"Use the edge of a butter knife to carefully scrape off or lift up as much solid wax as you can. Fill a zipper-type plastic bag with ice cubes and place the bag over any remaining wax. The cold will make the wax more brittle, enabling you to scrape off additional wax with the butter knife. Repeat this procedure as necessary to remove as much wax as possible. Be careful to not disturb the original condition of the fibers.
To remove any remaining wax, finish up using a warm iron. I highly recommend that you set the iron on a low heat and test the procedure first in a closet or other inconspicuous place. A synthetic carpet can melt if the iron is too hot.
Place a brown paper bag, several sheets of clean white paper, a white rag, or a white towel over the wax spill and iron over them using the warm iron. Keep moving the iron so you don’t get an iron-shaped burn mark in your carpeting, and move the absorbent paper or cloth so the wax melts onto a clean spot. When you see little spots that look like grease or water, you know the wax is lifting up out of your carpet.
Replace the absorbent paper or cloth as needed. You may have to repeat this process several times (using clean absorbent papers or cloths each time) to remove all of the wax from the carpet fibers. Work carefully; you don’t want to burn yourself or iron off the paper or cloth and melt the carpeting. Do not rush through this; it can be time-consuming, so be patient—it will remove the wax.
If small grease-like stains remain, sprinkle them with baking soda and let it sit overnight before vacuuming."
2006-08-11 14:43:16
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answered by Ginger/Virginia 6
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there is two options to get rid of wax from carpet. a million/ Use the sting of a butter knife to rigorously scrape off or raise up as a lot sturdy wax as you could .Use a dry clean white terrycloth position it over the wax spot then warmth it with a iron on low putting because maximum residences have polyester carpet, and if the iron receives too warm, it will melt the carpet. keep checking the spot each ten seconds or so, shifting the terrycloth so as that a clean spot is on the carpet. 2/ that is the more effective acceptable way. Use the sting of a butter knife to rigorously scrape off or raise up as a lot sturdy wax as you could warmth up an total kettle of water and pour it slowly on the carpet at the same time with a moist vac vacuum up the water. keep on doing this till the wax is bumped off. From a carpet cleanser of 14 years
2016-11-24 21:00:08
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answered by Anonymous
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I saw this technique on a TV show once: Put a cloth that has been folded several times (meaning it is several layers thick) on top of the wax spot on the carpet. Iron over that spot for a few seconds and gently remove the cloth. Refold the cloth so you have a clean surface and again, put it over the wax and use the iron. Repeat this several times. It should remove most, if not all, of the wax.
I hope this helps! :)
2006-08-11 14:37:53
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answered by enchanted_dee 2
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Boy, wish I'd have known this at 17yrs.!!! Pre-heat an iron (turn steam off), I recommend a "clean" old cloth or rag (fit to be thrown out). Use a barrier paper-towel, newspaper between iron/ carpet, Keep iron slowly moving, and it will be drawn to the disposible item, suppose it could be paper towel with barrier.it MAGICALLY PULLS it from he carpet to what you can dispose of. IT WORKS!!
2006-08-11 16:07:04
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answered by iceberg 3
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Before the brown paper bag trick, try freezing it with an ice cube and scraping up as much as possible. Then do the ironing thing, then spot clean with a solvent base cleaner---after you spot test in an inconspicuous area! Good luck!
2006-08-11 14:35:44
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answered by Lori 6
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Place a linen tea towel on the wax and then iron it!!
the wax should melt and be absorbed by the towel
2006-08-14 21:42:10
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answered by trvrrhds 3
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Hair dryer set on hot with paper towel. Alternate blowing and blotting always with a clean section of paper towel.
2006-08-11 15:25:36
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answered by janet r 1
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use a brown lunchbag and iron out the wax
2006-08-11 14:42:24
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answered by Elaine F 5
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Get some bathroom cleaner....It all depends the color of the wax
2006-08-11 14:34:44
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answered by Twiggy 2
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Place brown paper over it and iron it
2006-08-11 14:31:59
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answered by kilmousk 2
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