Banana Leaves Floor Wax

College of Business Education Science and Technology, Inc.
Burgos St. District 2, Cauayan City, Isabela
College Of Business Education Science And Technology,Inc
Burgos St.District 2,Cauayan City,Isabela
BANANA LEAVES EXTRACT
AS FLOOR WAX
Researchers:
Lee N. Acosta
Camilyn A. Ligmayo
Aim High be the BEST! Tel No. (078) 652 0279/ 09179432015
ABSTRACT
The researchers conducted this study due to economic crisis nowadays. It's aim to create
a product of floorwax which is cheaper and could give the same quality which the commercial
one could give through banana.
We choose banana leaves as component of the polish. We decided to put back the the
floor polish of the old days that was made form the natural materials. But first, we must find out
if the product was as effective as commercial polish and it can be used to different surfaces so
the researcher conducted an experiment.
The procedures were the following: Slice the banana leaves and grate the lemon, crush the
candles, Use a casserole to boil 2 cups of water, put the banana leaves extract together with
the grated lemon, put ½ cup of kerosene and teaspoon of cooking oil and dye, observe the color
to know if the extract of the banana leaves change, strain and squeeze the banana leaves with
lemon, put the crushed candles into casserole and wait until it melts, combine the melted
candles and the extract of banana leaves and grated lemon, wait until it forms like a wax.
The researchers concluded that this project was cheaper than the commercial one. The Product
did not contain harmful chemicals so it was invironmental friendly and safer.
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
This chapter presents; (a) Background (b)Statement of the Problem (c) objective of the study
(d)Significance of the study (e) Hyphotheses of the Study (f) scope and delimitation
(g) Definition of terms
Background of the study
Using commercial floor wax could be harmful to the environment and specially to
people since it contain chemicals.that are harmful once inhaled or obserbed to the human
body.It is therfore essential to produce an organic floor wax as an alternative to commercial
ones.since organic floor wax could less harmful if inhaled.
We, researcher would like to conduct the research on banana leaves as one alternative
ingredients of making floor wax. Its aim is to create a floor wax which is not an ordinary floor
wax, treated with chemicals. In this modern age, floor wax were made from synthetic materials.
We decided to put back the floor wax of the old days that was made from natural materials.
Not only that,producing an alternative floor wax is very important to people who are using in
making their floor shine and restoring their furniture.moreover It will help them in saving
money and will be benificial to their health. because we did this wax to lessen the odor of
original floor wax.
Floor waxing is essential to maintain the shiny gloss of floors especially wooden floor.
Not only that, it can also be used to polish and restore wooden furnitures. However, if you find
buying ready-made floor wax prohibitively expensive, it’s possible to mix raw wax crystals and
kerosene with banana leaves to create a substance suitable for use polishing your floors and
wooden furnitures. This home-made floor wax will give a comparable shine and smoothness to
that of commercial products, and the oil in the kerosene counteracts the banana leaves
stickiness to ensure the finished sheen isn’t tacky.
This study will find out how can banana leaves be an alternative source in making a floor
wax. How safe is the banan leaves floor wax to the environment and its users, and how efficient
is banana leaves floor wax so we researchers, conducted an experiment.
Statement of the Problem
a. Can banana leaves be an alternative source in making a floor wax?
b. Can pandan leaves helps to lessen the original odor of a particular products?
c. How does the product make the cleaning more convenient for the people using it?
Objectives of the Study
a. To know if the banana leaves can be an alternative source of making floor wax.
b. To create a floor wax that has a less odor compared to the commercial floor wax.
c. To inform the target market thay they can create floor wax by using banana leaves.
d. To educate schools and families that they can create home-made floor wax by themselves
Significance of the Study
This study can give benefits to the people especially the poor ones to save money for
their other needs. This will also educate them that they can make an alternative floor wax instead
of buying commercial floor wax. Especially in schools, it will give a benefit to the students as
well as their parents to save money. This will also make cleaning of the premises more
convenient. The purpose of the research is to innovate the banana leaves to lessen environmental
wastes. This research will also serve as reference for the future researchers.
Hyphothesis
a) Banana leaves can't be an alternative source in making a floor wax.
b) Bananaleaves can be an alternative source in making a floor wax.
Scope and Delimitation
This study is limited only for the investigation of banana leaves as an alternative source
for making floor wax. We chose this study for further investigation if banana can be an
alternative source for floor wax and how we can help our mother Earth.
Definition of Terms
Banana- a tropical fruit
Floor wax – a substance used in polishing floors and wooden furnitures.
Banana leaves – main ingredient in making floor wax.
Lemon – an ingredient used to give the product an aroma.
CHAPTER II
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
Banana is the common name for a fruit and also the herbaceous plants of the genus Musa which
