shirt stencils. Cut out a shape and then iron it on to a tshirt - apply paint and wait for it to dry before you remove it. My 10 year old loves it and we are on our second roll in a year.
Enjoyed this thread! Now as a sidenote, has anyone noticed that the avatar for Mahloumel looks like Martha Stewart? Just curious. . . .Could it be that Mahloumel is a Martha Stewart fan, or Martha Stewart herself?
I just bought a new roll of wax paper last week when I finally finished my roll of Cut-Rite and needed the stuff for some candles. The last roll moved to three different houses before I used the last of it.Wonder how long this next roll will last.
BTW, for those of you who are missing them, I saw the wax paper sandwich bags at Whole Foods.
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Really great to read about this stuff and learn new things (for me)
By the way..just want to let you know if you have coupon from Joann/AC Moore, you can use it in Michael's. I knew it from my friend and tried it last time.
I keep a package of way paper in the wrap drawer. The only thing I've used it for in years is for decorating candles, and punching with my punches to keep them punching smoothly. I'm over 60, and used to wrap sandwiches with it. My aunt always put wax paper over her cakes, and put some toothpicks through to keep it on. I hope they don't stop making it.
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. .Could it be that Mahloumel is a Martha Stewart fan, or Martha Stewart herself?
Haha, I *wish* I was Martha and had a "scrapping house" in the Hamptons! I'm not a Martha fan per se, but more a fan of others being fans if that makes any sense. BTW, I hear you make some good water! ;)
Wax paper is also good for your paper cutter. Just make a few cuts on the wax paper and you will notice a difference right away; the cuts will be smoother.
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OH !!!!!! I haven't read all of this, but take a piece of wax paper and sit on it to slide down a sliding board. It will make the slide really slick and fly down the board. Also good to sharpen sizzix dies and scissors.
Boy thiis thread ages me, too. I forgot some of the uses for it!! LOL I still use wax paper & always purchased Cut Rite, but haven't been able to find it for years, I'm lucky if I can find any brand in our gro. stores.
i had the cigar boxes!! lol..i also remember using the ink-wells with the nib pens..loved the smell..peacock blue was my fave. color ink..
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I used the ink pens also----plus I still have a bottle of ink, partially full inside the original box. It got pushed aside with they came out with the new ink pen that you used cartridges for. Hey, we are still buying cartridges for our computer printers. LOL.
My wax paper only sees the light of day for two things: separating stacked layers of fudge in a tupperware, and making my paper punches operate more smoothly. Oh you can also punch through foil to "sharpen" the punches and the wax paper is to "lubricate" them. Works for me.
By the way, the original question came about because tigeriss was looking for wax paper to do candle stamping. I made a few candles several years ago, but did not use wax paper to hold the tissue in place. That part of the instructions was probably added to save us from burning our fingers with the heat gun.
Switching to the glassine paper - the stuff the post office uses for stamps -
There was a technique lover's challenge on faux glassine - you can check it out here: Forums at Splitcoaststampers
I can tell you from experience, though, that printing the tissue on your inkjet first does not work - got it to print just fine, but the floor wax makes it smudge and run and just look ick.
Waxed paper -- we wrapped sandwiches for school, slick sliding, line a cake pan on the bottom and with a little on each of the sides make for non-stick cakes. I recall also making flowers for Mom with it. Just wad up a small sheet and tear along the upper edges--walla, a flower! Gawd those were ugly things. Oh, if taking real flowers to our teachers, we put wet toilet paper around the stems and wrapped waxed paper around the flowers. Our cub scouts carry a sheet of waxed paper to make disposable cups when they are hiking.
Believe it or not, waxed paper was invented by Thomas Edison in 1872!
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