Editing Parafilm (section)

==Other applications==
=== Produce ===
Some growers use Parafilm M instead of fungicides or other coatings to prevent rot, wrapping it around the freshly cut crowns of [[banana]]s, [[pineapple]]s and other produce.

=== Stem wrap ===
Florists use Parafilm Stem Wrap to extend the flower's life by protecting moisture in the stem as a floral tape.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.koch.com.au/blog/what-is-parafilm-stem-wrap|title=What is Parafilm Stem Wrap? |work=The Koch Blog|date=2013-05-31|language=en-AU|access-date=2019-02-19}}</ref>

=== Grafting ===
[[Horticulturalists]] use Parafilm Grafting Tape in [[grafting]]. Several grafting styles call for wrapping a graft to hold it together, and sealing it to prevent drying and Parafilm Grafting Tape does both. In this context Parafilm is also known as [[grafting tape]].

===Modeling===
Parafilm M is used by some modelers as a masking material during [[airbrush]]ing, due to its lack of [[adhesion]], which can destroy a [[Surface finishing|finish]].

===Entomology===
[[Entomologists]] have used Parafilm M as a membrane to feed [[hematophagous]] [[insect]]s such as [[mosquitoes]] and [[Bed bug|bedbugs]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/31/science/31bedbug.html|title=Bedbugs Crawl, They Bite, They Baffle Scientists|first=Donald G. Jr.|last=McNeil|date=30 August 2010|newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> reared in the lab.

===Microfluidics===
An application of Parafilm M is to make paper-based microfluidic devices.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.rsc.org/chipsandtips/2012/04/10/simple-and-rapid-fabrication-of-paper-microfluidic-devices-utilizing-parafilm%C2%AE/|title=Simple and rapid fabrication of paper microfluidic devices utilizing Parafilm® « Chips and Tips|work=rsc.org}}</ref> Paper-based microfluidic devices are considered a suitable way to fabricate low-cost point-of-care diagnostics for developing countries and areas where expensive medical instrumentation is not accessible.
Digital microfluidic devices can also use it as the electrode insulator and hydrophobic layer <ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.rsc.org/chipsandtips/2010/07/06/a-two-for-one-dielectric-and-hydrophobic-layer-for-digital-microfluidics/|title=A two-for-one dielectric and hydrophobic layer for digital microfluidics « Chips and Tips|work=rsc.org}}</ref>