produce the commonly eaten fruit. They are native to the tropical region Southeast Asia and
Australia. Today, they are commonly cultivated throuhout the tropics.
Banana plants are of the family Musaceae. They are cultivated primarily for their fruit, and to a
lesser extent for the production of fiber and as ornamental plants. As the bananas are mainly tall,
upright, and fairly sturdy, they are fairly mistaken as trees, when the truth is the main and upright
stem is called a pseudostem, literally meaning “fake stem”, which for some species can obtain a
height of up to 2-8 m, with leaves of up to 3.5 m in length. Each pseudostem can produce a bunch
of yellow, green, or even red bananas before dying and being replaced by another pseudostem.
Banana leaves are widely used as plates and for lining cooking pits and for wrapping food for
cooking or storage. A section of leaf often serves as an eye-shade. In Latin America, it is a
common practice during rains to hold a banana leaf by the petiole, upside-down, over one's back
as an "umbrella" or "raincoat". The leaves of the 'Fehi' banana are used for thatching, packing,
and cigarette wrappers. Floor wax can be made out of used candle by heating the used candles
till they melt completely, then we add a little kerosene to the melted candles. This is an superior
polish especially for woody floors as they keep termites away. Organic intimacy is the peels
principal constituent. Proteins account for 0. percent by weight of the peel, lipids are 1. 7 percent,
carbohydrates are 59. 1 percent and crude fiber is 31. 7 percent. This opus makes the peel a good
animal feedstock. Wood flooring brings an old time, rustic elegance to your home that lasts a
life time. Unfortunately, many home owners do not know the correct way to clean and treat for
their wood f loors. A common method for cleaning wood floors is with the use of oil goop. Many
wood flooring manufacturers state that using oil soap on your flooring will void the warranty.Oil
soap is essentially vegetable oil and vegetable oil leaves a difference behind. For centuries,
people have used kerosene to clean their wood flooring. Kerosene will not only keep your floors
from looking dull, but it removes heal marks, crayon and lipsticks without causing harm to your
floors.
To detect aroma, airborne chemicals must enter into our nasal passages. Volatile aromatic oils
carried in when we breathe, interact with receptors located along those passages.
Though flavor is somewhat influenced by our sense of smell, flavor primarily requires substance
solubility in order to reach the different kinds of receptors located in various parts of the tongue.
The odor of a lemon is a more complex matter. Much of its smell is located in the peel or zest.
For this reason, zest is commonly used in gourmet cooking. But lemon peels are also of historical
importance to furniture aficionados.
Many are familiar with lemon oil in furniture treatment compositions. Aromatic oil from the
lemon includes and terpenes such as L-limonene². D-limonene, the stereoisomer of L-limonene
distinguishes the aroma of oranges. Additional fragrant compounds include certain coumarins
The lemon aroma ingredient limonene is of great importance. It not only imparts the fragrance
of the lemon in cooking and deodorants, it is useful in the treatment of furniture. It is also a
highly valued “natural” cleansing agent to replace more toxic cleansers in general purpose use.
CHAPTER III
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND PROCEDURE
1. All the materials should be prepared
2. Slice the banana leaves and grate the lemon.
3. Crush the candles.
4. Use a casserole to boil 2 cups of water.
5. Put the banana peal together with the grated lemon
6. Put ½ cup of kerosene and teaspoon of cooking oil and dye.
7. Observe the color to know if the extract of the banana leaves change.
8. Strain and squeeze the banana leaves with lemon.
9. Put the crushed candles into casserole and wait until it melts.
10. Combine the melted candles and the extract of banana leaves and grated lemon.
11. Wait until it forms like a wax.
Materials Cost
Banana leaves 25.00/kg
Candles 25.00
Lemon 25.00
50 ml Kerosene 20.00
3 tsp cooking oil 5.00
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations
Floor waxing is essential to maintain the shiny gloss of wooden floors and surfaces.
However, if you find buying ready-made floor wax prohibitively expensive, it’s possible to mix
candle wax and oil with banana leaves extract to create a substance suitable for use polishing
your wooden floors and furnitures. This home-made floor wax will give a comparable shine and
smoothness to that of commercial products and that the oil counteracts the banana peal stickiness
to ensure the finished sheen isn’t stacky.
The researcher would highly recommended that we could use banana floor wax instead of buy
commercial floor wax in the market because it is cheaper and fits in our budget. The researcher
therefore concluded that banana floor wax could be used as an alternative source of commercial
one.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/banana.html#Other%20Uses
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana
http://www.ehow.com/info_10033568_components-banana-peel.html#ixzz2KKGbgW6A How to Clean
Wood With Kerosene/eHow.com
http://www.ehow.com/how_6153768_clean-wood-floors-kerosene.html#ixzz2KKVytGce
http//www. hort. purdue. edu/newcrop/morton/banana. htmlOther%20Uses http//en. wikipedia.
org/wiki/Banana Components of a Banana Peel eHow. comhttp//www. ehow.
com/info_10033568_components-banana-peel. htmlixzz2KKGbgW6A How to Clean
Wood Floors With Kerosene eHow. comhttp//www. ehow. com/how_6153768_clean-wood-floors-

