i bet someone knows ...............candlewax

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ds aged 13, mucking about with candles.
consequently on his school trousers..

in a very conspicuous place...

how on earth to get rid?

I think you can iron it off - place thin paper over it, then iron it.
there is something else, but have forgotten - someone is bound to come up with it soon!

good idea so far

brown paper or a tea towel, low setting on iron, and the wax should melt into the paper or towel

freeze first, chip off excess, then iron...

Brown paper (like what they use for envelopes) or grease proof paper works best.

I think you use brown parcel paper with a hot, not steam iron and lightly press, the wax then soaks into the paper.

chip off as much as p[oss, cover with kitchen paper and then iron over.

Use brown paper and iron over. Other option, put in the freezer and crack it off.

God, there's lots going on in the good housekeeping tonight - heaven for my nesting!!

not grease proof because it's grease proof! it wouldn't absorb the grease!

Gosh! And there was me thinking someone thought I had a brain . Actually, I would put it in the freezer overnight as it will then go really hard, then put brown paper over it and use a low iron. Should do the trick.

and i was thinking of grease proof

off to local shops for some veggies, that should supply a brown paper bag,
hope that does the trick.

Have done this before. They're right. I put a load of kitchen towel under and then a few sheets over. Iron it until wax comes through. Replace kitchen towel, iron again, etc over and over until it's all gone (can take a while, but it really works and the trousers should be fine.

lol candlewax

and thanks,
what an abundance of cross posts, all saying same thing!

Kitchen towel best as is absorbant

oh, good, i have kitchen towel.

thanks

Blotting paper is supposed to work well, according to my mother when I got candlewax on my best tablecloth. Only nowhere seems to sell blotting paper any more!

yes kim and aggie reccommend tea towel

Oh and have iron on low setting so you don't burn the fabric (heat will be on it for a while) just keep the iron moving.

Any ideas for candle wax in a rug? Tried the ironing - but I was told to use newspaper so now I have newsprint in candle was on the rug Help anyone?

Mybe try agin with brown paper, but after that, probably the only thing to be done is carefully snip the carpet back with scissors, or sew on an embelishment/pattern... Good luck!