I have a HUGE puddle of wax on my carpet from my wax pot leaking. Does any one know how to get it out? If I google it, I can only find solutions for removing candle wax, not hair-removal-wax. Thank you in advance for any help!
2007-02-09 23:35:28 · 7 answers · asked by anetbt 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Cleaning & Laundry
Wet towel and a hot iron. Make sure it's a towel you don't want. Try to use a white or light colored one so that dye won't fade on to the carpet also. Good Luck.
2007-02-09 23:38:53 · answer #1 · answered by FromJLM 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Remove as much wax as possible by hand. Place newspaper over the remainder of the wax. Iron the newspaper, while being careful not to 'over-iron', scorching the carpet. This should remove most or all of the wax. I did this when I was pregnant, while I was preparing my daughter's room and it worked like a charm! Now, if I could just figure out how to get all the new stains out of the carpet! Two year olds are messy! Good Luck!
2016-03-29 00:45:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
first you need to remove as much of the hardened wax as you can. A butter or putty knife works (nothing sharp). Scrape up what you can and vacuum. Place a clean cloth, paper bag or paper towel (no newspaper) over the wax. Run a WARM iron over the cloth until the wax melts. A hot hair dryer can also be used. Once the wax is melted, it should stick to the cloth. Lift the cloth and the wax should lift with it.
If the wax is colored, it may stain your carpet. Anytime you apply heat to a stain, it causes the stain to lock into the fibers leaving you with a permanent reminder of your clumsiness. Use a WARM iron only. No newspaper or any kind of paper with words or pictures on it unless you want the image to be transferred to your carpet.
If you're left with a stain once the wax is removed, you'll have to contend with that as well. Hopefully, it won't be difficult to remove. A carpet spot cleaner is your best bet.
2007-02-09 23:43:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Take a Hot Iron and some thick Brow Packing Paper(Or thick Paper)
Make sure Iron is Hot and Carpet is Fully covered by the paper-Then just Iron out the wax, the paper will absorb it from the carpet!
2007-02-09 23:39:12 · answer #4 · answered by J. Charles 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
try boiling water and soaking up the mess, or chip away at it until theres just the stuff stck to the fibres of your carpet then use boiling water. just pour small amounts at a time to avoid it spreading
2007-02-09 23:46:00 · answer #5 · answered by pinkchampagne 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
With cotton gloves on your hands,try Benzene.
2007-02-10 00:03:49 · answer #6 · answered by ashok a 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just make the carpet warm with drier and blot same with tissue
2007-02-09 23:39:08 · answer #7 · answered by ashishmulye 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