How do you get hard canle wax...?
Question:off a carpet?...there is qute a lot on my living room carpet! i would be grateful for any advice thank you.
Answers:
Ice Cubes.
Place some ice cubes in a plastic bag (you don't want to apply it directlybecause it would get the carpet wet) on top of the dried candle wax for a minute or so, and you should be able to just flick it off with the greatest of ease!
Pack peanuts around it, cover the lot in melted chocolate and when set, it'll come off a treat!
Failing that, pack ice on and around the wax and then break it away as it becomes brittle.
Put greaseproof paper over the top of the wax and rub a warm iron over it the wax will melt and stick to the paper
lay several pieces of paper towel over it and run a hot iron on it's lowest setting ( do not leave it on very long wax doesn't take a long time to melt ) over it . this will work but it will take lots of paper towel and lots of time.
press on...:)
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rearrange the funiture in your living room putting a large unit over the stain. or if that doesn`t help cut a small piece of carpet from elsewhere and do a carpet transplant if either of these two options fail you could always enlist the services of a lesbian as i`ve heard that they are great carpet munchers!!
OK, this is going to take you awhile, but it will pick up all the wax...
Get your iron out and plug in in near the wax stain, Get it warm not HOT now get a roll of paper towel, Take one sheet of towel and fold it , put it over the wax and them put your iron on the towel for a few few seconds. remove and you will see the melted wax on the towel. Use a new piece of paper towel and keep doing this until you have it all up. Then clean with a little detergent and water, using paper towel to blot as much wetness as possible. When finished take 2 sheets of paper towel and lay it across the wetness. remove the next day.
oh my word this happened to our church on Christmas eve service and the Pastor`s wife liked to died [ha ha ] but she used a brown paper bag and opened it up and layed it on top of the wax's then used a hot iron and ironed over the paper bag and the wax will pick up on the bag you might have to do it a few times till all gone . this works as I saw her do it myself...
Heat up your iron, place some blotting paper or kitchen roll paper over the wax and iron over the wax.
The blotting paper/kitchen roll should absorb the meleted wax.
It may take a few attempts as you say there is quite a lot..
Good Luck
Put down brown paper or kitchen roll and iron over it with a hot iron. The wax melts and sticks to the paper. You may need to do it several times but it works.
chip it off and any left over residue you can use shout to remove the stain left over
Put a brown paper bag over the wax and iron off.
Carpet cleaning tips: How to remove candle wax from carpet
And now, for the next few moments you can relax, because your carpet will be back to normal in no time.
Candle Wax can be troublesome when it ends up where you don't want it. You also may desire to clean a container that was previously used hold a candle. Here are some helpful guidelines to remove candle wax from Carpet
. Some people get on it right away, because it seems as if hard wax is more difficult to remove. However, others insist that letting the wax harden, and encouraging it to get brittle by placing an ice cube on it, results in being able to break off more wax than can be removed by scraping warmer/softer wax with a butter knife, the usual treatment. Get as much wax out as possible, then vacuum to remove any crumbs or particles.
Whichever way you start the clean-up, the finishing touch is generally a warm (not hot, and no steam) iron. Take a sheet of brown wrapping paper, a paper bag, paper towels, or even a cloth if necessary, and place it over the remaining waxy area. Pass the warm iron over the paper, being careful not to touch the carpet and scorch it. The heat will melt the wax, causing it to adhere to whatever you placed on top. In a pinch, your hair dryer can accomplish the same end.
This should remove the last of the wax, but if it was colored, you could be left with a stain. Never use something for stain removal that you haven't used before, or tested on a hidden area. A selection of the recommended methods for getting out a stain are dish detergent, denatured alcohol, carpet stain remover, laundry stain remover, and vinegar.
scrape as much as possible off the carpet then get some blotting paper put this on top of the candle wax then gently iron the spot.
The candle wax will melt and the blotting paper will blot it up- keep doing this with clean blotting paper and the candle wax will eventually all be soaked up by the blotting paper.
ice cubes straight on it will harden east to lift off then soak up with towel,put your towel down then stand on it doing a wee dance sounds mad but it works,have fun
Ice and more ice and then a sharp knife
ice it and then peel it away, or use wax paper and a towel and iron it out onto the towel.. dap with the wax paper to keep the oil from spreading. Try to ice first
Plenty of ice, then carefully scrape it off the carpet.
Yes funkyflo has the answer this is the only way to get candle wax off without ruining carpet.
Did you try rubbing with an ice cube and then picking the wax off?
Put ice cubes on the candle was and it should come off after awhile of trying this.
Lay greaseproof paper over it it then iron! The wax will melt & stick to the paper & lift it off...Hey presto!
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