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Wax on Carpet + Pics = Help!

xx_lucy_xx
xx_lucy_xx Posts: 174 Forumite
in Old style MoneySaving
Ok now a big Ikea candle had leaked all over my carpet at a dinner party. The OH was convinced an iron and greese proof paper would do the trick and it would just "peel off".... .........it did NOT. It melted the wax, and bedded it in the carpet even more!

It looks really bad, and were in rented accomadation. Please help on how to get this stain off, i have tried hoovering it and that did absoloutly nothing.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v302/xx_lucy_xx/carpet1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v302/xx_lucy_xx/carpet2.jpg

My pics arnt great but hopefully you can see the problem.

Thanks x
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Comments

  • ssc_dougal
    ssc_dougal Posts: 19 Forumite
    your OH had the right idea, you just need to make sure you use something more absorbant to collect the wax from the carpet
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  • kassey
    kassey Posts: 1,523 Forumite
    Lucy try brown paper and the iron
  • xx_lucy_xx
    xx_lucy_xx Posts: 174 Forumite
    Could i use anything that im likely to have in the house? As i dont have and brown paper and im really really skint!
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  • tuggy12
    tuggy12 Posts: 1,314 Forumite
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    Lots of info on Google:-

    http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=how+to+remove+wax+from+carpet&meta=&aq=0&oq=how+to+remove+wax
  • rachbc
    rachbc Posts: 4,461 Forumite
    kitchen roll? anything that will absorb the wax and not melt - a teatowel might be worth a try?
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  • nementai
    nementai Posts: 164 Forumite
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    You could try using a towel, or a sheet, though it does just move the problem from carpet to towel!
    It might not completely come out, from experience.
    The best solution is to get down on the floor and pick it out by hand, cracking, pulling and scratching it out. Then hoover, then iron it again.
    Good luck!
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  • xx_lucy_xx
    xx_lucy_xx Posts: 174 Forumite
    I did look at google, but i was wonderign if anyone had a tried and tested method, as the grease proof paper made it 10x worse!!
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  • xx_lucy_xx
    xx_lucy_xx Posts: 174 Forumite
    Might try a teatowel tonight when i get home then, thanks guys, will update :)
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  • worleite
    worleite Posts: 5 Forumite
    scrape off as much as you can with a plastic spatula or similar thenuse brown wrapping paper dull side down and iron with a warm not hot ironchange the paper several times to stop restaining this may have to be repeated several times when the worst is gone try a weak white vinegar solution and warm not hot water and pat several times but try on a test area first this should get the remaining grease out but again may take several attempts be lucky
  • floyd
    floyd Posts: 2,722 Forumite
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    Kitchen roll definately works, just make sure the iron isn't too hot as some acrylic carpets can melt on the highest setting.
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