How do I get green candle wax out of my black cashmere sweater?

Answer 1

Usually by putting absorbent paper on the backside of the area and paper on the front and putting a warm iron on it.keep moving the paper until you have as much of the color out as you can. Then use mineral spirits to get the rest of it. Finish up using alcohol to eliminate the mineral spirits and then have it dry cleaned.

Answer 2

You have several choices. Pour boiling water through the sweater where the stain is, freeze the sweater and pick off the wax or iron the area where the wax is with a brown paper bag both under and over the wax. The problem with these methods is that sometimes the pigment dye used to color the wax will remain after you have removed the wax. If that happens your only choice is WaxAway by Guardsman (there are other brands) which is available at craft stores and many discounters. It will remove the color leftover, the fragrance and the wax. So usually when I have a wax disaster, I just spend $1.99 on the WaxAway to start with and save time, effort and aggravation. Finally, no matter which method you decide to use, the sweater will need to be cleaned afterward.

Answer 3

I haven't done this before, but I've heard that people do that. You have to put paper on the wax (which is on your sweater) and then iron that place (I mean thru the paper). I think it should help.
Or you could put the sweater into a freezer, keep it there for a while and take it out. Then try to take the wax out of your sweater with a knive. Hope it helps!!!

Answer 4

,my grandma told me a trick with that. you need a hot iron , and newspaper!
put the news paper on top of the wax satin and underneath the sain. Keep the iron hot and press on top of the news paper to soften up the wax. by doing that check on the stain and keep the paper moved around so it will soak up the wax. this will take a bit time to do right .But it should take it out good .

But make sure the hot iron does not get on the cashmere sweater!!

Answer 5

Don't listen to any advice about freezing the wax. It won't work.

If you just go to your local supermarket's laundry detergent area, you will find these small bottles (maybe the height of a coffee mug) by a company called "Carbona". They have different formulas for everything: getting wax out of clothing, removing mustard stains, oil stains, blood, etc.

You could also take the sweater to your dry cleaners, but I wonder how gently they would treat the problem area.

Better to be safe. Just buy some Carbona.

Answer 6

Dang. Well first freeze the sweater and try picking out as much of the wax as possible (without pulling our fiber...too much). Then take a paper bag and place over (and under--like a sandwich) the area that has the wax and iron it. the paper bag will wick a lot of the wax out of the material..not all of it.

Answer 7

You might want to check with a cleaning service.

Honestly, I think you're screwed. It's going to take heat or solvents to get the wax out, and either of those will damage the fibers.

Answer 8

I have been manufacturing garments and sweaters for 20 years.
Using a steamer works well
Take steal wool (fine or med grid) and dampen the spot

Paytair

Answer 9

freeze the sweater and then pick the wax off

Answer 10

use a hot iron over brown paper to pull the wax onto the paper.