How can I remove wax from may carpet?
2006-09-06 16:28:59 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Cleaning & Laundry
The trick is to use an iron on a medium to low setting. If it is a lot of wax, use an old towel instead of a paper sack so it doesn't spread over a larger area of carpet. Be especially careful if it is colored wax.
2006-09-06 18:21:05 · answer #1 · answered by obardy 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Do not use anything to heat the wax or your carpet, most carpets are made of synthetic material and will melt if overheated. If you know the carpet is wool, you can try to melt the wax, but if you do, it will just wick further into the fibers, making a bigger stain. Then you need specialized cleaners, turpentines, etc. Here's a much easier method:
Take a bag of frozen peas or corn or ice cubes or an ice block and ice down the wax. Then use a dull knife (butter knife) to scrape off most of the wax. Chances are, this will remove most/all of it, as it probably wasn't all that hot and melty when it hit the carpet. Repeat until it's all or mostly scraped off. If there are still little bits that you cannot remove, I'd judiciously cut the carpet to remove those bits. It likely won't show, unless you've got Berber (closed loops) carpet.
2006-09-06 19:04:17 · answer #2 · answered by ற¢ԲèişŦվ 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Use boiling water to the melt the wax , it'll float over the water and you can suck it it up with a wet & dry vaclum cleaner. you must do qiuck before it get in to the carpet again with the water.
Off course, you have to remove the large portion of it by breaking it with your hand or a scraper. Be carefull not to caut the carpet.
Good Luck!
2006-09-06 19:19:28 · answer #3 · answered by FIXIT 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I read where you should take a grocery bag and then iron it over the spot. The bag is suppose to soak up the wax and pull it off the carpet. Good luck... what a mess!!!
2006-09-06 16:33:09 · answer #4 · answered by Emilyclair 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I heard you could put a paper bag over the wax and apply an iron over it to soak up the wax.
2006-09-06 16:37:16 · answer #5 · answered by BrooklynQT 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Worry about it next May, it's already September.
2006-09-08 11:24:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
OH MAN!!!! If it isn't too bad maybe you can freeze it with ice and break it off.....Sorry, that is all I can think of. Try to google it, maybe you can come up with something.
2006-09-06 16:33:10 · answer #7 · answered by mom of 2 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Lesley beat me to it....dang.
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2006-09-06 16:40:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
heat it up with your blow dryer and blot it up with a rag or paper towels.
2006-09-06 16:31:44 · answer #9 · answered by camarozsonia 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
try Turpenoid, it is odorless and should break it down so it comes clean.
2006-09-06 16:33:08 · answer #10 · answered by TriDad 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