Custom wax paper is a dry-waxed sheet with a smooth, faintly see-through face that fudge, icing and soft cheese will not grip. Printed with your logo before the wax goes on, it wraps sandwiches, lines cake boxes and folds round a slab of tablet at the till.
From £0.25 a sheet. Written quote in one working day and a free design proof; the exact number depends on size, ink count and quantity.
From £0.25 a sheet. Exact price on the written quote.
| Base sheet | Bleached white base, dry-waxed both faces |
|---|---|
| Typical weight | About 35–45 gsm before wax; light and supple |
| Coating | Dry wax, matt and slightly slippery; wet wax on request for a glossier face |
| Heat | Cold and room-temperature use; wax softens at about 80°C |
| 1–2 food-safe colours recommended, printed before waxing | |
| Packing | Flat sheets, interleaved in reams of 500; 1,000 sheets minimum |
Custom wax paper is a light white base sheet run through dry wax on both faces, cut to size and printed with your design. The wax stops moisture and light grease soaking through and gives a non-stick surface for cold and room-temperature food. It is not an oven or heat-lamp paper; dry wax softens at about 80°C.
| Format | Typical size | Typical use |
|---|---|---|
| Sheet | 150 × 270 mm | Pastry and doughnut sheet |
| Sheet | 250 × 270 mm | Deli and sandwich sheet |
| Sheet | 300 × 300 mm | Bakery wrap |
| Sheet | 375 × 375 mm | Cheese and charcuterie |
The four sizes above are the usual picks; any other size is a custom cut, so ask on the quote. Full sheet and roll size chart.
Pick one of this paper's photos, drop your logo on it and send the mock along with your quote request.
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Wax paper begins as a thin, smooth base sheet. It passes through a bath of melted wax that soaks into the fibres and sets as it cools. What comes out is the sheet in the second photo: white, a touch translucent at the edge, with a soft sheen rather than a gloss.
Custom wax paper is the same sheet with your artwork printed on it before waxing. The first photo shows a stack of folded sheets carrying a red one-colour scatter of small food drawings around a central mark.
Sandwich shops, bakeries, fudge makers and cheese counters are the main UK buyers. Soap makers order it too, because wax paper keeps a curing bar from sweating into its label.
The wax does two jobs. It slows water and light oil passing through the sheet, and it stops sticky food gripping the face. An iced bun lifts off clean. A piece of fudge does not weld itself to the wrap.
It is a cold-food paper. Dry wax softens at about 80°C, so a sheet under a toasted sandwich goes tacky and can leave a faint film. Anything served hot belongs in a greaseproof sheet instead.
Wax paper folds easily but will not hold a sharp crease the way greaseproof does. A sandwich parcel stays shut with a tuck under, not a fold alone.
It also traps steam. Wrap a warm sausage roll in it and the inside fogs within a minute. For a cold baguette that is fine; for a hot one it is wrong.
Our guide to greaseproof paper versus wax paper covers where each sheet wins.
Wax paper is nearly always a pick-up sheet or a wrap for a single item. Size it to the item plus enough to fold over twice, and no more.
| Typical size | The usual job |
|---|---|
| 150 × 270 mm | Pick-up sheets for one bun, flapjack or doughnut; bars of fudge and tablet |
| 250 × 270 mm | Bagels, sandwich halves, cheese wedges, small cake box liners |
| 300 × 300 mm (about 12 in square) | Whole sandwiches and baguettes, interleaving burger patties, soap bars |
| 375 × 375 mm | Large cake box liners, platter covers, wraps for a full slab of fudge |
Most bakeries keep two: the 150 × 270 mm for the counter and the 300 × 300 mm for the box. Any other size is a custom cut, and the sheet and roll size chart shows how to measure for one.
A wrapped cheese keeps breathing. Moisture off a soft cheese condenses against a sheet that will not let it all out, pools at the lowest fold, then shows as a damp patch on the outside.
Wax paper still beats cling film here, because dry wax is not a sealed skin. Some moisture passes. But a very wet cheese, or one wrapped while still at room temperature, will mark the paper by the next morning.
Three habits help. Wrap the wedge cold. Ask for the heavier base so there is more fibre to take up moisture. And change the paper every time the wedge goes back in the chiller, not once a week.
Hard cheeses give no trouble. A wedge of mature cheddar in printed wax paper looks right on a farm shop counter and stays dry for days.
