Saturday, November 8, 2008

How to remove wax on linens

Oh hey, how could I forget? I was a candle maker once upon a time and I made and sold thousands of candles especially during All Souls day and Christmas. I enjoyed doing it as a hobby then people started buying my candles and soon it became another business. My mother's kitchen became my work area and had been the source of all those candles I have sold in the cemetery. No, I did not have a stall in the cemetery; people just buy them for their dead.

In the process, I have spilled wax on the table and unintentionally made a mosaic of candle drippings in the whole kitchen floor. It wasn't the kind of art my Mother appreciated, but something that is so painful for me to remove afterwards specially the ones I made on her special embroidered table cloth that only materializes on special occasions – yes, because it is so special. Imagine the pandemonium when she discovers the next art I have fashioned on her treasured collection.

I tried the technique I used to remove candle wax drippings from the table cloth and it actually worked for the skin wax drippings on our linens.

Here's what you will need:

  1. Flat iron
  2. Clean bond paper or brown paper which ever is available
  3. Mild liquid detergent
  4. Warm water

Then follow these steps:

  1. Allow wax to dry hard
  2. Cover the drippings with the paper completely
  3. Iron the spot where the drippings are
  4. Repeat the ironing process several times until all the wax have transferred to the paper
  5. Wash the spot with warm water and mild soap, rub gently and rinse.

It worked! Now I don't have to buy new bedding anymore.

 

 

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