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• Steps
• Tips
• Warnings
• What do you need

Ouch! Did your candle wiggle and hot wax spilled on your clothes? It can be cleaned. Use the simple methods in this article to protect your clothes and nails. Note that this is an alternative method using boiling water and an iron.

Steps

1. 1 Soak the garment in cold water until it gets wet through.
2. 2 Boil a full kettle or pot of water.
3. 3 Place your clothing next to a sink or bowl, and hang a patch of wax on the edge of the sink or bowl.
4. 4 Pour boiling water over the wax, which should run into a sink or bowl, but not onto the rest of your clothing.
5. 5 Change the water for another piece of clothing. Each item needs to be cleaned with a fresh portion of water, so empty out the water before proceeding.
6. 6 Place the clothes directly in the washing machine and wash as usual. Hand wash if necessary.
7. 7 Wet a rag, preferably with cold water.
8. 8 Preheat your iron on a medium or high setting (like ironing clothes).
9. 9 Place a cold rag over the waxed area. Iron with an iron. Move the rag and iron again. Ready.

Tips

• Keep clothing over a steaming kettle and paper towel, absorb the wax.
• Be very careful when using this method on furniture. If you don't try it out in a hidden area, you may end up burning a hole in the upholstery.
• If you have a very thin fabric, such as fleece, place a towel over the wax and iron it. The towel will absorb the wax. This will prevent the iron from damaging delicate clothing.
• Try using a brown, paper bag to soak up the wax.

Warnings

• Do not use this method on clothes that are intended for dry cleaning only.
• Be careful with boiling water, use rubber gloves to transfer clothes to the washing machine.

What do you need

• clothing
• Water
• Heat source