How to Remove Candle Wax from Carpets

Let's learn how to remove candle wax from your carpet. All you need is a paper towel and an electric iron.

Steps to Remove Candle Wax

When the candle wax has already solidified the first thing you need to do is pluck the wax and throw it out.

• Be careful in this initial step of removing wax. The wax blocks that come out easily with a slight pinch of the fingers should only be removed in this way. Otherwise there is a chance of the soft fibers to be plucked, torn and get destroyed.
• Don’t ever use knifes of some digging equipments to bring out the spilled wax from your carpets. This will cause severe damage to the fabrics and even fade away the luster of that portion.
• After wiping out the wax by using fingers you should switch on the iron. After the iron has gotten heated, gently apply it on the area where the candle wax has been spilled.
• What do you observe? Just apply your common sense. What can happen to wax once it comes in contact with heat. No wonder, it has to melt. Similarly it happens here.
• But here is a note of caution. The application of iron should not be directly on the wax because the melted wax will again spread over a greater area of the carpet fibers. Therefore here comes the use of the white paper towels.

One more thing you should be cautious of is the temperature of the iron. It should not be hot but simply warm and this is mandatory for silken carpets. The paper towels are actually kept firmly on the waxed portion of the carpets as if you intend to iron it. Run the iron with gentle pressure and see the change. Slowly the white color absorbs some colorful substance that is nothing but the candle wax turned liquid.