Candles are a popular accessory to any household these days whether it is during the festive season or just to spread a nice fragrance throughout your home. The only issue with using candles is that the candle’s wax is a common problem when it drips onto your carpet. As it hardens, many people try to remove the wax with scrubbing, scratching, washing, or scraping. These methods will not remove the wax but they will damage your carpet.
There is a much easier way to remove candle wax from carpet, outlined below:
1. Turn your iron on and to a low setting. It is important not to set the iron on anything higher than a warm setting as anything above this may ruin the synthetic fibres in the carpet.
2. Remove any of the excess wax from the carpet with your hands. Be careful not to unravel any of the carpet fibres.
3. Place a paper towel over the wax when the iron has heated up. With paper towel on the wax, gently apply the warm iron. As you continue to move the iron over the paper towel you will feel the wax begin to melt and liquefy. As it softens, the paper towel will begin to absorb the wax.
4. Keep working with the iron on the paper towel until all of the wax has been absorbed. You may need to change the paper towel if there is a lot of wax in the area.
5. Be patient with this process. It may take time but if done correctly it will work.
Dave’s Tip:
Never put an iron directly onto carpet. It can melt the carpet fibres.
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