Any tips on how to get wax out of a cotton sweatshirt?

Question

I spilled liquid wax on my boyfriend's cotton sweatshirt and now it's dried on there. Any ideas on how to get it cleaned? I don't think an ordinary wash in the washer is going to do the trick.

Answer 1

well as with all wax stain´s on carpet´s and clothes , Take a brown paper bag or the type of paper you would use to send parcels by post. If there has been a great deal of wax dropped you can take some of with a blunt knife, this will make the next stage a great deal easier for you, So take your paper lay on top of the stain,and with your iron at setting warm to hot. iron over the paper. The heat from the iron will melt the wax onto the paper, clever really , just remember to move your paper to a clean space like this you will get all the wax lifted out. hope this helps you

Answer 2

Put the sweatshirt in the freezer to harden the wax.

Put a paper bag over the wax and iron the paper bag. Move the bag so that a clean (no wax) area is over the wax. Repeat until the wax is gone.

Launder as usual.

Answer 3

It's pretty easy. Place a clean paper bag over the wax spot then heat an iron to a low setting. Once the iron heats up , iron the paper bag and it will lift the wax up. You may have to do this several times but it works great. (This method will work on almost everything) Once the wax stops sticking to the paper bag you can wash it.

Answer 4

Take a brown paper bag and lay it over the spot of wax. Then iron it on the lowest setting. The wax should adhere to the bag and then peel off with the bag.

Answer 5

I'm guessing you mean wax as in, candle wax? If so, try washing the shirt with hot water, which should melt the wax and wash it away. We did this in an art class doing batik work on silk scarves, and used wax to keep the different colored dyes from soaking the whole thing. Our instructor told us to wash the finished scarves in hot water to remove the wax, and it worked!
I really hope this helps, good luck!

Answer 6

the iron and the brown paper bag will work - but I have also used kitchen roll instead of brown paper bag (you know that white paper that sucks stuff up!!) between the iron and the shirt - that works too. Don't have the iron too hot, you just need to melt the wax into the paper.

Answer 7

put ice on the wax and it becomes brittle and comes off or take a brown paper bag, tear it in half....put a piece on the ironing boardm then the wax covered material and then the other piece of brown paper bag, iron with a hot iron and it melts into the brown paper bag

Answer 8

in line with danger you may take paper towel, put in on the wax and with a heat iron prepare softly for some seconds, after which get rid of as much as you may with a dull knife. if the wax is comfortable from the warmth of the iron, you would be waiting to get all of it out, in basic terms confirm you place a sparkling piece of paper towel each and every time.

Answer 9

I suggest scraping as much of the wax off as you can.
Then go by the same general rules you would use to remove a greasy stain. A cleaner called "Goo-Gone" is available at Wal Mart. It is really good. It will remove gum, tar, grease, etc. I use it alot. Good Luck.

Answer 10

Rub ice on it to harden the wax- then chip it off with a butterknife.

Then use oxyclean- or a similar product- to get the oil residue out of the fabric.

Just don't try to rub it out, or you will grind that oil into the fibers more. That's why it stains.

Good luck.