Well, not today, but I certainly have gotten wax on my clothes. I hate messing up my clothes with wax and it always seems to happen on days when I’m wearing something OTHER than scrubs (which usually means EXPENSIVE).
Dental student=waxing a whole lot of something all the time and it will probably never change (yeah I had to do a load of waxing as a dental student…same shit different year). And guess what? I’m waxing a whole lot as faculty (that will probably deter a whole lot of people from becoming faculty).
So when it happens (wax on your clothes), and it will happen, here’s what I’ve done:
-On an ironing board put a towel or washcloth UNDER the waxed area of clothing (for pants put the towel/washcloth inside the pant leg directly under the wax).
-Put several layers of paper towels OVER the waxed area of clothing.
-With an iron set on low to no- more-than medium run the iron over the paper towels that are directly over the wax (the wax will melt into the paper towels).
-Repeat until the wax has been absorbed into the paper towels (be sure to put new pieces of paper towels over the waxed area often so that wax DOESN’T go back into your clothing).
-Any oily and/or colored residue can be removed with a simple degreaser (I use plain old Dawn dish detergent).
Hope that helps. Maybe someday waxing will go away forever (yay, there goes some of my dental school PTSD!). But for now waxing is here to stay and hopefully we can remove those ugly waxing memories from our clothes.
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