Clean and dry your cotton cloths. Measure out your cloths and cut them to size using pinking shears around the edges to help reduce the frayed edges. If you are sewing sandwich or snack bags, then it is easier to sew them prior to waxing.

Pre-warm your oven to 110ºC fan (230ºF).

Prepare your working space by covering your bench top in kitchen foil and then a layer of baking paper, wax side up.

Cover a large baking tray in 2 layers of kitchen foil.

Prepare a drying line to hang your cloths on as they come out of the oven. I recommend setting up a temporary line using twine, otherwise the cloths will leave a waxy residue all over your washing line.

Place your beeswax and crushed resin into the saucepan over a medium heat. Stir occasionally until the wax and resin has melted together into a liquid. Warning: If it starts to smoke, it is too hot! Immediately remove it from the heat and allow it to cool down until it stops smoking.

Stir in jojoba oil to your wax mix.

Place a piece of cloth onto your foil and waxed paper lined worktop. Dip your brush into the oil and liberally brush it onto the cloth. It dries quickly, so you need to work fast. Once it is covered in oil, place it onto your prepared foil lined baking tray. The cloth will stick to your waxed paper, but you should be able to peel it off.

Continue to brush each piece of cloth. If the wax mixture begins to cool down (you will notice it begins turning cloudy), turn your element back on to warm it back up.

After you've oiled 6 cloths, cover your baking tray with a piece of foil and put the cloths into your oven for about 10 mins. This will melt the wax again to ensure an even coverage.

Take the cloths out of the oven and check to see if all of them have been covered in the wax. The wax should have melted into a liquid again so it soaks through to both sides of the cloths and onto any patches you may have missed with the paint brush. You may need to place them back in the oven for a further 5 minutes.

When they are evenly covered with the wax mixture, remove them from the oven and carefully lift them out using the tongs (be careful, they will be very hot). Hang them to try over your twine lines. Ensure that the cloths don't stick to themselves.

The cloths take about 5-10 minutes to dry.

If you have more cloths to wax, then repeat this process. If you have a lot of cloths to cover, you will need to re-heat the wax to keep it in a liquid state.

Once you are finished, wipe the excess oil mix off your equipment using paper towels, then soak and rinse them in boiling water, before giving them a final clean with hot soapy water. To remove any remaining residue, wipe down your pot and any splattered surfaces using some tea tree oil.