How To Remove Candle Wax From Carpet With An Iron

Candle wax accidentally dripped on a plush carpet may look like a hopeless mess but with a cool head a hot iron and a few tricks of the trade you can make a big wax mess disappear.

How to remove candle wax from carpet with an iron. Allow the wax to freeze for about 10 minutes making sure that the wax isn t getting wet from your ice. Once the wax stain is frozen use your knife to scrape off as much of the wax as you can. Use a throw away towel made from cotton a white t shirt will work and get it slightly wet. Turn the iron to its lowest setting without steam.

Rub gently to melt and remove some of the wax and then reposition the bag to soak up more wax. Fold cloth in half and place directly over dried candle wax. Heat iron to high. The longer you wait the harder it will be to clean the wax stain.

Or on cotton setting if you have that option. You will be using the heat of an electric iron to melt the wax and lift it gently out of the carpet fibers. If that doesn t get all of the wax you can place a paper towel or paper bag on top of the wax and use your iron on a low setting no steam over the wax which should be drawn out of the carpet. Heat an iron to a medium setting with no steam and press the iron to the paper bag directly over the wax.

Run the iron over the paper keeping it in constant motion. Step 2 iron the carpet to remove more of the wax. Get a paper bag or paper towel. Removing the remaining candle wax.

Scrape the wax loose with a butter knife be gentle with berber carpets. Then vacuum the wax pieces. Liquefy the remaining wax. Vacuum up the.

Scrape off as much wax as you can with a dull knife. Fold the towel in half and put it over the candle wax spill. Place a piece of the brown paper bag over the candle wax spill. If you re lucky you ll be able to remove all the wax with just the knife and in that case you can skip.

Start by placing a plastic bag of ice or an ice pack on top of the spot. Place iron over cloth and hold down for. This will serve as the absorbent material for lifting the wax and will also protect the carpet from the heat of the iron. Work toward the base of the fibers in every direction to lift and get the hardened bits of candle wax out of the carpet.

Get out the iron. It s important to remove candle wax from your carpet as soon as you notice it. Apply to the wax to freeze it. The loops fray easily.