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My mom says to use a wam iron to iron over the spot, and then scrape it away. I am talking to her on the phone, LOL!
@Lindsay12.31.2010: Bwahahaha! Awesome, mom advice! I'll give it a try.
Whenever I get wax on fabric I put a piece of newspaper on the ironing board, then the piece of fabric and then another piece of news paper. Iron the area where the wax is, this should take it out.
@Mrs. Spring: She is definitely a domestic diva :-) Good luck!
@LetsGoPens: Ah, another good idea. I'll try this one, too. Thanks!
If you don't have newspaper to try @LetsGoPens:'s advice, brown paper bags work awesome for this as well! I have used this trick on fabric, carpet, just about everything.
@Penguingal06: Good to know! I almost never have newspapers around anyway, lol.
Just plain ole boiling water works too. Boiling water then blot... that will get the oily residue from the wax off
Ironing a papertowel over top works too :-)
Use paper towel or a brown paper bag and iron over and over the spot with the bag or paper towel between the iron and the fabric. Each time a little wax spot appears on the paper, shift it to a new spot so it can continue to absorb the wax out. It's tedious, but if you have patience it will work eventually. The only thing I would be worried about is the fact that the wax is colored. The dye may stain even if you are successful at pulling all the wax out.
@Future Mrs. Martin: I was just about to post the same - iron over a paper towel. I spilled a red candle on our carpet and was amazed that it worked...it took forever but it was better than trying to scrub it with anything.
@west.coast.blonde: I was a little worried about this, too, but I guess we'll just have to see what happens after I get all the wax cleaned up...
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Does anyone have any tricks on how to get wax out of fabric? My sister bought Addie this beautiful dress, but I noticed a few red spots of what I think is wax at the bottom of the dress. The fabric is satin, and I wasn't able to just peel the wax off or use an ice cube to remove it; it looks more like the wax has kinda "sunk in" to the fabric.
Suggestions?