Q&A for How to Remove Wax from Clothing

if you have not already tried this, put a towel or absorbent cloth in between the iron and your shirt when you use the iron.

Dry cleaning would likely not get it all off. Try the method with iron and the paper bag shared in this article. In the video, the woman cleans up a lot of wax very quickly.

After you have removed all the wax you can, soak it in a mixture of Dawn dish soap and water. It is the Dawn in the blue bottom.

Take your clothing to a dry cleaners, as the chemical used in dry cleaning is excellent for removing wax, chewing gum and oil.

Heat up your iron to a hot temperature and place a cotton or absorbent cloth over the wax and place the iron on top of the area that has wax. Let sit for 10-20 seconds and do move iron around. Keep repositioning the cloth and iron. Once the wax has softened, remove it from the fabric.

Take your wool jacket to a dry cleaners, as the chemical used in dry cleaning is excellent for removing wax, chewing gum and oil.

Take your garment to the dry cleaners and they should be able to remove the wax.

Heat up your iron to a hot temperature and place a cotton or absorbent cloth over the wax. Place the iron on top of the area that has wax. Let it sit for 10-20 seconds, lift the iron, re-position the cloth and place the iron on the cloth again. Repeat until all wax is lifted. This method even works on walls that have had wax spilled on them. It does not damage paint or molding.