Can this stain come out now?

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Did a load of laundry (darks), put it in the dryer. The clothes got stained from my daughter leaving a tube of Chapstick in her jean pocket.

Is there any way to get the stains out? Or is it hopeless, since it went the dryer already?

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  1. Yoda Pirate! says:
    February 25, 2010 at 12:38 am

    i really wouldn’t use anything that has glycerin in it on these, so i wouldn’t use soap at all.

    I would half the load and wash each separately; more water + less clothing= more cleaning power.

    use hot water, half the regular amount of detergent, and a full cup of an oxygen based cleaner. (oxyclean, non-chlorine bleach, for store brands…. vinegar and baking soda, regular alka seltzer, club soda or denture fizzes all work the same way as as the aforementioned brands)

  2. mrs.nikita_ramirez says:
    February 25, 2010 at 12:38 am

    YES IT CAN COME OUT BUT ITS A LOAD A FUN!

    CHAPSTICK IS WAX BASED SO YOU HAVE TO CLEAN EACH CONTAMINATED PIECE OF CLOTHING WITH A ‘DEGREASER’. DISH SOAP WORKS JUST FINE. YOU CAN TRY A SOAK CYCLE WITH YOUR WASHING MACHINE WITH A SOLUTION OF DISH SOAP AND THEN TAKE EACH PIECE OF CLOTHING AND SCRUB THE WAX OUT USING ADITIVE SOAP IF NEEDED. IT TAKES TIME AND IS SUPER FRUSTRATING. DON’T GIVE UP THOSE…

  3. modene says:
    February 25, 2010 at 12:38 am

    GOO GONE, GOO GONE, GOO GONE…I couldn’t remember the name of it. I have did this after husband and son do this all the time.There is a product at hardware stores that is made with Lymonene which smells of oranges. It is wonderful for these things. Or, they also make a super product called Wax Away, for wax based stains (like spilt candle wax). I have this on hand after wax was spilt on a RED LINEN table cloth at Christmas, years ago.
    Also, if using dish soap, DAWN works best, for oil based stains. Put directly on stain and work in. I usually re wash in warmest water tolerated by fabric. Then I let air dry.
    And I also have a product sold by Home Depot, picked up in the carpet shampoo section, white container looks kinda generic, can’t remember name, But it works wonders on everything I’ve used it on (lipstick on clothes, kid sick on carpet, tar on carpet, etc.)

    ALL OF THESE work better than SCRUBBING fabric, causing damage or "pill balls" on fabrics.
    I hope this works for you.

  4. donna d says:
    February 25, 2010 at 12:38 am

    vinager and baking soda put laundry detergent in machine add clothing let fill alittle put 1 cup vinager sprinkle baking soda on top of all the clothing let it go through the wash cycle when the wash is finished take out clothing put into dryer without chapstick.this should work.

  5. Kerlin E says:
    February 25, 2010 at 12:38 am

    no it cannot come out because the chapstick is dried in the pants picket

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