How to Get Candle Wax Off a Sofa
Decorative candles add a lustrous illumination to any living room. However, candles can pose a problem, especially when mounted on the wall--dripping wax. Wax can be a costly byproduct of a beautiful candle when it drips on the sofa. Normally, a professional cleaner will have to remove the stain. However, there is a method you can try first to get candle wax off a sofa. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Iron
- Large paper grocery sack
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Instructions
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Inspect the sofa fabric. If it is leather or polyvinyl, call a professional cleaner as this method may scorch the material and leave you with an even bigger problem. Most other materials will clean up nicely with the following steps.
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Heat up an iron to medium heat. Medium is a good setting to accomplish your goal, which is to gently melt the candle wax off the sofa but not burn the fabric. Let the iron sit for five minutes to reach the desired heat.
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Place a paper bag over the dried wax. Ensure the bag covers the entire stain so that the iron does not directly touch the fabric. Use a large grocery bag instead of a small lunch sack.
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Apply the hot iron to the bag. Gently press the iron down and move it in circles. The idea is that the wax will melt and a certain amount of it will stick to the bag. Lift the bag and see how much came off on your first pass.
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Flip the bag over and use the other side to reapply the iron and remove more wax. Repeat this step until all the candle wax is off of the sofa.
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Tips & Warnings
Do not use this method to remove candle wax from a leather or polyvinyl sofa. Call a professional cleaner.
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Comments
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This worked pretty well as long as there was not too much wax below the surface of the fabric, which a majority of mine was.The wax that is still below the surface is not visible to the eye but if you feel the area after it had cooled down, you definitely know it is there.The spots of wax on the surface came off very easily although I found using paper towels was much more effective.Thanks for the awesome how to tip my couch was only a week old when it accidentaly got wax dumped on it! :)
