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Removing Candle Wax from Carpet

Melted Candle WaxRemoving wax from carpet can be extremely difficult if you don't use the right method. With these tips, you will be able to remove the wax quickly and easily. This is a guide about removing candle wax from carpet.
     

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How to Remove Candle Wax from Carpet

Christopher Meyers does a great job of explaining how to get candle wax out of a carpet using and iron and a brown paper bag. Be sure to see the related videos for other carpet cleaning tips.
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Removing Candle Wax from Carpet Using an Iron

Place a thick (grocery store type) dry paper bag on the carpet (make sure no inked logos etc. are on it because that ink can possibly transfer to the carpet - just cut those portions off of the bag) and use a clothes iron. The paper will soak up the candle wax but be careful to not have the heat of the iron so hot that it might melt the carpet if the carpet is of synthetic fibers (almost all are synthetic these days). Just keep ironing back and forth on the paper portion only while rearranging the bag to soak up more wax if needed. I was a landlord for many years and always did this instead of trying to make tenants who moved out pay to replace the carpet. There was only one time that their candle wax buildup was so bad that there was no way to salvage the carpet.
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Removing Candle Wax from Carpet

I had the same thing happen. Take a brown paper grocery bag; cut it open so it's 1 sheet. Place over the wax. Using an iron on a low setting iron the bag over the wax area. Keep moving the bag until all the wax is gone. Then just throw the bag away!
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Removing Candle Wax from Carpet

How do you get candle wax out of your carpet?

By Leigh from Flower Mound, TX

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By bookladydmn04/15/2011

I had the same thing happen. Take a brown paper grocery bag; cut it open so it's 1 sheet. Place over the wax. Using an iron on a low setting iron the bag over the wax area. Keep moving the bag until all the wax is gone...then just throw the bag away!

Removing Candle Wax from Carpet

How does one get old wax off a carpet?

By Emily

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By Luana M.07/28/2011

Always did the warm iron and many paper towels,not just one.Use 3-4 at a time once it soaks up some of the then melted wax repeat the process. It really works,make sure you don't touch iron to carpet without paper towels. I have even used it on a speaker front where wax melted down, looked new again. Good luck!

Removing Candle Wax from Carpet

How do I get candle wax off carpet?

By Angie from Belfast, N Ireland

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Removing Candle Wax from Carpet

How can you get wax out of the carpet?

By wjolsen

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By candleglows01/18/2012

Yep, listen to your last post. It works. Been there done that myself.

Red Candle Wax on White Carpet

A small votive tipped over and candle wax dripped on a friend's white low-pile carpet. Unfortunately the candle was red. I think she can remove the wax, but she's afraid the red coloring will leave a stain on her carpet. Any tried-and-true remedies?

By Lois C.

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By Laniegirl11/09/2011

I once had one of those large red candles drip all over a light gray carpet which would be similar to her problem. First, scrape off what you can with a table knife. Then get several brown paper bags or a roll of brown paper and lay a piece over the was. Take a dry iron and put it on the paper, leaving it just long enough for the wax to be aborbed by the paper. Keep changing/moving the paper till you have it all cleaned up. It takes a long time but eventually it does work. After you get all the wax up, clean as usual.

Removing Candle Wax Dye From Carpet

I spilled blue candle wax on my light carpet. I was able to get the wax up, but not the stain. I have tried just about everything! Please help.

By Trina from Loganville, GA

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By T&T Grandma06/02/2010

Use a small amount of liquid oxi cleaner with a brush and gently swab it.

Carpet Feels Stiff After Removing Wax

I removed wax with an iron and brown bag. Now the carpet is stiff feeling. How do you soften carpet again?

By Linda V

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Removing Candle Wax from Carpet

How do you get candle wax out of your carpet after trying a store bought solution and now it's smearing?

By tlf from Anchorage, AK

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Removing Candle Wax from Carpet

My son spilled a melted blue candle on our new tan carpet. How do I remove the wax stain?

By Steve

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By cgrayfie@yahoo.com07/25/2011

Place an old towel over the wax stain, press with a hot iron. This worked very well for me. Also, I've heard putting ice of the spot will lift the wax. I'd place the ice in a freezer bag first.

Removing Candle Wax from Carpet

How do you get candle wax out of carpet?

By Ruth from Cape, MO

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By Murlynne11705/31/2011

My husband used to be a carpet cleaner, he said try WD-40.

Removing Candle Wax from Carpet

How do I remove candle wax from carpet?

