how to remove candle wax from carpet?

Answer 1

Use an iron and a paper towel. As the wax melts, it will soak into the towel.

Answer 2

You will need paper towels and an electric iron. I recommend a very absorbent paper towel for the best results. Use white towels only as dyes may bleed onto the carpet when exposed to the heat of the iron.



Before beginning the procedure, use a brush or your hands to pick away at any of the excess wax that you can get out of the carpet fiber. Be gentle and be careful not to unravel the pile when brushing.


1. Plug the iron in and turn it on to the lowest setting possible.


2. After the iron heats up, take a paper towel and place it over the wax. Gently apply the warm iron to the paper towel. The wax should begin to liquefy and the paper towel will absorb it. Do not set the temperature of the iron any higher than the warm setting, or you may harm synthetic fibers. For berber or some sculptured carpets, you may have to press down harder with the iron. Be especially careful with the berbers and do not pull on any fibers or loops. Pulling on those loops can cause a "run" much like the runs in panty hose and can ruin the rug, as the run will travel across the length of the carpet.


3. Continue working the iron and paper towel until all of the wax is absorbed. You may need to turn the paper towel several times as the area where the wax is being absorbed becomes saturated. If it is a large spill you may need more than one paper towel. The watch word here is patience, as working this process can take time.


This method should work effectively. In cases of very stubborn spills, you may come to a point in the procedure where you have absorbed all of the wax you can and find that there is still some residue in the carpet. Try to gently pick out as much of the remainder as you can. It may help to apply an ice cube to the stain and re-harden the melted wax. Caution is advised here too, as some dyes may fade when water is applied. Check with your manufacturer if in doubt.


If you have tried all the above steps and you still have some wax in your carpet you may wish to call a professional carpet cleaning company. Choose a reputable company as most carpet cleaning services that advertise in mailers or have "specials" do not train their personnel to handle such a job and they may make a bigger mess than the one you began with.


Happy cleaning!

Answer 3

Boil some water in the kettle. Then pour this water onto your carpet. This is the quickest, easiest way to dissolve wax, anywhere. Even if you have candle holders all gunked with wax, just pour very hot water over the containers. The wax is instantly gone! On a carpet, just keep pouring the hot water over the wax till it totally liquefies. You won't need much, so don't think you'll flood the carpet. Just go slowly, and pour a bit at a time, and it will completely dissolve away. Between each pour, lightly dab to control the amount of water as you go along. Then finally dab with a good thirsty towel or dry the spot with a hair dryer, but air dry should be fine!

Answer 4

don't use paper towels they could catch fire!
Use a brown paper bag and just put the iron over it about 30 seconds.. set the iron on poly ..cotton is too hot!
Continue until the wax melts and is absorbed into the brown paper bag, move the bag around until you dont' see big grease mark or dark stain then you know its all out.

Answer 5

Buy Goo-Gone. It will remove gum from carpet, candle wax, anything that seems glued to the carpet.

Answer 6

Put down a brown paper bag on the spot and then iron over the bag. I have done this and it worked.

Answer 7

freeze it off with some ice or canned air. just be careful to gently scrape it off.