HELP!

[mom_almighty]

Quick! Somebody! Anybody! How do you remove melted candle wax from wall-to-wall carpet? And clothing?

Comments

[xinie]

IIRC, you put a piece of brown paper bag down on top and then iron it to melt the wax into the paper?

[kauricat]

This is what I have heard too. Absorbent paper, warm iron. Repeat lots and lots.

[robingal1]

Have you tried "Goo-Gone"?

[heidi_and_colin]

if brown bag doesn't work, does wax paper?

[kadnkadnk]

NO! Don't iron wax paper, it'll melt all over your iron!

-kim

[sonneillon_v]

I've had success using boiling water and a fine-toothed comb, but if you've got padding under your carpet, you might not want to do that. Also, formula 409 is surprisingly good at dislodging wax.

[sonneillon_v]

Sorry, forgot the clothing... you can just dip the clothing in boiling water and hold it under. The wax should melt and, since it floats, lift free. Obviously I don't know if these are delicates or what, but as long as you let them hang dry, you should be all right.

[wwpostergirl]

I think for the clothing you can stick it in the freezer, it sets hard and then you can scrape it off with a knife. Sorry I can't help with the carpet though.

[sonneillon_v]

That probably works too. I just said boiling water because wax is what I use to dye fabrics in patterns, and you get rid of the wax and set the dye by washing the fabric in boiling water.