How do you remove soft wax from clothes?

I have a spot of soft wax on warmup pants. It is not the kind of wax that dries. It is a sticky, honey wax. I have removal products for equipment and for skin/hair, but what do you do to remove this type of wax if it gets on clothing?

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Permalink Reply by mk on November 3, 2013 at 6:48pm

"Goop" might work pretty well.  You can find it at the hardware store.   

Permalink Reply by Sally Connor on November 4, 2013 at 6:58am

Is that the same as, "goo be gone"?

Thanks, Kim.

Permalink Reply by mk on November 4, 2013 at 7:28am
No, it's a jelly-like hand wash. It comes in a tube and it says "GOOP" on it fairly large
http://www.harborfreight.com/10-1-2-half-oz-multipurpose-hand-clean...
Permalink Reply by Sally Connor on November 4, 2013 at 1:20pm

Ok - thanks!!

Have you ever had the unfortunate opportunity to use it on such a type of product (i.e. sticky, gooey, doesn't harden)?

Permalink Reply by mk on November 4, 2013 at 5:15pm

Thankfully, no.  I hope it helps you!  I hate wax with a passion.

Permalink Reply by Julie on November 7, 2013 at 12:56am

I always have luck with baby oil. Breaks that wax down pretty well. I wear a lot of black so I don't know about possible oil stain :)

Permalink Reply by Sally Connor on November 7, 2013 at 8:03am

It also works well in cleaning wax off wax pots.

That sounds promissing!

Permalink Reply by Julie on November 8, 2013 at 4:01pm
Yes! I always use baby oil and pure acetone :)
Permalink Reply by Tammi Harriss-Halim on November 8, 2013 at 9:25am
Hi Sally,
I use Abolene. You can get it at walgreens for about $10.00 its what our grandmothers used to remove makeup years ago. It looks and feels like vaseline. You just rub it into the waxy area really well and then throw it in the cold water laundry. It is going to look like a greasy mess, but it does not stain or leave any gooey residue. Its great.
It comes in a white round container with a blue lid. You can fing it near the cold creams, such as ponds cold cream makeup remover.
Permalink Reply by Sally Connor on November 8, 2013 at 10:04am

Thanks Tammi !

I knew this was just the place to pose this question.

I think having a product like this in the treatment room that I could dram for a customer if needed (rare, but it can happen) but also for the sheets and/or towels that sometimes get a little product on them, or for "us".

Thank you all so much!!

Permalink Reply by Tammi Harriss-Halim on November 8, 2013 at 4:11pm
Sally, it also works great if your client moves while youre doing their brows, just rub some into their brow until it disolves, wipe it off well and start over waxing. ;)
Permalink Reply by Taylor Strauss on November 9, 2013 at 7:33am
This has happened to me before... I used a brown bag placed it on top of wax spot and than ironed it... The wax will them be absorbed into the brown bag, leaving nothing on the clothing.

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