CandleMakinCutiePie Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 So yesterday I spilled an 8 oz jar of melted parasoy all over my counter down my cabinet and onto my kitchen floor.(Not my finer moment)It was a super PITA but I got it cleaned up.My problem is that I spilled it all over one of my fav pot holders and have no idea how to get the wax out of it??Any tips on cleaning up this kinda mess??I really don't want to pitch the potholder(it matches my kitchen decor)Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TacoWax Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Heat up an old iron (don't use the one to iron your cloths). Place some paper towels on the pot holders and place the iron on the towels. The heat will melt the wax and will wick up into the paper towel. Might have to do this a few times. Be careful on the heat setting, too high and the wax might flam up on the iron and/or paper towels. My mother-in-law had some wax drip onto some nice embroidery done on linen a few years back. We used this method and took the wax right out. For the color stain from the candle, we used oxy clean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KLynn Kandles Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 The iron and paper towel method works very well, gets the job done everytime! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CandleMakinCutiePie Posted January 13, 2011 Author Share Posted January 13, 2011 So put paper towels "on top" of the pot holder and the iron on top of the paper towels?SO there's nothing underneath the potholder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TacoWax Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 You can place a cloth towel under the pot holder to protect what your're working on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplybeelightful Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 I do the same thing only use brown paper bags. It's surprising how much wax you can remove this way. Just remember to change the paper towel or bag frequently (as soon as saturated with wax). Then, launder as usual. I spilled beeswax on one of my good pairs of jeans once, thought they were ruined but, once I did this method, you would never know the wax had been on the jeans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deb426 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 I wish I had known this a long time ago. Oh...the clothes I've ruined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricofAZ Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Greaaaaaaaaaaaat. I just threw away a nice shirt. Thanks for the tip, I'll try it next time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CandleMakinCutiePie Posted January 14, 2011 Author Share Posted January 14, 2011 Thanks all for the advise.I'm going to try this tonight.Wish me luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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