wax paper (also wax paper or paraffin paper ) is a paper that has been made to withstand moisture through wax applications.
The practice of oiling parchment or paper to make it semi-translucent or damp resistant at least back to the Middle Ages. Paper impregnated or coated with purified earwax is widely used throughout the 19th century to retain or exclude moisture, or to encase in odorless products. Gustave Le Gray introduced the use of wax paper for negative photography in 1851. Natural waxes were largely replaced for wax paper (or paraffin paper) after Herman Frasch developed ways of purifying paraffin paper and coatings in 1876. Wax paper is commonly used in cooking for non-stick properties, and wrapping food for storage, such as cookies, for making water out or in. It is also used in arts and crafts.
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Food preparation
Oven: wax paper is not recommended for use as a toaster because it will smoke. Parchment paper is better to use.
Microwave: wax paper can be used to prevent splatters by covering food while cooking microwaves. Since most papers are not affected by microwaves, the paper will not heat to the point of combustion in normal use. This makes wax paper more functional than plastic wrap that will melt at higher temperatures, or aluminum foil that is not safe to use in most microwave ovens.
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Other uses
A razor blade is traditionally wrapped in wax paper to make it more dangerous. Wax paper can also be used to make durable paper boats because of their high water resistance.
From the early 1950s to the mid-1990s, wax paper was used as a common wrapper for sports card packages (O-Pee-Chee, Topps, Donruss, etc.). It's famous for leaving a candlestick on the back card where the wax paper is heated for sealing. Wax paper is used as a way to keep gum pieces protected.
In the mid-1990s, manufacturers of sports cards stopped including pieces of chewing gum in the packaging of sports cards, thus ending the need for a waxed paper package. Plastic (mylar) or other plastic/paper mixture used since then.
Wax paper is also commonly used to stick pattern pieces onto a cloth when cutting it for sewing. One presses the iron on wax paper for a while and attaches it to the fabric, making it easier to trace when cutting.
When children's play slides are made of metal, it's common to sit on a piece of wax paper. This will not only reduce the heat, it will make the trip much faster.
The extremely high dielectric strength of paper paper makes it a practical electrical insulator, although modern materials have surpassed and largely replaced them. Common applications are winding coils and dielectric separator capacitors, and other applications that require resistance to potential differences up to the order of several thousand volts per layer.
Turntablists (DJs) usually place one or several sheets of waxed paper under their notes to increase the record slip and help at the beginning (where notes are played in a number of different ways by fingers to create special sound effects) routines.
In photography, wax paper can be used as a light diffuser.
Environmental issues
There are some environmental issues related to wax paper. Although biodegradable in its unchanging form, additives are often used as petroleum cleanses it from that quality. Candle paper also can not be recycled.
See also
- Glassine
- Parchment
- Parchment paper (bread)
References
External links
- Media related to Wax paper in Wikimedia Commons
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