How to Make Homemade Floor Wax

Floor wax bought in the store can be expensive and contain many harmful chemicals. The chemicals in them can harm your family and pets. You can avoid using those by making your own homemade floor wax, which are safe, smells nice and will make your floors look good.

How to Make Homemade Floor Wax

Materials Needed

• Orange essential oil


• Bowl


• Olive oil


• Spoon


• Plastic wrap


• Double boiler


• Beeswax


• Glass jar

1. Pour 15 drops of orange essential oil into a bowl. Pour in 1 cup of olive oil. Mix the ingredients with a spoon and place them to the side for later. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and allow it sit for 10 hours.


2. Remove the plastic wrap from the oils. Break up 3.5 ounces of beeswax into the bowl. Make sure the beeswax is broken into very small pieces.  Stir the ingredients with a spoon.


3. Place a double boiler on the stove and pour all of the ingredients into it. Turn on the stove and set it on medium heat. Stir ingredients as they melt. When the ingredients are fully melted, remove the double boiler from the stove. Turn off the stove.


4. Pour 15 drops of orange essential oil into the double boiler and stir them with a spoon.


5. Allow the ingredients to cool. You want to make sure the ingredients do not form a solid so they can be poured into a jar.


6. Once the ingredients are cooled, pour them into a glass jar with a funnel. Place the lid on the jar and store the wax in a cool area.