Candle Wax All over Jeans

Updated on November 05, 2008
S.S. asks from Golden, CO
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Does anyone have any advice on how to get candle wax out of clothes. We recently celebrated a birthday and didn't realize a 4 year old had such lung capacity to blow liquid candle wax all over my jeans!!!

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J.L.

answers from Boise on

I know this works on carpet...you can take wax paper and put it on the jeans, then a towel on the wax paper. Then iron the towel. The wax paper will soak up the wax. :)

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E.P.

answers from Salt Lake City on

Put the jeans in the freezer for a while, then take out and the wax should just peel off. Or I think you can also rub an ice cube over the wax to harden it and it will peel off.

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M.C.

answers from Salt Lake City on

Get two pieces of paper towel, a piece of brown paper and an iron. Fold the paper towels until two or three times thick and place them on the back and front of the wax spot so that the cloth is sandwiched between them. Then place the brown paper on top of the sandwich and iron the whole thing. The heat from the iron will soften and melt the wax while the paper towels collect the wax. The brown paper simply protects your iron from being covered with wax. This method will get the wax out, I've even gotten it out of carpet, and off of my grandmother's doily. If there is a dye in the wax, this method may not take out all the coloring, although it should get a lot of it out. As far as the dye goes, I've never failed to get a stain out with Zout before, in fact there is a great Zout spray that includes oxi-clean that gets just about everything out! Good luck!

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M.C.

answers from Colorado Springs on

Place them in the freezer for about 5-10 minutes and the wax should just pull off. This is what I do with my votive holders when the candles burn down and they come right out. I have done this with table cloths as well. Hope this helps!

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M.S.

answers from Denver on

Place a piece of newpaper over the wax and then using an iron on low heat rub over the spot moving the newspaper to a clean spot until the wax comes out.

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J.W.

answers from Denver on

I use an oil that will remove it. It truely is amazing. Let me know if you want more information

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T.L.

answers from Denver on

I once knocked into a table that had a burning candle onit that tipped over onto my friends expensive fabric covered chair. I felt so bad I bought her a book "How to get any stain out of any fabric" (I can't remember the exact name of the book but it is similar). But it recommended to get an absorbant cloth like a cheese cloth or similar place it over the wax area then go over it with a hot iron, the cloth soaks up the wax like magic. It worked!! And I was off the hook, thank goodness.

K.B.

answers from Salt Lake City on

I don't know how much wax is on your jeans. You could wear them, turn an iron on low to medium heat and get a ragged cloth or dishtowel that you don't care about ruining and iron the wax onto the cloth. That should work. A blow dryer may work as well. The idea is to get the wax to melt off onto something else-be it a cloth, papertowel, newspaper... I hope that it wasn't the $125 pair from Lucky, Dillards or Nordstrom-I would be way bumbed! All the best in getting it out...

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L.P.

answers from Salt Lake City on

Hi S.,
Try putting your jeans in the freezer. I don't know if it will work but it works when you want to get the old candle wax out of votives. It freezes up hard and shrinks some and pops right out; so maybe it will pop right off of the jeans the same way. Can't hurt to try.
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A.B.

answers from Pocatello on

Put a paper towel under and on top of wax and, with your hot iron, iron the wax out of jeans and onto the paper towels. Keep moving the paper towel to a clean spot so you don't iron the wax back into the jeans. It's amazing how this works. Good luck!

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J.G.

answers from Denver on

Heat up an iron and put some wax paper or paper towel over the wax then use the iron on top of that. The heat from the iron will draw the wax and the color onto the paper and out of your jeans. I used it on my carpet before and it really works!

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D.T.

answers from Denver on

dry cleaning solution will disolve it, you can have them cleaned only for a couple bucks.

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A.R.

answers from Salt Lake City on

I had candle wax spill on my carpet. I got off as much of the excess as possible by picking it off. Then I got my iron and a lot of paper towels and would put the paper towels on the wax then ran the iron over it. The paper towels absorb the melted wax. It took a lot of passes and paper towels, but it worked.

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L.S.

answers from Denver on

Put your jeans in the freezer for a couple of hours and then scrape off the wax. Then launder as usual. This really works I have done the same thing! Good Luck!

p.s. It also works with gum and silly putty!

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S.B.

answers from Denver on

try ironing through a piece of newsprint. This works with crayon too. the wax should melt and stick to the paper. then go get some dye and resist dying!

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J.M.

answers from Denver on

Try putting your jeans in th freezer and then you should be able to scrape it right off. It is worth a try any way. I know that is what they say to do with the old candle wax in the bottom of the votive to get that wax out. Good luck!

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K.K.

answers from Denver on

Hi S., Have you tried a hot iron with an absorbent paper towel between the jeans and the iron. As the wax melts into the paper towel turn it over or fold it over to a clean part of the paper towel and just keep on going until you have melted it all into the paper towel. Good luck, K. K.

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D.J.

answers from Fort Collins on

Scrape off the excess wax, place an absorbent cloth or paper towel between the leg of the jeans and one over the wax and iron. Good Luck

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K.M.

answers from Salt Lake City on

Flickering candles set the mood for a dinner party, but there's nothing charming about spilled wax. To remove it from tabletops, heat with a blow-dryer on the lowest setting for several seconds; then scrape up using the edge of a credit card. Buff away residue. To remove from fabrics, use ice to freeze wax, or place the item in the freezer; scrape off what you can, then use an oil solvent or mineral spirits to remove residue. Rinse with isopropyl alcohol, let dry, and use an enzyme detergent to wash.
This is off of MSN.com

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S.H.

answers from Denver on

Get a paper bag and put it over the spot of wax and then use your iron and iron until the wax is all absorbed into the paper bag. You will have to move the bag to a clean spot until it is all out. I have done this and it works wonders!!

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