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get a bunch of paper towels, put them down and the get an iron. Iron over the paper towels. It takes a while and probably a lot of paper towels, you can also use newspaper, but it will come out eventually

2006-12-01 16:27:19 · answer #1 · answered by alex 5 · 0 0

Yes, but this is time consuming, there are two ways. I would suggest using a product called Goo Gone, orange liquid in clear bottles, sold with cleaning products. Should remove the wax, but it is an oil, it may affect the carpet, though, I have used it on carpet and it did no harm, because I used warm water and soap to wash this residue up. The other thing you could try is ice. Put ice on wax, the wax freezes and then it can be broken up and picked out, again this is time consuming, but it works.
You could try using a warm (not hot!) iron and paper towels. Put paper towels over the wax, use the iron on top of the paper towels to slowly melt the wax, which then gets absorbed into the paper towel. Be careful, a hot iron can melt your carpet. Good luck!!!

2006-12-01 16:39:31 · answer #2 · answered by teacupn 6 · 0 0

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

2006-12-01 16:35:06 · answer #3 · answered by carpet guy 6 · 0 0

yes you can use a hair dryer on a low setting,carpets nowdays are made of recycled plastics. so dont hold the hair dryer to close or do alittle at a time the wax will go through the carpet wipe up the biggest part of the wax with an old towel. I know this works because i had to doit .

2006-12-01 23:32:29 · answer #4 · answered by timothy c 1 · 0 0

Both are right, use the ice to harden and remove as much as possible this way. Then use the iron /white rag/or paper bag method. I have done it for a tablecloth.

If the wax was colored and leaves a stain, pour a small amount of rubbing alcohol on a rag; gently dab the stain.

Video of methods.... http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-remove-candle-wax-from-a-carpet

2006-12-01 16:31:12 · answer #5 · answered by nonethanks 2 · 0 0

you might try putting a paper towel over it and iron it with an iron just warm enough to melt the wax. the towel will absorb the melted wax. may take several towels and ironing's to get it all. or you might try dry ice on it if it has not soaked into the carpet too far.

2006-12-01 16:37:15 · answer #6 · answered by clydephelpssr 2 · 0 0

I did this once. I removed almost all of the wax using paper towels and an iron. It just took time. I like the idea about ice. That might work like it does with gum.

To drowning my sorrow: I tried a bath towel. It was too thick, so I tried paper.

2006-12-01 16:32:06 · answer #7 · answered by know_it_all_NOT 3 · 0 0

Try rubbing the area with ice. The wax will harden and you can take it out. If there is something left use very hot soapy water to clean the rest. It will come out but you may have to do this a few times.

2006-12-01 16:29:48 · answer #8 · answered by Rudolph'sGrandma 3 · 0 0

A brown paper bag over the wax then run a warm iron over the paper bag.

2006-12-01 16:40:37 · answer #9 · answered by Lov'n IT! 7 · 0 0

I would use a old bath towel and then use the iron instead of paper towels...

2006-12-01 16:32:09 · answer #10 · answered by tony12123046@sbcglobal.net 1 · 0 0

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