I had a candle drip on to a carpet...this morning the wax is hardened.?

Question

What can I do to remove this without damaging the rug?

Answer 1

First put an ice cube on it to make the wax hard and brittle. Try picking wax off to get most of it gone.

Next put a brown paper bag over the wax and apply a warm iron. That will melt wax and the bag will soak it up. Move to a clean spot on the bag and repeat until it is all off.

Answer 2

Take a towel, cotton preferably and press with a warm iron. Be careful not to touch carpet directly with iron. Sometimes if nylon is in carpet it may cause carpet to melt. So only use a warm enough iron to melt the wax. you might have to repeat the steps but it helps to get most of the wax out.

Answer 3

Place a towel over the wax.....Then use a steam iron and iron over the spot.....The iron will melt the wax and it will be absorbed into the towel.....It works..I knocked a candle over once.....You may have to go over it a few times with different parts of the towel.....

Answer 4

I,ve used a hot air hair dryer instead of an iron as their is much less danger of melting the fibers in the carpet, if you dont know what they are.

Answer 5

put a towell on it than take an iron ,set it on high and place it on the towell and the heat will melt the wax and the towell will absorb the wax