I love the scent of candles, so when I saw the candle warming unit at the Walmart that gauranteed to extend the life of your candles, I had to have it.
Now I have scattered spots of wax all in my carpet from where a warm candle was spilled. PLEASE HELP!!!
WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO GET IT OUT???
has anyone ever had this happen before? Is my carpet doomed?
2007-03-11 08:25:56 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Cleaning & Laundry
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!
2007-03-11 08:29:44 · answer #1 · answered by bresmama 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Oh, yeah, everyone I know has had a candle wax issue. Get as much of the wax up as possible, ice it, if possible, first and pick it out of the carpet. Then, get a brown paper bag or paper towels, lay it over the remaining wax and iron the bag/paper towels. The wax will be absorbed into the paper. It works great.
2007-03-11 08:30:50 · answer #2 · answered by leslie 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You need two things to get the wax out of your carpet. A paper bag (brown kraft paper bag) and an iron. Heat up the iron to high. cut the paper bag so that it is opened up flat. Place it over the wax. Using the iron you will "iron" the paper. The wax beneath will heat up and the paper will absorb the wax. Do a test spot first so that you can be sure that you won't melt you carpet.
2007-03-11 08:30:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First use ice to freeze the candle wax and scrape off all you can. Then blot the area dry the area with a towel and finish air drying. Use a brown paper bag and a hot iron. Lay the paper over the spots and iron the area, turning the paper over and over till you get as much of it up as you can. Use scrub brush, Oxyclean and water to clean any stains, scrubbing gently the area that has the stains. Blot dry with a clean wet towel. This will be about as much as you can do to remove it.
2007-03-11 08:31:26 · answer #4 · answered by Sparkles 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-01-04 07:32:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try rubbing the spots with ice cubes until the wax is cold and hard then try breaking it up with your fingers to get it out of the fibers.
Or if this doesn't work you could take a clean towel and a hot iron to it. just lay the towel over the spots and iron it and the spots should be pulled into the hot towel.
Good luck!!!
2007-03-11 08:32:16 · answer #6 · answered by javajavgrl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ice or you can buy wax remover (walmart should have it) i did this once on a beige carpet (burgundy colored candle) it came right out
2007-03-11 08:31:06 · answer #7 · answered by Vickie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my mom used wax paper, paper towel and an iron
place the paper towel over the wax, place the wax paper over the towel, and low heat iron should melt it and get soaked a bit by the paper towel.
I have not tried this, but she used to swear by it.
2007-03-11 08:29:07 · answer #8 · answered by LoverOfQT 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ice! Ice can help get it out.. If the wax was coloured then your carpet may now be that colour...
You may want to call a professional.
That's Wal-Mart for you. Selling crap products. I'd stop going there. They suck.
2007-03-11 08:28:51 · answer #9 · answered by Fashionisto Billy 4 · 1⤊ 4⤋
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2007-03-11 08:28:11 · answer #10 · answered by shhh secret 2 · 0⤊ 7⤋