Can a cantal be waxed?

[Ptucker]

Greeting everyone,

First I want to say the wealth of knowledge here is amazing, you guys rock.

My question is about waxing a cantal that was made a few weeks ago. I will be out of town for a few weeks and my concern is with it drying out while I am away. Has anyone done this before?

[zenith1]

you can probably wax just about any kind of cheese(including the likes of blue's)you want to. I have never waxed one of my Cantal's, for long term storage I will vacuum bag them. That is something that I do after a couple of months or more of aging with. The wheel will continue to age as the various chemical reaction(enzymatic and other)continue on there merry way.

[Ptucker]

Great thanks for the info, I think I will vacuum bag it while I am gone and remove it when I return and age it as I was going to originally with a natural rind