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How do I get candlewax out of my carpet......I moved into a new home and the tennants before me had some major romantic nights because there is candlewax stuck in the floor. A spot about the size of a basketball. I tried scrapping it up but its stuck.

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by bunkiie on November 13th, 2006

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  • ptrask
    ptrask Nov 13th, 2006 The best way involves some thick, absorbent paper (brown bag paper) and a clothes iron. Put a double or triple layer of paper over the spot and put the iron on a high heat setting (not cotton) over the paper and let it sit for a bit. As the wax melts, it will be drawn towards the heat source and be absorbed by the paper. You want to just keep repeating the process until the wax is all gone. I recommend that you do NOT use the cotton setting on the iron, as that is hot enough to melt the fibers of most common carpeting materials.

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  • staffie
    staffie Dec 18th, 2006 what i do is get some thick kitchen roll and put it over the wax and then iron over the paper and the candle wax will soak into the paper leaving your carpet clean again :0)

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  • JUSTNORMAL
    JUSTNORMAL Nov 13th, 2006 I spilt a massive amount of candle wax on the carpet of my apartment. I would've had to pay hundreds of dollars to replace it until I heard about a great tool. Putting a brown paper bag (a Burger King bag will work!) over the wax spill after it's dried and ironing on top of it WORKS LIKE A CHARM almost instantaneously. It removed every drop of wax and saved me a ton of money. Give that a shot and good luck

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Nov 13th, 2006 Ice.
  • coosplat
    coosplat Nov 13th, 2006 use baby powder! haha??! wait what did i say??

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