By Julie O from Raleigh, NC

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By cagarts03/18/2012

Heat up your iron (set to NO steam). Pad up several sheets of paper towels and lay them over the wax. Place the hot iron on top of the paper towels, leaving it there for several seconds. Take the iron away and put it back on again to really heat the wax and soften it.

When you are certain the wax has melted from the heat of the iron, gently pull up the paper towels from the carpet. The melted wax should have transferred from the carpet to the paper towel, neatly and cleanly. Make have to repeat the procedure, but it works a treat! Good luck with it.

Removing Candle Wax From Carpet

I need to know how to remove melted candle wax from my carpet. Your help is so appreciated.

By Helen B.

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By fatboyslimsmom12/11/2011

You can put a few layers of white paper towels over the wax or old white 'rags' without stains, and your iron on lowest heat setting, then iron over the wax repeatedly, moving the towels or placing new ones over, until the wax comes up.
Try testing an area of the carpet first, to make sure the iron won't melt the fibers.

Red Wax Stain on Carpet

I understand how to remove the candle wax from carpet, but what about the red stain? Is that gonna come up too? I panicked when I dropped the hot wax and tried to clean it and rubbed it, then I squirted Dawn dish soap all over it. And I haven't dared go back and try to clean it. What do I do? I'm scared because this isn't my house.

By Aurelia G

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Removing Melted Wax from Carpet

A candle melted on my carpet; any suggestions on how to get it up?

By Paulette E.

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By Luana M.08/15/2011

Luana, San Diego
This happened to me. Live and learn. I was terrified. If you are, it will be fine. I took paper towels (several at a time) an iron, heated on medium/high setting. I took several paper towels laid on top of wax and put iron on it. As soon as you see the melted wax come onto the paper towel you get new one (use 3-4 at a time). Mine luckily was white wax but if you just continue to do this it will come up; when you see what looks like a wet spot on paper towel use new ones. If after wax is all up (and it will be) if it was a colored candle you need to then use a carpet spot cleaner and it should remove color if left. I believe once wax is up there shouldn't be anything left.I have never had colors like red, so it may leave discoloration. Once wax is up carpet looks like before! Good luck. Let me know if you were as surprised as I was!

Removing Candle Wax from Carpet

How does one remove dried, hardened candle wax from a carpet?

By Luann D.

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Red Candle Wax on White Carpet

My daughter spilled an entire cinnamon red candle on her white carpet. I soaked up what I could, but now I don't know how to get the wax off and the stain. Any ideas?

By help-this-mom!

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By teresa6603/22/2012

Mean Green and hot water mixture. You can find it at family dollar. I washed and dried four crayons in with a load of jeans and I rewashed in hot water and about a cup of mean green and it removed every crayon mark!

Getting Candle Wax Out of Carpet

How do I get wax out of carpet?

By Kathy

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By patti.burroughs06/13/2012

Blow dryer! I had that happen to me. Just use the blow dryer on it, get the wax up, then use a good carpet cleaner to get the stains out.

Paper Towel and Wax on Carpet

I used paper towels to clean the dried wax up from the rug but the paper towel stuck to the rug. Please help!

By Ellie from Washington, DC

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By tahloolabelle04/14/2010

Take an iron and put it on the lowest heat setting. Run the iron over the area using a cloth rag as the "buffer". Increase the heat setting as needed. The wax and waxed paper should ultimately stick to the rag. Good luck on that!

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How do you remove candle wax from carpet?


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I spilled some blue candle wax on my living room carpet. How can I remove it?

Angela from Denver, CO


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I put the brown paper bag which I got from my local shop on the wax on my carpet with a low heated iron and within 10 minutes it came off. I am so pleased as it was a expensive rug my husband brought for me. (11/26/2006)

By Sharon

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I also had red candle wax on light beige carpet. It also dripped down a wooden cabinet. I scraped off as much as possible with a butter knife, vacuumed the wax scrapings and then I used the white paper towels with hair dryer set on the highest setting on the carpet. I kept exchanging paper towels until it all came out. It worked! I was left with a pink tone on the carpet, so I used Resolve for Pet Stains (it's the only spray-on carpet cleaner I keep in my house) and the pink tone is now gone. For the wood cabinet, I scraped off as much as possible and then used "Goof Off" (it's like Goo Gone) on the cabinet to get off all the rest. Everything looks great! Thank you to all of you on this website for saving my carpet! (11/26/2006)

