Wax and gum family: freeze, scrape, melt
How to get candle wax out
Wax plus dye. Freeze, scrape, melt out, then treat colour.
Do this first
Ice or freezer
Fresh stain
- Ice or freezer
- Scrape off
- Iron through paper towels
- Solvent on the leftover
- Oxygen soak for colour
- Wash
Dried or old
- Same
- for old wax, more paper and iron
- Fabric care
- Iron only on fabric that can take it.
- Time
- 30 min
- How to tell
- Look: raised waxy drip; Feel: hard and smooth; Smell: candle
Where this fix comes from
We check every fix against these published guides. We do not run a test lab of our own.
Before you start
- Test on a hidden seam first.
- Never mix cleaners.
- Keep it out of the dryer until the stain is gone.