how do i get wax out of a carpet?

Answer 1

Take an old towel, fold it over and place on top of the wax. Then take a hot iron and iron the towel. It will melt the wax and the towel will absorb it.

Answer 2

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 because most homes have polyester carpet, and if the iron gets too hot, it'll melt the carpet. Keep 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 3

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.

Answer 4

Depends on the carpet but if you put brown paper on the wax and then iron the paper with a warm iron it should draw the wax out of the carpet.

Answer 5

Iron over it but put a piece of absorbant paper down over the wax first. The heat from the iron will melt the wax and it will be absorbed into the paper. careful that the iron isn't too hot though or it may damage your carpet.

Answer 6

Stuartboy's advice is good - except I use kitchen towel and gently iron with the tip of the iron only - may take a few attempts but should get rid of the worst of it - then clean the carpet (steam cleaning works best) after applying something like Shout's carpet and upholstery cleaner which has been left to soak in for about 20-30mins.

Answer 7

Put a paper sack over the wax spot and iron it. You'll need the iron on a really hot setting. Make sure that you keep moving the paper around, so it can soak up the melted wax. It works!

Answer 8

place some grease proof paper over the wax put and iron over it. The wax penetrates into the paper leaving your carpet wax free.


Done it lots of times to the sofa at work!!

Answer 9

brown paper bag with a warm but not hot iron the brown paper will soak up the wax without damaging the carpet

Answer 10

Scrape the worst out with a knife. Next, lay a sheet of blotting paper over the remnants and apply a hot iron to the paper.

Thus melting the wax which should be absorbed by the blotting paper.