By Jennifer

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WOW, this is pretty amazing! We had a new year's eve party and someone knocked a candle off a wall all over the carpet and then someone else knocked a candle all over our new couch. I first tried my iron setting at 1, but then found that 2 worked better. I used the paper bag. You could literally watch the candle wax getting absorbed by the paper. It is all gone now, even from off the couch. It really is pretty logical when you think about it. The paper bag works to a) protect the carpet from the heat of the iron and b) to absorb the wax when it melts. Pretty smart, whoever thought of this. I am impressed and so will my guests when they come back to see the wax is all gone. :) (01/06/2007)

By jhoekman


Removing Candle Wax from Carpet

I am at work right now and I had a new candle (in a jar) sitting next to my space heater on the floor acting as a candle heater. I just picked up the candle off the floor and found a TON of wax right next to the heater all over the carpet.asd

I don't have an iron here, so what's another method to get this out?

Mel


RE: Removing Candle Wax from Carpet

Just buy the candle wax remover (clear liquid) from bed bath and beyond, it just turns the wax to liquid that you wipe up, I don't know how it works but its so cool. Now if it is a dark colored candle on light carpet... that's another tip. (05/25/2007)

By Starchild in VT

Spot Shot

At Christmas a few years ago candle wax ran down the TV, VCR and on to carpet. I grabbed a can of Spot Shot and sprayed the carpet liberally. Scraped it off the hard surfaces and went to bed. The next morning the wax had just disintegrated, dried, and I vacuumed it up. It now comes in a spray bottle, which is cheaper and goes further than the aerosol., but don't know if it works as well. (05/25/2007)

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Removing Candle Wax from Carpet

An aromatherapy candle dripped onto the carpet. I have scraped some off, how do I remove the rest?

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RE: Removing Candle Wax from Carpet

WOW, I know this is an old post that keeps going and going but I had to add my 2 cents! I sell candles and am an avid burner for over 15 years and have heard of this method but LUCKILY never had to use it. Well, that changed the other night! A bright red candle fell over and a TON of wax ended up on the carpet. I rent so this was a huge deal to me. This was an expensive, deeply red colored candle (some of the cheaper ones I buy don't have as much coloring in them and wouldn't be as hard to clean up!) and really made a huge pile when it fell.

I first scraped up as much as I could while it was hard and then vacuumed it up. There was still a lot that would not come up with any type of scraping so I went for it with the iron and brown paper bags - I also used paper towels but they did not work as well as the brown paper bags did. It was amazing how quickly the wax came up into that bag!! I went over it a few times, some areas needed more "go-overs" than others but there is nothing left!

Nothing in the fibers and no color on the carpet! I thought for sure I'd have to clean the color out of the carpet after doing the wax but I didn't - it took care of everything! What a great idea - it saved me! (12/19/2007)

By Stephanie

RE: Removing Candle Wax from Carpet

The iron tip was fantastic!! Last night I spilled a red holiday candle onto my brand new beige carpet. I used paper towels and hot iron was got awesome results!! Took out nearly all the color...the faintest pink spot was left which then came out entirely with some goof-off. thank you thank you thank you for this tip! (12/23/2007)

By lilvoices


Removing Candle Wax from Carpet

How do I get candle wax off carpet?

Donda from Union, KY


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OH MY GOODNESS! So I live in a dorm room, very tight quarters. I knocked over my candle warmer with bright orange wax. I just used the iron + paper towel method. There is NOT A SPOT of wax left on my carpet. Thank you for whoever first posted that. I'm so relieved I don't have to look at that awful color every day. (05/14/2008)

By Katy

RE: Removing Candle Wax from Carpet

I am a custodian at a school and one of the teachers spilled a hot candle while moving it I too scraped as much as I could off the carpet but they students and staff had already trodded in it so it was dirty so I am going to try the tips and see what happens. I heard about this but was leary about damage to the new carpet in this area. I wonder if that wax remover is still available at bed bath and beyond? THANKS! (05/16/2008)

By TONY.

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AWESOME IDEA. Thank you very much. Surely saved me a lot of trouble since I rent this apt. The blotch of wax was easily removed from the carpet with a few paper towels and an iron (set to medium). (05/19/2008)

By SBP

RE: Removing Candle Wax from Carpet

Help! I've removed the wax and now I have pink everywhere! I've tried professional spot remover and resolve, and the spots remain. Any other ideas? (05/29/2008)

By jps


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