How do you get candlewax out of a sweatshirt without ruining the sweatshirt?

Answer 1

I have tried this method with carpet and it works like a charm.

Place the sweatshirt on an ironing board or other flat surface. Apply a white paper towel (no colored paper towels or patterns) on top. Apply an iron at medium heat to the affected area, and the wax should melt into the paper towel. Make sure to warm the whole area so the entire wax spot can lift off and adhere to the paper towel.

Good luck! This might also work with a thin linen or cotton towel or rag.

Answer 2

You turn the sweatshirt inside out and get wax paper and put in right on the wax on the other side and Iron the opposite side and it will come off onto the wax paper

Answer 3

turn the sweatshirt inside out with papertowels or a brown paper bag inside the shirt (where the wax is) and iron the back of where the wax spot is

The iron will heat up the wax causing it to turn to liquid and the papertowels or bag will soak up the wax. The only tricky part is if it was colored wax...you will have to use a stain remover on it to try to get the dye out.

Answer 4

place a dry paper towel or wax paper over the wax iron over the paper with a hot iron this should cause the wax to melt and attach to the paper.....works great removing wax from carpet, too

Answer 5

Hi try using brown paper over the candlewax and use a hot iron over it. Hope this helps.

Answer 6

place brown paper over the sweat shirt and use a warm iron ,this will lift the wax out

Answer 7

Put the shirt in your freezer until the wax is frozen. Then just break the frozen wax off or peel the frozen was off of the fabric.

Answer 8

boil water.

place as small a space of the sweatshirt into the boiling water.

wax should disipate.

good luck ..... what a bummer !