- 1). Place an ice pack on top of the candle wax stain on your linens. If you don't have an ice pack, you can put ice cubes in a plastic bag. Leave the ice pack in place until the wax is hard.
- 2). Lift the hard candle wax from your linens by gently scraping it off with a plastic scraper. Pry one edge up off the linen and slowly move the scraper under the remaining wax until it's completely separated from the fabric. Throw away the hard wax substance.
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Sponge wax residue stains on table linens gently to ensure the linens aren't damaged.sponge for cleaning image by Serghei Velusceac from Fotolia.com
Pour a small amount of dry cleaning solvent onto a clean sponge and blot the remaining candle wax stain. Dry cleaning solvent removes any color stain left by the candle wax. - 4). Place a layer of paper towels on both sides of the candle wax stain. Iron over the stain with an iron heated to the "Low" heat setting. As wax residue transfers to the paper towels change to clean paper towels and continue to wick out as much wax as possible.
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Presoaking linens helps remove any stubborn wax residue and color stain.bucket image by Aleksandr Ugorenkov from Fotolia.com
Dissolve 1/2 cup oxygen bleach in 1 gallon warm water. Soak your linens in the all-fabric safe bleach solution to remove the last traces of color stain. After 30 minutes, remove your linens and place them in the washing machine. - 6). Wash your linens according to directions, then air-dry completely.
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