2006-06-20 07:48:49 · 18 answers · asked by Carl B 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Cleaning & Laundry
The hot iron and towel should work, the problem with that is that there will be wax residue in your carpet forever.....
This happened to me, I had globs of it from a wall sconce that went dripping a very long time onto my carpet before anyone noticed. All was ruined I thaught. Then I contacted my uncle who has been a carpet tech for years. He suggested I use very very hot tap water and a carpet cleaner or a shop vac, basically anything that sucks water. Then use a pitcher full of the hot water and slowly, slowly pour hot water over the wax while another person (preferrably) sucks the water out at the same time. The hot water melts the wax, the sucking machine gets out the water/melted wax and whala! NO MORE WAX AT ALL, not a drop left. Be sure to suck out the water as you put it on the wax, you dont want to ruin your underlayment or subflooring by saturating it with water....do be sure to suck at the same time as pouring, I cant stress that enough, but this WILL work....Good luck!
2006-06-20 08:25:10 · answer #1 · answered by CRYSTAL S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will need paper towels and an electric iron. I recommend a very absorbent paper towel for the best results. Use white towels only as dyes may bleed onto the carpet when exposed to the heat of the iron. Before beginning the procedure, use a brush or your hands to pick away at any of the excess wax that you can get out of the carpet fiber. Be gentle and be careful not to unravel the pile when brushing. 1. Plug the iron in and turn it on to the lowest setting possible. 2. After the iron heats up, take a paper towel and place it over the wax. Gently apply the warm iron to the paper towel. The wax should begin to liquefy and the paper towel will absorb it. Do not set the temperature of the iron any higher than the warm setting, or you may harm synthetic fibers. For berber or some sculptured carpets, you may have to press down harder with the iron. Be especially careful with the berbers and do not pull on any fibers or loops. Pulling on those loops can cause a "run" much like the runs in panty hose and can ruin the rug, as the run will travel across the length of the carpet. 3. Continue working the iron and paper towel until all of the wax is absorbed. You may need to turn the paper towel several times as the area where the wax is being absorbed becomes saturated. If it is a large spill you may need more than one paper towel. The watch word here is patience, as working this process can take time. This method should work effectively. In cases of very stubborn spills, you may come to a point in the procedure where you have absorbed all of the wax you can and find that there is still some residue in the carpet. Try to gently pick out as much of the remainder as you can. It may help to apply an ice cube to the stain and re-harden the melted wax. Caution is advised here too, as some dyes may fade when water is applied. Check with your manufacturer if in doubt.
2016-05-20 05:33:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have rubbed a little Wesson cooking oil onto the carpet and let it sit for 10 minutes and then took a old credit card and scraped it off. If this doesn't completely do the trick, take a hair dryer and warm the wax and blot it up with a paper towel or old panty hose.
2006-06-20 08:19:51 · answer #3 · answered by roncarolhillsstupid 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not a paper bag but a towel that you don't mind the wax adhering to after you place an iron on top of the towel to melt the wax.
2006-06-20 07:53:11 · answer #4 · answered by K R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A hot iron and paper will work. Set the paper over the wax and run the hot iron over it. This will take some time so diligence is called for.
Good luck.
2006-06-20 07:59:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
try either 2 things that i am awear of light cloth (preferrably old) lay on top of candle wax heat with iron,
and the second is hair dryer on high heat and an old cloth to soak it up
good luck
2006-06-20 09:06:43 · answer #6 · answered by amasue 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used an ice cube to pull off what I could and This might sound weird, but I used a butter knife to scratch the left over, then I just vaccumed, nothing left.
2006-06-20 08:12:56 · answer #7 · answered by iluvmyduckies05 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put Soapy Water on it & use a Spatula to Gently Remove it
2006-06-20 07:52:40 · answer #8 · answered by sugarbdp1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heat it w/a blow dryer and then put wax paper over it, remove! Easy and quick!
2006-06-20 07:52:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use a hot iron. However, you place place something that will absorb the wax and not burn
2006-06-20 07:53:04 · answer #10 · answered by wymexwp 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