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How do you get candle wax out of a carpet

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SantaBABYBLUE · 18/12/2007 13:51

Can it be done? DH spilled red wax over our gold carpet... just to keep with the christmas colours he says! Are there any miracle cleaning methods.

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Iklboo · 18/12/2007 13:53

Can you cover with greaseproof or brown paper and then iron on a gentle heat setting? Or am I thinking of something else?

curlywurlycremeegg · 18/12/2007 13:53

Piece of kitchen roll over wax, then a tea towel over that, iron over the tea towel with a hot iron, wax should melt and be soaked up by the kitchen roll, HTH

NAB3littlemonkeys · 18/12/2007 13:56

Scrape off excess deposit. Remove the remainder by placing a sheet of brown or absorbant kitchen paper over the area and iron gently. Do not let the iron touch the pile as it may scorch and melt. Continue until all the wax has been absorbed. Keep moving the paper around for maximum absorbtion. Clear any remaining colour or stain using methylated spirits or Carpet Devil No 1.

SantaBABYBLUE · 18/12/2007 14:09

I'm off to have a try. Will report back.

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Sidge · 18/12/2007 14:18

The other thing you can try is to freeze the wax, then pick it off and use carpet cleaner to lift the colour out.

fishie · 18/12/2007 14:28

COME BACK. old towel or something really porous to soak it up, not paper. otherwise you risk it going further into the pile. gravity and wax melted by iron....

NAB3littlemonkeys · 18/12/2007 14:39

That is why I said absorbant paper.

SantaBABYBLUE · 18/12/2007 14:40

I'm back. I tried kitchen roll and an old tea towel. It has worked but i'm running out of time for school rum so will try again later. Its gone from red to a very faint blackcurrant juice looking mark. Thanks for your help. I'm sure that when I have another go it'll be clear

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