How do you get candle wax off that melted onto a carpet?

Question

A candle was on a table, and it melted super fast and ran off the table onto the carpet.

Answer 1

Place a white face cloth or towel over the hardened wax, and run a hot iron over it. The heat will melt the wax and the dry cloth will absorb it. I used this method on my carpet to get my damage deposit back. Worked like a charm!

Answer 2

Get some old newspaper and a clothes iron. Heat up the iron, it does not have to be on the highest setting. Put three or four pieces of newspaper over the wax and run the iron over the newspaper. The heat will melt the wax and the newspaper will absorb the wax. Repeat the process as many times as necessary. It may take a while depending on the amount of wax that dripped on the carpet.

Personally, I used this method for a small amount of wax (4-5 square inches by an eight of an inch thick) and it took 15 minutes and a lot of newspaper (30 pages) to get the job done.

Answer 3

Ok. I have only dealt with melted candle wax on clothing but I'm sure the same method can be applied.
You will need a paper bag (I'm sure newspaper or paper towel might work as well), a tea towel and an iron.

1. try to serape up or pick off any big clumps of wax, don't force it though. If it won't come off easily than don't worry about it.

2. cover the wax with the paper bag.

3. cover the paper bag with a dishtowel (tea towel).

4. Iron over the tea towel over and over again.

The iron will melt the wax and the paper bag will absorb it. If it doesn't come out right away just repeat the ironing. Good luck!!!

Answer 4

Heat the wax so that it doesn't melt but is just warm (try not to use a candle). This should lossen up the candle wax so that it is able to move a little more freely. If it cannot make it hotter ( do not set the carpet on fire). Than put a bucket of hot hot hot hot water onto the wax to make it easier for the carppet to "slip out" of the wax. Than use a strong common house comb to comb the wax out (make sure it's not your comb).

Answer 5

Put a towel down over the spilled wax. Turn iron on low.Then iron towel. This will cause the wax to melt onto the towel.
Use this method until you have used up most of the towel.
If there is leftover wax get a carpet cleanser to get remaining small portion up

Answer 6

Test this first in an inconspicuous area of the carpet --- Set your iron to a low heat setting. Place a paper towel or two over the wax and briefly apply the iron. The paper towel should soak up the melted wax.

Answer 7

Get some ice,place it on the wax for 10-15 minutes then get a hammer & break the wax up.
Cleanup bits of wax with vacuum,if u didnt get it all,repeat.
once you've got most of it up place an old towel over wax & use a warm iron 2 melt remainder into towel.
I've never heard of wax melting "super fast", I think u got distracted by someone or something.

Answer 8

My best experience is to use ice. Place ice cubes directly onto the candle was. Shortly it will harden & then you can pick at it & it will flick off in pieces. If there is still some color of the wax left on the carpet, I have even taken scissors & given the carpet a tiny "hair cut" to get those ends off.

Answer 9

Place of about 5 or 6 paper towels over the spot. Use and iron set on high heat that will not scorch your carpet. Repeat using fresh paper towels until it has absorbed into the towels. If there is any residue left, spray with foaming bathroom cleaner, like Scrubbing Bubbles, and use a scrubbing brush to remove the remaining residue.

Answer 10

Hi - my mum says you get some kichen roll, a teatowel (really thick) and an iron. Place the kitchen roll on wax first, then the teatowel on top of that to protect carpet then CAREFULLY iron the tea towel (on hot) The wax should melt and be absorbed into the kitchen roll! Might need a couple of goes until it's all out!
Good luck!