Removing candle wax from carpet

Since there a lots of candles sold and used around Christmas time each year, here are a few tips for removing any wax that drips on your carpet.

First use a blunt object to gently scrape off excess wax.  To remove any remaining wax you can finish up using a warm iron or wallpaper steamer. If using an iron I highly recommend that you set the iron on low heat and be very careful. A synthetic carpet can melt if the iron is too hot and stays in one place too long.  Place a moist white terry cloth towel over the wax spill and iron over it using the warm iron. Keep moving the iron so you don't get an iron-shaped burn mark in your carpeting. Do this in 10-12 second intervals and rotate the towel to a clean spot each time.

You could also use a wallpaper steamer to get the wax hot and then blot it up with a white terry cloth towel.

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