Getting Candle Wax Off Clothing

[Sammy Snake]

Can anyone tell me how to get candle wax of my favourite black T-Shirt?

I tried pecking off as much as possible and then washing it but there is still a large amount that seems to be 'attached' to the threads of the t-shirt and can't be pecked off.

I've only worn the t-shirt twice, please help!

[curiosity]

Now then, I've done this a while ago, but can't remember the exact way! I think I put grease proof paper on top of the T shirt and ironed it, thereby melting the wax and soaking it into the paper. The reason I'm not sure is, I might have put the grease proof paper inside the Tshirt, then ironed, anyway someone clever will answer hopefully. It is possible though!

[gen2]

This is the same problem that anyone has who makes a Batik print.  That is a way of building up layers of dye on a material using wax as a resist.  When I did this, I used the following sequence:

1.  Iron repeatedly between 2 sheets of brown paper until no more wax uptake is evident on the paper.

2.  Wash the material in white spirit.

3  Give the material a hot wash with detergent.

4  Repeat above steps as necessary.

[dothawkes]

Kim and Aggie did this on How Clean Is Your House last week, the grease proof paper and Iron is spot on.

[Sammy Snake]

Thanks everyone, I'll give it a try tonight!

[J Stephens]

Probably a bit late with this. I didn't have greaseproof paper so used kitchen roll and iron instead.  That worked a treat getting candle wax off a cushion cover.

J Stephens