kerosene.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The researcher would like to give their warm heart-felt gratitude to the persons wich give
their knowledge regarding this project and helped to conduct this for the success of the
researher. The school Administrator and Co-teacher of the researchers ,which are always
there for them and also contribute ideas and thoughts.
To Mrs. Agnes F Ramil, for sharing her ideas and knowledge for this research .
Last but not the least, to our dear God, for guiding and protecting the researcher always
and for giving those persons to made this all possible.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER I Introduction
 Background of the Study
 Statement of the problem
 Objectives of the study
 Significance of the study
 Hyphothesis
 Scope and limitations
 Definition of terms
 Materials
CHAPTER II Review and Related Literature
CHAPTER III Methodology
CHAPTER IV Result and Interpretation
CHAPTER V Summary ,Conclusion & Recommendation
CHAPTER VI Bibliography

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College of Business Education Science and Technology, Inc.

Burgos St. District 2, Cauayan City, Isabela

College Of Business Education Science And Technology,Inc

Burgos St.District 2,Cauayan City,Isabela

BANANA LEAVES EXTRACT

one could give through banana.

the researcher conducted an experiment.

(g) Definition of terms

Background of the study

body.It is therfore essential to produce an organic floor wax as an alternative to commercial

ones.since organic floor wax could less harmful if inhaled.

original floor wax.

stickiness to ensure the finished sheen isn’t tacky.

is banana leaves floor wax so we researchers, conducted an experiment.

Statement of the Problem

a. Can banana leaves be an alternative source in making a floor wax?

Objectives of the Study

Significance of the Study

a) Banana leaves can't be an alternative source in making a floor wax.

b) Bananaleaves can be an alternative source in making a floor wax.

Scope and Delimitation

Banana- a tropical fruit

Floor wax – a substance used in polishing floors and wooden furnitures.

Banana leaves – main ingredient in making floor wax.

Lemon – an ingredient used to give the product an aroma.

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

Australia. Today, they are commonly cultivated throuhout the tropics.

cooking or storage. A section of leaf often serves as an eye-shade. In Latin America, it is a

importance to furniture aficionados.

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND PROCEDURE

1. All the materials should be prepared

2. Slice the banana leaves and grate the lemon.

3. Crush the candles.

4. Use a casserole to boil 2 cups of water.

5. Put the banana peal together with the grated lemon

6. Put ½ cup of kerosene and teaspoon of cooking oil and dye.

8. Strain and squeeze the banana leaves with lemon.

11. Wait until it forms like a wax.

Banana leaves 25.00/kg

3 tsp cooking oil 5.00

Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations

to ensure the finished sheen isn’t stacky.

http://www.ehow.com/info_10033568_components-banana-peel.html#ixzz2KKGbgW6A How to Clean

Wood With Kerosene/eHow.com

http//www. hort. purdue. edu/newcrop/morton/banana. htmlOther%20Uses http//en. wikipedia.

org/wiki/Banana Components of a Banana Peel eHow. comhttp//www. ehow.

com/info_10033568_components-banana-peel. htmlixzz2KKGbgW6A How to Clean

Wood Floors With Kerosene eHow. comhttp//www. ehow. com/how_6153768_clean-wood-floors-

there for them and also contribute ideas and thoughts.

and for giving those persons to made this all possible.

 Background of the Study

 Statement of the problem

 Objectives of the study

 Significance of the study

 Scope and limitations

CHAPTER II Review and Related Literature

CHAPTER III Methodology

CHAPTER IV Result and Interpretation

CHAPTER V Summary ,Conclusion & Recommendation

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