Clean Melted Wax Off Carpet

Change to a clean paper and repeat until you don t get any more up.

Clean melted wax off carpet.

Next lay either a brown paper bag or a clean cloth directly over the affected area of your carpet. You ll see that the material will start to absorb the wax and lift it off the carpet. Rub gently to melt and remove some of the wax and then reposition the bag to soak up more wax. Continue ironing until all of the wax is soaked up and clean the area with a carpet solvent.

You can get this wax out of the carpet by using a clothing iron and a towel or clean white cloth. A paper bag over the wax stain. Run the iron over the paper keeping it in constant motion. Don t let the iron get too hot or it could melt the carpet or burn the paper.

There is probably still some remaining wax that has now melted so scrape it away with the dull edge of the knife. Press an iron set on high over the towel for 10 seconds. Chilling the area with ice cubes and scraping the hardened wax will remove most of the wax it may not remove candle wax that the fibers of the carpet have partially absorbed. The remaining pieces may budge with a little bit of friction.

Blot with a clean white cloth. If there are still bits stuck to the carpet afterward try gently scrubbing the area with a carpet cleaner fabric cleaner or rubbing alcohol. Remove the plastic bag and begin to scrape the wax off the carpet using a dull knife. Spread a clean terry cloth or brown paper e g.

Now onto the carpet cleaning. Run a warm iron over the paper or cloth to heat the wax. If the plastic or wax still doesn t come off try freezing it with an ice pack and breaking it apart once it s frozen. Repeat step number 5 with fresh brown paper or terry cloth until the wax is all gone.

Place the material over the wax. Dampen a white cotton towel fold it in half and place it over the wax. Place more ice cubes on the spot to harden remaining wax and pry it up with the knife. Using a warm iron slowly press the iron on top of the paper bag or cloth.

Place a piece of the brown paper bag over the candle wax spill. The heat will draw the wax out of the carpet and into the towel. Repeat until the wax is gone you may have to hold the iron in place for up to 30 seconds. The paper should absorb the wax as it melts.