Dry wax is the usual finish for custom wax paper. The wax is driven into the sheet and leaves a matt, slightly slippery face that prints cleanly and folds without flaking.
Not sure which coat you need? Ask for a plain sample of each on the quote; the difference is obvious once you hold them side by side.
The ink goes down before the wax, so the design sits sealed beneath the coat. That is why the red scatter in the first photo has that faintly muted look, as though you were seeing it through frosted glass. Buyers who know wax paper want exactly that look.
One colour is the classic choice. Red, black, navy or bottle green on white gives a bakery or sweet shop wrap its character with a single ink. A scatter layout means a sandwich folded any which way still shows part of the design.
Keep type at 8 pt or more and rules no finer than 0.75 pt, because the wax coat softens edges a little and hairline detail blurs.
Inks are food-safe soy or water-based. Under the wax they cannot rub off onto chocolate or icing, which is the first thing a fudge maker asks.
Lay out a scatter of your own in Design Your Custom Wax Paper before you ask for a quote.
Yes, up to four colours, though two is usually the sensible limit. Each colour is a separate ink laid down before waxing, and the wax mutes every one of them. Two dark inks stay crisp. Four pale tints come out washed out and flat.
A two-colour job that works well is a dark scatter with a second colour on the centre mark only. The sheet reads as busy from across the shop and clean up close.
We match Pantone solid-coated references and show the result on the proof as it will look under wax, not on bare white paper.
Sweet makers buy wax paper more than anyone. A 150 × 270 mm sheet wraps a bar of fudge with a twist at each end. The wax stops the sugar bleeding into the paper on a warm afternoon.
Caramels and toffee are cut on a wax sheet, interleaved with wax, and boxed between wax. Nothing else lets a soft caramel go into a box and come out in one piece.
Bakeries buy the same small sheet to serve as a pick-up. The counter hand lifts a doughnut with the printed sheet, folds it under, and the customer walks out with the logo in their hand.
Soap makers fold the 300 × 300 mm sheet round a bar and close it with a band. There is a separate soap wrapping paper for makers if the bar is the main job.
The first is using it hot. A wax sheet under a toastie or in a heated display cabinet goes tacky and transfers wax to the food.
The second is wrapping warm bakes. A cookie straight off the tray fogs the sheet and the icing slides. Give it ten minutes on a rack first.
The third is printing a pale colour and expecting it to pop. Wax dulls every ink, so pick a shade darker than you think you need.
The fourth is keeping the open ream beside the oven. Sheets that have softened into a block cannot be separated and have to go in the bin.
Start on the custom wax paper quote form and tell us what you wrap; we will suggest the size.
The questions UK buyers ask before a first order. Type a word to filter the cards, or open one for the full answer.
No. Dry wax softens at about 80°C, so a sheet in a heated cabinet goes tacky and can leave a film on the food.
No. Dry wax softens at about 80°C, so a sheet in a heated cabinet goes tacky and can leave a film on the food. Use a greaseproof sheet for anything kept hot.
No. The waxed face is non-stick, so an iced bun or glazed doughnut lifts off clean once the icing has set.
Yes. It wraps a cold sandwich well and stops the bread drying out.
Yes. It wraps a cold sandwich well and stops the bread drying out. It is the wrong sheet for a toasted or hot-filled one.
Yes. The 300 × 300 mm sheet separates stacked patties so they peel apart cold, and the wax keeps them from fusing in the fridge.
No. The ink is printed before the sheet is waxed, so it sits sealed beneath the coat and cannot transfer to chocolate or icing.
Yes. It is the usual counter sheet for one bun, flapjack or doughnut, folded under so the logo faces the customer.
Yes. The 300 × 300 mm sheet folds round a standard bar and the wax stops a curing bar staining the paper or the band.
Yes. The base sheet is dry-waxed on both faces, so either side can go against the food.
Wax fills the gaps between the fibres, so a little light passes through the sheet.
Wax fills the gaps between the fibres, so a little light passes through the sheet. That is normal, and it is how you can tell the coat has gone on properly.
Not as standard, because wax paper is coated on a white base so the wax shows clean.
Not as standard, because wax paper is coated on a white base so the wax shows clean. If you want a brown look, printed paraffin paper on kraft may suit better.
Leave the ream in its wrapper, store it flat and keep it well away from the ovens.
Leave the ream in its wrapper, store it flat and keep it well away from the ovens. Sheets left somewhere warm soften and stick together.
Yes. It is one of the four typical sizes and lines a large cake box with the edges turned up.
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