Chocolate stains. Scrape off excess chocolate before soaking the garment in cool water. Apply a stain remover and launder, but don’t put the garment in the dryer if the stain remains, or you could “cook it in permanently.” Instead, dab it with 3 percent hydrogen peroxide before washing again.
Candle wax. Scrape away what you can and then lay the soiled fabric facedown between two white paper towels. Press the stain with a warm iron and keep changing the towels until they absorb no more stain. Use a citrus-based solvent to remove any remaining wax residue, then launder.
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