How do you get CANDLE WAX out of carpet - it has been stuck inthe carpet since we moved in 2 months ago -?

Question

I cant seem to get it out of the carpet (The Candle Wax)
And my 9 month old Daughter who is crawling keeps picking at the candle wax & tries to eat it - Its all over the carpet - Makes me wonder if the person that lived here before us was some kind of Candle Freak -LOL
Please any suggestions on how to get it out without ruining the Carpet - this House is a Rental
Thanks

Answer 1

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.

Now that your carpet is free of candle wax, take care to prevent similar accidents in the future:

• Buy high-quality candles; petroleum-based candles are prone to dripping and contain stain-producing additives.

• Beeswax candles—normally dripless—can drip if they are burning in a draft. Position burning candles away from open windows, fans, or heater vents.

• Set the candle in a candleholder large enough to contain any spills.

• Do not blow out your candles; instead use a snuffer. A great substitute for a proper candle snuffer is a shot glass or juice glass held over the wick until the flame is out.

• If you have just snuffed a candle, don't move it until the wax has solidified.

I use a product called un-du Candle Wax Remover. Forget about scratching or scraping, cutting tangled carpet fibers, ironing, and crying over ruined table linens or clothing. With a few drops of un-du Candle Wax Remover, lifting off wax has never been so easy! The liquid softens the wax so you can break the candle wax up and remove it using the attached tool—no need for razor blades, knives, or scissors. Removing wax from a solid surface is a snap; on fabric you will need to soften the wax a bit to remove it.

Un-du helps to soak any areas where wax is embedded in the fabric and then to rub the fabric together to remove the wax. Don't worry about un-du staining the fabric—any traces of un-du will dissipate overnight. Once most of the wax has been removed from the carpet, soak a white rag and rub un-du into the nap and the surrounding area to remove any remaining wax. It is possible that the dye from a colored candle could stain fabric and/or carpet. If so, use a spot remover to remove any candle dye. It would be a good idea to test un-du in an inconspicuous area first to ensure there is no fading or discoloring of your fabric and/or carpet.

Answer 2

Get a thick terrycloth towel that you don't love anymore. Lay the towel over the wax. Lay aluminum foil over the towel and place a hot iron (on low - down in the "polyester" setting) over the carpet. The wax will melt and absorb into the towel. It might take a couple attempts and moving the towel depending on how much wax you're dealing with.

But be CAREFUL - keep the iron on low, since most rental homes have polyester carpet, and if the iron gets too hot, it'll melt the carpet too. The tinfoil provides some temperature safety, and will prevent the wax from getting on the iron. (Where it'll either burn and smell bad, or cool and you risk ironing the wax into your clothes later.)

Answer 3

You will need lots of brown paper grocery bags and an iron. Iron the paperbags ( no print on the bags or it wil transfer to carpet.) onto the wax, the wax will melt and get absorbed into the bag. I went through tons of paper bags for a little bit of red wax, but I have a beige carpet and it worked, now you cnat even tell where it was. Really, it took a ton of brown heavy duty paper bags. I cut the bags into pieces just a little binner that the melt spot. When it stops picking it up it is done. You only need the iron as hot as it melts the wax. Remember synthetics are flammable.

Answer 4

Hi
There is two ways to remove wax from carpet. 1/ Use the edge of a butter knife to carefully scrape off or lift up as much solid wax as you can .Use a dry clean white terrycloth place it over the wax spot then heat it with a iron on low setting checking the spot every ten seconds or so, moving the terrycloth so that a clean spot is on the carpet.

2/ Which is the better way. Use the edge of a butter knife to carefully scrape off or lift up as much solid wax as you can Heat up a full kettle of water and pour it slowly on the carpet at the same time with a wet vac vacuum up the water. Keep on doing this until the wax is removed.

From a carpet cleaner of 14 years

Answer 5

Very simple... grab your iron, and a roll of paper towels... set the iron on a low/medium low setting, fold the paper towel in 1/2 and place over the wax. Place iron on top of paper towel for a few seconds, then look to see if the wax is being absorbed by the paper towel yet... repeat until wax is gone. You will want to keep moving the paper towel each time you lift the iron so there is a clean place over the wax.

Answer 6

Lay down a paper towel over the wax and use an iron. You'll have to do it a few times, but the wax will come out!

Answer 7

BEST WAY! find a piece of paper, printer paper, lined paper works best! warm up your iron on the normal cotton setting and put the piece of paper over the wax! the run the iron over the paper and the wax gets absorbed, do it until all the wax comes up! you might have to use a few pieces of paper depending on the amount of wax and youll probably wanna wipe off your iron afterwards, ive never had the iron get to dirty though.

goodluck!

Answer 8

ironing the whole carpet will cost u lot on electric bill and lot of time. just forget it, cover the whole carpet with bed spread sheets and stitch the border with needle and thread roughly. ur daughter will not be able to pick and eat while crawling. when u leave the rented house just do not forget to uncover the carpet.

Answer 9

put ice on it, then when its good and cold you can pick off most of it, then take paper towels and cover the areas and iron it, melting the wax into the paper towel, it will be an improvement,

Answer 10

put a wad of paper towel over the wax, then run a hot iron over it.

repeat as necessary.