What is the best way to remove wax from an upholstered sofa and a freshly painted wall?

Question

I had a party and the wax dripped from a shelf onto a red wall and a dark green cloth upholstered sofa. I have heard opposing suggestions such as using ice or a hot iron over a paper towel. I am afraid to ruin it. Please help!!!

Answer 1

Okay, not a very simple-to-fix problem. Ever do batiking in art class? If not, then please read CAREFULLY! First, remove as much wax as possible from the cloth and wall by hand using a plastic scraper(a plastic spoon works quite well actually). LIGHT ON THE PRESSURE WITH THE WALL!! Paint may come off otherwise. For the wall, Goof-Off applied with a wash cloth or sponge works fairly well. Try the Goof-Off on a small area of the couch. The paper towel and iron trick CAN work, you just have to pull the cushion material out of the cushion first, then run the iron on the opposite side of the cloth material with a piece of paper towel on each side of the cloth for maximum absorbency. High heat and moving around quickly will work the best and will lessen chances of burning or (gulp) melting the fabric material. If you can't remove the cushioning material, medium heat and change the paper towels a lot! If by chance some of the paint peels, breath deeply, relax and just re-paint that one small spot again. After the paint dries, burn a small (no longer than three inches in length) piece of incense about half a foot and one down from the spot you just repainted to cover the paint smell. COLLEGE RULES!!!!!

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

The wax on the wall I would probably soften with a hair dryer and remove. The sofa the iron and paper towel is your best bet after you remove the heaviest wax by hand. Wash the area on the sofa with a upholstery cleaner after you get all the wax you can off with the paper towel method.

Answer 4

I have used the iron method on my couch and carpet and it works great! I used a brown paper bag though not a paper towel. As far as the painted wall goes, I use a "kitchen scraper" it is made for pots and pans but it works for a little bit of everything. It is a small plastic square I bought mine from pampered chef but Im sure you can find them most anywhere now.

Answer 5

ice first then scrape off as much as you can then paper towels and iron to remove what you couldn' scrape off just keep using different part of paper towel and use a couple do not rub it BLOT AT THE STAIN