how do you remove candle wax from your t shirt?

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the candle wax stain has been over 7 months but i dont want to discard my tshirt


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  1. terrie p says:
    August 2, 2009 at 5:01 am

    I was told long ago, by my Grandmother. Scrape off the excess with your finger nail. Then place a thick layer of newspaper or an old towel inside the shirt. Lay it flat, put a clean sheet of white paper (like printer paper) over the wax on the outside and dry iron. It will pull the wax out from both sides. Do not use the steam though it smears it around. Repeat a couple times if need be.

  2. TECHX69 says:
    August 2, 2009 at 5:01 am

    Use a hot iron(not too hot) and plenty of paper towels(works on carpet anyway)

  3. Dickhead says:
    August 2, 2009 at 5:01 am

    Have you tried removing the t-shirt from the candle wax? It might work better that way.

  4. aure_ml says:
    August 2, 2009 at 5:01 am

    Place that brown paper they wrap chips in (it soaks grease) on the Tshirt and iron it. The wax will stick to the paper. Good luck!

  5. yoodge says:
    August 2, 2009 at 5:01 am

    kerosene dissolves candle wax…dissolve it the wash the kerosene off with laundry soap

  6. kittenspawn says:
    August 2, 2009 at 5:01 am

    Take your household pressing iron,and wrap the heating part in tin foil, as the prevent it from being ruined.

    Lat the shirt out with a good wad of paper bags under it, and a few paper towels over the stain. Iron on a medium setting. This will, hopefully, remove most of the wax.

    then, if a stain remains, try a bit of rubbing achohal to remove the pigment.

    If a stain STILL remains, consult a dry cleaner, but be sure to tell them everything you have put on the shirt to remove the stain, so he doesn’t use something that will interact.

  7. kimmie says:
    August 2, 2009 at 5:01 am

    Lighter fluid poured into the remains of a candle in a glass container (about a teaspoons’ worth) will loosen the candle wax out in one chunk after it is swirled (slowly) around and around. So my guess would be AS LONG AS THE FABRIC WON’T LOOSE COLOR, would be to use the same method. First place a small amount on the inside hem of the shirt and let it dry to make sure the color won’t be effected. after that test is sucessful; place a large glass bowl up into the shirt so that the splattered wax is lying in the bowl and pour lighter fluid onto the effected area.let it set for a moment and try to remove isolated spots up off shirt with a butter knife or whatever tool you choose (I’d use my fingernail for small spots-but that’s me). move the shirt around until all spots are removed. Squeeze out any extra lighter fluid from the shirt, empty the bowl and wash it out, place place the entire shirt in the bowl and wash, let shirt hang to dry and check to see if wax is all gone before you wash the shirt in a normal wash and dry cycle.
    Main point. Once a stain is put thru the dryer the stain is permanetly "baked into the fabric" by the dryer. Any stain should be hung to dry and checked to see if it is truly gone before you rewash and dry. Stains are not always visable when fabric is wet, and will show up when the fabric is dry.
    There is a product on the market called Goof Off/and one call GooGone you locate those products and read their labels to see if they take wax off, yet I’ll bet the main ingredent is going to be thesame as lighter fluid and the lighter fluid would be a whole lot cheaper
    Good luck, KIMMIE

  8. txcatwoman says:
    August 2, 2009 at 5:01 am

    first, use a hot iron with paper towels on both sides of the shirt, so the towels absorb as much wax as possible, then use spray and wash, and wash as usual

  9. Julie says:
    August 2, 2009 at 5:01 am

    put it in the freezer…when the was is frozen it might come off. this is how how i get the end of a candle out of a jar.

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