How to Remove Candle Wax Stain from Carpet

Here is how to remove wax stain, if you have accidentally dripped candle wax on your carpet.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Portable hair dryer
• Clothes iron
• Carpet stain remover

1. Get to the candle wax immediately. Candle wax is like other stains, the faster you can deal with it, the easier and better it can be removed. First, try crape off the wax as much as possible with a blade or card board.

2. Use your hair dryer to heat the candle wax with it. Do this gradually while you are dabbing up the melting wax a paper towel. Never rub or scrape the candle wax; rubbing will press it deeper into the carpet.

3. Get your iron after you cleaned most of the candle wax off the carpet. Place 3 layers of paper towels on the wax, and run over your iron with it on low to medium-low heat. The wax will be picked up by the paper towels. Change the paper towels if they become sticky/dirty.

4. Purchase a good carpet cleaner and follow instructions on the package to remove the wax. Your carpet should look clean after applying these four article candle wax removal steps.

[Mindee94]

on 10/1/2009 Wax drips. It is a fact. This is carpet saving much needed advice to be sure!!! Thanks for the solution to when the inevitable happens. ~Mindee~