Candles add ambiance and a cheerful glow to your home for a party or personal relaxation. However, sometimes the melted wax can accidentally drip on your upholstered furniture. This spill can be difficult to clean up. This is a guide about cleaning candle wax from furniture.
I always do the same thing no matter where the wax has dripped; once on expensive (not mine) speakers. Let the iron heat up to a medium/light setting and have many paper towels (or paper bags ripped into squares) ready. You put down the paper or paper bag then place the iron on the spot. As soon as you see the paper (bag) getting a wet look to it remove it. Do the same thing over again and again until it's all removed. It works on wood, fabric, even walls (that you can't scrape).
I have only once had a color stain left. That time I used a baking soda mixture to remove the small reddish stain left behind.
Sometimes the easy things seem too simple, but try it. I have never had it fail. Make sure you don't let too much absorb at once, keep replacing the paper towels. The time I didn't have paper towels was when I cut a grocery brown bag up into squares and it worked also. Good luck!
By Luana M. from San Diego, CA
I have red cinnamon scented candle wax on an antique piano, but not on keys. It is just on the wood behind the music holder and in the seams. The wood is cherry I believe. The piano is about 75 to 80 years old.
My husband blew out a tea light under a tart warmer on the piano and didn't confess for 2 days. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thank-you.
By Lisa from Mt. Vernon
By bluegrass
09/22/2011
It's just a piece of furniture and no one can probably even see the wax. Give the man a break. :)
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